The seminar will be held August 13–14 in Sydney and will involve 25 presentations.

Among the coal speakers will be Greg Connolly speaking on learning outcomes of a drift conveyor incident at Xstrata's Tahmoor colliery; the evolution of Joy bolters by Dave Wilson; roof support installation by Sandvik's Paul Charlton; inseam exploration drilling by Valley Longwall Drilling's Phil Stacker; and a presentation on explosion-protected diesel by Phil Berriman.

Seminar details are available from the NSW Department of Primary Industries.