Conference convenor Naj Aziz was recognised by Tourism Wollongong for the annual event. This year there was a special interest on rock bolting and in particular cable bolting, with industry wide interest on the performance of cable bolts particularly under shear.

 

 

BHP’s Bob Gordon and geotechnical expert Ross Seedsman

 

 

Conference mastermind and UOW professor Naj Aziz

 

 

McElroy Bryan Geological Services senior project geo Kim Straub

 

 

UQ’s sponcom expert Dr David Cliff

 

 

Frank Hungerford of Global Technical Services

 

 

Gaetano Venticinque – considered “a rising star in the Australian geotechnical world”

 

Brian Nichols, the technical session chair, and sponcom expert Dr Basil Beamish of B3 Mining services