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
