• The International Conference on Mine Closure is a fixture on the calendars of many mining professionals, providing topical and high-quality papers and presentations on a range of topics of immediate interest and relevance.

• In addition to exciting technical sessions and exhibitions, Mine closure features a series of half and full-day workshops. We invite the submission of workshop proposals preceding the main conference.

• The conference workshops aim to emphasize emerging and current techniques and technologies applicable to mine closure and related to technical and business issues.

• For those who are interested in organizing a workshop, please send the expression of interest not later than Nov 20, 2020. Please address the following points in the expression of the interest.

• Title of the workshop

• Workshop Organizers (names, affiliation, and contact information)

• Scope and topics of the workshop, including objectives and expected outcomes

• Description of the target audience (If possible, estimation of the number of participants)

• Rationale

  • Why is the topic current, important?

  • Why will the workshop attract many attendees, in addition to the authors?

  • How does the workshop differ from others, i.e., related workshops of similar topics? If appropriate, a description of past versions of the workshop, including the number of attendees, etc. If a similar workshop has been organized at recent conferences, please explain the similarities and differences.

EACH WORKSHOP PROPOSAL (MAXIMUM 3 PAGES) MUST INCLUDE FOLLOWINGS:

• Please note that the first section is addressed in the expression of the interest, and can be amended if a proponent feels necessary:

• Title of the workshop

• Workshop Organizers (names, affiliation, and contact information)

• Scope and topics of the workshop, including objectives and expected outcomes

• Description of the target audience (If possible, estimation of the number of participants)

• Rationale

  • Why is the topic current and important?

  • Why will the workshop attract many attendees, in addition to the authors?

  • How does the workshop differ from others, i.e., related workshops of similar topics? If appropriate, a description of past versions of the workshop, including the number of attendees, etc. If a similar workshop has been organized at recent conferences, please explain the similarities and differences.

• A short biography of the organizers (up to 200 words per organizer)

• Planned format of the workshop, including

  • Duration of the workshop: Half-day, Full-day, and tentative schedule

  • Format of the workshop (hands-on, collaborative and active learning environment for attendees are strongly encouraged)

    Any particular space or equipment requests (Unique, creative and novel workshops formats are strongly encouraged)