11th International Symposium of Continuous Surface Mining to be organized on 25-27th June, 2012 by Faculty of Earth Science and Engineering, University of Miskolc (Hungary)

http://www.iscsm2012.hu/

Dear Participants of the 11th Symposium,

As Chairman of the Organizing Committee of 11th International Symposium of Continuous Surface Mining to be organized on 25-27th June, 2012 by Faculty of Earth Science and Engineering, University of Miskolc (Hungary), I am glad to greet participants of this meeting from all over the world.

Series of these meetings began in 1986, a little bit more than a quarter of a century ago. All the former symposiums were organized by universities, which are institutions of educating mining engineers:

· 1st (1986): University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

· 2nd (1988): Texas A&M University (Austin, Texas, U.S.A.)

· 3rd (1991): CS Mining Association (Prague, Czech Republic)

· 4th (1995): RWTH Aachen University (Aachen, Germany)

· 5th (1998): Wroclaw Technical University (Wroclaw, Poland)

· 6th (2001): TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany)

· 7th (2004): University of Missouri-Rolla (Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.)

· 8th (2007): RWTH Aachen University (Aachen, Germany)

· 9th (2008): University of Petrosany (Petrosany, Romania)

· 10th (2010): TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany)

Hundreds of specialists took part at these great events from numerous parts of the world. They visited these meetings to read their papers dealing with different problems of mining engineering, to exhibit their products, or just to listen to these demonstrations and meet their colleagues.

Faculty of Earth Science and Engineering of University of Miskolc is glad to organize the next symposium of this great meeting. The faculty, which is the successor of the first mining school in Europe, established in Selmecbánya (Schemnitz, Banska Stiavnica) in 1735. Although numerous other kinds of specialists, such as mechanical engineers, metallurgical and materials engineers, lawyers, economists, teachers, musicians, etc. are being educated at our university, mining engineering remained a very important field of education.

Our school expects and is looking forward to welcome you at the Symposium.

Jozsef Molnar

Chairman

Organizing Committee of the 11th SymposiumOrganizers:

Christian Niemann-Delius, professor, organizer of the series of symposiums. RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Jozsef Molnár, associate professor, chairman of organizing committee of the 11th symposium. University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary

Organizing Committee of the Symposium

Ákos Debreczeni, associate professor, University of Miskolc, Hungary
János Földessy, professor, University of Miskolc, Hungary
István Havasi, associate professor, University of Miskolc, Hungary
Gábor Ladányi, associate professor, University of Miskolc, Hungary

Scientific Committee of the Symosium

Carsten Drebenstedt, professor , TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Yuri Grigirevich Agafonov,professor, Moscow State Mining University, Russia
Barnabás Derekas, director of mining strategy, Mátra Power Plant Co., Hungary
István Horányi, KŐKA Kő- és Kavicsbányászati Kft., Hungary
József Molnár, associate professor, University of Miskolc, Hungary
Lajos Nagy, director, OMYA Hungária Kft., Hungary
Peter Moser, professor, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria
Janusz Reś, professor, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Poland
Radu Sorin, associate professor, University of Petrosany, Romania
József Valaska, president, Mátra Power Plant Co., Hungary