Day 1 and 2 consist of technical presentations with a concurrent exhibition, and includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Immediately after the conclusion of the technical presentations on Day 1, there will be a welcome function in the Exhibition area to 6.45 pm (included in the registration cost). The conference dinner will be held in the evening of Day 1, from 7.00 pm to 11 pm, which is an additional cost. Conference delegates can purchase additional dinner tickets for colleagues and partners.
Day 3 consists of professional development workshops – some are free for conference delegates, others are not. People who are not attending the first two days of the conference can register for any of the workshops.
| DAY 1 SCHEDULE Registration from 8.00 am, Conference commences at 9.00 am | ||
| SESSION 1 | INDUSTRY OVERVIEW | |
| Official Opening | Tony Knight | |
| Australian Drilling Trends: Boom to Bust and Beyond | Mark Berry | |
| The Resilience of Australia’s Drilling Industry, but Where to Next? | Peter Hall | |
| Drilling for Fast Discovery and Development | Joe Cucuzza | |
| Morning Tea | ||
| SESSION 2 | DRILLING TECHNIQUES | |
| Millimetre-Wave Directed Energy Deep Boreholes | Paul Woskov | |
| Harnessing the Power of Extreme Velocity for Drilling: A Paradigm Shift in Access to the World’s Geologic Resources | Mark Russell | |
| The Coiled Tubing Drilling Rig for Mineral Exploration: The RoXplorer | Soren Soe | |
| Multiple Intersection Directional Drilling on a Lowest Cost per Intersection Model | Mat Scarlett | |
| Lunch | ||
| SESSION 3 | DRILLING LOGISTICS AND DRILLHOLE SAMPLING | |
| Successfully Managing Drill Programs | Simon Shakesby | |
| Drilling for Studies in Remote Locations | Mark Rynhoud | |
| Rethinking Drilling and Sampling: Smart Connected Systems | Viv Preston | |
| RC Drill Sample Optimisation: The Quantity – Quality Balance | Rene Sterk | |
| Afternoon Tea | ||
| SESSION 4 | DRILLHOLE SAMPLING AND LOGGING | |
| Accountable Geo-Logging | Ray Slater | |
| Drilling for Industrial Minerals: Quality Procedures and the End User | Patrick Maher | |
| The Use of Large Diameter Rotary Drilling (BAUER) for Bulk Metallurgical Sampling for the Boyongan Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Philippines | Jena Lamson | |
| Bulk Density Measurement: Learning Through Case Histories | Ian Lipton | |
| Day 1 Technical sessions close (approximately 5.30 pm) | ||
| Welcome Drinks | Trade Exhibition Area (included in delegate registration) | |
| Conference Dinner | QUT Room Three Sixty (optional event, additional to delegate registration) Please join us at the official conference dinner and enjoy the spectacular views of Brisbane from this beautiful function room, a short five minute walk from the conference venue. |
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| DAY 2 SCHEDULE Registration from 8.00 am, Day 2 commences at 9.00 am | ||
| SESSION 5 | SENSING AND GEOPHYSICS | |
| Reconnaissance Drilling and Sampling with the RoXplorer: A New Tool for ‘Prospecting Drilling’ | David Giles | |
| Logging-While-Drilling with Diamond Rigs | Anton Kepic | |
| Stress in the Ground | Ian Gray | |
| The Use of Automated Core Logging Technology to Improve Estimation of Fracture Mineralogy and Weathering for Geotechnical Index Calculations | Cassady Harraden | |
| Morning Tea | ||
| SESSION 6 | SENSING AND MAKING BETTER USE OF DRILLING DATA | |
| Application of Hand-held Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Drilling Samples: New Technology Providing New In-field Analytical Capabilities | Andrew Somers | |
| Making Better Use of the Core That We Drill Using Detailed Petrographic Analysis | Rowena Duckworth | |
| Drilling for Mineral Processing Plant Design and Performance | Rob Chesher | |
| Leveraging the Value of Drilling for Orebody Knowledge | John Jackson | |
| Lunch | ||
| SESSION 7 | MAKING BETTER USE OF DRILLING DATA | |
| Data Upcycling | Julian Vearncombe | |
| 3D Modelling for Exploration Geology: How to Get the Most from Data | Ben Jupp | |
| ‘All that Glitters is not Gold’: Exploring for More Than the Pay Dirt Whilst Drilling for a Sustainable Future | Justin Legg | |
| The Measurement of Permeability and other Ground Fluid Parameters | Ian Gray | |
| Afternoon Tea | ||
| SESSION 8 | MAKING BETTER USE OF DRILLING DATA | |
| The Australian National Virtual Core Library: Investigating Mineral Systems Across the Australian Continent | Carsten Laukamp | |
| The Drill Down on Drill Core | Susan Faulkner | |
| Drilling in the Fourth Dimension: The Practice and Utility of Drill Sample Collection, its Current and Future Potential, and the Role of Government | Fergus O’Brien | |
| Conference close (approximately 5.15 pm) | ||
| DAY 3 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS | ||
| F1 | Drilling for Non-Drillers - ADIA (full day) NO LONGER AVAILABLE | |
| F2 | From Data to Informed Decision Making - Imdex Limited (full day) NO LONGER AVAILABLE | |
| F3 | Structure Logging of Drill Core - SJS Resource Management (full day) NO LONGER AVAILABLE | |
| F4 | Drilling Methods: Impacts on Sampling, Measurements and Tests for Deposit Characterisation - JKTech (full day) NO LONGER AVAILABLE | |
| M1 | Laboratory Visit - ALS (morning) NO LONGER AVAILABLE | |
| M2 | Qld Govt Exploration Data Centre Visit - DNRM (morning) | |
| M3 | Drilling Services Company Visit - Mitchell Services (morning) | |
| A1 | Lessons Learnt from Auditing Drilling Programs - AMC Consultants (afternoon) | |
| 3D | 3D Modelling of Drilling Data Using Leapfrog Geo - Dale Sims Consulting (3 days from Friday 28 July) NO LONGER AVAILABLE | |
