The 21st World Mining Congress Programme

Registration of participants, who do not stay in hotels or have not made the congress payment - Auditorium Maximum UJ (ul. Krupnicza 35) - 7th September 2008 between 9.00 a.m.- 8 p.m.

More information about registration - here

• Congress Opening - 4.00 pm
  The Grand Hall, Auditorium Maximum of the Jagiellonian University (35 Krupnicza str.)

  - Address by the President of Poland
  - Address by the Minister of Economy
  - Address by the President of Krakow, President of Katowice and President of Sosnowiec
  - Address by the President of the World Mining Congress - „50 years of the World Mining Congress"

  Apart from the official ceremony, the agenda includes:
  - a preview of the art exhibition entitled: "Marked by coal - Silesian Artists of the Mining Descent" venue: Exhibition Hall
  - a preview of the Polish domestic philatelic exhibition Cracow 2008 entitled: "Mining on Polish Postage Stamps" venue: Exhibition Hall
  - performance by the "Śląsk" Song and Dance Ensemble - venue: Grand Hall
  - Welcome Reception venue: Restaurant Hall
  Opening Ceremony ticket is included in the registration fee.

• 8.00 - 9.00 a.m. - Author's Breakfast (venue: Restaurant Hall, Auditorium Maximum UJ, 35 Krupnicza str.)
• 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. - Plenary Lectures
• 1.00 - 3.00 p.m. - Lunch
• 3.00 - 6.30 p.m. - Plenary Lectures
• 6.30 - 8.00 p.m. - Dinner
• 8.00 - 10.00 p.m. - Entertainment show: mining traditions and a traditional miner initiation rite (called „jump over a leather apron")

• Opening of EXPO in Sosnowiec - a visit by Congress attendees
• Departure from Sosnowiec to Belchatow and Lubin

• The sessions in Krakow:
• Session 1: New technologies in mining
• Session 2: Methods of underground and open pit mining
• Session 3: Underground Mine Environment
• Session 4: Information technology in mining - SESSION SPONSORED BY:

• Session 5: Sustainable development in mining industry
  
• Topics of sessions in:
• Session 6: Coal mining – chances and challenges, Katowice,
• Session 7: Ore mining – trends and challenges, Lubin,
• Session 8: Open pit mining – trends and challenges, Belchatow,
• Session 9: The mine as a witness to history and a monument of technology, Wieliczka,
• Session 10: Legal aspects in mining activity -session organized by State Mining Authority, Katowice
  
• Topics of satellite meetings held in Krakow:
• Session 11: 17^th International Conference on Automation in Mining ICAMC’2008
• Session 12: Risk Management & Subsidence Engineering
• Session 13: Contribution of Strata Mechanics to mining technology and work safety - International Symposium organized by the IBSM (International Bureau of Strata Mechanics)
• Session 14: Economics, management and design in the mining industry - SESSION SPONSORED BY:

  
  

• 9.00 - 11.30 a.m.
  Review Lectures, I Block
  
• 9.00 - 11.30 a.m.
  Review Lectures, II Block
  
• 11.30 - 12.30 p.m.
  Poster Session
  
• 12.30 - 1.30 p.m.
  Farewell concert
  
• Congress closure ceremony