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Monday (May 11, 2009) Afternoon
Introduction (14:00-14:15)
Welcome to ROCKENG09
G. Grasselli, Chair, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Plenary Keynote 1 (14:15-15:00)
Challenges facing ground control engineers in a hostile mining environment
W.F. Bawden, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Plenary Keynote 2 (15:00-15:45)
Designing underground excavations for a nuclear waste repository: Old Issues and New Approaches
Derek Martin, Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering – University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Plenary Keynote 3 (16:00-16:45)
The numerical analyses toolbox in geomechanics - the present and the future
Joe Carvalho, Golder Associates Ltd.
Plenary Keynote 4 (16:45-17:30)
Integrated risk management of rock slopes
D.J. Hutchinson, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada