The Interstate Technical Group on Abandoned Underground Mines (ITGAUM) is issuing a call for papers to be presented at its 8th Biennial Workshop. The workshop is scheduled for 21-24 September 2010 at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center in beautiful downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania. Scranton is located in Pennsylvania’s historic anthracite coal mining region. This location has been chosen so that the ITGAUM workshop could be conducted in conjunction with the 32nd annual conference of the National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs (NAAMLP) which is being hosted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation (DEP-BAMR) on 19-22 September 2010 also at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The ITGAUM 8th Biennial Workshop will focus on the effects of mine development on transportation planning, design, construction and maintenance as well as other infrastructure development. Related topics pertaining to subsurface exploration and geophysical testing to identify potential hazards associated with underground mines will be addressed. Relevant case histories related to the impacts and remediation of underground mines will be presented. The NAAMLP conference and the ITGAUM workshop will complement one another and will share a joint day of concurrent field trips on September 21st and a shared day of technical presentations on September 22.
ABSTRACTS INVITED
Prospective presenters are asked to submit abstracts for papers or panel discussions on or before 7 May 2010. Abstracts should be in Microsoft Word format, Times New Roman, 12-pitch, double-spaced and left justified, should be 300 words or less, and should include the presentation title, along with the presenters name, title, organization or company, business address, phone number and email address. Abstracts should be emailed to: Bill.Christensen@dot.state.oh.us
Selected presenters will be notified by June 4, 2010, and final papers and PowerPoint presentations will be due on or before 13 August 2010. For information or questions concerning conference presentations, please contact Bill Christensen at +1 614 275 1367 or at Bill.Christensen@dot.state.oh.us or visit the conference website at:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/geotech/hazards/mine/minework.cfm
Details pertaining to the final paper format, speaker guidelines and other presentation information will be provided to authors and/or presenters at the time of abstract acceptance.
