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The 51st Annual ISEE Call for Papers is now open!
Here's your chance to share your blasting challenges, techniques, strategies, solutions, product innovations, and research discoveries with your peers at ISEE’s 51st Annual Conference to be held at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in Cherokee North Carolina on January 21 - 26, 2025. The International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE) Conference Program Committee is issuing an industry-wide Call for Papers to be presented at the 51st Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique and published in the Annual Conference Proceedings.
Ideas should be submitted in the form of a 200-400 word abstract (summary) highlighting the major points of your 8-10 page paper. Abstracts/Papers should not have been presented at other conferences and may not be commercial in nature.
Abstracts must be submitted by completing the online abstract submission instructions by 11:59pm US Eastern Time, May 24, 2024.
The 51st Annual ISEE Call for Papers is open! -- Click here to submit an abstract/paper.
Download the Call for Papers PDF here for more information.
Key Dates:
May 1, 2024: Abstract submissions open.
May 24, 2024: Last day for submission of abstracts -- NO DEADLINE EXTENSIONS
May 29, 2024: Notification of abstract acceptance
July 22, 2024: Last day for submission of completed papers -- NO DEADLINE EXTENSIONS
September 2, 2024: Notification of final paper acceptance
September 27, 2024: Conference registration deadline for authors
November 29, 2024: Presentation and Poster submission deadline
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Our Annual Conference was a resounding success! With over 1,700 attendees from across the globe, it was the largest conference on explosives and blasting technique in the world. Held at the Savannah Convention Center in Savannah, GA, US, the conference schedule was jam-packed with technical sessions, poster sessions, workshops, social events, and more. The ISEE Team is already brainstorming ideas to make the 51st Conference as memorable as the 50th.
Accolades
Mick Lownds, Consultant, was awarded the Distinguished Service Award; David Hersey, Dykon Blasting Corp, was awarded the Blasters Leadership; Tom Jenkins, Stemlock, Inc., received the Industry Service award; Doug Rudenko, Vibratech Engineers, received the Industry Service award; Rick Henry, Wampum Hardware Company, received Driller of the Year; Chad Edwards, Ed's Drilling & Blasting, received Driller of the Year; Wayan Rahayudha, BHP, received Driller of the Year, Australasia; The President's award was awarded to Josh Hoffman, Institute of Makers of Explosives, and Rob Farnfied, EPC Metrics. Special Recognition was given to Richard O'Meara, retired. The Top 2 Technical Papers were awarded to Nathan Skopak, Use of a Scaled Concrete Model to Determine the Origins of Air Overpressure; and Tristan Worsey, Worsey-Silva Equation for Modeling Fragmentation Caused by Row Timing.