34th International Conference of Safety in Mines Research Institutes (Dec 7 - 10, 2011) REGISTRATION FORM Deadline

34th International Conference of Safety in Mines Research Institutes (Dec 7 - 10, 2011)

REGISTRATION FORM
Deadline for early bird registration: 31 August, 2011.
Registration form is uploaded.

ABSTRACT
Last date of receipt of abstract: 31 December, 2010.

Conference Objective

Over the years the conference has been successfully providing a common forum to academicians, researchers, safety experts, and industry professionals for discussion and assessment of challenges and achievements in the field of mines safety and disaster management. The 34th International Conference of Safety in Mines Research Institutes will throw light on the latest developments in safety technology and disaster management around the globe. It will act as a platform to formulate new strategies for further research and development and will also provide an opportunity to the participants for sharing the latest global know-how in safety technology, disaster management and occupational health issues.

History of the Conference (1931-2011)

The conference is biennially organized across the globe and has a long history associated with it. The first International Conference of Safety in Mines Research Institutes was held in 1931 in the UK. The previous conferences were hosted by the following c o u n t r i e s : A u s t r a l i a , B e l g i u m , B u l g a r i a , Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, India, Japan, Poland, PRC China, Romania, South Africa, UK, USA, USSR and Yugoslavia. India hosted this conference for the first time in the year 1997. The international mining community will celebrate the 80th anniversary of this prestigious global conference in India in 2011.

Accommodation

Before arriving in Delhi you must make an advance hotel booking to avoid the peak season rush during the month of December 2011. Further announcements on hotel accommodations and bookings will follow. The conference manager of 34th ICSMRI will assist in hotel accommodations and tours and travels.

Paper Submission Guidelines:

On acceptance of the abstract, the manuscript should be submited.The submitted papers will be reviewed by technical committee comprising of peered experts in the field. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. The mode of presentation of the paper will be in the form of oral presentation, demonstration and poster session. The paper must be submitted as per the following guidelines.

General Guidelines:

Papers will be accepted only in English. Papers must be written with one and half spacing on a 10pt Arial font on A4 Size paper with 1.0 inch margin at top, bottom, left and right.

The text of the manuscript should be limited to 5000 words. In no case, the length of the manuscript should not exceed 15 pages including figures and tables.
Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments;
appendices (as appropriate); references;
Table(s) and figure (s) with caption(s) should be embedded into the text at appropriate location.
Each paper should have three to six keywords.
Section headings should be concise and numbered sequentially, e.g. 1, 2, 3 etc. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2,), 1.2, etc.
All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the Corresponding Author.
Authors must adhere to SI units. Units are not italicised.

Format Guidelines:

1. Title- The title should be placed centered, bold, first word and proper nouns cap only.
(example, A matched control study of occupational injury in Moonidih coal mine workers)
2. Keywords- Keywords: word; another word; lower case except names. (example, Keywords: ergonomics; safety appliances; Drager self rescuer)
3. Headings: The headings should be started at the left justification. Section heading: Bold initial cap only (for example, 1. Introduction to new concept)
Sub-section heading: Bold italic initial cap only (for example,1.1 Mine operator cab design) sub-sub-section heading: Italic initial cap only (example, 1.1.2 Description of the mine)
4. References -Citation in text Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Citation of a reference as "in press" implies that the item has been accepted for publication.

Web references

As a minimum, the full URL and the date when the reference was last accessed should be given. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given.

-Reference style

Text: All citations in the text should refer to:
1. Single author: the author's name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication;
2. Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication;
3. Three or more authors: first author's name followed by "et al." and the year of publication.
Citations may be made parenthetically. Groups of references should be listed first chronologically, then alphabetically

Examples:
"as demonstrated (Mishra et al., 1990; Ganguli, 1996a, 1996b; Nelson, 1996; Allan and Jones, 1995). Kramer et al. (2000) have recently shown”

List:
References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication.

Examples:

Reference to a journal publication:

Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J.A.J., Lupton, R.A., 2000. The art of writing a scientific article. J. Sci. Commun. 163, 51-59.

Reference to a book:

Strunk Jr., W., White, E.B., 1979. The Elements of Style, third ed. Macmillan, New York.

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:

Mettam, G.R., Adams, L.B., 1999. How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: Jones, B.S., Smith , R.Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. E-Publishing Inc., New York, pp. 281-304.

5. Math Formula

In both displayed equations and in text, scalar variables must be in italics.
For simple fractions in the text, the solidus '/' should be used instead of a horizontal line, care being taken to insert parentheses where necessary to avoid ambiguity.
Displayed equations referred to in the text should be numbered serially ((1), (2), etc.) on the right-hand side of the page. Equations may be referred to in the text like as 'equation (1)', 'equations(2)-(4)'. Short expressions not referred to by any number will usually be incorporated in the text.

Symbols used to represent tensors, matrices, vectors and scalar variables should either be used as required from the character set of the application you are using The following styles are preferred: upright bold sans serif r for tensors, bold serif italic r for vectors, upright bold serif for matrices.

Mathematical equations should preferably be typewritten, with subscripts and superscripts clearly shown.

Address for correspondence:

A soft copy of the manuscript should be submitted to the Convenor of the conference through Email.
Professor Ashis Bhattacherjee
Convenor, 34th ICSMRI
Department of Mining Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur-721302, India
Tel: 0091 9434009614
Email: ashisbhattacherjee@gmail.com

Deadline for manuscript submission:

Last date of receipt of manuscript: 15 March 2011.

About INDIA HABITAT CENTRE:

It is the centre of contemporary cultural, economic, business and social events. The concern for the habitat and its environment works as the functional backbone of the complex. Habitat Centre should be conceived as an ideal physical environment with a range of facilities that maximize the effectiveness of the individuals and institutions, in their holistic support of the habitat.

Several important international and national organizations like the International Labour Organization (ILO),The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Housing & Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO), National Housing Bank (NHB), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), etc. share a common concern for the ‘Habitat’ in this exciting venture of institution building. The Habitat Centre is a home not only to these offices and research organizations but in order to facilitate their interaction, the centre provides a range of facilities like conference venues, exhibition halls, seminar rooms, restaurants and performance venues for cultural activities.

The India Habitat Centre, located in New Delhi, India, was conceived to be a catalyst relationship between individuals and institutions (e.g. NGO's) working in habitat related areas to increase their effectiveness. The architect who designed the building complex was Joseph Allen Stein.

Convenor:

Dr. Ashis Bhattacherjee
Professor,
Department of Mining Engineering,
IIT Kharagpur
Tel: 0091 9434009614 (M)
Email: ashisbhattacherjee@gmail.com

Chairman:

Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya
Professor & Head of the Department,
Department of Mining Engineering,
IIT Kharagpur
Tel: 0091 9434034354 (M)
Email: jayantaism@gmail.com

Co-Convenor:

Dr. Biswajit Samanta
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mining Engineering,
IIT Kharagpur
Tel: 0091 9434154962 (M)
Email: bssamantab@gmail.com

Co-Convenor:

Dr. Aditya Kumar Patra
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mining Engineering,
IIT Kharagpur
Tel: 0091 9475427366 (M)
Email: patrakaditya@gmail.com