Conference/Seminars

The Oil Sands Tailings Research Facility (OSTRF) and the University of Alberta Geotechnical Centre are hosting the next "Tailings and Mine Waste '09".  The conference will be held from November 1-4, 2009 at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta, Canada.   It is intended to bring together the technical community to discuss the state-of-the-art with respect to tailings and mine wastes and to discuss issues related to the impact of mine wastes on the environment.  The registration website is now open

https://uofa-cee.gobigevent.com .  We have over 100 abstracts submitted.  We are also offering four short courses to be held prior to the conference.  Please visit the conference website for more details.    

Australian Centre for Geomechanics: Upcoming Events

The Austrailian Centre for Geomechanics (ACG) is hosting the Forth International Conference on Mine Closure in Perth, Western Australia, September 9-11, 2009 (www.mineclosure2009.com) and the First International Seminar on the Reduction of Risk in the Management of Tailings and Mine Waste in Perth, Western Australia, September 6-10, 2010 (www.minewaste2010.com) .  Event brochures can be found in the Download section at the bottom of this page.  

International Oil Sands Tailings Conference 2008

The OSTRF and the Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development (CONRAD) held the First International Oil Sands Tailings Conference (IOSTC) on December 7-10, 2008, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at the Mayfield Inn and Suites.  With 37 presenters, including 11 keynote speakers, the conference attracted over 260 delegates from around the world.  Please contact Nicholas Beier (nabeier@ualberta.ca) to purchase a copy of the conference proceedings.  A copy of each presentation devliered at the conference is available for download.   Please refer to the Download section below for the Presentations and Agenda.     

OSTRF Student-Industry Interaction Days

The next interaction day is planned for October 1, 2009 at the Alberta Research Council Millwoods Facility in Edmonton, Alberta.  Please contact Nicholas Beier (nabeier@ualberta.ca) if you would like to attend. 

Itineraries for the previous Interaction Days are provided in the download section below.  Members can download the presentations through the member login function. 

OSTRF Demonstrations

The OSTRF hosted technology demonstrations to industry sponsors on July 9 and September 26, 2008.  The novel dewatering technologies were presented to provide industry with early exposure to these developments in consideration of the new directive on managing tailings.    

Downloads

The IOSTC conference presentations are available for download below.  They have been converted to *.pdf format and packaged by date in a self-extracting zip file or *.zip compressed file.  

INSTRUCTIONS - for conference presentations

Click the file you want to download.  Save the file to your computer.  After download is complete, double click the file.  Some antivirus programs may ask if you want to run this file type (.exe).  Click yes or run.  Then follow the on screen wizard instructions to extract the presentations files to your computer.  If you require assistance extracting the files please contact Nicholas Beier (nabeier@ualberta.ca).