MESC 2017 – Conference Program
| MONDAY 10th July 2017 |
| TIME |
CONTENT |
ROOM |
| 4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Welcome drinks with delegates and trade exhibitors |
Trade Exhibitor Room
[Level 2, Presidential Ballroom] |
| TUESDAY 11th July 2017 |
| TIME |
CONTENT |
ROOM |
| 8:00am |
Start the day with freshly brewed coffee and tea. |
Presidential Ballroom |
| 9:00am |
Welcome & Update on MESA
Lionel Smith
Chairman MESA
|
Grand Windsor Ballroom |
| 9.10am |
Opening Address
Kate du Preez
Commissioner for Mine Safety and Health
Department Natural Resources and Mines
|
| 9:30am |
Mine and Safety – Queensland Statistics
Lionel Smith
Department Natural Resources and Mines
|
| 9:45am |
The evolution of isolation
Mark Spinks
FLSmidth
|
| 10:25am |
Morning Tea |
Presidential Ballroom |
| 10:55am |
Earthing Essentials – Electro Magnetic Compatibility and Variable Speed Drives
Nick Hughes
Power Electronics Australia
|
Grand Windsor Ballroom |
| 11:25am |
Do’s and Don’ts of Industrial Illumination & Cost of
Getting it Wrong.
Andrew Orkin
Coolon Lighting
|
| 11:55pm |
Arc Faults in Electrical Enclosures in Underground Applications
Dr Ian Webster
Ampcontrol
|
| 12:30pm |
Lunch |
Presidential Ballroom |
| 1:30pm |
Special Presentation
The Psychology of Risk: What we can learn by engaging to understand
David Whitefield
Director
People & Risk |
Grand Windsor Ballroom |
| 2:30pm |
Innovation Award Presentations
|
| 2:50pm |
Afternoon Tea |
Presidential Ballroom |
| 3:20pm |
Safe Autonomous Mining? How?
Marcus Punch
Marcus Punch Pty Ltd
|
Grand Windsor Ballroom |
| 3:50pm |
What Earth Testing Should I Do?
Benton Greive
Safearth Consulting
|
| 4:20pm |
Batteries ain’t Batteries
Murray Timpson
Slam Engineering & Consulting
|
| 4:50pm |
Wrap up
Lionel Smith
Chairman MESA |
| 6.30pm |
Pre-Dinner Drinks |
Trade Exhibitor Room
[Level 2, Presidential Ballroom] |
| 7:00pm till late |
MESConference Dinner |
Grand Windsor Ballroom |
| WEDNESDAY 12th July 2017 |
| TIME |
CONTENT |
ROOM |
| 8:15am |
Start the day with freshly brewed coffee and tea. |
Presidential Ballroom |
| 9:00am |
Welcome
Lionel Smith
Chairman MESA
|
Grand Windsor Ballroom |
| 9:05am |
High Voltage Trucks – Protection and fire prevention
Paul Edwards
Peabody Energy
|
| 9:35am |
Harmonics and Power Quality
David Gale
Fuseco
|
| 10.05am |
Scar Tissue from our Lessons Learnt
Rob Lewis
Sunwater
|
| 10:35am |
Morning Tea |
Presidential Ballroom |
| 11:05am |
Development and Implementation of an Arc Flash Management program
Rob Lewis
Sunwater
|
Grand Windsor Ballroom |
| 11:35am |
Are your gas detectors actually working
Tim Wylie
Ampcontrol
|
| 12:05pm |
Achieving Electrical Worker Competence in the QGC Coal Seam Gas Assets
Sim Liew
QGC
|
| 12:35pm |
Repair and Overhaul of Certified Ex Equipment
Bipin Parmar
Simtars
|
| 1:05pm |
Conference Close
Lionel Smith
Chairman MESA
|
| 1:10pm |
Lunch |
Presidential Ballroom |