Invitation

The IMVC 2014 Editorial Committee invites you to contribute to the congress programme by submitting an abstract of a paper for an oral or poster presentation.
The 10th International Mine Ventilation Congress (IMVC 2014) that will be held in South Africa will provide a setting which will stimulate the intellect, benefit professional development as a practitioner, and extend the knowledge base and communication network to support your career or research ventures.

About the Congress

The Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa (MVSSA) will host IMVC 2014 at Sun City in South Africa’s Pilanesberg Game Reserve, from 2 to 8 August 2014.
The aim of the International Mine Ventilation Congresses is to promote and nurture communication between ventilation professionals in order to improve mine ventilation engineering and the related health and safety aspects. The focus of IMVC 2014 in South Africa will be the sharing of knowledge gained since the previous congress with a view to improving, developing and refining aspects of ventilation, refrigeration, cooling, health and safety, and related energy efficiency in mines internationally.
Since its inception in 1944, MVSSA has represented the interests of practitioners in the mine ventilation engineering and related health and safety fields world-wide. MVSSA has an international membership of some 850 Fellows, Members and Associates and the MVSSA also hosted the 1st and 5th International Mine Ventilation Congresses in South Africa.

Congress Programme

The 10th International Mine Ventilation Congress will offer a seven-day programme comprising two days of specialised and interactive pre-congress workshops; a three-day technical programme of plenary and parallel sessions featuring the expertise of industry and academia; two days of site visits; a Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner; and a companion programme.
Congress Theme
The theme of IMVC 2014 is “Managing mine ventilation systems in the modern context: meeting mining, economic, sustainability, and health and safety challenges”. The congress programme will focus on all aspects of mine ventilation and the management of related systems.

Presentation Format

The IMVC 2014 programme will comprise a mix of Keynote, Plenary, Workshop, Symposia and Poster sessions. Accepted papers will be presented orally or as part of a poster display. Oral papers will be grouped by topic and presented in a number of sessions. Oral presentations should not exceed fifteen minutes with an allowance of a further five minutes for discussion. Authors chosen for a poster session will be given a full day to display their posters. Posters will be displayed in the common area of the congress venue, where refreshments will be served and the exhibition will be staged.
While effort will be made to accommodate author preferences in presentation format (oral or poster), the final decision will rest with the IMVC 2014 Editorial Committee.

KEY DATES

Call for Papers issued and submission site opens 22 May 2013
Deadline to submit abstracts 22 August 2013
Notification of paper acceptance 4 October 2013
Provisional programme issued 23 October 2013
Deadline to submit completed papers for review 3 February 2014
Early registration discount closes 25 April 2014

Guidelines

Papers should focus on Ventilation Engineering and topics in Safety and Occupational Health related to this discipline.
• Papers must describe adequately the topic or case study or research performed to assist reviewers in evaluating the quality, originality and thoroughness of the work.
• All accepted papers will be published in the bound volume as well as the electronic version of the congress proceedings.
• Papers should not be overly commercial in nature and manifest promotion of products and services will not be allowed.

ABSTRACT SPECIFICATIONS

Abstracts must cover the following 4 sections:
a. OBJECTIVE: introductory sentence indicating the objective and purpose of the study.
b. METHODS: description of experimental procedures, including applicable statistical evaluation.
c. RESULTS: summary of the data and results.
d. CONCLUSIONS: statement of the study’s conclusions.
• Abstract title should be given in UPPER CASE. The title should define the topic and contain no abbreviations.
• In the body of the abstract, standard abbreviations need not be defined; other abbreviations and acronyms should be defined on first use.
• Capitalise all trade names.
• Italicise scientific names.
• Overly commercial abstracts will not be accepted.
• Do not include graphics, photographs or tables.
• Abstracts should not exceed 400 words.
• The lead author’s name should appear first and will be the author that is corresponded with.
• The institutional and professional affiliations of all authors should also be included.
• Abstracts must be submitted in English.

HOW TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT

• Prepare an abstract that conforms to the specifications above.
• Access the submission site via the IMVC 2014 congress website: www.imvc2014.org/call-for-papers.php

Contact Us

IMVC 2014 Programme Secretariat
African Agenda • Tel: +27 (0)21 683 2934
info@imvc2014.org • www.imvc2014.org