Specifications
for Papers

The abstract should be limited to 300 words. Illustrations may be added to the abstract, but all in all the abstract must not have more than one page. The full papers will have to be available in electronic version. Please note that a simple MS PowerPoint presentation will not be sufficient. The oral presentation time will be limited to 20 minutes plus 5 minutes time for questions. The official language of the conference is English; all abstracts, papers and the presentation must be in English.

Call For Papers
 

The Conference Chair and "bulk solids handling" invite contributors from industry and academia to submit their abstracts. Authors wishing to present a paper should download this MS Word abstract template.

At least one author of each accepted paper must register to the conference in order for the paper to be included in the final programme. For the presenting author participation in the conference is free of charge.

Conference Scope

The scope of this conference will cover but is not limited to all aspects of the design, engineering, automation, operation, maintenance and surveillance of bulk material handling plants and individual pieces of equipment for transportation, storage, handling, and processing.

The scope is not limited to specific industries, but covers all areas where bulk materials are handled, e.g. mining, cement production, steel making, ship-, rail-, and road transportation, power generation, production of fertilisers and plastics, and others. Papers dealing with the environmental impact of systems used for storing, handling and transporting bulk solids material would be especially welcome.

Important Dates
Submission of Abstracts: April 28th
Acceptance of Abstracts: May 5th
Submission of Full Papers: June 9th
Feedback on Full Papers: July 25th

Scientific Conference Board /
Reviewing & Publication

The Scientific Board is installed for this conference to provide reviewing. Members are:

Mr. Richard Farnish
The University of Greenwich, United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. Monika Hardygora
Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

Univ. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. F. Kessler
Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

Prof. Dr. ir. Gabriel Lodewijks
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Dr. Jan Novosad
CSCHI – Czech Society of Chemical Engineering, Czech Republic

Authors wishing to have their papers reviewed should make a clear note on the abstract or full paper. All papers will be included in the conference folder and on a CD-ROM, which will both be distributed at the conference. A written confirmation of the presenta-tion of the paper will be distributed to the speakers at the conference.

Full Call-for-Papers Download
You can download the full Call-for-Papers here!
 

Submission of Abstracts

Please, send your abstracts to the Conference Secretary,
Mr. Marcel Droettboom by either mail, e-mail or fax.

Postal address:
Vogel Industrie Medien
Mr. Marcel Droettboom
Max-Planck-Str. 7/9
97064 Wuerzburg
Germany

E-Mail:
marcel_droettboom@vogel-medien.de

Fax:
+40 (0)931 418 2090