WORKSHOP
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2024-04-15 (Monday)
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09:00 - 12:00
WORKSHOP 10 - ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN GEOTECHNICAL MODELING FOR SLOPES: FROM ROCK STRENGTH PREDICTION TO 3D NUMERICAL MODELING AND MACHINE LEARNING
PATRICIO GOMEZ 
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
JASON FURTNEY 
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
LOREN LORIG
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
RODRIGO SILVA
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
New models and tools for analyzing rock mass behavior. |
09:00 - 12:00
WORKSHOP 4 - PROACTIVE SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT
MATTHEW DAMHUIS 
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
ANGUS ROWLAND
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
Piteau Associates a Tetra Tech Company |
09:00 - 12:00
WORKSHOP 5 (PART 1) – 2D AND 3D SLOPE STABILITY ANALISIS
REGINALD HAMMAH 
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
ROCSCIENCE |
09:00 - 12:00
WORKSHOP 7 - GROUND RADAR APLICATIONS IN OPEN PIT MINE, THE USE OF RAR AND SAR TECHNOLOGIES
EDUARDO DINIZ 
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
ALBERT CABREJO
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
SHARLA COETSEE
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
PRIYANKA NARSHAI
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
AUGUSTO MERLO 
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
MANUEL DIAZ MERCADO 
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
IDS + GP |
09:00 - 12:00
WORKSHOP 8 (PART 1) - DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK (DFN) ANALYSIS FOR OPEN PIT SLOPE STABILITY
PEDRO OJEDA
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
SANTIAGO MARAMBIO
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
WSP Canada Inc. (WSP) is pleased to host this workshop in association with the Slope Stability 2024 Conference on the topic of Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) Analysis for Open Pit Slope Stability. Over the last decade, DFN analysis and modelling have resulted in significant advances in how we approach fractured rock masses. A major area of development has been in DFN-based slope engineering, with advances in bench-scale analysis as well as inter-ramp and wall-scale stability analysis. This short course introduces attendees to some of the theory behind DFN modelling and some practical examples of how it is used, while providing hands-on experience with WSP’s DFN software, FracMan®. All attendees will be provided with a 30-day licence for the geotechnical edition of FracMan® Participants should bring a laptop to this workshop. This workshop will cover the following key topics: |
09:00 - 12:00
WORKSHOP 1 - WEAK ROCK SAMPLING AND LABORATORY TESTING FOR OPEN PIT OPERATIONS (WSP/LOP)
LUIZ CASTRO
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
MARC ROUGIER
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
MARISOL VALERIO
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
SHARON ROSS
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
This workshop for pit slope stability practitioners, developed in collaboration with the Large Open Pit project, provides guidelines for rock sampling and laboratory testing in weak rock for open pit slope design applications. The workshop aims to introduce attendees to the challenges unique to weak rock and different from hard rock, and provide insights on how to handle these challenges when sampling, field testing, and planning laboratory strength testing with weak rock. |
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| 13:30 |
13:30 - 17:00
WORKSHOP 5 (PART 2) – 2D AND 3D SLOPE STABILITY ANALISIS
REGINALD HAMMAH
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
ROCSCIENCE |
13:30 - 17:00
WORKSHOP 2 - SLOPE MONITORING: STATE OF THE ART INTEGRATED DATA ANALYTICS
PAOLO FARINA
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
Despite the availability of good monitoring data as well as good monitoring platforms, mine sites are still struggling to identify with sufficient notice the occurrence of slope failures. In the majority of cases, slope monitoring programs are able to manage geotechnical risk in the short term, namely detecting slope movements a few days or hours before the collapse and communicating with operations in order to remove personnel and equipment from the potential run-out area. Additional efforts are still necessary to support better exploitation of the available data aimed at the identification of anomalous behaviors of the monitored slopes. The available data, if properly analyzed and interpreted, may contain valuable information potentially able to identify unstable sectors of the slope weeks or months before movements are fast enough to be detected by radar. The workshop is aimed at describing this type of process, namely 'data analytics'. |
13:30 - 17:00
WORKSHOP 8 (PART 2) - DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK (DFN) ANALYSIS FOR OPEN PIT SLOPE STABILITY
PEDRO OJEDA
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
SANTIAGO MARAMBIO
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
WSP Canada Inc. (WSP) is pleased to host this workshop in association with the Slope Stability 2024 Conference on the topic of Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) Analysis for Open Pit Slope Stability. Over the last decade, DFN analysis and modelling have resulted in significant advances in how we approach fractured rock masses. A major area of development has been in DFN-based slope engineering, with advances in bench-scale analysis as well as inter-ramp and wall-scale stability analysis. This short course introduces attendees to some of the theory behind DFN modelling and some practical examples of how it is used, while providing hands-on experience with WSP’s DFN software, FracMan®. All attendees will be provided with a 30-day licence for the geotechnical edition of FracMan®. Participants should bring a laptop to this workshop. This workshop will cover the following key topics: |
13:30 - 17:00
WORKSHOP 12 - THE BENEFITS OF INTEGRATING PITWALL DESIGN INTO STRATEGIC MINE PLANNING AND EMPLOYING GEOTECHNICALLY OPTIMAL PITWALL PROFILES. DEMONSTRATION THROUGH CASE STUDIES OF FOUR OPEN PIT MINES
STEFANO UTILI 
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
MATTHEW SCHMIDT
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
SERGIO CUELLO
WORKSHOP SPEAKER
In the current design practice, pit wall profiles are often designed to be planar especially within each rock layer. A new slope design software, OptimalSlope, has been recently introduced to determine non-planar geotechnically optimal pitwall profiles. These profiles are obtained as the solution of a mathematical optimisation problem where the overall slope angle of the pitwall, from crest to toe, is maximised for an assigned lithology, rock properties, FoS, and any ramp to be accommodated. |
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