Suggested themes include:
- Safety management/risk management theory and practice
- Future directions, leadership and management
- The role of legislation
- Innovations in education and training
- Barriers to the uptake of technology (electrical safety)
- Incident investigation techniques
- Emergency response (mines rescue, mine disasters)
- Human centred design (human factors & automation)
- Health & hygiene (dust, RCS, DPM, noise, fatigue, mental health)
- Ground control/strata control/geotechnical
- Principal Hazards (vehicle interactions, gas, fires & explosions, spon comb, inrush)
- Artisanal and small-scale mining
- Surface mining
- Challenges facing metal/non-metal mines and quarries
- Challenges facing coal mines
- COVID-19 Response and Resilience (planning, risk assessment, hygiene, mental health, remote work, business continuity)