ISRM2011 Keynote, Müller and Rocha Medal Lectures
Lasted Updated: 31 Dec 2010 (NOT IN ORDER OF PRESENTATION)
 
Müller Lecture
"From Empiricism Through Theory To Problem Solving in Rock Engineering"

Speaker:
Nick BARTON
Nick Barton & Associates
Fjordveien 65c, 1353 Hovik, NORWAY
Tel/Fax (47) 67531 506
NORWAY
Rocha Medal Lecture
"Reduction of Blast-induced Vibration in Tunnelling using Barrier Holes and Air-deck"

Speaker:
Dohyun PARK PhD
Senior Researcher, Underground Space Department,
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
SOUTH KOREA
Keynote Lecture
"50 Years of the ISRM and Associated Progress in Rock Mechanics"

Speaker:
Ted BROWN, PhD
Senior Consultant, Golder Associates Pty Ltd, Brisbane
Emeritus Professor of The University of Queensland
President of the ISRM in the period 1983-87
AUSTRALIA
Keynote Lecture
"The Next 50 Years of the ISRM and Anticipated Future Progress in Rock Mechanics"

Speaker:
J A HUDSON,
Emeritus Professor, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK.
President, International Society for Rock Mechanics
UNITED KINGDOM
Keynote Lecture
"New Development of Rock Engineering and Technology in China"

Speaker:
Qihu QIAN
Professor and President, Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering
CHINA
Keynote Lecture
"Support of Excavations Subjected to Dynamic (Rockburst) Loading "

Speaker:
Dick STACEY PhD
Professor, School of Mining Engineering,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
SOUTH AFRICA
Keynote Lecture
"Advances in Rock Dynamics Modelling, Testing, and Engineering"

Speaker:
Jian ZHAO PhD
Professor of Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Laboratoire de mécanique des roches (LMR)
Lausanne
SWITZERLAND
Yingxin ZHOU PhD
Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering Geology,
SINGAPORE
Kaiwen Xia,
Ph.D. Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Toronto,
CANADA
Keynote Lecture
"Deep and Mega Underground Excavation Practices in Japan"

Speaker:
Jiro YAMATOMI PhD
Professor, Department of Systems Innovation, University of Tokyo
JAPAN
Keynote Lecture
"New Rock Mechanics Development in China"

Speaker:
Xia-Ting FENG PhD
Professor and Director, State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
CHINA
Keynote Lecture
"Discontinuous Deformation Analysis – Advances and Challenges"

Speaker:
Guowei MA
Professor, School of Civil and Resource Engineering
The University of Western Australia
AUSTRALIA
Keynote Lecture
"Discontinuum Models For Dam Foundation Failure Analysis"

Speaker:
Jose V. LEMOS PhD
LNEC - Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Av. do Brasil 101
1700-066 Lisboa
PORTUGAL
Keynote Lecture
"Risk Oriented Design and Construction of Tunnels"

Speaker:
Wulf SCHUBERT O.
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont.
Professor, Graz University of Technology, Graz
AUSTRIA
Keynote Lecture
"Synthetic Rock Mass Applications in Mass Mining"

Speakers:
Matthew E. PIERCE PhD
Principal Engineer
Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.
USA
Charles FAIRHURST
Professor Emeritus
University of Minnesota
USA
Keynote Lecture
"Rock Strength and Failure: Some Common and Uncommon Issues"

Speaker:
Alvaro J. GONZALEZ-GARCIA
Professor, Department of Civil and Agricultural Engineering,
National University of Colombia, Bogota
COLOMBIA
Keynote Lecture
"How to Select Rockmass Parameters for Analysis and Design"

Speakers:
T. Ramamurthy, Director,
Angron Geotech Private Limited,
New Delhi
INDIA
Abdolhadi Ghazvinian PhD
Academic Member,
Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran &
Vice President for Asia
International Society for Rock Mechanics
IRAN