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    Program At A Glance
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    Venue: China National Convention Center, Convention East Plaza
    (Delegate Access from Tianchen East Road, Subway Line 8 - Entrance E)
    Speaker Ready Room (L3 Room 306B) Internet Stations (L3 Foyer)
    Session From To Sunday - 16 October, 2011
    All Day 0830 1800 ISRM Board Meeting (L2 - Exhibition Floor, Room E231)
      1230 1400 Lunch Break (Venue: CNCC Hotel Buffet)
    All Day 0830 1730 Short Courses & Workshops (Day 1) 
    WS4: International Workshop on Radioactive Waste Disposal: Progress and Challenges (L2 - Exhibition Floor, Room E232A/B)
    SC4: Short Course on Rock Support in Burst-Prone Ground (Offsite - See Registration Desk for Venue Info)
    EVE 1900 2100 Board Dinner
    Session From To Monday - 17 October, 2011
    All Day 0830 1730 Short Courses & Workshops (Day 2)
    SC4: Short Course on Rock Support in Burst-Prone Ground (Offsite - See Registration Desk for Venue Info)
    WS1: Workshop on Rock Dynamics (L3 South - Room 302B)
    WS3: The 9th International Workshop on the Application of Geophysics to Rock Engineering (L3 South - Room 302A)
    WS5: Networks of Underground Research Laboratories for International, Inter-disciplinary Innovations (L3 South - Room 301B)
    WS6: Latest Developments and Applications of Key block theory (L3 South - Room 301A)
    WS7: Workshop on True Triaxial Testing of Rocks (L3 North - Room 307B)
    AM 0830 1230 Commission Meetings/Other Regional Council Meetings
    Commission on Rock Dynamics (L3 South - Room 302B)
    Commission on Radioactive Waste Disposal (L3 South - Room 303A)
    Commission on Preservation of Ancient Site (L3 South - Room 303B)
    Commission on Testing Methods (L3 South - Room 305)
    Pre-Commission on Crustal Stress and Earthquake (L3 South - VIP Room 3-1)
    Pre-Commisssion on Case Histories (L3 South - VIP Room 3-2)
      1230 1400 Lunch
      0900 1200 Exhibitior Booth Dressing (L3 Foyer)
    PM 1400 1900 ISRM Council Meeting (L3 North - Room 311 A/B)
    PM-EVE 1400 2100 Delegate Arrival & Registration (L3 Foyer)
    EVE 1900 2100 Welcome Reception (L1 Ballroom A)
    Session From To Tuesday - 18 October, 2011
    All Day 0730 1800 Registration (L3 Foyer)
    All Day 0800 1700 Exhibition (L3 Foyer)
    AM1 0830 1030 OPENING & PLENARY (L4 Plenary Hall B)
    0830 0910 Opening Ceremony
    0910 1030 Keynote Lecture: Ted BROWN
    "50 Years of the ISRM and Associated Progress in Rock Mechanics"
    Keynote Lecture: JA HUDSON
    "The Next 50 Years of the ISRM and Anticipated Future Progress in Rock Mechanics"  
      1030 1100 AM1 Break (L4 Foyer)
    AM2 1100 1230 PLENARY (L4 Plenary Hall B)
    Müller Lecture: Nick BARTON
    "From Empiricism Through Theory To Problem Solving in Rock Engineering"
    Keynote Lecture: Qihu QIAN
    "New Development of Rock Engineering and Technology in China"
      1230 1330 Lunch (L1 Ballroom A)
    PM1 1330 1530
    A1 (L3 Room 310)
    B1 (L3 Room 308)
    C1 (L3 Room 311A)
    D1 (L3 Room 311B)
      1530 1600 PM1 Break (L3 Foyer)
    PO1 1400 1800 PO1 - POSTER SESSION 1 (L3 Foyer)
    PM2 1600 1800
    A2 (L3 Room 310)
    B2 (L3 Room 308)
    C2 (L3 Room 311A)
    D2 (L3 Room 311B)
      1700 1830 Asia Council Meeting (L3 South - Room 301A)
      1700 1830 Europe Council Meeting (L3 South - Room 301B)
    EVE 1900 2100 Congress Welcome Banquet (L4 Plenary Hall B)
    Session From To Wednesday - 19 October, 2011
    All Day 0800 1800 Registration (L3 Foyer)
    All Day 0800 1700 Exhibition (L3 Foyer)
    AM3 0830 1000 PLENARY (L3 Room 309A/B)
    “Advances in Rock Dynamics Modelling, Testing, and Engineering”, Jian Zhao
    “Support of Excavations Subjected to Dynamic (Rockburst) Loading”, Dick Stacey
    “Deep and Mega Underground Excavation Practices in Japan”, Jiro Yamatomi
      1000 1030 AM3 Break (L3 Foyer)
    AM4 1030 1230
    A3 (L3 Room 310)
    G (L3 Room 308)
    C3 (L3 Room 311A)
    D3 (L3 Room 311B)
      1230 1330 Lunch (L4 Plenary Hall B)
    PM3 1330 1530
    F1 (L3 Room 310)
    L1 (L3 Room 308)
    C4 (L3 Room 311A)
    D4 (L3 Room 311B)
      1530 1600 PM3 Break (L3 Foyer)
    PO2 1400 1800 PO2 - POSTER SESSION 2 (L3 Foyer)
    PM4 1600 1800
    F2 (L3 Room 310)
    L2 (L3 Room 308)
    M1 (L3 Room 311A)
    H (L3 Room 311B)
    Session From To Thursday - 20 October, 2011
    All Day 0800 1800 Registration (L3 Foyer)
    All Day 0800 1700 Exhibition (L3 Foyer)
    AM5 0830 1015 PLENARY (L3 Room 309A/B)
    “Risk Oriented Design and Construction of Tunnels,” Wulf Schubert
    "Rock Strength and Failure: Some Common and Uncommon Issues" Ivaro Jaime Gonzalez-Garcia
    "How to Select Rockmass Parameters for Analysis and Design" T. Ramamurthy, Abdolhadi Ghazvinian
      1015 1045 AM5 Break (L3 Foyer)
    AM6 1045 1230 PLENARY (L3 Room 309A/B)
    "Discontinuous Deformation Analysis – Advances and Challenges" Guowei Ma
    "Discontinuum Models for Dam Foundation Failure Analysis" Jose Vieira de Lemos
    "Synthetic Rock Mass Applications in Mass Mining" Mathew Pierce, Charles Fairhurst
      1230 1330 Lunch (L4 Plenary Hall B)
    PM5 1330 1530
    F3 (L3 Room 310)
    E1 (L3 Room 308)
    I1 (L3 Room 311A)
    K1 (L3 Room 311B)
      1530 1600 PM5 Break (L3 Foyer)
    PO3 1400 1800 PO3 - POSTER SESSION 3 (L3 Foyer)
    PM6 1600 1800
    M2 (L3 Room 310)
    E2 (L3 Room 308)
    I2 (L3 Room 311A)
    K2 (L3 Room 311B)
      1600 1630 ISRM Advisory Forum (L3 North Room 307B)
    Eve 1800 2000 Congress Banquet / ISRM 50th Anniversary Celebration (L4 Plenary Hall B)
    Session From To Friday - 21 October, 2011
    All Day 0800 1800 Registration (L3 Foyer)
    All Day 0800 1700 Exhibition (L3 Foyer)
    AM7 0830 1000 PLENARY (L3 Room 309A/B)
    “New Rock Mechanics Development in China”, Xia-Ting Feng
    Rocha Medal Lecture
    "Reduction of Blast-induced Vibration in Tunnelling using Barrier Holes and Air-deck" Dohyun Park
      1000 1030 AM7 Break (L3 Foyer)
    AM8 1030 1230 SPECIAL SESSIONS
    SS1 "Rock Physics and Geophysics for CO2 Sequestration"
    By ISRM Commission on Application of Geophysics (L3 North Room 308)
    SS2 "Gelogical Disposal of Radioactive Waste"
    By ISRM Commission on Radioactive Waste Disposal (L3 North Room 310)
    SS3 "New and Upgraded ISRM Suggested Methods"
    By ISRM Commission on Testing Methods (L3 North Room 311A)
    SS4 "Modern Rock Engineering Design Methodology"
    By ISRM Design Methodology Commission (L3 North Room 311B)
      1230 1400 Lunch (L4 Plenary Hall B)
    PM7 1330 1645 China Afternoon (L3 Room 309A/B)
      1530 1600 Break (L3 Foyer)
    PM8 1645 1730 Closing Ceremony - Includes Presentation on Eurock 2012 (L3 Room 309A/B)
    Post-Congress Tours/Site Visits
    Korea Theme: Engineering Consideration for Construction of Low-level Nuclear Waste Depository & Culture Tour at Gyeongju
    "Construction Site of Gyeongju Low Level Ratioactive Waste Disposal Facility" and “Ancient Capital City of Gyeongju and its Cultural Heritage” -Oct. 22-23
    China PT-1 Beijing-Xi’an-Dunhuang-Beishan-Beijing -- Oct. 22-27
      PT-7 Beijing-Lhasa-Namtso-Shigatse-Lhasa-Beijing -- Oct. 22-27