Mike Hood – CEO of CRC Mining and head of the University of Queensland’s mining program; Frank Roxborough – professor emeritus, University of NSW; Bernhard Schimm – product manager for surface mining, Wirtgen Germany; and Ari Jaakonmaki – vice-president in-pit and mobile solutions, Metso Corporation (Finland), to speak at a briefing on continuous mining & handling equipment, December 11 and 12 at the Duxton Hotel.