About the conference

The conference will be held at the Scientific and Educational Centre of collective use of Saint- Petersburg Mining University in St. Petersburg, Vasilyevsky Island, 21st line, 2, from 27th to 28th of April, 2021 (27th of April – arrival day)

Subject of conference

Different aspects of activity of analytical, test and non-destructive control laboratories will be examined:

• laboratories of mining industry;
• laboratories of oil and gas industry;
• laboratories of metallurgical industry.

For the Participants

1. To take part in the conference fill in the registration form and upload the article. Digest of the articles will be published in the Russian Index of Scientific Quotation to the beginning of the conference.

2. Only full-time participation is possible (with or without the report)*. Arrangement fee must be paid.

3. After the conference digest of the articles will be published, including the international data bases (Scopus Q3 and higher, Web of Science)**.

4. Contest of young scientists’ works will be held during the conference.

5. Registered foreign participants will be helped to get the invitation for Russian visa.

6. During the conference the training course «Modern methods and equipment of analytic control. Laboratory equipment. Metrology» will be taking place:

• 24 hours (during the conference);
• 40 hours (full-time 15.04.19-20.04.19);
• 72 hours (full-time 15.04.19-26.04.19).

Course listeners will get the certification of training after the final examination.

* list of speakers is formed by the Organising Committee;

** digest of the conference 2018

contest of scientific works

Contest of young scientists works has 4 sections, there will be winners and prize winners in every section:

1. «Analytical measurement in laboratories of processing industry in mining»
2. «Modern problems of recording resources and energy carriers»
3. «Ecological monitoring in mineral raw materials industry in Russia»
4. «Metrology in products and materials testing in mineral raw materials industry»

2 stages of the young scientists works contest:
1 stage:
Participant ( student (bachelor, master, specialist), graduate student or co-authorship) applies for participation and sends work, formalized according to the rules, and an article, containing targets, goals research methods, relevance and main results.
The Organizing Committee evaluates these works and chooses the winners of the first stage. First stage winners get diplomas, their articles are published in the collection, indexable in Russian Science Citation Index, before the conference. Representative of the Organizing Committee informs the winners till the 4th of the April. The first stage winner must prepare the poster presentation according to the rules and send it by email to met@spmi.ru.

2 stage (poster presentation):
Organizers print the received posters and place them in the conference hall, the jury evaluates the presentation and chooses the winners. If participants of the 2nd stage are present at the conference, they must be present near their posters while the jury works.
Winners and prize winner get diplomas from the Organizing Committee and presents from the sponsors.

Important Dates

• Apply for participation till 10.04.2021

• Apply for the young scientists’ works contest till 03.04.2021

• Arrival and check-in of participants – 26.04.2021 - 28.04.2021

• Working days of conference – 27.04.2021 - 28.04.21

• Conference summing-up – 28.04.2021

Main areas of expertise

1.    Main areas of expertise of analytic laboratories of Saint- Petersburg Mining University are:

• sampling at mining industry for industrial control;
• mportance of sample preparation for analytical control in the laboratory;
• modern laboratory equipment for sample preparation;
• right choice of analysis method.

2.    Design and equipment of modern analytic laboratory

• requirements to the room and equipment of laboratory;
• modern laboratory equipment;
• organization of working space in the laboratory;
• purchase management in the laboratory (specialty of federal law).

3.    Metrology and standardization at non-destructive control and monitoring of mineral resource complex:

• non-destructive control of mining, coal, oil and gas industry;
• non-destructive control of chemical, petrochemical and oil and gas equipment;
• changes at normative base of measurement unity;
• quality management at the analytic and test laboratory, in-the-lab control;
• automation programs for the laboratory.

4.    Experience at solving the ecological problems of industry at the laboratories of Geoecological Department

There will be the demonstration of equipment of world leading companies.

Main forms of participation

Full-time (Arrangement fee must be paid)

• Industry representatives – 7 500 rubles (with VAT 20%)
• Foreign participants – 250 USD (with VAT 20%)

Arrangement fee includes:

• participation in the conference;
• participant package (includes personal badge, folder, conference program, notebook, pen, information materials);
• technical provision;
• translation;
• lunches and coffee breaks at the days of conference;
• publication in the Russian Index of Scientific Quotation;
• excursions to the Mining museum, Temple of St. Macarius of Egypt and laboratories of the Mining university;
• bus excursion «Night St. Petersburg».

Full-time with training (Arrangement and training fee must be paid)

• Training  24 hours – 21 000 rubles (VAT free);
• Training 40 hours (full-time, one week (5 days)) – 35 000 rubles (VAT free);
• Training 72 hours (full-time, two weeks (10 days)) – 50 000 rubles (VAT free).

Correspondence participation is not provided.

additional forms of participation

The general sponsor of the conference

Organizer of a seminar (workshop)

Partner of a thematic section or round table

Contacts