Ginting Jalu Kusuma
The 8th Regional SOMP Meeting was held in Bandung, Indonesia, July 26‐27, 2018 under the leadership of Rudy Sayoga Gautama and Aryo Prawoto Wibowo from Bandung Institute of Technology. Nineteen international delegates from Australia, Spain, Germany, Japan, China, Namibia, South Africa, and Vietnam, and 73 delegates from Indonesia participated in this meeting. It should be noted that almost 60 Heads of mining engineering study programs in Indonesia, representing universities of higher education with mining engineering in Indonesia, attended this conference. The major areas for discussion centered on mining development in Asia: challenges and opportunities for Asian mining education. Welcome speech was given by Rudy Sayoga Gautama (Chairperson of the 8th SOMP Regional Meeting), followed by the opening speech by Jurgen Kretschmann (2018‐2019 SOMP President). A technical visit was also made to ANTAM UBPE Pongkor, an underground gold mine. There was a total of 19 international participants, and a number of students and academics participant from ITB at this mine tour.
Penerapan Karya Tulis
Mining development in Asia.