Conference organisation

There is an interesting discussion building up on the Minerals Engineers group at LinkedIn.

Entitled "Organising conferences: is it a profit-making venture?", and initiated by Fathi Habashi of Laval University, Canada, it is leading to a general discussion on Society conferences, privately-organised conferences and the IMPCs.

If you are a minerals engineer, and not yet a member of the group at LinkedIn, I recommend that you join, as there are some useful discussions there. You may also be surprised by who you see in the group.