Flotation '19- first announcement

Last month's Flotation '17 was one of MEI's most successful conferences, thanks to an excellent technical programme and a fine mix of researchers, suppliers and operators.

Now we look towards 2019, and we are pleased to announce that the website for Flotation '19 is now live.

Once again we will be at Cape Town's Vineyard Hotel, and the conference has got off to a flying start with four of our regular sponsors supporting us as usual. We thank Axis House, FLSmidth, Maelgwyn Mineral Services and Magotteaux, and also our faithful media partner International Mining, who clearly are aware of the advantages that early sponsorship brings, in terms of pre-conference exposure on the blog, MEI Online, Twitter, LinkedIn, as well as via flyers distributed at major international conferences.

 If you would like to sponsor the conference, full details can be found on the website.

We have 23 exhibition booths in the area where delegates break out for coffee and lunch, and where two of the evening social events will be held.  Already 5 booths have been sold, so we advise that you reserve your preferred space as soon as possible. The poster displays are also in the same area. Jaisen Kohmuench, Managing Director of Eriez Australia was clearly impressed "From a presenter's perspective, it was a pleasure being able to provide a talk to an interested and engaged audience. From a booth exhibitor's perspective, we had a constant influx of visitors which made the long trip (and expense) over to Cape Town that much more worthwhile".

Evening sundowner in the exhibition area

The venue for the conference dinner is still being arranged, but I can promise that it will be somewhere special, and will supplement the other two evening sundowners which will be held in the Vineyard gardens, with the backdrop of Table Mountain.

 So, November 11-14, 2019 should be dates for your diaries if you have any involvement with this most crucial of processes. Regular updates will be posted on Twitter, via the hashtag #Flotation19.

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