Explosives Industry News

Member News

As the leading professional association for the explosives industry, we want to help you advance your knowledge and career through education, regulatory training and professional networking. Whether you’re a student, an industry professional, or representing an organization, being part of the ISEE community will help you to achieve your goals.
Please renew your ISEE membership for 2020 to continue your access to these exclusive tools including:
1. Networking opportunities with 4,000 colleagues and industry leaders
2. Access OneMine, which includes proceedings from ISEE's Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique as well as 124,000 articles, technical papers, books in the explosives, mining, minerals and tunneling industries
3. Special annual conference pricing
4. A complimentary subscription to the Journal of Explosives Engineering
5. Exclusive pricing at the ISEE online bookstore
6. A complimentary listing in the ISEE Membership Directory and Desktop Reference

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46th Annual Conference Highlight: SEE Education Foundation Online Auction

More than 20 packages, ranging from a beautiful mineral to a ski package at Wachusett Mountain in Massachusetts, are available for bidding now at the SEE Education Foundation Online Auction.

The money raised will benefit the ISEE Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships to college students pursuing a technical, undergraduate, masters or doctorate degree in fields related to the commercial explosives industries. To date, the SEE Foundation Scholarship Fund has awarded more than $662,000 to nearly 500 students.

Bidding will close Jan. 28, 2020, during the Grand Finale Gala at the 46th Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique held in Denver, Colo. Visit the online auction to start your bidding today. And check back often as new packages become available.

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46th Annual Conference Highlight: Grand Finale Gala - Open to All

This exciting gala, from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, will be the largest social gathering of the year in the explosives industry. The event will kick off with a pre-gala reception running from 6-6:30 p.m.

Share a delightful evening together before the conference comes to a close. Grab a refeshing cocktail, enjoy an appetizing bite, and be a part of the fun. All registered attendeees are invited and attire is casual.

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46th Annual Conference Highlight: Share Your Conference Pictures

Are you attending the 46th Annual Conference? Be sure to tag your Twitter, Facebook and Instagram pictures with #isee46. Select images using the conference tag will be shown at select locations of the conference.

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Industry News

Register now for the 46th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique held Jan. 26-29, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colo.

As many as 1,600 blasters, manufacturers, government officials and suppliers will gather from all over the world to gain new insights and form new business alliances. The 2020 program includes a dynamic education program featuring technical sessions, poster session and workshops combined with more than 130 exhibits on the latest technology.

In addition to the full conference, the Blasters Weekend Package, starting Saturday, Jan. 25, will include the popular Blasters Training Seminar, the Blasters R Us Video Roundup, a regulatory panel discussion and more.

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46th Annual Conference Highlight: Sean Brady, Ph.D., Keynote Presenter

All professionals possess some measure of expertise. Not only is expertise useful, it’s usually necessary to do the job and generally viewed as a good thing.

But what if there’s an issue with expertise? Is expertise always a good thing?

During the 46th Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique keynote presentation, Forensic Structural Engineer Sean Brady, Ph.D., will discuss how expertise has limitations when applied outside normal areas of application, and how these limitations typically won’t be evident to the individual applying the expertise.

He will also talk about how it’s even likely that an individual will continue to apply their expertise in situations where evidence suggests the application of the expertise is inappropriate.

To explore these issues, Brady will examine the behavior of a group of U.S. firefighters fighting a 1949 wildfire in Mann Gulch. He will look at psychological studies that examine the concept of Priming and will discuss how baseball can help unravel why expertise sometimes lets us down.

Brady will speak at 8 a.m. Jan. 27, 2020, at the 46th Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique in Denver, Colo.

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The ISEE Conference Mobile App is Now Available

Get ready for the 46th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique by downloading the official mobile app to help you maximize your time at the event. Download the ISEE 2020 mobile app to view the complete schedule and add your favorite exhibitors and sessions to the personalized planner for convenient on-the-go access before and during the conference.

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46th Annual Conference Highlight: English to Spanish Translation Serivices now Available for Technical Sessions

Complimentary English to Spanish translation services will be availalbe onsite Monday through Wednesday for the technical sessions and keynote presentaiton, a new service provided for the 46th Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasitng Technique.

Spanish Translation Schedule Snapshot
Monday, Jan. 27
8 - 9 a.m.: Keynote/Opening Session
9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.: Technical Sessions

Tuesday, Jan. 28
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Technical Sessions

Wednesday, Jan. 29
8 a.m. - Noon: Technical Sessions

The 46th Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique will be held Jan. 26-29, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colo.

Visit https://www.isee.org/conferences/2020-conference/schedule to see the entire conference schedule, or click the link below to register for the conference.

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International Society of Explosives Engineers