Associated Event
Third International Slope Stability in Mining Conference
14-16 November 2023 | The Westin Perth, Western Australia
Management of Moving and Unstable Slopes Workshop
12 November 2023 | Cassia Room, The Westin Perth, Western Australia
Workshop Presenters
Mark Fowler
Principal Engineering Geologist & Managing Director
PSM
Mark has been involved in geotechnics of open pit slopes since 1994. He is currently the managing director at PSM where he has consulted for more than twenty years. Mark has worked on more than one hundred mining projects around the globe. His areas of special interest include complex and deep mine slopes, pore pressure assessment and depressurisation, hydromechanical coupling, instrumentation and remediation of unstable slopes.
Dr Felicia Weir
Director & Principal Engineering Geologist
PSM
Felicia is a principal engineering geologist at PSM, an Australia-based geotechnical engineering firm. She joined PSM over 17 years ago after completing her PhD at the University of Sydney. Felicia specialises in geotechnical open pit slope design and operational support. Her recent work has focused on the development of robust 3D engineering geology models, rockfall risk management and assisting operations in the management of unstable slopes. Felicia is a member of ARMA, AGS and AusIMM.