EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
6
TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ICE DRILLING TECHNOLOGY

Please let us know as soon as possible if you're interested in attending and indicate what topics you are most interested in hearing about.

Please submit/return this expression of interest form by April 12, 2006

1) Name:

2) Address:

3) Affiliation:

4) E-mail:

5) Phone:

6) Session topics you are interested in (from the list below) - - check all that apply:

Shallow ice drilling
Intermediate Depth Ice Drilling
Deep ice drilling
High altitude drilling
Ice drilling in complicated conditions(warm ice, water-saturated firn/ice)
Hot water and rapid access drilling
Special aspects of ice drilling technology (control systems, deviational/directional drilling, surface and auxiliary equipment, drill cables)
Replicate sampling technologies
Sub-glacial sampling
Penetration into sub-glacial lakes
Emerging Technologies
New challenges and innovative answers to old challenges
Ice drill and bore-hole recovery systems
Drilling fluids
Bore-hole logging
Ice core handling and quality control
Logistics & drill camp operations
Lessons learned through important failures
Future Ice Drilling Projects

7) A tentative title of an oral presentation:

8) Additional topics you would like to have addressed:

9) Can you bring a video of your drilling program? (20 min. suggested length): Yes No

10) Will you bring a poster for the evening poster session: Yes No


If you have any questions and/or comments please contact us.