| November 29 & 30, 2012 Heritage Hall & Hyatt Regency Hotel Lexington, Kentucky Technical Papers Workshops with speakers presenting topics acceptable for blaster retraining in Kentucky and other states. Extras Included Lunch, coffee breaks, and door prizes Exhibit Hall Over 50 booths set up by companies to display their products & explain their services. |
| K B C PROFILE The Kentucky Blasting Conference held its first meeting in 1973 with approximately 100 attendees at the Holiday Inn in Lexington, Kentucky and was described as the first organized technical conference devoted to the blasting and explosives in the USA. Since that time, it has grown to a nationally recognized technical conference attracting over 700 attendees representing all parts of the industry. The conference has been approved as meeting the requirements for up to eleven hours of blaster retraining in Kentucky. Other states such as: Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Ohio have accepted some or all of this training in the past. Blasters from other states should contact the regulatory agency in their states to determine its acceptance. The conference will provide adequate documentation of attendance for those who need it. |
| Co-Sponsored by the Bluegrass Chapter and the Tristate Chapter of the International Society of Explosive Engineers. Both chapters will have a business meeting on Thursday afternoon at the Conference. All current and prospective members are invited to attend. |
| 40th Annual Kentucky Blasting Conference |
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| Important notice for Kentucky Licensed Blasters - The Kentucky Blasting Conference (KBC) has cooperated with the Explosives and Blasting Branch of the Kentucky Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement to arrange for blasters licensed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to get their annual training at the KBC each year. The conference will repeat the same format as 2011, that is, technical presentations on Thursday and Friday mornings, with a variety of smaller group workshops on Thursday afternoon. The Explosives and Blasting Branch will grant four hours of conference training for attending one of the technical sessions either on Thursday or Friday morning. A blaster can then attend four hours of classroom style instruction on Thursday afternoon to fulfill the legal requirements to renew his/her blasters’ license. In this way, the KBC will serve as a one-stop shop for a blaster to meet the training requirements under the new law enacted in 2010. A blaster can obtain his/her eight hours of required Kentucky training in a single day if so desired, by attending the technical presentations on Thursday or Friday morning and four hours of workshops on Thursday afternoon. |
| SPORTING CLAY SHOOT sponsored by the University of KY ISEE Chapter NOVEMBER 28 @ 11a.m. For more details click here |
| The 40th annual Ky Blasting Conference is scheduled for December 12 & 13, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency and Lexington Center Check back later for more information |