Professor Stanislaw Cierpisz (Silesian Technical University, Gliwice), Professor Józef Dubinski (Central Mining Institute, Katowice), Professor Waclaw Dziurzynski (Strata Mechanics Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow), Dr Marek Kwasniewski (Silesian Technical University, Gliwice), Professor Janusz Roszkowski (AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow), Professor Waclaw Trutwin (Strata Mechanics Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow)

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD:

Chairman: Professor Antoni Kidybinski (Central Mining Institute, Katowice)

Professor K.S. Basniev (Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Professor Liu Baoshen (Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha, Hunan, China), Professor J. Bodziony (Strata Mechanics Research Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow Poland), Professor H.Bystron (Central Mining Institute Katowice, Poland), Professor A. Bulat (Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine), Professor I. Dimov (University of Mining and Geology, Sofia, Bulgaria), Dr S. Gillies (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia), Professor M. Hajdasinski (Laurentian University Sudbury, Ontario, Canada), Professor P. Koncny (Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic), Professor V. Köckritz (TU Bergakademie Freiberg Freiberg, Germany), Professor E.I. Krizanivskij (National Oil and Gas University of Ukraine, Ivanofrankovsk, Ukraine), Dr I. Lowndes (University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom), Professor A. Lisowski (Central Mining Institute, Katowice, Poland), Professor M.J. McPherson (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia, USA), Professor S. Miska (University of Tulsa, Tulsa, USA), Professor E. Nordlund (Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden), Professor W.N. Oparin (Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosybirsk, Russia), Professor D.C. Panigrahi (Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India), Professor J. Pinka (Technical University of Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia), Professor J.P. Piquet (Ecole de Mines de Nancy, Nancy, France), Professor G.G. Pivnyak (National Mining University of Ukraine, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine), Professor L.A. Puchkov (Moscow State Mining University, Moscow, Russia), Professor P. Särkkä (Helsinki University of Technology Helsinki, Finland), Professor R.N. Singh (University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia), Professor A. Sroka (TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany), Professor S. Stryczek (AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland), Professor K. Sztaba (AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland), Professor A. Tajdus (AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland), Professor K.F. Unrug (University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA), Professor Wang Xingshen (China University of Mining and Technology Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China), Professor A. Wala (University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA), Professor J. Vasyuchkov (Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Professor A. Wojtanowicz (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA).