Slope Stability X27
Africa’s practitioner-led slope stability conference and expo returns. Two days with the engineers who investigate, design, build, monitor and govern slopes in working mines.
Built on what SSX26 started
SSX26 explored the disconnects behind major slope failures. SSX27 takes the same five themes further, shaped with the speakers who led them in 2026.
Expect more speakers, shorter 30-minute sessions, more time between sessions and live polls that bring the room into the discussion. An online webinar series with returning SSX26 speakers runs in the months before the event. Other forums cover the theory and the standards. SSX27 is where the engineers who carry the risk on site compare what actually works.
Join the conversation
The SSX27 programme is still being shaped. Tell us which slope stability problems you want on the agenda, or put your own talk forward.
The full life of a slope
Investigation & site characterisation
Better ground models, from structural mapping to remote sensing.
Design & planning
Linking mine planning decisions to geotechnical reality.
Construction & execution
Ground support and rockfall protection that performs as designed.
Monitoring & operations
From instruments and data to early warning and action.
Risk & governance
Ownership of geotechnical risk, regulation and closure.
The road to August 2027
What SSX26 looked like
16 speakers, 12 partners and two days at The Garden Venue in Johannesburg, with engineers from Gold Fields, Anglo American, Exxaro Resources and Vedanta Zinc International in the room. Read the SSX26 recap
Are you a solution provider?
If your products or services help mines investigate, design, build or monitor their slopes, talk to us early about being part of SSX27.
For the people responsible for stable slopes
Present at SSX27
We are looking for practical talks from people doing the work: case studies, lessons from failures, and methods others can apply on their own sites.
Join the SSX27 early-bird waitlist
Waitlist members hear first when early-bird registration opens. If you would like to speak, tick the box and tell us your topic.
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Partner with SSX27
Partnerships open soon. Tell us about your company and what you would like to achieve, and we will contact you first to shape it together.