Professor Kim Esbensen visited Francis Pitard Sampling Consultants, Broomfield, Colorado for a period of 10 days in October 2009 — to further collaboration regarding comprehensive dissemination and teaching TOS in all sectors: academe, technology, industry, including bilateral updating of teaching approaches, methods and curricula.

Francis Pitard (www.fpscsampling.com), together with Dominique Francois-Bongarcon (www.agoratek.net) are today's most sought after consultants in the global mining and minerals processing industries. This experience is second to none also for education-related research and dissemination of the Theory of Sampling in the academic world. Joint course activities are now in planning for the European academic and industry sectors.