"Mining the Future: Innovation, Technology, and Sustainability" - Symposium on Mining Engineering and Geo-Resources

The Symposium on Mining Engineering and Geo-Resources, part of the 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE25), will be held at FEUP, Porto, Portugal, on June 30th and July 1st, 2025. Organized by PhD students from the PDEMGR program at FEUP, with support from CERENA-FEUP.

Topics for submission include (but are not limited to):

• Exploration and Feasibility;
• Mining Extraction;
• Mineral Processing;
• Environmental Mining Impact;
• Mining Life Assessment (including Resources Assessment, Mining Planning, Mine Closure, Recycling, Life Cycle Assessment, Occupational Assessment, etc.);
• Energy Resources Engineering;
• Critical raw materials to leverage the energy and digital transition;
• Sustainable supply of raw materials.

Submissions

Submissions for the symposium are open until April 24th 2025. They can be in the form of oral or poster presentations. Abstracts (max 1 page) must follow the provided template and be submitted via the SCI-MEET platform. For more details, refer to the Registration page.

Registration & Payment

Registration is mandatory for all participants through the SCI-MEET platform.

The Doctoral Program in  Mining Engineering and Geo-resources (PDEMGR) will cover registration costs for FEUP students. A limited number of waivers are available for other FEUP students, researchers, or professors. 

Abstracts will be included in the Book of Abstracts only if at least one author registers and attends the event. To secure participation, at least one author per abstract must register promptly. 

Program

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Communications

Oral communication:  

• Prepare a PowerPoint presentation to support your talk.
• An editable PowerPoint template will be available soon.
• Language: Presentations and slides must be in English.

Poster communication:  

• The poster exhibition will be held in FEUP’s B Corridor, where posters will be displayed on the corridor windows.
• Posters should be formatted in portrait mode, size A1 (841 mm height × 594 mm width).
• Language: Posters must be in English.
• An editable poster template will be available soon.

Publications

All accepted abstracts, with at least one author registered in the Congress with a paid fee, will be included in the event’s program and the Symposium Book of Abstracts.

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Awards

Authors of accepted abstracts presented at the Congress will be eligible for the Best Oral and Best Poster Communication Awards.

Contact: up202202395@edu.fe.up.pt (Tiago Silva)