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Connect, Benefit and Brainstorm Solutions Now
We understand the rapidly changing situation surrounding COVID-19 has presented unique challenges to your business processes and how we interact with each other. SME would like to share with you the steps we are taking to reducing the risk of adverse health impacts to our member community and staff while remaining connected and engaged.
Connect and Engage Virtually
Physical distancing doesn’t have to mean a social disconnect. Be sure to connect with colleagues and professionals on various virtual platforms.
- Connect with colleagues, your professional network, and SME Committees through online video/audio conferences.
- Take advantage of professional opportunities offered through SME webinars. In the coming weeks, SME will increase the number of webinars.
- Use the SME Community’s membership directory and resources to communicate.
- Participate in the Great Debate.
- Submit your nominations for SME Awards.
- Enhance your research through the web-based document library OneMine.org.
Conferences and Events
Our meetings team is working to make the most informed decisions regarding the postponement or cancellation of any SME event. Guided by rapidly changing information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO) and other state and local officials, these decisions will be conveyed in a timely fashion.
We did not take these decisions lightly. SME leadership thoughtfully and responsibly determined the best course of action based on all the available options, especially in light of corporate travel restrictions, and the ongoing escalation of the virus. Currently, SME has cancelled the SME Minnesota Conference (April 6), and the Current Trends in Mining Finance Conference (May 10). We do not intend to cancel other SME conferences at this time; however, we may need to postpone or reschedule them. The Offshore Technology Conference (May 4) has been postponed until this Fall. The SME Foundation Benefit Golf Tournament has been rescheduled for Oct. 2.
SME Support
Your Society is still here to support you. While many of our staff are working remotely, we are continuing business as usual. You can rely on our uninterrupted support during this challenging time.
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| Risk-Free Registration Rates for NAT 2020 |
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June 7-10, 2020, Nashville, TN
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In these rapidly changing times, we understand it can be difficult to make decisions to attend a conference. We’d like to offer you a risk-free registration:
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Your health and safety are important to us, and we currently expect that NAT 2020 will occur. These new updates should give you the chance to respond in a more timely and thoughtful manner to this unprecedented situation. We hope you will find optimism and a return to business as normal in June.
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| Call for SME Award Nominations |
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The highest honor you can bestow upon a colleague is to nominate them for an SME Award. Show your appreciation and respect for their professionalism and expertise by submitting a nomination prior to June 1, 2020. Awards are presented by SME, AIME, MEC and SME Divisions. Details can be found here…
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| Free Resources for K-12 and Others |
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MEC’s Free Resources
Check out these virtual tours and mineral videos--audio/visual resources--and more at www.MineralsEducationCoalition.org while you’re at home.
National Science Teaching Association (NSTA)
Also for those at home, NSTA is offering a free 30-day membership, providing access to more than 12,000 digital professional learning resources and tools, here.
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USA Science & Engineering Festival—Postponed until Further Notice
Thank you to everyone that was planning to help at the USA Science and Engineering Festival. It has been postponed until further notice, and festival organizers are pursuing new dates later this year. In the meantime, for all those at home, the Festival is offering weekly themed videos, as well as their free video library of speakers here, and Expo performers here.
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| Mining Reference Handbook |
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SME Mining Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition
The second edition of the SME Mining Reference Handbook offers an enhanced presentation, new and updated information, and is represented in a concise, well-organized guide of important data for everyday use by engineers and other professionals engaged in mining, exploration, mineral processing, and environmental compliance and reclamation.
With its exhaustive trove of charts, graphs, tables, equations, and guidelines, the handbook is the essential technical reference for mobile mining professionals.
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The Great Debate continues to be a good-natured debate about the mining industry with the goal of raising funds for the U.S. National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum. Who works harder? Who has more skill? Whose job is more important to the bottom line? Whose boots get dirtier? The Great Debate is a series of monthly articles to spark that discussion. In the March Issue of Mining Engineering, former SME President Tim Arnold makes the case for miners. Vote Here...
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Visit Latest Industry Headlines for Daily News
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The Latest Industry Headlines features daily news updates.
Mining Engineering Online provides complete access to the
magazine archives and the Metal Prices ticker.
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