2024 Schedule At-A-Glance
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Current as of October 3, 2023
MINEXCHANGE Schedule
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Official Conference Dates: Sunday, February 25 – Wednesday, February 28
Friday
February 23, 2024
Saturday
February 24, 2024
Sunday
February 25, 2024
Monday
February 26, 2024
Tuesday
February 27, 2024
Wednesday
February 28, 2024
Thursday
February 29, 2024
| 7:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Three-Day Short Course: Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) Review Course (ticketed) |
| 11:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Exhibitor Set-up (10x20 Booths and Larger, By Appointment Only) |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | SME Metallic Student Design Competition Registration |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | SME Metallic Student Design Competition Registration |
| 7:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Registration Open |
| 7:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Three-Day Short Course: Certified Mine Safety Professional Review Course (ticketed) |
| 7:00 AM | 5:00 PM | SME Information Desk Open |
| 8:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Leadership Orientation |
| 8:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Exhibitor Set-up |
| 8:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Short Courses |
| 9:00 AM | 11:00 AM | ABET Visitor Selection (closed) |
| 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Audit Committee Meeting |
| 12:00 PM | 5:00 PM | ABET General Information & Training Meeting |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Strategic Committee Meeting - Association Growth |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Strategic Committee Meeting - Industry Innovation |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Strategic Committee Meeting - Industry Workforce |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Strategic Committee Meeting - Responsible Mining & Underground Construction |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Finance Committee Meeting |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | WAAIME Strategic Planning Session |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Structure and Governance Committee Meeting |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Joint Strategic Session |
| 5:00 PM | 6:30 PM | SME Board of Directors Meeting (closed) |
| 6:30 PM | 9:00 PM | SME PE Committee Annual Appreciation Dinner (by invitation only) |
| 7:00 AM | 8:30 AM | SME Foundation Executive Committee Meeting (closed) |
| 7:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Three-Day Short Course: Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) Review Course (ticketed) |
| 7:00 AM | 6:00 PM | Registration Open |
| 7:00 AM | 6:00 PM | SME Bookstore Open |
| 7:00 AM | 6:00 PM | SME Information Desk Open |
| 7:30 AM | 9:00 AM | Health & Safety Division Nominating Committee Meeting (closed) |
| 7:30 AM | 3:00 PM | SME/NSSGA Student Design Competition (Final Presentations) |
| 8:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Mining & Exploration Division Nominating Committee Meeting |
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | WAAIME Division Finance & Executive Committee Meeting |
| 8:00 AM | 2:00 PM | Exhibitor Set-up |
| 8:00 AM | 4:00 PM | Professional Engineers Exam Committee Workshop and Business Meeting |
| 8:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Short Courses |
| 8:30 AM | 10:30 AM | SME Foundation Corporate Giving Committee Meeting |
| 8:30 AM | 10:30 AM | SME Foundation Individual Fundraising Committee Meeting |
| 8:30 AM | 11:00 AM | WAAIME Finance & Executive Committee Meeting |
| 9:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Student Engagement Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Coal & Energy Division Executive Committee Meeting |
| 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Environmental Division Executive Committee Meeting |
| 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Health & Safety Division Executive Committee Meeting |
| 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Executive Committee Meeting |
| 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division (MPD) Executive Committee Meeting |
| 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Mining & Exploration Division Executive Committee Meeting |
| 11:00 AM | 3:00 PM | SME Metallic Student Design Competition (Final Presentations) |
| 11:30 AM | 4:00 PM | SME Board of Directors Meeting |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM | SME Student Forum |
| 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Young Leaders Committee Meeting |
| 12:00 PM | 5:30 PM | Press & Media Room Open |
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 2024 IMPC Program Committee |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Program Committee Meeting |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Mineral School Department Heads Meeting |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM | ADTI Subcommittee Meeting |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Coal & Energy Division Unit Committee Meeting |
| 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division (MPD) Unit Committee Meeting |
| 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Mining & Exploration Division Officers Closed Session Nominating Meeting |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Coal & Energy Division Nominating Committee Meeting |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Technical Committee Meeting |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | SME Meeting of the Members |
| 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Opening Reception |
| 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Graduate Student Poster Contest |
| 5:00 PM | 6:30 PM | SME Metallic Student Design Competition Reception (by invitation only) |
| 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | SME Foundation Gala Reception and Silent Auction (ticketed) |
| 7:00 PM | 8:30 PM | SME Foundation Gala Dinner (ticketed) |
| 8:30 PM | 10:00 PM | SME Foundation Gala Afterparty (ticketed) |
| 6:00 AM | 8:00 AM | 8th Annual SME Health & Safety Division 5K Meeting Place |
| 7:00 AM | 8:30 AM | Keynote Participants Breakfast (by invitation only) |
| 7:00 AM | 5:30 AM | Press & Media Room Open |
| 7:00 AM | 5:30 PM | Registration Open |
| 7:00 PM | 5:30 PM | SME Bookstore Open |
| 7:00 AM | 5:30 PM | SME Information Desk Open |
| 7:30 AM | 8:30 AM | Authors' Coffee |
| 7:30 AM | 5:00 PM | Speaker Ready Room |
| 8:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Environmental Division Business Meeting |
| 8:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) Certification Testing |
| 8:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Keynote Session |
| 11:00 AM | 5:30 PM | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 11:30 AM | 1:00 PM | Bulk Material Handling Committee Meeting |
| 11:30 AM | 1:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Luncheon |
| 11:30 AM | 1:30 PM | Professional Development Luncheon for Young Professionals (ticketed) |
| 11:30 AM | 1:30 PM | Section Leaders Lunch (invitation only) |
| 11:45 AM | 1:00 PM | IdeaXchange Sessions in the Exhibit Hall |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM | SME Foundation Corporate Roundtable Lunch (by invitation only) |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Government & Public Affairs Committee Meeting |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | National Outreach Committee Meeting |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM | IAMSH of SME Board Meeting & Annual Business Meeting |
| 1:30 PM | 2:30 PM | Dreyer Lecture |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division (MPD) Plenary Session |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM | MPD Plenary Session |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Technical Sessions |
| 3:00 PM | 4:30 PM | MEC Scouting Committee Meeting |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | MINEXCHANGE 2025 Exhibit Space Sales |
| 4:00 PM | 5:30 PM | Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) Reception |
| 4:00 PM | 5:30 PM | Dreyer Award Committee Meeting |
| 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Nominating Committee Meeting |
| 4:30 PM | 6:00 PM | NIOSH – NORA Mining Sector Council Meeting |
| 4:30 PM | 6:00 PM | Tailings & Mine Waste Committee Meeting |
| 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | MMSA Annual Meeting |
| 5:00 PM | 6:30 PM | WAAIME Student Reception |
| 6:00 PM | 9:00 PM | MMSA Dinner |
| 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM | SME Young Leaders Monday Night Social |
| 7:00 AM | 9:00 AM | OTC Program Committee Meeting |
| 7:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Women of SME Breakfast (ticketed) |
| 7:00 AM | 5:30 PM | Press & Media Room Open |
| 7:00 PM | 5:30 PM | Registration Open |
| 7:00 AM | 5:30 PM | SME Bookstore Open |
| 7:00 AM | 5:30 PM | SME Information Desk Open |
| 7:30 AM | 8:30 AM | Authors' Coffee |
| 7:30 AM | 9:00 AM | Health & Safety Division Breakfast (ticketed) |
| 7:30 AM | 5:00 PM | Speaker Ready Room |
| 8:30 AM | 10:00 AM | Resources & Reserves Committee Meeting |
| 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Technical Sessions |
| 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Environmental Division Student Poster Session |
| 9:00 AM | 6:00 PM | WAAIME Division Scholarship Committee Meeting |
| 9:30 AM | 11:30 AM | WAAIME Scholarship Meeting |
| 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Mining Engineering Magazine Editorial Board Meeting |
| 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Student Member Affairs Subcommittee Meeting |
| 10:00 AM | 5:00 PM | MINEXCHANGE 2025 Exhibit Space Sales |
| 10:30 AM | 12:00 PM | MEC Scouting Committee Meeting |
| 11:00 AM | 5:30 PM | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM | Environmental Division Lunch (ticketed) |
| 12:00 PM | 1:45 PM | Coal & Energy Division Lunch (ticketed) |
| 12:00 PM | 1:45 PM | Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Lunch (ticketed) |
| 1:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Coal & Energy Division Business Meeting |
| 1:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Business Meeting |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Technical Sessions |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Council of Education Meeting |
| 3:00 PM | 5:30 PM | Latin America Sections Meeting |
| 3:30 PM | 5:00 PM | NIOSH Automation Partnership program |
| 3:30 PM | 5:25 PM | IdeaXchange Sessions in the Exhibit Hall |
| 3:30 PM | 5:30 PM | Exhibit Hall Afternoon Social |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Coal & Energy and Mining & Exploration Underground Ventilation Committee Meeting |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | SME Registered Member Admissions Committee/SME Registered Member Ethics Committee Meeting |
| 4:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Bulk Materials Handling Poster Session |
| 5:30 PM | 6:30 PM | Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Executive Committee Mentoring Meeting |
| 5:30 PM | 7:00 PM | International Attendees Reception (by invitation only) |
| 5:30 PM | 7:30 PM | Alumni Receptions |
| 8:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Scotch Nightcap (ticketed) |
| 7:00 AM | 9:00 AM | SME Valuation Standards Committee Meeting |
| 7:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Sustainable Development Committee Meeting |
| 7:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Registration Open |
| 7:00 PM | 5:00 PM | SME Bookstore Open |
| 7:00 AM | 5:00 PM | SME Information Desk Open |
| 7:00 AM | 5:30 PM | Press & Media Room Open |
| 7:30 AM | 8:30 AM | Authors' Coffee |
| 7:30 AM | 8:30 AM | ESG Toolkit Committee Meeting |
| 7:30 AM | 9:00 AM | 2025 SME Annual Conference Program Committee Meeting |
| 7:30 AM | 9:30 AM | SME Past Presidents Breakfast (by invitation only) |
| 7:30 AM | 5:00 PM | Speaker Ready Room |
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division (MPD) Student Poster Session |
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | MINEXCHANGE 2025 Exhibit Space Sales |
| 8:30 AM | 11:30 PM | Education Sustainability Committee Meeting |
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | 2026 SME Annual Conference Program Committee Meeting |
| 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Technical Sessions |
| 9:00 AM | 1:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | SME Fellows Award Nominating Committee Meeting (closed) |
| 11:00 AM | 1:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Lunch |
| 11:15 AM | 12:45 PM | IdeaXchange Sessions in the Exhibit Hall |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Pie-ning for Mining |
| 12:00 PM | 1:45 PM | Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division (MPD) Lunch (ticketed) |
| 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Mining & Exploration Division (M&E) Lunch (ticketed) |
| 1:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Portal Subcommittee of the Tailings Committee Meeting |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | WAAIME Committee Breakout Sessions |
| 1:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Exhibitor Move-Out |
| 1:30 PM | 2:00 PM | Jackling Lecture (during M&E Division Lunch) |
| 1:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division (MPD) Business Meeting |
| 2:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Mining & Exploration Division (M&E) Business Meeting |
| 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Inclusion and Diversity Committee Meeting |
| 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Minerals Education Coalition Committee Meeting |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Technical Sessions |
| 2:15 PM | 3:30 PM | Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division (MPD) Executive Committee Meeting |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Environmental Division Nominating & Planning Committee Meeting |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | SME Nominating Committee Meeting (closed) |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | 2024 IMPC Technical Committee Meeting |
| 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | SME/AIME Awards Celebration |
| 8:00 AM | 11:00 AM | SME Board of Directors Meeting |
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Field Trip (ticketed) |
| 8:00 AM | 4:00 PM | NIOSH – Mine Design Capacity Contracts Review Meeting |
| 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | SME Board of Directors Meeting (closed) |
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