"The ESS:M&R3 Symposium was held in conjunction with the 2017 SME Annual Conference & Expo and CMA 119th National Western Mining Conference February 18-19, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency at Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.
With impending and burgeoning societal challenges affecting both developed and emerging nations, the global engineering community has a responsibility and an opportunity to truly make a difference by contributing to sustainable development through engineering solutions. This symposium will focus on approaches for providing the resources and materials needed to meet basic societal needs in critical areas of minerals and metals, energy, water, transportation and housing through the circular economy, which is an alternative to a traditional linear economy (make, use, dispose)."