Share your expertise at the 2025 AEMA Annual Meeting! We are now accepting Student Posters for inclusion in the Student Poster Contest.

The Student Poster Contest is an opportunity for students to showcase their work to Annual Meeting attendees! Scheduled for Wednesday, December 10, 2025, this contest simulates presenting a project to industry leaders, emphasizing communication skills and the project's significance to the minerals sector.

CONTEST DESCRIPTION

The contest is structured to simulate an engineer, geologist, or metallurgist presenting a project or process to management. The candidate will be judged on his/her ability to convey meaning and conviction that the work is significant and beneficial to the minerals industry.

The contest provides an excellent opportunity for young people to meet leaders in the minerals industry and to develop communication skills with other professionals who may not necessarily be skilled in the student’s particular discipline. We are accepting papers dealing with exploration, operations, management, economics, reclamation, and other subjects pertinent to the mining industry.

Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025

PRIZES: Donated by 2025 AEMA Annual Meeting Sponsors

• Grand Prize: $350

• 2nd Prize: $200

• 3rd Prize: $150

• 4th Prize: $100

• 5th Prize: $75

SPECIFICATIONS & BOARD DIMENSIONS:

• Each student will be provided a 4’ x 8’ poster board display unit (that accepts push pins), a table, and a chair.

DISPLAY MATERIALS:

• The display materials for hanging on the panels should be maps, diagrams, charts and posters that are of good quality. Core, rock samples, test results, demonstrations, handouts or other such items can be displayed or distributed on the table.

SET UP & JUDGING:

• Student poster set up will take place between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.

• Judging will be on Wednesday, December 10. Students are expected to be at their posters ready to discuss their poster projects with the judges.

• Prizes will be awarded during Wednesday’s Students & Early Career Professionals Reception.

COST

• Technical Session fees are waived for all full-time students who are members or have become members of AEMA. Student membership fees are $40.00 annually.

HOW TO ENTER THE STUDENT POSTER CONTEST

• Complete a Student Poster Contest entry form below.

• Once you receive a confirmation email of your acceptance from Devon Coquillard (dcoquillard@miningamerica.org, please register as a student online at www.miningamerica.org before November 16, 2024, to avoid the $50 on-site registration late fee. NOTE: Registration will open in July 2025.