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2 ND INTERNATIONAL SEG-SGA-IIMP STUDENT PRESENTATION CONTEST proEXPLO 2025

 

The purpose of this contest is to award the best papers presented by undergraduate, master's or doctoral students, both in oral and poster format, at proEXPLO 2025.

 

GENERAL CONDITIONS

    Participants

  1. Undergraduate, master's and doctoral students enrolled during 2025 in a university institution may participate. In addition, geologists and geological engineers who have defended their thesis (undergraduate/graduate, master's or doctoral) during 2024 may also participate.
  2. It is an international contest, so students of any nationality and enrolled in any university around the world can participate.
    3.  

    Submission of technical papers

  3. Extended abstracts shall be submitted following the general procedure indicated on the website (Technical Papers). Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 30, 2024.
  4. At the time of sending the extended abstracts, students must indicate that they would like to participate in the "2 nd International SEG-SGA-IIMP Student Presentation Contest proEXPLO 2025" and attach evidence of fulfilling any of the requirements indicated in Point 1 of the General Conditions.
  5. The works submitted must be original and based on field and/or laboratory results obtained in thesis research topics (undergraduate/graduate, master's or doctoral).
  6. The contest participant must be the main author of the extended abstract submitted.
  7. The contest participant must be the person who will deliver the presentation (either in oral or poster format) and therefore must participate in the event as a speaker.
    8.  

    Selection of presentation mode

  8. The Technical Papers Committee (CTT) of proEXPLO 2025 will evaluate the quality and scope of the extended abstracts submitted by participants and will select the presentation modality (oral or poster).
  9. The oral and poster presentations will be included in the regular sessions of the congress, i.e., there will be no specific sessions for student participants in this contest.
  10. Presentations (oral and poster) must comply with the specifications indicated on the congress website.
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    Evaluation of papers

  11. The jury of the "2 nd International EG-SGA-IIMP Student Presentation Contest proEXPLO 2025" will consists of three internationally renowned experts.
  12. The members of the jury will be present during the oral presentations of the contest candidates.
  13. The members of the jury will visit the posters of the contest candidates. Candidates must be present, in front of their poster, during the visit of jury members to briefly explain the content of the posters and answer questions from the members of the jury. The schedule for visiting each poster will be announced in advance.
 
 
 

AWARDS

  • Award for the best oral presentation – undergraduate.
  • Award for the best oral presentation - post-graduate (master's and doctorate).
  • Award for the best poster presentation.
  • In addition, the jury may award up to three special mentions to presentations of special quality.
  • Awards and special mentions will be announced at the final session of proEXPLO 2025.
  • Awards for each of the three winners will include:
    • One subscription (membership) to the Society of Economic Geologists for 2025.
    • One subscription (membership) to the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits for 2025.
    • Free download of one digital publication edited by the SEG (https://www.segweb.org/store).
    • One free registration to the SGA congress in 2025.
    • One course or seminar organized by IIMP in 2025 to be chosen by the winners.
    • Acknowledgment to the winners in the SEG Discovery journal and SGA News.
    • Should the winner already be a member of the SEG and/or SGA during 2025, the corresponding membership costs would be covered for 2026.