Our speakers are David Espinoza, Wade Ludlow, Rick Sisson, Larissa Smith, Lisa Burgess, Florent Risacher, and Karen Béchard.
In addition to our speakers, practitioners in attendance include Daniel Blythe, Heidi Cossey, Jarrad Coffey, Robyn Gaebel, Chao Han, Zack Hartley, Symon Jackson, Rachel James, Jeffrey Kurtz, Christopher Livingston, Silvia Mancini, Ali Nasseri-Moghaddam, Manuel Monroy, Kim Morrison, Kristin Salzsauler, and Onur Tastan.
Geosyntec practitioners will be available at booth 14 in the convention hall. We are a platinum sponsor of the event.
About the Conference
The Tailings and Mine Waste Conference is a forum for presenting the state-of-art and state-of-practice with respect to mill tailings and mine waste. It is also a major platform to discuss topics facing the tailings, mining, and environmental communities.
This year’s conference will be hosted by the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at Colorado State University. The conference includes technical presentations and keynotes by practitioners and experts worldwide, a tradeshow; five short courses, and opportunities to network.
Geosyntec Participation
A Critical Review of the Residual Pore Pressure Generation During Cyclic Loading
Geosyntec Presenter: David Espinoza
Date/Time: Monday, November 11 at 10:30 a.m. MT
A Screening Approach for Preliminary ALARP Assessments of Societal Risks of Existing Tailings Dams
Geosyntec Presenter: Wade Ludlow
Date/Time: Monday, November 11 at 10:30 a.m. MT
Risk-Based Planning of Monitoring Programs for TARPs
Geosyntec Presenter: Rick Sisson
Date/Time: Monday, November 11 at 3:30 p.m. MT
Evaluation of Biogeochemical Processes for Weak Acid Dissociable Cyanide
Geosyntec Presenter: Larissa Smith
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 12 at 10:30 a.m. MT
Geochemical Investigations Toward a Groundwater Compliance Action Plan at the Moab UMTRA Project Site
Geosyntec Speaker: Lisa Burgess
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 12 at 10:30 a.m. MT
Standardizing Sediment Porewater Passive Samplers to Measure Metal Availability at Mine Sites
Geosyntec Speaker: Florent Risacher
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 12 at 10:30 a.m. MT
Importance of Environmental Components in Assessing Risks under GISTM
Geosyntec Speaker: Karen Béchard
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 12 at 10:30 a.m. MT
Services for Mining
- Overview of Services for Mines
- Infrastructure Planning and Permitting
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Water Resource Management
- Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability Compliance and Management Systems
- Litigation Support and Environmental Liability Valuation
- Exploration, Feasibility, Risk Assessment and Cost Estimating
- Engineering Design
- Closure, Reclamation, and Conversion
More Information
About the Tailings and Mine Waste Conference.
Learn about Civil & Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University.
For consultation regarding mining, contact Silvia Mancini at SMancini@Geosyntec.com.

