SUM 2020 - 5th Symposium on Urban Mining & Circular economy
SUM 2020 will take place from 18 to 20 November 2020 in Venice (Italy) and will focus as per tradition on the circularity of resources from different point of views (technical, social, economic, political, etc.).
The 2020 edition of the Symposium will feature 5 parallel tracks of traditional oral sessions, workshops, poster presentations, technical tours and a commercial exhibition by companies working in the field.
The following topics, among others, will be extensively discussed: waste avoidance, sources and characterization of resources in urban areas, technologies for the extraction of materials, techniques of waste segregation, separate collection, takeback programs, recirculation pathways and markets, recovery of abandoned urban areas, carbon and water footprint of material recycling, economic and legal aspects, urban mining and circular economy concepts in developing countries.
CALL FOR PAPER DEADLINE: 31st July 2020
When
18 Nov 2020 @ 09:00 am
20 Nov 2020 @ 06:00 pm
Duration: 2 days, 9 hours
Where
Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
San Polo, 2454
30125 Venice
Italy
Language
English en