The main goal of this 1st IC3G2016 conference was to bring together experts of Geoenergy and Georesources areas from Academia and Industry from the globe to discuss the challenges faced in those industries and to discuss and discover new sciences and to develop new technologies for economical and environmentally friendly methodologies for extractions of resources and energy from the earth. The conference was well over attended by 200 attendees

There were many topics (unconventional oil/gas, mining and petroleum geomechanics as well as civil geotechnical eng) covered during the two days of the conference, and the presenters did an outstanding job of sharing the latest research findings with other researchers.

The next IC3G 2018 will be held in Sichuan city, China in September 2018. The website (www.ic3g.com) will be launched very soon.