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Space Resources Roundtable

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June 2-5, 2026

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO, USA

Important Dates

March 9   Abstract Submission Deadline (OPEN NOW!)
April 15   Early Bird registration deadline
June 2-5   XXVI Space Resources Roundtable

THE CONFERENCE

As it has done since 1999, the Space Resources Roundtable will bring together participants around the world from space and other government agencies, research organizations, academia, the space private sector, the mining supply chain, the energy industry, equipment manufacturers, and financial, policy, and legal experts. This year we will cover innovative approaches in space resource identification, extraction, technology development, utilization, economic feasibility studies, public and private partnerships, and capability and regulatory regimes.

 

The meeting will be organized to accommodate keynote speakers, technical presentations, expert panels, poster displays, and roundtable discussions around these topics and how they apply to space-resource activities in cislunar space, the Moon, Mars, and small bodies, as well as space manufacturing and construction, space infrastructure, commerce, international efforts, and legal and public policy issues. Given the rapidly increasing interest and activity in this field, this conference will provide a unique and timely forum for discussion of the near and long-term opportunities for space resources.

Event Information and Assistance

Conference and Event Services
Colorado School of Mines
924 16th Street – Green Center, Suite 221
Golden, CO 80401 USA
Email: Learn@mines.edu

Further Technical Information

Dr. Angel Abbud-Madrid
President, Space Resources Roundtable
Director, Center for Space Resources
Colorado School of Mines
Phone: 303.384.2300
Email: aabbudma@mines.edu

 

TOPICS TO BE EXPLORED

The various conference activities will be centered around the following topics:

  1. The Moon and Cislunar Space: Our nearest celestial destination for space resources
  2. Mars: Preparing to live and work in the Red Planet
  3. Asteroids: Stepping stones to develop a space resources infrastructure
  4. Manufacturing and Construction: Building our future in space
  5. Infrastructure: Power, communications, transport, and other services to support space resources activities
  6. Economic, Legal, Policy, and Environmental Issues: The multidisciplinary nature of space resources

Thus, the SRR solicits presentations about:

  • Update on exploration missions and ISRU efforts from space agencies and the private sector
  • Orbital or landed measurements of the Moon, Mars, and/or asteroids to identify and characterize potential resources
  • Resource collection, excavation, transport, drilling, and beneficiation
  • Resource extraction and processing technologies
  • Resource utilization experiments
  • In-space manufacturing and construction
  • Space debris collection and recycling
  • Space-based solar power studies and technology demonstrations
  • Space Infrastructure: Power, communications, transport systems
  • Commercial initiatives on Earth and in Space
  • Materials transportation systems – in space and on the surface
  • Space transportation systems utilizing space resources
  • Market demand and utilization scenarios for space resources and their products
  • The relationship between government-funded exploration and private ventures in identifying and using space resources, and how to develop public-private partnerships
  • Legal and policy issues for space resources
  • Socio-economic, environmental, and ethical aspects of space resource utilization
  • Or any other serious study of space resources-related topics