Critical Materials Innovation Hub

Winter Meeting at Mines

February 9-11, 2026

11th Annual Forum for Students and Early Career Researchers

The 2026 CMI Winter Meeting has concluded. Please visit the Past Events page for the meeting highlights and photos.

The $190 registration included lunch on February 10th and 11th. Those meals cannot be claimed on CMI expense reports.

All fees are now non-refundable. To request a duplicate receipt, email learn@mines.edu. For any other meeting related questions, please email cmi@mines.edu.

Overview Agenda

Monday, February 9 – Travel day for all attendees


Welcome and Social Time with Industry in the Museum of Earth Science (Geology Museum) 5 – 7 PM
Social time ends at 7 PM (Dinner on your own)

Tuesday, February 10, Winter Meeting Day 1. Student Center Ballrooms, 7:45 AM to 5:30 PM

7:45 AM Check in, gathering, and coffee. Set up posters. (breakfast on your own)
8:30 AM Opening remarks, Walter Copan, VP for Research and Technology Transfer, Colorado School of Mines
9:00 AM Presentations
11:20 AM DOE remarks by Jeremy Mehta, Chief of Staff, Critical Minerals, Materials, and Manufacturing (CM3)
1:50 AM Group Photo – Outside if weather allows

Noon-1:30 PM – Lunch and DOE listening session
12:30 PM Lunch continues in ABC during the DOE listening session with Jeremy Mehta

1:30 PM Presentations
3:30 PM Poster session and social time (2 hours)
5:30 PM Day 1 Adjourns (Dinner on your own)

Wednesday, February 11, Winter Meeting Day 2. Student Center Ballrooms, 7:45 AM to 2 PM

7:45 AM Gathering and coffee (breakfast on your own)
8:30 AM Overview
8:40 AM Presentations
11:30 AM – Lunch
12:15 PM Education & Workforce Development, Jeanette Alberg and Jahi Simbai National Lab of the Rockies (NLR)
12:45 PM Life after CMI Panel Discussion – Max Brown, Arturo Hirata Miyasaki, Kinjal Gandha
1:30 PM Closing remarks, awards, and photos. Tom Lograsso, CMI Director
2:00 PM Day 2 adjourns
(Most attendees depart campus after 2 PM)

Afternoon activities: between 2:30 PM and 5 PM
(Optional) Self-organized meetings in the ballrooms or off campus
Leadership Team, and other groups meet by invitation
Leadership Academy group activity

Thursday, February 12

Leadership Team 8 AM – 5 PM
Leadership Academy 8 AM – Noon, then departs

Friday, February 13

Leadership Team 8 AM – 11:30 AM