Events
Upcoming and past Tailings Center events, Tech Talks, and conferences.
Foundation Recruitment

Terry Braun
Center Director
On behalf of the Tailings Center, I encourage your company to consider becoming a partner with the Tailings Center. Our operating year begins on July 1 of each year. We rely on a foundation model for our funding. Please review the details of our new two tier partnership model and the value proposition in the link below.
The Tailings Center supports education and independent research initiatives across our partner institutions: the Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, and University of Arizona. Contributions to this foundation provide financial resources for unrestricted and independent research. While our research team are under no obligation to send reports or assign rights, we remain committed to sharing our discoveries and progress related to research conducted through your contribution.
Review our partnership model & value proposition →Upcoming Events
Undergraduate Summer Sessions on Tailings Applications and Innovations
June 2, 2026
Presenter: Various, Member Schools
Tech Talk | What We Don't Value, We Don't Improve: Understanding Value Around Tailings Decisions
Members OnlyJuly 23, 2026
Presenter: Benjamin Cox and Ben Murphy, B2Capital
Public Webinar: Unlocking Large Tonnage Filtered Tailings Stacks
July 29, 2026
Presenter: Rob Cooke, PhD , Tailings Management Consortium
Past Events
Tech Talk | Tailings Workforce Survey: Revisiting the 2020 Labor Demand Study
MembersJune 25, 2026
Joseph Scalia
Tech Talk | Evaluating Consequences for Tailings Dams: Estimating Life Loss Using LifeSim for Feijao B-1 Tailings Dam Failure
MembersMay 21, 2026
Jesse Morril-Winter, GEI Consultants
Tech Talk | Portfolio Risk Management for Tailings Facilities
MembersApril 23, 2026
Rachel Sawyer, O'Kane Consultants
Tailings Day — Fall 2025 (Colorado School of Mines)
November 11, 2025
Tailings Center, Colorado School of Mines
Alternative Tailings Technologies Workshop — Relaves 2025 (Peru)
November 5, 2025
Tailings Center, Relaves 2025 · Peru

Visit to the Sustainable Minerals Institute — Brisbane, Australia
September 22, 2025
Terry Braun, Tailings Center
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Tailings 2025 — Santiago, Chile
September 2, 2025
Tailings Center, Santiago, Chile
Tech Talk | Leveraging Machine Learning Technologies in Tailings Risk Management
MembersAugust 1, 2025
Will Conrad, Canary Systems
Tech Talk | Slurry to Recovery: Field-Proven Strategies for Tailings Water Management
MembersJuly 1, 2025
Mitra Jafaei, Nick Antonopoulos, Yatin Pandit, Kevin Donahue, ClearBakk / CeraMem

Master the Life-Cycle Management of Tailings Facilities
June 2, 2025
Kim Morrison, Joe Scalia & Tejo Bheemasetti, Tailings Center
Tech Talk | Closure Economics in Mining
MembersJune 1, 2025
Terry Braun, Tailings Center

Tailings Day — Spring 2025 (Colorado School of Mines)
April 4, 2025
Tailings Center, Colorado School of Mines
Importance of Soft Skills & Emotional Intelligence in Tailings Management
April 17, 2024
Christopher Hatton, WSP