Programme: Space Resources Week 2026

The integration of space and terrestrial business activities indicates a transition from an initial or traditional vertically integrated, government-led space industry to a more horizontal model, where space technologies are embedded across economic operations on Earth. Those innovative activities are currently fueled by the commercialisation of space and future space resources activities, led by declining launch costs, development of capabilities towards lunar or Mars activities.

Places are limited to 50 participants and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

In this two-hour interactive workshop, participants will explore development frameworks that could facilitate a viable early-stage resource economy at the lunar south pole. As space agencies and private sector companies seek to develop lunar resource utilisation missions, they must ask themselves what level of cooperation is best suited to support their lunar economic development goals, from shared infrastructure, to data-sharing, to cooperative prospecting missions. Co-hosted by the European Space Policy Institute and the Lunar Development Institute, this workshop seeks to determine how lessons from Earth’s economic development practices can inform cooperation and investment frameworks in emerging space resource activities. Combining a concise presentation, facilitated discussion, and a hands-on lunar data-sharing exercise, participants will test different institutional models and identifying practical design principles for building a cooperative and sustainable space resource economy.

Places are limited to 50 participants and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

International Collaboration & Engagement

Session chair: Kathryn Hadler

Toward a Global Alliance for Space Resources: Introducing CACE	Hirdy Miyamoto
Europlanet – Supporting the International Community of Planetary Science and Exploration	Dennis Harries
MoonPort: A European Vision for the 8th Continent	Tomas Hamann
Lunar Industry Development	Satoru Kurosu
NASA STMD LSII ISRU Focus Group Update and Path Forward	Charles Hibbitts
The Australian Rover Challenge : Student-built rovers for full-scale simulated lunar missions	Daniel Ricardo

Speaker info

Hirdy Miyamoto, University of Tokyo
Dennis Harries, ESRIC
Tomas Hamann, AstroWorks
Satoru Kurosu, Moon Village Association
Charles Hibbitts, JHUAPL
Daniel Ricardo, Swinburne University of Technology
Kathryn Hadler, ESRIC

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee break - Tech Demonstration

10:35-10:50

Uni.lu SnT

Presenter: Miguel Olivares-Mendez

Description:

Why and How to use AI on the Moon?

AI is revolutionising our lives on Earth, but could it also be a game-changer on the Moon?

In this presentation, Prof. Miguel Olivares will show how the Space Robotics team at SnT - University of Luxembourg is pushing the limits of AI for lunar operations.

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Supporting the vision: Initiatives to get engaged

Session chair: Ernestina Binni

ESA Space Resources Activities Outlook	Melchiorre Conti
Coming soon: Strategic facilities at ESRIC for the ISRU Community	Emma Cooney

Speaker info

Melchiorre Conti, ESA
Emma Cooney, ESRIC
ERNESTINA BINNI, ESRIC

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

PANEL: ESRIC & ESA innovation initiatives

Panel chair: Ernestina Binni
Presentations:

Lari Cujko
Advenit Makaya
Francesco Liucci

Panelists:

Bernhard Hufenbach
Alexandre Meurisse
Luca Celiento
Paul Zabel

Luca Celiento, Maana Electric
Lari Cujko, ESRIC
Advenit Makaya, European Space Agency
Francesco Liucci, ESA/Serco
Bernhard Hufenbach, ESA/ESTEC
Alexandre Meurisse, Radiant
Paul Zabel, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
ERNESTINA BINNI, ESRIC

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch break - Tech Demonstration

13:00-13:15

FibreCoat

Presenter: Katharina Kipp, Severin Luhr
Description:
FibreCoat, together with Polimak Space and selected lunar technology partners, presents a joint MoonFibre demonstrator at Space Resources Week Luxembourg. The demonstration visualizes the complete ISRU process—from lunar regolith to fibre and textile—showing autonomous melting, spinning, and textile formation for on-site material production on the Moon. MoonFibre is developed with funding from the European Space Agency (ESA) and supported by ESRIC, demonstrating a key building block for sustainable lunar infrastructure.

13:15-13:30

Polimak Space

Presenter: Frank Koch
Description:
The Vertical Modular Drum Conveyor (VMDC) is designed to lift regolith and other bulk materials onto a platform or lander for redistribution to various payloads. In combination with our flexible sensor module, the VMDC ensures that the physical properties and composition of the regolith are established before being fed into a process. This system reduces complexity and costs for missions requiring regolith for multiple payloads simultaneously, effectively scaling the provisioning of materials.

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Legal and Regulatory framework for space resources activities I

Session chair: Mahulena Hofmann

Opening	Mahulena Hofmann
Update on UN COPUOS Space Resources Activities Working Group	Steven Freeland
Procedural Convergence and Hybrid Governance in Space Resource Activities	Alexandra Ruiz Castillo
Science vs Commerce on the Moon: Who Takes Priority in Lunar Resource Activities?	Günes Ünüvar
Planetary Defence and Asteroid Mining: A Shared Agenda for Near-Earth Asteroids	Jordan Stone
Ownership of space-manufactured products	Kamil Muzyka

Speaker info

Mahulena Hofmann, University of Luxembourg
Steven Freeland, Western Sydney University and Bond University
Alexandra Ruiz Castillo, University of Oxford
Günes Ünüvar, University of Exeter
Ivan Fino, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies - Pisa - Italy
Jordan Stone, Imperial College London
Kamil Muzyka, Prawo i Kosmos

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee break - Tech demonstration

15:35-15:50

ESRIC

Presenter: Xiaochen Zhang

Description:
Lunar regolith particle size separation and classification is a critical step to prepare feedstock for downstream lunar ISRU applications. A conical particle separation system has been adapted from prior studies to further investigate its applicability for lunar surface operation. To validate its mechanism in lunar gravity, the PARTICLE (Performance Assessment of Regolith sorTing In Controlled Lunar-like Environment) experiment was developed and tested on the 88th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign in November 2025. In this session, we will explain our scientific objectives, the design rationale of our experiment hardware, and operational procedures.

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Legal and Regulatory framework for space resources activities II

Session chair: Rosanna Hoffmann

Fragmentation of Applicable Laws in Space Resource Extraction: A Private International Law Analysis	Lucillien Denoyelle
Mission Authorization: The Missing Link for Space Resource Operations	Neha Dagley
The relevance of planetary protection for lunar exploration and resource utilisation	Philipp Reiss
How can space miners establish and defend rights to offworld mining resources?	Nicholas Renzler
Legal and Policy Frameworks for Equitable and Sustainable Lunar ISRU Governance	Ruchira Huchgol

Speaker info

Lucillien Denoyelle, Sorbonne Institute for Legal Research (IRJS), University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Neha Dagley, SpaceMarked Legal Advisory
Philipp Reiss, Technical University of Munich
Nicholas Renzler, Foley Hoag LLP
Ruchira Huchgol, International Space University

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

PANEL: Community Q&A

Session led by:

Rosanna Hoffmann
Antonino Salimeri

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Prospecting: Mapping resources

Session chair:

From exploration to prospecting: Supporting lunar resource assessments	Abigail Calzada Diaz
Geologic Mapping as a Tool for Assessing Lunar Resources	Carolyn van der Bogert
The International Lunar Resource Prospecting Campaign (ILRPC): Update and Next Steps	Clive Neal
A Preliminary Resources Estimation for Rare Earth Elements in KREEP Deposits: the Bossa Nova Target	John Pereira Nunes II
From Lunar Resources to Reserves	Laszlo Kestay
Potential strategic ore deposits on Mars: implications for in situ resource utilization	Richard Palin

Speaker info

Abigail Calzada Diaz, ESRIC
Carolyn van der Bogert, Institut für Planetologie, Universität Münster
Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame
Mercio John Pereira Nunes Segundo, European Space Resources Innovation Center (ESRIC)
Laszlo Kestay, U.S. Geological Survey
Richard Palin, University of Oxford

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee break - Tech Demonstration

10:35-10:50

DFKI

Presenter: Mehmed Yüksel

Description:
Coyote III with ESA ESRIC Space Resources Challenge setup. The semi-autonomous modular robotic solution developed by DFKI-RIC for the excavation, collection and transport of regolith simulant, as part of Team Bremen in collaboration with DLR and University of Bremen, the winner of the ESA ESRIC Space Resources Challenge 2025.

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Prospecting: Measurements & instruments

Session chair: Dennis Harries

The PRORIS-HARLOCK project for Moon resource prospecting

Fabrizio Fiore

Targeting REE, Metals, and Helium-3 in HRLMM Mission of ESA

Jakub Ciążela

Meteorites Laboratory Analogues for Asteroid Composition, Resources, Mission Target Selection

Lisa Krämer Ruggiu

Qualification of a LIBS payload for Lunar rovers

Pavel Porizka

Apollo 16 regolith noble gas inventory as an analogue for regolith at the lunar south polar region

Stephanie Halwa

Lunar information data sharing

Antonino Salmeri

Speaker info

Fabrizio Fiore, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste
Jakub Ciążela, Instytut Nauk Geologicznych PAN
Lisa Krämer Ruggiu, AMGC - Vrije Universiteit Brussels
Pavel Porizka, CEITEC Brno University of Technology
Stephanie Halwa, University of Manchester
Antonino Salmeri, Lunar Policy Platform (LPP)
Dennis Harries, ESRIC

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Lunch break - Tech Demonstration

13:00-13:15

ispace

Presenter: Philippe Ludivig

Description:
The Tenacious rover is a lunar micro-rover developed by ispace EUROPE in Luxembourg, making it the first lunar rover designed and built entirely in Europe. It weighs roughly 5 kg, using a lightweight carbon-fiber frame and specially designed wheels to travel across the Moon’s dusty surface. Equipped with a forward-mounted HD camera and a sampling scoop, Tenacious was designed to explore the area around its landing site, collect lunar soil, and send images and data back to Earth as part of the ispace Mission 2.

During SRW 2026, ispace EUROPE will demonstrate the mobility of the rover platform and explain its characteristics.

13:15-13:30

Base and Power City

Presenter: Donguk Agos Lee

Description:
Base and Power City will present a set of integrated robotic prototypes and system concepts under the Quantum Space Robot (QSR) platform, a quantum-enabled multi-agent robotics system designed for autonomous infrastructure construction in extreme environments such as the lunar surface. The demonstration will include the VOLT-9 exploration rover prototype, AWN-BOTS modular micro-robot units, and a scale model of the 3RO (RObotics ROad ROver Integration System). Alongside the hardware, we will showcase visual representations of the QSR control software architecture, highlighting distributed coordination, adaptive task allocation, and hybrid classical–quantum optimization workflows. Together, these elements illustrate a scalable approach to autonomous, multi-robot construction and operations for future lunar and terrestrial applications.

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Prospecting business pitches

Session chair: Abigail Calzada Diaz

HE-3 cut off grades	Carlos Espejel
ISRU.AI: Agentic Simulation of Autonomous Lunar ISRU Operations	Boris Petrovic
Playing the Long Game – Sustainable Space Resource Development	Jim Hondros
Lunar Intelligence from Amelia Space	Allen Jiang
TerraSpace - Sub-surface Resource Intelligence at Speed and Scale	Eric Sundby
A Space–Earth Data Intelligence Infrastructure	Brian Kotick
Vulcanis: A Multi-Sensor Payload for Real-Time Mineral Prospection	Miguel Arias
A Multi-Modal Lunar Foundation Model	James Parr
ESA updates	Giulia Consuma

Speaker info

Carlos Espejel, Space RS S.a.r.l
Boris Petrovic, ISRU.AI
Jim Hondros, Off Earth Resources
Allen Jiang, Amelia Space Technologies
Eric Sundby, TerraSpace
Miguel Arias-Estrada, Vulcanis
James Parr, Trillium technologies
Abigail Calzada Diaz, ESRIC

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

PANEL: Challenge and opportunities in space resources prospecting

Panel chair: Carolyn van der Bogert

Panelists:

Clive Neil
Abigail Calzada Diaz
Antonino Salmeri
Gary Lai
Gerlad Sanders

Speaker info

Abigail Calzada Diaz, ESRIC
Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame
Antonino Salmeri, Lunar Policy Platform (LPP)
Gary Lai, Interlune
Gerald Sanders, ESRIC
Carolyn van der Bogert, Institut für Planetologie, Universität Münster

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee break - Tech Demonstration

15:35-15:50

Tumbleweed and Tumbleweed Mars

Presenter: James Kingsnorth

Description:
Certification and paperwork are the primary barriers to space access. We solve this through our Pod, a pre-certified and fault-isolating payload container, embedded in our proprietary return capsule Oasis. In this session, we will highlight the diverse experimentation it enables and the future missions we are designing for. Our first Pods are launching in just two months, paving the way for radically easier access to space.

Current surface operations on Mars are very expensive and spatially limited. To solve this, Tumbleweed Mars is developing a swarm of spheroidal, wind-driven rovers, akin to a tumbleweed, to prospect large swaths of the Martian surface. This low-cost alternative to UAVs and much faster alternative to traditional wheeled rovers enables the mapping of entire regions of the Red Planet in just tens of days. Consequently, more accurate reserve estimates of sulfates, oxides, clays, and subsurface water ice will be achieved. The functional rover shown in this demonstration has recently returned from rigorous testing in the Atacama Desert

4:00 PM - 5:45 PM

Surface operations: rovers, Tech to enable exploration

Session chair:

Field testing of the ispace Tenacious lunar rover across multi-terrain analogue sites	Philippe Ludivig
Lunar Outpost Eagle LTV – Critical Lunar Surface Infrastructure	AJ Gemer
Passive Suspension System Breadboarding and Reduced-Gravity Mobility Testing of the LPSR	Hemanth Madakashira
LUVMI-M: A Lunar Rover Providing Commercial Mobility Access to the Lunar Surface	Simon Vanden Bussche
Small landers to contribute to surfaces planetary exploration	Michelle Lavagna
OASIS: a mission-enabler for Lunar surface systems	Mark Fittock
UAV-enabled subsurface geophysical mapping for extra-terrestrial environment	Christian Janke

Speaker info

Philippe Ludivig, ispace Europe SA
AJ Gemer, Lunar Outpost
Hemanth Madakashira, Space Applications Services
Simon Vanden Bussche, Space Applications Services
Michelle Lavagna, Politecnico Milano Aerospace Science and tech department
Mark Fittock, OHB System AG
Christian Janke, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Architectures, future vision

Session chair:

Enabling Sustainable Lunar Water Ice Utilization through Integrated Mapping and ISRU Systems	Nick Barnett
Key Technologies for ISRU-based Cryogenic Refueling	Cedric Dupont
Decision-making for lunar production systems design & deployment under deep demand uncertainty	Kosuke Ikeya
Vulnerability of multilayered lunar facilities: an astrochemical engineering perspective	Matteo Curcio
The concept of Architecture for realization of sustainable Lunar Society based on water ISRU plant	Kiho Fukaura
The Infrastructure of Accuracy: Validating European Precision Landing Systems for the Lunar Economy.	Jonathan Slavik

Speaker info

Nick Barnett, Interstellar Mapping
Cedric Dupont, The Exploration Company
Matteo Curcio, Alma mater studiorum - University of Bologna
Kosuke Ikeya, Imperial College London
Kiho Fukaura, JGC Corporation
Jonathan Slavik, Sagittarius Logistics
Bob Lamboray, LSA

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee break

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Economy, future governance

Session chair: Bob Lamboray

Mining and Space Convergence – Out of necessity!	Laura Edwards
From Cost Competitiveness to Bankability: A Strategy-Led Framework for ISRU Investability	Bharat Madan
The Lunar Development Cooperative: A Model for the Sustainable Development of Space	Michael Castle Miller
Lunar Water Bank: Bankable Inventory, M2M Commerce, and Hedging Rails for Refueling Architecture	Patrick Suen
Financing Lunar ISRU Infrastructure: A Macroeconomic Framework for Evaluating Funding Instruments	Luis Torres

Speaker info

Laura Edwards, GeoSpace Resources
Bharat Madan, D-Journey Advisory
Michael Castle Miller, Lunar Development Institute
Patrick Suen, eurus.space
Luis Torres, Torres Orbital Mining Inc
Bob Lamboray, LSA

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch break

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Economy, governance

Session chair: Kenneth Liang

How Astronauts Construct Resource Economies	Darshan Vigneswaran
From Earth to Orbit: Space Resource Ambitions and Geoeconomics of Critical Supply Chains	Martin Lemberg-Pedersen
Towards a Lunar Commodities Development Strategy	George Lordos

Speaker info

Martin Lemberg-Pedersen, SDU
George Lordos, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Darshan Vigneswaran, University of Amsterdam, Spaceinterface

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

PANEL: Unlocking the space economy

Panel chair: Kenneth Liang

Panelists:

Candice Manchon
Bernhard Hufenbach
Laura Anne Edwards

Speaker info:

Bernhard Hufenbach, ESA/ESTEC
Candice Manchon, European Court of Justice
Laura Edwards, GeoSpace Resources
Kenneth Liang, European Space resources Innovation Centre

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

PANEL: Accelerating the commercial sector

Panel chair: Ernestina Binni

Panilsts:

Francesco Liucci
Severin Luhr
Thomas Sinn
Poly Tibets

Speaker info:

Francesco Liucci, ESA/Serco
Severin Luhr, FibreCoat GmbH
Thomas Sinn, DCubed
Polina Tibets, Space Power
ERNESTINA BINNI, ESRIC

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Fireside chat: Upcoming missions discussion

Moderator: Lisa Burke
Q&A with Vlada Stamenkovic

Lisa Burke, Event host
Vlada Stamenkovic, Blue Origin

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Conference wrap-up; key themes and outcomes

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing coffee

Time Zone: (UTC+02:00) Amsterdam []

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Simulants

Session chair: Timon Schild

ESA’s Vulcan Facility Overview: Applied Simulants Research	Christopher Ogunlesi
Characterising the form and morphology of icy lunar regolith for In-Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU)	Daniel Ricardo
Simulation of the Lunar Surface Environment (LSE) and of oxidatively activated Lunar dust simulants	Elias Chatzitheodoridis
High-Fidelity Lunar Regolith Simulants (TLH-0, TLM-0) for Space Resources and Mission Risk Reduction	Fernando Alberquilla
Recent Developments in Tailored Lunar and Martian Regolith Simulants for Advanced European Research	Johannes Becker
The Design and Development of a Lunar South Pole Simulant.	May Martin

Speaker info

Christopher Ogunlesi, ESA
Daniel Ricardo, Swinburne University of Technology
Elias Chatzitheodoridis, Stellar Discoveries P.C.
Fernando Alberquilla, HISPANSION works S.L
Johannes Becker, Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH)
May Martin, European Space Agency
Timon Schild, ESRIC

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee break - Tech Demonstration

10:35-10:50

Uni.lu SnT

Presenter: Miguel Olivares-Mendez

Description:

Why and How to use AI on the Moon?

AI is revolutionising our lives on Earth, but could it also be a game-changer on the Moon?

In this presentation, Prof. Miguel Olivares will show how the Space Robotics team at SnT - University of Luxembourg is pushing the limits of AI for lunar operations.

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Regolith handling

Session chair: Philipp Reiss

Granular Experiments Under Reduced Gravity – A Joint Rack	Matthias Sperl
Results of PETER PFC experiment conducted in lunar gravity during parabolic flight campaign	Karol Seweryn
Development and Lunar-g Testing of a Continuous Lunar Regolith Particle Size Classification System	Xiaochen Zhang
Modelling Dry Praticle Size Classification in Lunar Gravity	Miguel Albino
Vibratory Transport Behavior of Lunar Regolith Simulants in Reduced Gravity	Jarrett Dillenburger
Miniaturized sampling tool for non-cohesive surface material sampling	Michelle Lavagna

Speaker info

Matthias Sperl, DLR
Karol Seweryn, Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Science (CBK PAN)
Xiaochen Zhang, European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC)
Miguel Albino, Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon
Jarrett Dillenburger, ESRIC
Michelle Lavagna, Politecnico Milano Aerospace Science and tech department
Philipp Reiss, Technical University of Munich

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch break - Tech Demonstration

13:00-13:15

FibreCoat

13:15-13:30

Polimak Space

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Regolith properties

Session chair: Joshua Rasera

Universal Predictors of Regolith Behaviour (UPREB) – A Universal Tool for Designing Lunar Hardware	Tehya Francesca Birch
Regolith Flow Assurance for Lunar Mining: Standard Metrics and a De-Risking Roadmap	Alan Carter
Optimisation of an Electrodynamic Dust Shield for the Australian lunar Roo-ver program	Daniel Ricardo
Electrostatic Lunar Dust Mitigation Technologies	Philipp Zanon
Lunar Surface Cleaning Robotic Unit with Electron Beam [SCRUB]	David Asner
Building the Regolith Logistics Backbone: Technical Advances from Polimak Space	Roderick Rühl
DISTOBEE: An Integrated System for Digging, Storing and Beneficiation of Lunar Regolith	Piotr Kulinowski
Dual-Purpose Drivetrain: A Bucket Drum for Large-Scale ISRU Regolith Acquisition	Kamil Grassmann

Speaker info

Tehya Francesca Birch, ETH Zurich & External Contractor for Airbus Defence and Space
Alan Carter, Blueshift LLC dba Outward Technologies
Daniel Ricardo, Swinburne University of Technology
Philipp Zanon, Swinburne University of Technology
David Asner, Orbital Mining Corporation
Roderick Rühl, Polimak Space
Piotr Kulinowski, AGH University of Krakow
Kamil Grassmann, PIAP Space sp. z o. o.
Joshua Rasera, SpaceRS

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee break - Tech demonstration

15:35-15:50

ESRIC

Presenter: Xiaochen Zhang

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Construction

Session chair: Aidan Cowley

Scalable Autonomy for Lunar Regolith Processing in Extreme Environments	Vivek Shankar Varadharajan
Developing low-binder lunar regolith-based geopolymers for construction on the Moon using AdMa	Lorenzo Di Mattia
Fibre-Enabled Regolith Manufacturing for Lunar Infrastructure	Monika Brandić Lipińska
Deep Sintering of Lunar Regolith Simulants - Recent Advances	Robin Nitschke
HESTIA: A Scalable Robotic Lunar Remote Camp with Growth Path to Human Habitation	Simon Kristensen
Prototype Demonstration of Solar-Carbothermal System to Extract Oxygen from Regolith	Koorosh Araghi

Speaker info

Vivek Shankar Varadharajan, Uncharted AI
Lorenzo Di Mattia, Politecnico di Milano
Monika Brandić Lipińska, Integrative Design | Extremes, Univeristy of Innsbruck; LIQUIFER
Robin Nitschke, TU Berlin
Simon Kristensen, SAGA Studio ApS
Koorosh Araghi, NASA JSC EP3
Aidan Cowley, European Space Agency

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Oxygen

Session chair: Melchiorre Conti

OXYGEN – novel payload for oxygen extraction from lunar regolith	Tyler Haines
The Italian ORACLE payload for extracting oxygen on the Moon	Francesco Latini
MiniROXY – progress towards a lunar demonstration and material selection for reliable operation	Georg Poehle
Pretesting of an FFC Molten Salt Electrolysis Reactor Breadboard for Lunar Oxygen Extraction	Francisco J. Guerrero-Gonzalez
HEPHAESTUS – a lunar ISRU technology demonstration payload of a full manufacturing facility	Alex Ellery
Ca-Al-enrichment in lunar regolith simulants via laser-driven selective vaporization	Lucas-Brian Christen

Speaker info

Francesco Latini, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
Georg Poehle, Fraunhofer IFAM, Dresden Branch
Francisco J. Guerrero-Gonzalez, Maana Electric
Alex Ellery, Carleton University
Lucas-Brian Christen, The University of Tokyo
Melchiorre Conti, ESA

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee break - Tech Demonstration

10:35-10:50

DFKI

Presenter: Mehmed Yüksel

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Oxygen and water

Session chair: Emma Cooney

Solar Vacuum Pyrolysis for Lunar Oxygen: Benchmarking Regolith Simulants	Jack Robinot
Solid-gas carbothermal reduction experimental characterisation on lunar regolith simulants	Alice Dottori
From ice mining to propulsion with the Ice2Thrust project	Philipp Reiss
Development of a water purification prototype for lunar ISRU	Ainur Yerzhankyzy
The Aqualunar Challenge: Purifying Water on the Moon	Dana Lefebvre
Development of Water Extraction Systems Using Heat Transfer Fluid for In-situ Resource Utilization	Suzuna Okamoto

Speaker info

Jack Robinot, PROMES CNRS
Alice Dottori, Politecnico di Milano
Ainur Yerzhankyzy, ESRIC
Dana Lefebvre, Canadian Space Agency
Suzuna Okamoto, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Emma Cooney, ESRIC

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Lunch break - Tech Demonstration

13:00-13:15

ispace

Presenter: Philippe Ludivig

During SRW 2026, ispace EUROPE will demonstrate the mobility of the rover platform and explain its characteristics.

13:15-13:30

Base and Power City

Presenter: Donguk Agos Lee

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Mars

Session chair: Bo Byloos

Integrated plasma membrane reactor architecture for fuel production on Mars	Lanie McKinney
The Martian Mindset -- A Scarcity-Driven Engineering Paradigm	Lucio Colombi Ciacchi
Solid oxide Cell technology for propellant and power production using space resources	Michele Hollist
Low-Temperature Electrochemical CO2 Conversion for Mars In-Situ Resource Utilization	Paulina Govea-Alvarez
Utilization of Martian atmospheric gases for collection, transport and beneficiation of regolith	Mateo Rejon Lopez
Synthetic biology as the enabling technology for space settlement	Lynn Rothschild
In Situ Monitoring of Regolith L-PBF: Insights and Strategies for Printability Enhancement	Yassir Ben Dahou
Regolith to Repairs: ISRU for Additive Manufacturing of Electronics	Christian Rein

Speaker info

Lanie McKinney, MIT
Lucio Colombi Ciacchi, University of Bremen
Michele Hollist, OxEon Energy
Paulina Govea-Alvarez, VITO | UGent
Mateo Rejon Lopez, DLR
Lynn Rothschild, NASA Ames / Brown University
Yassir Ben Dahou, Politecnico di Milano
Christian Rein, Danish Technological Institute

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee break - Tech Demonstration

15:35-15:50

Tumbleweed and Tumbleweed Mars

Presenter: James Kingsnorth

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Manufacturing, recycling

Session chair: Advenit Makaya


Toulouse Task Force on ISRU activities on additive manufacturing with regolith simulants	Julien Granier
Powder Handling in Laser Powder Directed Energy Deposition Under Space Conditions	Marvin Raupert
Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization of ISRU-Derived Al Processed by Electron Beam AM	Alex Ellery
From Astronaut Trash to Space Resources: Recycling Logistics Waste into Injection-Molded Composites	Lanie McKinney
From space waste to usable resources: Development of a lunar hardware recycling system	Trunal Patil
Trade-off Scenarios for on-orbit collected Space Debris and other resources	Stella Tkatchova

Speaker info

Julien Granier, Institut Clément Ader
Marvin Raupert, Leibniz University Hannover
Xavier Walls, Carleton University
Lanie McKinney, MIT
Trunal Patil, ESRIC European Space Resources Innovation Centre
Advenit Makaya, European Space Agency

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Business pitches

Session chair: Lari Cujko

Enabling access to the Moon: a lander built for today's launch infrastructure	Alex Pinel Neparidze
LEO Free Flyers with Earth Return for Scalable Space Resource Utilization	Ryan Reel
Autonomous Cryogenic Refuelling Infrastructure for Scalable Cislunar Operations	Richard Nederlander
A.P.E.X.: Real-Time AI Mineral Analysis for Lunar/Martian ISRU	Eronim Mihoc
Thermal Management in Additive Manufacturing for Lunar Surface Operations	Sujit Pal
Lunar dust mitigation in solar cells using nanomaterials and thin films from moon regolith simulants	Mario Alejandro Mejía Escobar
Rapid Large-Scale Resource Prospecting via Wind-Driven Tumbleweed Swarms	James Kingsnorth
Lunar Resources Registry Exchange for Developing Sustainable Commercial Lunar Resources Operations	Simon Drake
SpaceLand Mars Habitat: Revolutionizing Housing Construction on Mars and on the Earth	Celeste Petraroli
OLH : An Inflatable Lunar Habitat Integrating Advanced Materials and Autonomous Habitat Management	Gabriele Carrozza
Geometry-Driven, Reconfigurable, Serviceable Systems for Resource-Constrained Lunar Infrastructure	Omid Hajishirmohammadi
Enabling Scalable Space Resource Infrastructure through In-Space Joining and Assembly	Guillaume Mohara

Speaker info

Alex Pinel Neparidze, Instinct Space
Ryan Reel, Outpost Technologies
Richard Nederlander, Spargo Space
Eronim Mihoc, Moon Trades SRL
Sujit Pal, Public Access LLC
Mario Alejandro Mejía Escobar, rego space and Polytechnic University of Madrid
James Kingsnorth, Tumbleweed Mars
Simon Drake, Lunar Resources Registry UG
Celeste Petraroli, SpaceLand
Gabriele Carrozza, iSaisei Corporation Srl
Omid Hajishirmohammadi, 4 Earth 2 Mars Holding B.v.
Guillaume Mohara, ArcSpace
Lari Cujko, ESRIC

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee break

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

ESRIC Start-up Support Programme

Moderated by: Lari Cujko

Topics: Terrestrial companies developing space products and technology assets for the future ISRU value chain and business modelling

Funding sources
Dual application / Dual use potentials
Expected product capacity/delivery

Presenters:
11:00 – 11:15 Spacebackend - Presented by : Yoav Landsman, Co-Founder & Managing Director
11:15 – 11:30 Polimak Space - Presented by : Süleyman Salihler, CEO
11:30 – 11:45 Tumi Robotics Space - Presented by : Francisco Cuellar, CEO

Yoav Landsman, Spacebackend
Süleyman Salihler, Polimak Space
Francisco Cuellar, TUMI ROBOTICS
Lari Cujko, ESRIC

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

PANEL: Convergence of technological trends between Terrestrial and Space Technologies

Moderated by: Olivier Zephir

The panel will explore how cross-sector synergies, terrestrial and space, civil and military can de-risk technologies, expand addressable markets, and increase investor readiness. We’ll examine how dual-use applications and early alignment with diverse end-users drive traction and improve capital efficiency.

Panelists will share strategies for structuring deals that connect public and private funding and highlight how convergence in technology and finance creates stronger follow-on investment opportunities.

Speakers:

Antonio Bove, Managing Sales Director, Europe at SES
David Dana, General Partner at Expansion VC
Quentin Dupraz, Partner at Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital

Antonio Bove Antonio Bove, SES
David Dana, Expansion VC
Quentin Dupraz Quentin Dupraz, Vuillermoz Capital
Olivier Zephir, Technoport SA

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch break

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Power, automation

Session chair:

Preliminary design of a power supply system for lava tube exploration	Ricard González-Cinca
Building the Lunar Energy Grid: Collaborative Engineering for Fission Surface Power Deployment	Tomasz Adach
Robust Bayesian Material Tracking for Autonomous Space Resource Extraction	Jared Millane
Application of AI Agents for Excavation and Maintenance in Space Resources Mining Operations	ABDOLSATTAR ROUDINI
3RO: RObotics ROad ROver Integration System for Modular Lunar Infrastructure	Donguk Agos Lee

Speaker info

Ricard González-Cinca, UPC-BarcelonaTech
Tomasz Adach, Astroport Space Technologies
Jared Millane, University of Sydney
Sylvester Kaczmarek, ICL
Abdolsattar Roudini, Karadeniz Technical University
Donguk Agos Lee, Base and Power City

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing coffee

Time Zone: (UTC+02:00) Amsterdam []

SPACE RESOURCES WEEK 2026
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Workshops during SRW26

Plenary Room

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SPACE RESOURCES WEEK 2026 PROGRAMME

Workshops during SRW26

Plenary Room

Sigma Room

#SpaceResWeek

SPACE RESOURCES WEEK 2026
PROGRAMME