Short Courses, Conferences, Symposia, and Workshops
Professional development short courses, conferences, symposia, and workshops administered by Continuing and Professional Education Services (CPES) provide opportunities for working professionals to upgrade their technical job skills and remain abreast of recent developments in their respective fields of interest.
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Upcoming events
News and Information
A new course series for engineers and scientists who are needed to meet the requirements of improved safe design, construction operation, and closure of tailings facilities.
Registration for The Tailings Center Fundamentals Short Course Certificate Program is open now :: Various dates between March 2021 and July 2021
The ICE 2021 : 3rd International Conference on Electrolysis has been rescheduled for June 19-23, 2022.
Registration is open now for GPR 2020 : 18th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar :: June 14-19, 2020.
This event has been postponed until June 2022.
More information...
A new course teaches computer programming for Earth Scientists!
Practical Python for Earth Scientists has been rescheduled, and registration is open now. Course date: March 4, 2021
Practical Python for Earth Scientists has been postponed.
More information...
Dates have been announced for the next session of Communities and Social Performance in the Extractive Sector: A New Paradigm :: October 13-15, 2020 October 19-21, 2021.
The next session of Grouting and Ground Improvement starts on July 20, 2020. Registration is open now!
Grouting and Ground Improvement has been postponed until May 2022. More information...
Dates have been announced for the next session of the Filtered, Paste and Thickened Tailings course offered by Paterson & Cooke :: June 7-10, 2022.
Filtered, Paste and Thickened Tailings has been postponed until June 7-10, 2022.
The 2020 session of New Directions in Mineral Processing Fundamentals has been rescheduled to July 12-15, 2022. More information...
Dates have been announced for the next session of the Space Resources Roundtable and the Planetary & Terrestrial Mining Sciences Symposium :: June 9-11, 2020.
Space Resources Roundtable and the Planetary & Terrestrial Mining Sciences Symposium has been postponed.
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Petroleum Engineering SuperSchool Hybrid Course has been rescheduled for July 12 - 17, 2021. More information...
Dates for the 2021 session of Natural Gas Processing have been announced. The course will be held July 26 - 29, 2021. The format and location will be determined by mid-May 2021.
Recycling Metals from Industrial Waste has been postponed until June 21-23, 2022. More information...
Registration for Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods is open now. Dates for the 2021 sessions have been announced.
4-Day program updated with examples and problems related to the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act!
The 2020 session of Tunneling Fundamentals, Practice and Innovations has been postponed. The 2021 session starts on October 18, 2021.
Dates announced for the next session of Project Management for Mining :: October 20-22, 2021.
Dates announced for the next session of Sampling Theory, Sampling Practices, and Their Economic Impact :: October 12-16, 2020 October 11-15, 2021.
Dates announced for the next session of Introduction to Petroleum Refining Technology and Economics :: August 11-13, 2021.
Catalog of Events
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Short courses provide concentrated instruction in specialized areas and are typically taught by one individual or a small cadre of highly trained and experienced professionals. Instructors are Colorado School of Mines faculty members, independent consultants, and other professionals, thus bringing to the program the best of academic and practical knowledge and skills.
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Tunneling Fundamentals, Practice and Innovations
2021 Dates Announced
This event has been rescheduled to October 2021.
More information...
- October 18-21, 2021
Grouting and Ground Improvement
2020 Dates Announced :: Registration is open now!
This event has been rescheduled to May 2022.
More information...
- May 16-19, 2022
Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods
4-Day program updated with examples and problems related to the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act!
This course is offered as 2½-Day or 4-Day sessions, with an option to attend only part of a 4-Day session.
Registration is open now!
- November 16-19, 2020 - (4-Day)
- March 29-31, 2021 - (2½-Day)
- May 17-20, 2021 - (4-Day)
- June 14-17, 2021 - (4-Day)
- July 19-22, 2021 - (4-Day)
- November 15-18, 2021 - (4-Day)
Sampling Theory, Sampling Practices and Their Economic Impact
- October 12-16, 2020 October 11-15, 2021
Petroleum Data Analytics
Big Data, Automation, Advanced Analytics and the Industrial Internet of Things meet Oil and Gas
This course has been postponed. If you'd like to be notified when dates for the course have been established, just click/tap here.
- May 2-3, 2019
Introduction to Petroleum Refining Technology and Economics
2020 Session Postponed; 2021 Dates Announced.
- August 11-13, 2021
Using Dynamic DCF and Real Options to Value and Manage Mining Projects
This course has been postponed until 2018. If you'd like to be notified when the course has been rescheduled, please click/tap here.
A Crash Course on Data Science
This course has been postponed. If you'd like to be notified when the course has been rescheduled, please click/tap here.
This course has been postponed. If you'd like to be notified when the course has been rescheduled, please click/tap here.
The Tailings Center Fundamentals Short Course Certificate Program
A new course series for engineers and scientists who are needed to meet the requirements of improved safe design, construction operation, and closure of tailings facilities.
6 Courses are available. Registration is open now!
- Various dates between March and July 2021
Practical Python for Earth Scientists
A new course teaches computer programming for Earth Scientists!
Registration is open now!
- March 4, 2021
Filtered, Paste and Thickened Tailings
2022 Dates Announced
This event has been postponed until June 7-10, 2022.
Dates for the 2021 session of this course have been announced!
- October 20-22, 2021
New Directions in Mineral Processing Fundamentals
The 2020 session of this course has been rescheduled to July 12-15, 2022. More information...
Communities and Social Performance in the Extractive Sector: A New Paradigm
Registration opens soon! If you'd like to be notified when registration is available, just click/tap here.
- October 13-15, 2020 October 19-21, 2021
Practical Python for Earth Scientists
A new course teaches computer programming for Earth Scientists!
Registration is open now!
- March 4, 2021
Dates for the 2021 session of Natural Gas Processing have been announced. The course will be held July 26 - 29, 2021. The format and location will be determined by mid-May 2021.
- July 26-29, 2021
Petroleum Engineering SuperSchool
The SuperSchool has been rescheduled for July 12 - 17, 2021. More information...
If you'd like to be notified when registration for the course is available, just click/tap here.
New course format: A hybrid course combining on-campus and online learning!
Crude Oil Valuation and Pricing
If you're interested in attending this course, please provide your contact information so we can notify you when the dates have been established. Just click/tap here.
Introduction to Petroleum Refining Technology and Economics
2020 Session Postponed; 2021 Dates Announced
- August 11-13, 2021
Natural Gas Hydrates In Flow Assurance
This course has been postponed. If you'd like to be notified when the course has been rescheduled, just click/tap here.
Introduction to Petroleum Refining Technology and Economics
- August 12-14, 2020
Communities and Social Performance in the Extractive Sector: A New Paradigm
Registration opens soon! If you'd like to be notified when registration is available, just click/tap here.
- October 13-15, 2020 October 19-21, 2021
Petroleum Data Analytics
Big Data, Automation, Advanced Analytics and the Industrial Internet of Things meet Oil and Gas
This course has been postponed. If you'd like to be notified when dates for the course have been established, just click/tap here.
- May 2-3, 2019
Recycling Metals from Industrial Waste
This course has been postponed until June 21-23, 2022. More information...
Sampling Theory, Sampling Practices and Their Economic Impact
- October 12-16, 2020 October 11-15, 2021
Dates for the 2021 session of this course have been announced!
- October 20-22, 2021
Excellence in Project Management for the Energy Industry
If you're interested in attending the next session of this course, please provide your contact information so we can notify you when the dates have been established. You can also provide your date preference to help us schedule the next session. Just click/tap here.
A new course focusing on applications of machine learning in a variety of fields.
This course has been postponed. If you'd like to be notified when the course has been rescheduled, please click/tap here.
This course has been postponed. If you'd like to be notified when the course has been rescheduled, please click/tap here.
Communication Networks for the Smart Grid
This course has been postponed. If you'd like to be notified when the course has been rescheduled, just click/tap here.
Communication Networks for the Smart Grid
This course has been postponed. If you'd like to be notified when the course has been rescheduled, just click/tap here.
Industrial Communications Systems
This course has been postponed. If you'd like to be notified when the course has been rescheduled, just click/tap here.
Communities and Social Performance in the Extractive Sector: A New Paradigm
Registration opens soon! If you'd like to be notified when registration is available, just click/tap here.
- October 13-15, 2020 October 19-21, 2021
The ICE 2021 : 3rd International Conference on Electrolysis has been rescheduled for 2022.
- June 19-23, 2022
18th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2020)
This event has been postponed until June 2022.
More information...
- June 14-19, 2020
No workshops are scheduled at this time.
2019 Design for Additive Manufacturing Workshop (DAM Workshop 2019)
This course has been postponed. If you'd like to be notified when dates for the course have been established, just click/tap here.
No certifications or examinations are scheduled at this time.
7th International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation
- June 10-13, 2019
Ninth Joint Meeting of the Space Resources Roundtable and the Planetary & Terrestrial Mining Sciences Symposium (includes the Lunar Polar Prospecting Workshop)
Visit the website...- June 12-15, 2018
University Transportation Center for Underground Transportation Infrastructure Symposium
Challenges and Opportunities in Underground Transportation Infrastructure
- September 21-22, 2017
- September 14-15, 2017
9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates
- June 25-30, 2017
16th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium
- June 17-22, 2017
Product Development and Engineering Problem Solving
- October 26-28, 2015
Optimizing Fracs (and Refracs!) in a Low Price Environment
- August 10-12, 2015
Communication Networks for the Smart Grid
- July 8-10, 2015
Potential-Field Interpretation Workshop
- October 26, 2014
2014 IEEE Conference on Reliability Science for Advanced Materials and Devices
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- September 7-9, 2014
Exploration for Tight Oil Plays
- May 13-15, 2013
- November 18-20, 2013
- October 14-16, 2013
DEM6 - 6th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods
- August 5-6, 2013
Digital Mapping Techniques 2013 - 17th Annual Workshop
- June 2-5, 2013
2013 IEEE Conference on Reliability Science for Advanced Materials and Devices
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- February 24-25, 2013
Energy and Materials Field Trips
- 2003 — 2013
APCOM 2017 (Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry)
- August 9-11, 2017
Shotcrete Fundamentals and Applications
- September 7-8, 2016
Geotechnical and Structural Instrumentation, Monitoring, and Information Engineering
- March 16-18, 2016
- October 5-6, 2015
Advances in Geothermal Direct Use Workshop
- March 18, 2015
- October 13-15, 2014
- June 16-20, 2014
3-D Parallel Deterministic Sn Radiation Transport Applications Using the PENTRAN Code
- March 19-20, 2014
Recent Sand Models: The Key to Interpreting the Subsurface
- November 13-15, 2013
IMWA2013 - Reliable Mine Water Technology
International Mine Water Association • 2013 Annual Conference
- August 5-9, 2013
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
- July 14 - 16, 2013
35th International Intercollegiate Mining Games
- March 13-17, 2013
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