News & events
Upcoming events
CubeSatPlus2025
22-23 July 2025 | UNSW Sydney | Kensington Campus
Join us at聽CubeSatPlus 2025, the landmark聽10th聽in-person workshop celebrating ten years of innovation, collaboration, and groundbreaking advancements in the Australasian CubeSat community.
Over聽the聽past decade, we've witnessed a remarkable evolution in Australian cubesats/smallsats鈥攆rom educational and research tools to聽the聽commissioned commercial and government platforms shaping our space landscape today.
In celebration of this remarkable journey,聽the聽2025 workshop adopts聽the聽theme聽鈥淐rowning聽the聽Decade: Pioneering New Orbits,鈥聽highlighting聽the聽milestones, growth, and advancements achieved over聽the聽past ten years.聽The聽event will gather leading researchers, government representatives, and industry experts to showcase聽the聽latest innovations and inspire聽the聽next chapter of progress in space technology.
For Sponsorship Opportunities, please get in touch with us聽here.
More information on speakers and the program will be available soon, so please watch this space or stay in touch with us on聽.
OEMF 2025
25-26 September 2025 | UNSW Sydney | Kensington Campus
The Off-Earth Mining Forum (OEMF) 2025 is a unique event designed for those passionate about the cutting-edge developments in both the space and mining industries. As we enter a new frontier of space exploration, the mining sector is set to play a pivotal role in driving advancements in space technology. The Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research (ACSER) and the UNSW School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering are excited to host this landmark event, bringing together leading experts, speakers, and delegates from national and international research, government, and industry, representing the full spectrum of the rapidly expanding space resources sector.聽
For Sponsorship Opportunities, please get in touch with us聽here.
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As a prelude to IAC 2025 in聽 Sydney (the world's largest space conference), this event will bring together world-leading聽experts to discuss the theme:聽鈥淪pace Mining: One Industry or Two?鈥
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Now in its seventh iteration, the conference remains technically focused, but this year鈥檚 agenda is designed to broaden participation. We aim to engage technology executives, innovation leaders, engineers, scientists, and university students, offering tailored sessions that cater to their unique interests and expertise. Attendees will be passionate individuals from the space, mining, and related industries, eager to share their experiences, insights, and perspectives on the latest advancements in the field. Speakers will share their experiences, insights, and perspectives on planetary science and geology, mining technology and equipment, robotics, automation and swarm, legal and regulatory frameworks, sustainability and ethics, commercialisation of space and business models, space-mining industry differences and commonalities, current missions, start-ups and SMEs.
PNT 2026
4-6 February 2026 | Royal Randwick Racecourse | Sydney
PNT2026, previously delivered under the highly regarded banner of the IGNSS Conference Series, will now be officially hosted by AIN, organised by the AIN鈥檚 new PNT Sub-Committee, led by:鈥
Prof. Andrew Dempster, UNSW:聽Vice-President of AIN & Chair of the PNT Sub-Committee聽
A/Prof. Craig Roberts, UNSW:聽Deputy Secretary of AIN & Secretary of the PNT Sub-Committee聽
Prof. Allison Kealy:聽Deputy Treasurer of AIN & Treasurer of the PNT Sub-Committee聽
The event will build on the success of IGNSS 2024, offering a dynamic platform for discussing key issues such as GNSS resilience, sensor fusion, space-based PNT, and cybersecurity threats like jamming and spoofing. With technical sessions, industry exhibitions, and networking opportunities鈥攊ncluding the much-loved Sydney Harbour Cruise鈥擯NT2026 will provide a forum for shaping the future of PNT technologies and infrastructure.聽
For Sponsorship Opportunities, please get in touch with us聽here.
