About Earth USA 2026

Earth USA 2026 is Adobe in Action’s 13th International Conference on Architecture & Construction with Earthen Materials. The formal conference will take place from Friday, September 18 to Sunday, September 20, 2026 at the Scottish Rite Center's Alhambra Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Earth USA 2026 indicates a wider field of interest than previous conferences and includes adobe, rammed earth, compressed earth block (CEB) and monolithic adobe (cob). Any material or method that uses clay as a binder is considered. Activities included:

• Three days of Podium Presentations and Poster Sessions on topics related to the current state of architecture and construction with earthen materials.

• Friday Evening Reception sponsored by The Earthbuilders' Guild.

• Tours to local earthbuilding sites of interest in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Earth USA 2026 Timeline

• Call for paper announcement: Monday, March 10, 2025

• Online abstract submission form opens: Monday, September 8, 2025

• Call for abstracts ends and online abstract submission form closes: Sunday, February 8, 2026 (deadline extended until Saturday, February 28, 2026

• Notification of speaker acceptance: by Friday, April 10, 2026

• Full papers due: by Sunday, June 7, 2026

• Online conference registration opens: Monday, June 8, 2026

• Online conference registration closes: Friday, September 4, 2026

• Conference: Friday, September 18 to Sunday, September 20, 2026

• Conference Tour: Monday, September 21, 2026