124 Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals for a Sustainable and Secure Future

Monday, 10 October 2011
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 101A-C

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
  Craig M. Schiffries, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, DC
  198046 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  A NATIONAL CRITICAL MATERIALS STRATEGY -- PERSPECTIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
  Cyrus Wadia, Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC
  198208 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  CRITICAL MINERALS FOR THE 21st CENTURY - A STRATEGY FOR SUPPLY SUSTAINABILITY
  Marcia McNutt, N/A, Reston, VA
  198209 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  LEGISLATION ON CRITICAL MINERALS AND MATERIALS IN THE 112th CONGRESS
  Kathleen Benedetto, Committee on Natural Resources, Washington, DC
  198000 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: SHAPING FEDERAL POLICIES ON CRITICAL MINERALS AND MATERIALS
  Allyson Anderson, United States Senate, Washington, DC
  197589 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  RARE EARTHS AND OTHER CRITICAL ELEMENTS: ECONOMIC AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES
  Roderick G. Eggert, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
  197388 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:40 PM
  ENERGY CRITICAL ELEMENTS: SECURING MATERIALS FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
  Jonathan G. Price, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and Murray W. Hitzman, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
  191170 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  CRITICAL MINERALS SCIENCE AT THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  Jeff L. Doebrich, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  195077 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  RARE-EARTH ELEMENT (REE) RESOURCES IN NORTHEASTERN CANADA: ADVANCED PROJECTS AND POTENTIAL EXPLORATION ENVIRONMENTS
  Andrew Kerr, Department of Natural Resources, St. John's, NF
  193043 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  REE AND CRITICAL MATERIALS – THE ROLE OF EXPLORATION AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
  Lawrence D. Meinert, Smith College, Northampton, MA
  193466 (Technical Sessions)