8:30am: Registration
9:00am: Welcome
- Leanne Gilbertson & Avner Vengosh
with Provost Alec Gallimore and Dean Lori Bennear
9:30am: Panel
National Security and Economic Competitiveness Challenges in Critical Resources, Minerals, and Materials
Moderated by: Brian Murray, Director of the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
- John Whiteaker
Regional Engagement Principal – Carolinas
National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) - Charles Nathan Cardinell
Senior Staff Engineer for Enterprise Operations
Lockheed Martin - Kris Behler
Invincible Materials Portfolio Manager
DEVCOM-ARL - Steven D. Textoris
Global Minerals Analysis Section Chief, National Minerals Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey, Dept. of the Interior - Mikayla J. Walock
Chief, Metals Branch | SEMD, ARD | DEVCOM – ARL
10:45am: Showcase of Research
Lightning talks by invited research groups
- Helen Hsu-Kim: Resourcing Critical Metals from Waste Streams: Lessons Learned from Extracting Rare Earths from Acid Mine Drainage and Combustion Residuals
- Dan Richter: How Critical Chemical Elements Ride the Earth’s Particle Conveyor to the Soil Surface
- Miaofang Chi: Designing Better Materials and Interfaces for Batteries: Insights from Microscopy
11:30am: Break
11:45am: Showcase of Research
Lightning talks by invited research groups
- Avner Vengosh: The Potential Environmental Impacts of Critical Mineral Exploration
- Erika Weinthal: Governing Critical Raw Materials and the Energy Transition
- Dalia Patiño-Echeverri: Power System Models to Assess the Benefits of Deploying Critical Mineral’s Dependent Electricity and Energy Storage Technologies
- Leanne Gilbertson: Critical Minerals Initiatives at Duke
12:30pm: North Carolina Q&A
with state leadership on critical resources and energy transition
Moderated by: Toddi Steelman, Vice President and Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability
- Jennifer Mundt, Assistant Secretary for Clean Energy Workforce Development, NC Department of Commerce
12:50pm: Closing Remarks
- Leanne Gilbertson & Avner Vengosh
1:00pm: Lunch / Open Networking / Poster Session
2:30pm: Adjourn