Upcoming Event(s):
TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo, June 2025
Join TechConnect World for the third annual “Innovations in Critical Minerals and Materials” symposium. The meeting will take place June 9-11, 2025, in Austin, TX.
With increasing global demand for critical materials and growing uncertainties in supply chains, this is a fantastic opportunity to connect with experts from industry, national laboratories, and universities, and to establish new and lasting relationships. There will be ample opportunities to network and learn about the latest developments in the critical materials and supply chain space.
This 3-day symposium is co-chaired by Santa Jansone-Popova (ORNL), Andriy Palasyuk (Ames National Lab) and Alison Fritz (National Energy Technology Lab) with confirmed invited speakers Chong Liu (Univ of Chicago), Kevin Stoll (Critical Materials Recycling), Braeton Smith (Argonne National Lab), Thomas Tarka (NETL), Arindam Mukhopadhyay (Idaho National Lab), Corby Anderson (Colorado School of Mines) and Jun Cui (Iowa State University).
Full technical program is now posted here.
New for 2025:
This year’s symposium will feature a short course on rare earth elements on Wednesday, June 11th, covering the following topics:
• Introduction to Rare Earths and Permanent Magnet Materials
• Mining, Extraction, Processing, Concentration, and Separation
• From Waste to Resource: Secondary and Unconventional Feedstocks
• Magnetism Explored: Fundamentals, Discoveries, Developments, Applications, and Future Prospects
• Metallization/Magnet Fabrication and Manufacturing/Recycling End-of-Life Permanent Magnets.
Past Event(s):
TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo, June 19 – 21, 2023
For over 20 years the TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo has connected top applied research and early-stage innovations from universities, labs, and startups with industry end-users and prospectors. The 2023 TechConnect World Innovation event includes the annual SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference, AI TechConnect, and the TechConnect Technical Program – more than 35 world-class technical symposium, and the Nanotech Conference Series – the world’s largest and longest running nanotechnology event.
Through these joint programs, TechConnect has published over 10,000 technical papers, connected over 20,000 innovations with industry partners, provided prospecting to most all Fortune 500 technology companies, and supported most every U.S. Science and Technology agency including the National Nanotechnology Initiative since its inception.
Critical minerals – such as the rare earth elements lithium, graphite and cobalt – support a wide variety of modern technologies. They power many current and future applications in our world. The Innovations In Rare Earths and Critical Minerals Special Symposium addresses scientific and technological innovations that support and advance the domestic supply chain for these minerals.
Join us for the largest gathering of rare earths and critical minerals experts in North America this June 19-21 in Washington, D.C.
*An email was sent to members on 03/14/2023 with codes and other information regarding registration. If you did not receive this email, please reach out to us.
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