Panel 1 - No Free Lunch...What We Need and Where It Is
Date: Sunday, August 28
Time: 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Location: TBD
Panelists:
Douglas Silver (Balfour Holdings, LLC), Sally Goodman (Newmont), Stephanie Mills (Utah Geological Survey), Max Frentzel (TBD)
A general discussion centering on the fact that all forms of alternative energy require specific metals to make them work and the future of Economic Geology will be focusing on which metals are most important and where we will need to be looking for them.
Attendee Maximum: None
Panel 2 - Can You Have Your Cake and Eat It Too? Balancing CSR and Critical Metals Extraction
Date: Monday, August 29
Time: 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Location: TBD
Panelists:
Isaac Simon (Student, Colorado School of Mines), Rob Kaemba (First Quantum), Jane Hammarstrom (USGS), Murray Hitzman (iCRAG)
A general discussion centering on the social realities of how we are going to explore for and extract the critical metals needed for alternative energy systems, especially contradictions between desire for "alternative energy now" and public antipathy towards mining.
Attendee Maximum: None