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Dear Colleagues,
This is the last call to submit travel grants for the NSF-funded North American Workshop on Critical Mineral Research, Development and Education. Travel grants close on May 30, 2025. The travel grant application form can be found herehttps://www.jsg.utexas.edu/critical-minerals-workshop/travel-grants/.
Abstract submissions close on June 8, 2025.
Early bird registration ends on June 25, 2025.
The North American Workshop on Critical Mineral Research, Development and Education will be held on August 13-14, 2025, in the Thompson Conference Centerhttps://thompsoncenter.utexas.edu/ on The University of Texas at Austin campus in Austin, Texas, USA.
Register here for the workshophttps://www.jsg.utexas.edu/critical-minerals-workshop/registration/
Keynote Speakers
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Technical Sessions
Session 1: Conventional and unconventional sources of critical minerals
Session 2: Critical Minerals Workforce Development: How to grow the US critical minerals workforce
Session 3: Towards a Circular Economy: Innovations in critical mineral extraction and recycling
Session 4: Policy & Supply Chain Economics: Aligning Perceptions and Expectations of Policy-Makers and Stakeholders in the Critical Minerals Sector
Workshop Dinner
A workshop dinner will be held in the Texas Science & Natural History Museumhttps://sciencemuseum.utexas.edu/events/private on the evening of August 13th. The workshop dinner is sponsored by ElementUSAhttps://www.elementusaminerals.com/.
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We look forward to welcoming you to the Live Music Capital of the Worldhttps://www.austintexas.org/ and the UT Austin campus in August 2025!
Kind regards,
Marek Locmelis
Workshop Chair
Marek Locmelis, Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Jackson School of Geosciences
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences & Bureau of Economic Geology