Date: March 13-14, 2012
Location: Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City, Arlington VA
TREM12 was a fantastic success - Our keynote speakers were:
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Agenda
Day 1: Tuesday March 13, 2012
8:00 am Breakfast and Registration
- Courtesy of Quest Rare Minerals
8:45 am Breakfast Keynote
- Introduction: Jim McKenzie, President & CEO, Ucore
- The Honorable Lisa Murkowski, US Senator from Alaska
9:15 am Keynote Speaker
- Introduction: Seifi Ghasemi, Chairman & CEO, Rockwood Holdings (Diamond Sponsor)
- The Honorable David Sandalow, Assistant Secretary of Energy
9:45 am Energy Policy in Times of Austerity
- Moderator: Gal Luft, Executive Director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
- Joshua Freed, Vice President for the Clean Energy Program, The Third Way
- Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (USN-Red), President & CEO, American Council on Renewable Energy
- Darren Samuelsohn, Senior Energy and Environment Reporter, Politico
11:00 am Networking Break
- Courtesy of Talison Lithium
11:30 am Automotive and Grid Storage
- Moderator: Anne Korin, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
- Presentation: Idan Udi Edri, CEO, Nation-E Israel
- Seifi Ghasemi, President & CEO, Rockwood Holdings
- Bill Reinert, National Manager, Toyota Advanced Technology Group
- Marc Winterhoff, Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Automotive Practice
12:45 pm Ritz-Carlton Gourmet Lunch
- Courtesy of Molycorp, Inc.
- Welcoming remarks from Mark Smith, CEO, Molycorp, Inc.
2:00 pm Keynote Speaker
- Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Cekuta, Department of State Bureau of Energy Resources
- Introduction: Mark Smith, CEO, Molycorp, Inc.
2:30 pm What is Critical for Congress?
- Moderator: Dr. Gal Luft, Executive Director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
- Adam Falkoff, RARE, The Association for Rare Earths
- Jeff Green, President & Founder, JA Green & Co
- Jonathan Ossoff, Legislative Director for Congressman Hank Johnson (co-chair of the House Rare Earth Caucus)
- Carol Raulston, Senior Vice President of Communications, National Mining Association
3:30 pm Networking Break
- Courtesy of Talison Lithium
4:00 pm Diversifying Supply
- Erin Chutter, President, Global Cobalt Corporation
- Peter Cashin, President & CEO, Quest Rare Minerals
- Randall Scott, CEO, Rare Element Resources
5:15 pm Closing Comments & Adjourn
- Yaron Vorona, TREM Center Director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
6:00 pm Networking Reception, Zen Bistro and Wine Bar
- Courtesy of Global Cobalt Corporation
- Zen Bistro and Wine Bar
- Pentagon Row
1301 South Joyce Street,
Arlington, VA 22202
- Pentagon Row
Day 2: Wednesday March 14, 2012
8:00 am Registration and Breakfast
- Courtesy of Rare Element Resources
9:00 am Welcoming Remarks
- Yaron Vorona, TREM12 Conference Chair
9:15 am The Best Defense is...
- Moderator: Yaron Vorona
- Dr. Jim Thomason, Assistant Director Strategy Forces & Resources Division, Institute for Defense Analysis
- Charles Cogar, Legislative Director to Congressman Mike Coffman
10:00 am Redefining Criticality
- Robert L. Jaffe, Morningstar Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:30 am Networking Break
- Courtesy of Ucore Rare Metals
11:00 am Supply and Demand: In Balance or Imbalance?
- Moderator: Clint Cox, The Anchor House
- Anthony Alfidi, CEO, Alfidi Capital LLC
- Dr. Michael Berry, Discovery Investing
- Michael Silver, CEO, American Elements
12:00 pm Should we Pencil Graphite in as Critical?
- Moderator: Gareth Hatch, President, Innovation Metals Corp.
- Presentation: Stephen Riddle, CEO, Asbury Carbon Mills
- Dr. Tracy Albers, Manager of External Interactions and Technology Roadmapping, Graftec International Holdings
- Gary Economo, CEO Focus Metals
12:45 pm Ritz-Carlton Gourmet Lunch
- Courtesy of American Vanadium
- Welcoming remarks from Ron MacDonald, Executive Chairman, American Vanadium
2:00 pm Keynote Speaker
- Introduction: Ron MacDonald, American Vanadium
- His Excellency Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the USA
2:15 pm Development Updates
- Peter Oliver, CEO & Managing Director, Talison Lithium
- Jim McKenzie, CEO, Ucore Rare Metals
3:00 pm Official: China's Rare Earth Policies
- Dr. Si Jinsong, Second Secretary Economic Affairs Office, Embassy of China and former Deputy Director, Development and Planning Department of the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission
3:30 pm Closing remarks
- Yaron Vorona, Conference Chair
3:45 pm Networking Break
- Courtesy of Ucore Rare Metals
* Schedule subject to change without notice.
Presentations
| File | Description | File size |
|---|---|---|
 TREM12 Cashin Quest.pdf | Quest Rare Minerals Presentation by Peter Cashin | 3235 Kb |
| TREM12 Chutter Global Cobalt.pdf | Molycorp Presentation by Mark Smith | 3361 Kb |
| TREM12 Jaffe Criticality.pdf | Robert Jaffe from MIT on Energy Critical Elements | 13498 Kb |
| TREM12 Murkowski Keynote.pdf | Senator Murkowski's Keynote Address | 30 Kb |
| TREM12 Riddle Graphite.pdf | Graphite Presentation by Stephen Riddle | 619 Kb |
| TREM12 Scott Rare Element.pdf | Rare Element Resources Presentation by Randy Scott | 2239 Kb |
| TREM12 Smith Molycorp.pdf | Global Cobalt Presentation by Erin Chutter | 1811 Kb |
| TREM12 Thomason Defense.pdf | Defense Criticality by Jim Thomason | 459 Kb |
 TREM12 DOE Critical Material Strategy | Assistant Secretary David Sandalow on DOE Critical Material Strategy | 4468 Kb |
