Lecture Series Programming

$25 Per Lecture Date (times are U.S. Central)
Live sessions with panel discussions following the presentations

OCTOBER 5, 2021 (12:00 PM - 2:00 PM) October_Bios.pdf

Importance of Minerals to Clean Energy - Bill Edgerton - SME President, Principal, McMillan Jacobs Associates
Minnesota Mining Update - Joe Henderson - Director, Division of Lands and Minerals, Minnesota DNR
Tribal Nations Engagement - Tadd Johnson - Sr. Director, American Indian Tribal Nations Relations, University of Minnesota
MPCA Update on Mining, Water, & Permitting - Jeff Udd - Manager, Mining and Water Section, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

NOVEMBER 18, 2021 (12:00 PM - 1:30 PM) November_Bios2.pdf

Mineral Resources in the Era of Sustainability and Climate Change - Margaret Durenberger/Dr. Charles Fairhurst - Sr. Geologist, Oreval / Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota
Intro to Aquatic Toxicity Testing; Laboratoratory- and Field- Scale Bioassays for Predicting Responses of Wild Rice (Zizania palustris L.) to Exposures of Site-Specific Sediments and Waters - O'Niell Tedrow - Water Resource & Wild Rice Scientist, Northeast Technical Services, Inc
Exsolve Recycling Technologies: Re-domesticating Wealth and Opportunity through Recapture of Lost Value Metals - Rob Bergmann - CEO, Chairman of the Board, Cofounder of Exsolve ; President, Big Rock Exploration

JANUARY 20, 2022 (12:00 PM - 1:30 PM) January_Bios.pdf

Regional Aggregates Industry Update - John Cunningham - Executive Director, Aggregate and Ready Mix Association of Minnesota
Iron Mining Update - Kelsey Johnson - President, Iron Mining Association of Minnesota
Non-Ferrous Mining Update - Frank Ongaro - Executive Director, Mining Minnesota

FEBRUARY 17, 2022 (12:00 PM - 1:30 PM) February_Bios.pdf

Vermillion Gold Exploration Update - Kate Lehmann/William Rowell - President & CFO/Chief Exploration Geologist, Vermillion Gold
Tamarack Ni/Cu/Co Project Update - Jessica Johnson - Community Outreach & Government Relations Manager, Talon Metals Corp
Extraction of Reed-Sedge Peat and Manufacture of Value-Added Granular Peat Products - Peggy Wallgren Jones - VP Sales & Research, American Peat Technology