2022 Alabama Mineral Institute Tentative Agenda

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

Time	Event	Speaker
8:00am-8:15am	Welcome
8:15am-9:15am	Critical Mineral Recycling and Sustainability	Stefan Hogg Business Development Associate, LiCycle
9:15am-10:00am	Electric Batteries for Power and Vehicles	Dr. David Carpenter Integrity Institute of Technology
10:00am-10:15am	Break
10:15am-11:00am	Alabama Drought Planning and Response Program	Michael Harper, ADECA
11:00am-11:45am	What does the social component of ESG mean for the mining industry?	Patrick Cagle President, Alabama Mining Association
11:45am-12:45pm	LUNCH
12:45pm-1:00pm	Afternoon Introductions
1:00pm-2:00pm	Rare Earth Elements in Coal Ash – A Review	Kayln Tew UA Safe State
2:00pm-3:00pm	The Crab Orchard Mine Pillar Collapse	Robert Kehrman Director, Geology & Mining Lhoist North America
3:00pm-3:15pm	BREAK
3:15pm-4:00pm	Silica Hazards: MSHA Initiative	Randy Easterling Safety Program Supervisor UA Safe State
4:00pm-5:00pm	*WATERSTAR:* *A new database for storage, retrieval, and evaluation of well and groundwater information for Alabama*	Greg Guthrie

Time	Event	Speaker
8:00am-8:15am	Welcome
8:15am-9:15am	GSA Current Critical Mineral Investigations	John P. Whitmore Geologist II, Geologic Investigations Program Geological Survey of Alabama
9:15am-10:15am	Diamonds in the Rough: A History of Alabama’s Cahaba Coal Field	Dr. James Sanders Day Professor of History, Michael J. Grainger Professor in Modern History University of Montevallo
10:15am-10:30am	Break
10:30am-11:30am	Geothermal-Resources and Energy – Potential in Alabama?	Caryl Orr President, Earth Resource Systems, LLC
11:30 am-12:30pm	LUNCH
12:45pm-1:30pm	Information Session	TBD
1:30pm-2:00pm	Critical Minerals	Jesse Edmondson
2:00pm-5:00pm	Field Trip – UA Recycling Center