Rare earth elements (REE) are increasingly critical to a wide variety of technologies required for the energy transition. Recent geopolitical events have refocussed attention on this important class of critical raw materials. To address issues related to REE, we are holding a one-day forum REECON-UK in Oxford on 6th June 2025. We will discuss all aspects of REE supply chains from minerals and mines to magnets, geopolitics and the environment. A key objective is to place the UK into this global context.<\/p>\n
The forum will be hosted by the Oxford Martin School and chaired by John Mavrogenes (opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/a> of the Australian National University and Martin School visiting fellow, and Jon Blundy (opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/a>, director of the Martin School programme \u201cRethinking Natural Resources (opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u201d and the new OxfordEARTH initiative (opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n The all-day forum (9.00 to 18.00) will include short presentations interspersed with moderated panel discussions including questions from the audience. Refreshments and lunch are provided. Confirmed speakers and panel moderators include:<\/p>\n \u00b7 Anouk Borst (KU Leuven and Royal Museum of Central Africa)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Sam Broom-Fenley (Camborne School of Mines)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Adrian Finch (University of St Andrews)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Sarah Gordon (Satarla)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Markus Gr\u00fcneisl (BMW)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Julian Hetherington (Advanced Propulsion Centre)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Peter Hopkinson (Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Amir Lebdioui (Oxford Technology and Industrialisation for Development Centre)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Vicky Mann (University of Birmingham)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Caitlin McElroy (Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment)<\/p>\n \u00b7 David Merriman (Project Blue)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Robert Pell (Minviro)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Oliver Richards (Department for Business and Trade)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Grant Smith (Less Common Metals)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Martin Smith (University of Brighton)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Frances Wall (Camborne School of Mines)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Allan Walton (Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and Critical Materials)<\/p>\n<\/span>","excerpt":"","slug":"reecon-uk-rare-earth-element-forum","image":false,"all_day":true,"start_date":"2025-06-06 00:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"06","day":"06","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2025-06-06 23:59:59","end_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"06","day":"06","hour":"23","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"utc_start_date":"2025-06-06 06:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"06","day":"06","hour":"06","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2025-06-07 05:59:59","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"06","day":"07","hour":"05","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"timezone":"America\/Denver","timezone_abbr":"MDT","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/reecon-uk-rare-earth-element-forum-tickets-1360251050509?aff=oddtdtcreator","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":5715,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2025-05-16 08:52:27","date_utc":"2025-05-16 14:52:27","modified":"2025-05-16 08:52:27","modified_utc":"2025-05-16 14:52:27","url":"https:\/\/rareearthexchanges.com\/venue\/oxford-martin-school-university-of-oxford\/","venue":"Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)","description":"<\/span>","slug":"oxford-martin-school-university-of-oxford","address":"34 Broad Street","city":"Oxford","country":"United Kingdom","zip":"OX1 3BD","json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)","description":"","url":"","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"34 Broad Street","addressLocality":"Oxford","postalCode":"OX1 3BD","addressCountry":"United Kingdom"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"global_id":"rareearthexchanges.com?id=5715","global_id_lineage":["rareearthexchanges.com?id=5715"]},"organizer":[],"custom_fields":[],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"REECON-UK: Rare Earth Element Forum","description":"<p>Rare earth elements (REE) are increasingly critical to a wide variety of technologies required for the energy transition. Recent geopolitical events have refocussed attention on this important class of critical […]<\/p>\\n","url":"https:\/\/rareearthexchanges.com\/event\/reecon-uk-rare-earth-element-forum\/","eventAttendanceMode":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OfflineEventAttendanceMode","eventStatus":"https:\/\/schema.org\/EventScheduled","startDate":"2025-06-06T00:00:00-06:00","endDate":"2025-06-06T23:59:59-06:00","location":{"@type":"Place","name":"Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)","description":"","url":"","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"34 Broad Street","addressLocality":"Oxford","postalCode":"OX1 3BD","addressCountry":"United Kingdom"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"performer":"Organization"}}