MMTA's International Minor Metals Conference

Following the highly successful conference that was held in Amsterdam earlier this year, with in excess of 250 attendees, the MMTA is delighted to announce that the 2017 International Minor Metals Conference will be held at The Conrad Hotel, Dublin on April 24-26 2017.

A strong programme of speakers will as ever be the highlight of this event as well as incorporating plenty of networking time during the golf tournment, receptions, lunches and coffee breaks. There are also promotional and sponsorship opportunities available at the conference, which offer excellent value to reach 250+ of the leading global players in the minor metals industry. Please contact sales@metalevents.com for more information.

The conference is not only the highlight of the global minor metals industry’s year, but it is the go-to event to meet, share and learn. We look forward to seeing you in Dublin in 2017!

MMTA Members – Don’t forget to book your place today at the “New Enhanced Members Conference Rates”
MMTA members will pay the special rate of £600 per person, a full £350 saving on the non-members’ rate during the early-bird period that expires on October 28 2016. Non-members rates are also very competitive and offer great value for money – the early-bird rate is £950 per person and expires on January 11.

*****New for 2017*****

MMTA’s Golf Tournament at the K Club – sponsored by ICD Alloys & Metals Inc

http://www.kclub.ie/en/golf-hotels-ireland/

Join us at the world renowned K Club for a round of golf to kick off the 2017 MMTA’s International Minor Metals Conference. This is the ideal venue to meet up with other delegates while enjoying a round of golf at this famous location.

The K Club has hosted The Dubai Duty Free Irish Open 2016, The Ryder Cup and 13 European Opens. Designed by Arnold Palmer, The Palmer Ryder Cup Course and The Smurfit Course are considered two of Europe’s finest Championship Courses recently voted on the top ten worldwide golf resorts by CNN.

To take part in the MMTA’s Golf Tournament please contact Gina@MMTA.co.uk for information about how to book

Speakers joining the programme:

The programme of speakers remains the focus of the MMTA’s conference and as ever it will highlight those metals that are playing a vital role in new technologies and that are at the forefront of advances in global development. In 2017 the conference will feature presentations looking at cobalt, molybdenum, vanadium, rhenium, hafnium, zirconium, scandium, tantalum, tungsten, niobium, lithium, indium, bismuth, selenium, tellurium, gallium, germanium, antimony.

The MMTA’s Popular Science Talk: Laurence Knight, Producer, BBC World Service, and Andrea Sella, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University College London, will take a tour around some of the amazing minor metals elements that make up our industry. The BBC World Service has just completed its Elements programme, which took a close look at chemical elements, the basic building blocks of the universe. Where do we get them, what do we use them for and how do they fit into our economy?

“Developments in aero-engines and material choice”, by Bill Reid, Strategic Sourcing Manager: airfoil castings, forgings and mill products, Pratt & Whitney, USA;

“Delivering a conflict-free supply chain”, by Carolyn Duran, Director, Global Supply Management, Intel Corp, USA;

“An update on specialty and stainless markets”, by Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR GmbH, Austria;

“Coatings for gas turbine blades”, by Dr Lisa O’Donoghue, University of Limerick, Ireland;

“Tomtor — an alternative source of supply for scandium and niobium”, by Alexander Malakh, Chairman of the Board, TriArc Mining Ltd;

“Energy storage and its applications”, by Professor Peter Hall, Chair in Chemical Engineering, The University of Sheffield, UK;

“Lithium and cobalt supply requirements for batteries”, by Simon Moores, Managing Director, Benchmark Minerals Ltd, UK;

“Future applications for minor metals: Bi, In, Se, Ge & Ga”, by Dominic Boyle, PPM Pure Metals GmbH, Germany;

Programme Timings:

Monday 24 April

09:00 Golf Tournament at the K Club – Sponsored by ICD Alloys & Metals Inc

17:00 Registration at The Conrad

18:00-20:00 – Welcome reception for all attendees

Tuesday 25 April

08:45 Registration & Coffee

Welcome remarks

Session 1: 09:00-11:00

11:00-12:00 Coffee

Session 2: 12:00-13:30

13:30-14:15 Luncheon

14:30 MMTA’s AGM

Wednesday April 26

Session 3: 09:30-10:45

10:45-11:40 Coffee

Session 5: 11:40-13:00

13:00-14:30 Luncheon and close of conference

Start Date	24th April, 2017
End Date	26th April, 2017
Venu	Ireland
Location	Dublin,Ireland