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SUMMARY:Gates Cambridge presents Rob Perrons: Mining Know-How in the Age o
 f Critical Minerals: Strategic Shifts and the Potential Dawn of a New Cold
  War - Rob Perrons
DTSTART:20250428T163000Z
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DESCRIPTION:As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations\, Gates Cambridge
  are honoured to welcome back alumni Scholar\, Dr Rob Perrons (2001)\, who
  recently presented on the global critical minerals industry at the United
  Nations UNECE Resource Management Week 2025 in Geneva.\n\nIn this timely 
 and thought-provoking talk\, Rob will explore the vital role of critical m
 inerals\, such as copper\, lithium\, nickel\, cobalt\, and rare earth elem
 ents\, in powering today’s clean energy technologies and high-tech produ
 cts\, from smartphones to electric vehicles. He will share new insights\, 
 drawn from global patent data over the past two decades\, into the emergin
 g geopolitical tensions and strategic manoeuvring among the U.S.\, China\,
  and the EU.\n\nRob is a professor at the Queensland University of Technol
 ogy (QUT) in Brisbane\, Australia. He has a B.Eng. in mechanical engineeri
 ng from McMaster University in Canada\, a Master’s degree in Technology 
 & Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)\, and a PhD 
 in engineering from the University of Cambridge\, where he was a Gates Cam
 bridge Scholar.  Rob was named as a Fulbright Scholar in 2020 to research 
 critical mineral supply chains\, serves as a board member on several clean
  energy technology startups around the world\, and is a member of the Unit
 ed Nations Expert Group for Energy and Resources.\n\nPlease book via: http
 s://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gates-cambridge-25th-anniversary-event-tickets-
 1316032411369?aff=oddtdtcreator
LOCATION:Bill Gates Sr House\, 17 Mill Lane\, Cambridge\, CB2 1RX
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