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Join the inaugural meeting of procurement, supply chain and risk management experts from the electronics, aerospace, military, automotive, cleantech and renewable energy industries as they get detailed briefings from nationally recognized experts on:

• The outlook for the supply, demand, risks and price of the rare earth metals, the minor metals, the platinum group metals and lithium
• Today’s best practices for critical and strategic metal sourcing
• Techniques for managing the economic, political and availability risk of these metals throughout your supply chain

Supply chains are only as strong as their weakest link. Thousands of electronics, aerospace, military, automotive, cleantech and renewable energy technologies rely on a range of specialty metals for which there is often no substitute. The supply of many such metals—Rare Earth, Minor Metals, Platinum Group, and Lithium—are in many cases “at risk.” Is your firm up-to-speed on the availability of key raw materials? Are your risk mitigation strategies robust enough to offset oncoming supply constraints?

Infocast’s three-part Summit offers a unique, 360-degree treatment of the challenges and opportunities around what is emerging as a pivotal “hot-button” topic for global high technology industries.

Attend three key events:

Status and Outlook for Critical & Strategic Metals: Supply, Demand, Risks and Price
October 20, 2009

Internationally recognized experts will provide an up-to-the-minute assessment of the supply and value chain outlook for critical and strategic metals by grouping. Industry leaders will match geological, economic and political risk factors (and their interactions) against demand trends, extrapolating emerging bottlenecks and tracking resource development initiatives that may cure those constrained areas.

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A number of best practices have evolved for securing affordable, longterm supplies of specialty metals. Day One of the Summit will present a complete cross-sector portfolio of the most effective sourcing and risk mitigation strategies and methods developed by industry leaders. The second half-day explores the broad global and strategic issues around critical metals, including emerging markets’ domestic consumption and cleantech’s anticipated growth curve.

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Futures markets do not exist for many critical and strategic metals. This leaves consumers of such metals highly vulnerable to supply and price volatility, threatening product lines, plans and bottom lines. In their absence, a host of innovative “virtual hedging” approaches are under development, including stockpiling, over-the-counter hedges, off-take agreements, material leasing and others. This Tutorial will provide invaluable techniques for companies dealing with “at risk” metals.

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