This panel session will bring together the brightest minds in the industry and dive into the challenges facing the magnet and critical materials supply chain ecosystem. Topics will include;

• DOE's strategies to improve the resilience of critical material supply chains, particularly rare earth elements and NdFeB magnets.

• DOE’s various efforts touching various aspects of the NdFeB supply chain and how these compare with efforts globally

• Strategies pursued by DOE’s Critical Materials Institute (CMI) to address supply chain issues

• Overview of past successes and current efforts being pursued by CMI in relation to magnets

• The importance of analysis in advising which strategies for DOE/CMI to pursue

• Technology transfer and commercialization activities

• Challenges with bringing industry to the US (competitiveness)

• Overview of items from many recent legislative actions (BIL, IRA, DPA, and CHIPS Act) relevant to critical materials and NdFeB magnets

• What key challenges/gaps remain?

• What efforts is the industry undertaking?

• Policy options

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Moderator: Braeton James Smith, Principal Energy Economist, Argonne National Lab

Panelists:

Helena Khazdozian, Sr. Technology Manager, US Department of Energy

Tom Lograsso, Critical Materials Institute, Director