Critical Minerals & Mining Innovation Exchange

Critical Minerals & Mining Innovation Exchange | July 30th | Pillsbury Law NYC Office
Campus Deep Tech, the Columbia Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, and Pillsbury Law are bringing together a curated group of startups, investors, industry leaders, and academics at Pillsbury to explore the next wave of critical minerals, rare earth elements, and mining innovation coming out of world class research labs.
Industry leaders & investors will present 'reverse pitches' where they will identify specific pain points and opportunity areas where they would like to see innovators focus next.
Researchers and early-stage startups will share the cutting-edge technologies they are developing and their commercial potential.
Are you working on a startup or a research concept and would be interested in presenting for feedback from investors and a prize?
Interest form for researchers to present: https://forms.gle/zGetZSXdiHAUjgnS8
Why Attend:
Discover breakthrough technologies
Engage directly with faculty and PhDs working at the frontier of this crucial space
Identify investment and partnership opportunities
Become part of the region's growing deep tech ecosystem
Run of Show:
Expert legal advice for new startups and regulatory considerations pertaining to mining & critical minerals from JP Cordon & Sahar Hafeez at Pillsbury Law.
Reverse pitch presentations from industry leaders and investors
Innovation pitch presentations from researchers and founders across Columbia, MIT, NYU, Princeton, Yale, UPenn, Rutgers, NJIT, Cornell, CUNY, and other leading universities. Startups presenting include but are not limited to:Fast Metals
Orpheus Oceans
Chemfinity
Still Bright
Networking reception (drinks & light bites included)
Who Is In The Room? - DOE, Breakthrough Energy, Mitsubishi, BASF, SOSV, Orion Industrial Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Closed Loop Partners, Forge, VU Venture Partners, and many more...
Technology Focus Areas
Resource Discovery & Characterization: Advanced sensing, modeling, and AI-driven exploration techniques.
Extraction & Recovery Technologies: Novel mining, bioleaching, and electrochemical processes.
Processing, Refining & Separation: Separation & refining technologies to achieve required purity levels.
Alternative Materials / Substitution: Development of alternative materials, chemistries, and compositions that reduce or eliminate dependence on scarce materials.
Recycling, Reuse & Urban Mining: Recovering critical minerals from end-of-life products, industrial waste, and tailings to enable circular and domestic supply chains.
Enabling Technologies: AI, robotics, sensors, modular / decentralized processing systems, etc.