Foreign Policy Discussion Group | Online

Topic

"Mining the Seabed: The Costs and Benefits"

Speaker:

Fabian E. Villalobos is a senior engineer at RAND and a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. His work has included topics on emerging technologies, logistics, acquisitions, strategy, the defense industrial base, and China, with specific interest in the impact of electrification and critical minerals on technology, energy security, development, trade, climate, and international relations. 

Tom LaTourrette is a senior physical scientist at the RAND Corporation. His research covers seabed mining and critical minerals supply chains; storage technologies; renewable, nuclear, and fossil energy resources and technologies; as well as risks and mitigation to infrastructure and public safety.  He has testified before the Secretary of Energy's Blue-Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future and has been on advisory panels for the Government Accountability Office, FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program, and the California Little Hoover Commission.

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