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SUMMARY:Foreign Policy Discussion Group | Online
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DESCRIPTION:Topic"Mining the Seabed: The Costs and Benefits"Spea
 ker:Fabian E. Villalobos is a senior engineer at RAND and a professor of p
 olicy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. His work has included 
 topics on emerging technologies, logistics, acquisitions, strategy, the de
 fense industrial base, and China, with specific interest in the impact of 
 electrification and critical minerals on technology, energy security, deve
 lopment, trade, climate, and international relations. Tom LaTourrette is 
 a senior physical scientist at the RAND Corporation. His research covers s
 eabed mining and critical minerals supply chains; storage technologies; re
 newable, nuclear, and fossil energy resources and technologies; as well as
  risks and mitigation to infrastructure and public safety.  He has testif
 ied before the Secretary of Energy's Blue-Ribbon Commission on Americ
 a'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.Register for the Zoom link.
URL:https://www.chappaqualibrary.org/event/foreign-policy-discussion-group
 -mining-seabed-costs-and-benefits-21575
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