Monday March 14th

4:00 Registration booth opens

6:00 - Cocktail reception

Tuesday March 15th (Number and length of speaker sessions is subject to change)

8:00 - Registration opens

9:00 - Conference opening remarks delivered by City of Pittsburgh

9:10 - Liu Junhua, Deputy Secretary, Baotou Rare Earth High-tech Industrial Development Zone Committee

9:45 - Rare Earths - A Western Perspective

Gary Billingsley, Executive Chairman, Great Western Minerals Group

10:15 - Coffee break and networking

10:45 - Outlook of Japanese Rare Earth Market

Shigeo Nakamura, President, Advanced Material Japan Corporation

11:15 - Pierre Neatby, VP Sales and Marketing, Avalon Rare Metals Inc.

12:00 - Lunch Sponsored by Avalon Rare Metals Inc.

1:30 - Mark Smith, CEO Molycorp Inc.

2:00 - Rare Earth investment panel including:

Jon Hykawy, Byron Capital Markets

Patrick Wong, Rare Metals International

Russell Starr, Euro Pacific Canada

2:45 - Break

3:00 - Chen Fenghua, Tianjin Sanhuan Lucky New Material Inc.

3:30 - Pol Le Roux, Lynas Corporation

4:00 - End of conference, closing remarks

4:15 - Coffee break and networking session