VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 2, 2011) -
Dr. Neil Branda, one of Canada's leading molecular scientists, will address Cambridge House International's Critical Materials Investment Symposium on Friday, June 3, at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, B.C.
The Critical Materials Investment Symposium is the first series of conferences in the world to bring together the multitude of parties involved in finding solutions to the developing world crisis in the supply shortage of rare earth and strategic metals.
Dr. Branda received his B.Sc. degree from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral fellow at l'Université Louis Pasteur before joining the faculty at the University of Alberta. He subsequently moved to Simon Fraser University where he is a Professor of Chemistry. He is also Executive Director of 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University's new $41 million research facility for new materials and nanoscale devices, and Chief Technology Officer of SWITCH Materials, Inc., a company he founded to commercialize his technology.
"Dr. Branda's presentation on Friday will bring home the importance of critical and rare-earth metals to our audience of investors and producers," said Joe Martin, President of Cambridge House International. "He joins an impressive pane of experts that includes Dr. Michael Berry of Morning Notes; Jack Lifton of Technology Metals Research, LLC; Thomas Drolet of Drolet and Associates Energy Services, Inc.; Dr. Jon Hykawy, Byron Capital Markets; David Coffin, HRA Advisories; John Kaiser, Kaiser Research, and; Clint Cox, founder of The Anchor House," Martin continued.
Further information and symposium registration may be obtained by contacting Cambridge House International in Vancouver at 877-363-3356. A full conference agenda may be found on-line at: Critical Materials Agenda
Contact Information:
Nicole Evans
Toll Free (U.S. and Canada): 1-877-363-3356
Cambridge House International
Joe Martin
Toll Free (U.S. and Canada): 1-877-363-3356
www.cambridgehouse.com