Circular Materials & Industry: Critical Materials Roundtable
Tue, Sep 15
|Innovation Barn
A roundtable discussion on recovering critical metals and minerals from the region’s waste and byproduct streams, and building the supply chains and workforce to keep that value within the North Carolina region.


Time & Location
Sep 15, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Innovation Barn, 932 Seigle Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205, USA
About the event
Resilient Futures Co-Lab is bringing capital, relationships, and long-term support to a more circular and regenerative economy across the Mountain and Piedmont regions of North Carolina. As part of Resilient Futures Co-Lab’s ongoing work across North Carolina, we are hosting an in-person roundtable within our Circular Materials & Industry Transition Pathway on Critical Materials. This roundtable is designed to gather a small group of specialists, initiative holders, academics, network holders, and capital providers to review the initiatives we are building into our clustered funding pipeline and to help shape what comes next. We would be glad to have you at the table. Our Circular Materials & Industry: Critical Materials roundtable will be discussing the metals and minerals that go into items such as semiconductors, batteries, magnets, and electronics to be used in industries such as artificial intelligence, clean energy, telecommunications, and defense applications. These critical materials are among the most strategicall…