Critical Minerals Conferences & Events in Texas

Highlighted events

• OCT

  19

  MON

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  OCT

  21

  WED

  International Uranium Fuel Seminar

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  Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) · Houston, TX

  Mining & Metals · Nuclear

  A commercial nuclear fuel cycle seminar addressing fuel security, supply-chain resilience, uranium markets, conversion and enrichment, fuel fabrication, advanced reactor fuel, policy and regulation, workforce development, innovation, and international collaboration. The program includes “Challenges and Opportunities Across the Nuclear Fuel Cycle,” focused on mining, conversion, enrichment, fuel supply, utility procurement, market challenges, and long-term supply-chain confidence; “Emerging Market Players and the Path to Compete,” covering financing, contracting, project execution, customer confidence, and resilient fuel supply; “The Die Is Cast on Uranium's Cost Curve”; “Future Global Nuclear Fuel Cycle Scenarios”; “Supplying Uranium for the Next Generation of Nuclear Power,” covering production, permitting, investment, utility contracting, mining, fuel security, and future reactor deployment; “Building the Fuel Supply Chain for Advanced Reactors,” covering advanced fuel pathways, procurement, licensing, and commercial-scale fuel availability; and “Modernizing Nuclear with Modern Fuel Procurement,” covering financial, trading, regulatory, and market-mechanism perspectives. Named participants include representatives from Nuclear Energy Institute, New Horizon Nuclear Associates, Cameco, Urenco, Edlow International Company, Fluxpoint, SuperCritical Materials, Quantum Leap, Global Laser Enrichment, Ocean Wall, Sachem Cove Partners, WNA, TradeTech, Kazatomprom, Bannerman Energy, Uranium Energy Corp, Uranium Royalty Corp, Uranium Producers of America, Idaho National Laboratory, Natura Resources, TRISO-X, CleanCore Thorium Energy, newcleo, BWX Technologies, Centrus, Uranium Digital, Dow, and ICAP.

  Jack Britt

  Elmer Dyke

  Tim Shirkey

  Sarah Reidel

  Jack Edlow

• JAN

  25

  MON

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  JAN

  27

  WED

  ERCOT Power NEXT 2027

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  Infocast · Austin, TX

  Batteries & Energy Storage · Data Centers & Cloud · Power & Utilities

  The conference examines policy, market, infrastructure, and investment decisions shaping the Texas power system. Its two tracks cover ERCOT Market Reforms and Investment & Asset Optimization in ERCOT. Topics include resource adequacy; transmission cost allocation beyond 4CP; SB 6 and data center development; cyber, physical, and energy-security risks; infrastructure investment and electricity affordability; demand response and large-load flexibility; generation and storage investment; asset optimization and revenue strategies; supply-and-demand balance; site selection based on power, water, cooling, and grid access; distributed resources, ADER, virtual power plants, microgrids, and inverter-based resource ride-through requirements. Agenda sessions include “Energy Issues in the 90th Legislative Session—Assessing Their Potential Impacts” and “Batch Zero - Assessing the Process and Its Potential Impacts in the ERCOT Market.”

  Ned Bonskowski

  Giovanni Capriglione

  Carl Cho

  Keith Collins

  Cameron Poursoltan

• FEB

  3

  WED

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  FEB

  5

  FRI

  2027 NAPE Summit

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  NAPE (North American Prospect Expo) · Houston, TX

  Mining & Metals · Oil & Gas · Power & Utilities

  A marketplace for buying, selling, and trading prospects and producing properties, with programming spanning oil and gas, critical minerals, data centers, geothermal, minerals and non-operated assets, bitcoin mining, renewable energy, and offshore opportunities. The Energy Business Conference includes “US/World Energy Outlook 2027,” covering commodity pricing, production outlooks, geopolitical volatility, regulatory developments, LNG growth, capital discipline, energy security, and demand from AI infrastructure and industrial expansion. “Power Grid, Data Centers & AI Infrastructure” examines grid capacity, data-center siting, water and electricity costs, and AI-driven power demand. “AI & Technology in Energy” addresses scaling AI, governance, and innovation. “Energy During Wartime/Government View of Wartime Energy” covers energy security, critical-infrastructure resilience, global LNG, strategic minerals, military demand, cyber threats, and supply-chain disruption. “CEO Fireside Chat: Leading Energy Forward” focuses on AI adoption, workforce strategy, commodity markets, and geopolitical developments. The Technical Track features “AI for Subsurface Energy,” including generative AI for geospatial maps, OSDU and harmonized datasets, seismic interpretation, and data workflows. “New Opportunities in Traditional Legacy Oil and Gas Basins” covers direct lithium extraction from Arkansas’s Smackover Formation, geothermal co-production in the Bakken, helium and hydrogen resources, stacked-pay development, and San Andres horizontal drilling. The Capital Track addresses capital allocation, consolidation, public and private financing, infrastructure investment, underwriting energy types, and expected returns. Additional programming includes a Government Affairs Session on regulatory changes, advocacy, and policy trends, plus expo hubs focused on prospects, critical minerals, renewable energy, offshore activity, minerals and non-operated assets, data centers, and bitcoin mining.

  Kim Padeletti

  Debnil Chowdhury

  Bob Fryklund

  Dr. Ning Lin

  Max Minzner