PROGRAM TENTATIVE
SEMINAR ON MINERAL PROCESSING AND RARE EARTH ELEMENT EXTRACTION (SMPREE 2025)
| Day 1: 25 June 2024 (Wednesday) JASMINE 3, BANGI AVENUE CONVENTION CENTER (BACC) | |
| Time | Program |
| 8.30 am – 9.00 am | Registration |
| 9.00 am – 9.30 am | Prayer recitation, Welcome speech and Opening speech |
| 9.30 am – 9.45 am | Photo session |
| 9.45 am - 10.30 am | Break / exhibition booth tour / poster session |
| 10.30 am – 11.30 am | Keynote 1 – Dr Meor Yusoff Meor Sulaiman Managing Director, Tekno Valensi Enterprise R&D scenario for rare earth element in Malaysia – current and future perspective |
| 11.30 am – 12.15 pm | Invited lecture 1 - Dr Rahman Yaccup Director, Waste Technology and Environment Division, Nuklear Malaysia Rare earth deposits in Malaysia – Sources and exploration strategies |
| 12.15 pm – 1.00 pm | Invited lecture 2 – Technical talk A |
| 1.00 pm - 2.30 pm | Lunch break/ Prayer |
| 2.30 pm – 3.00 pm | Exhibition booth tour / poster session |
| 3.00 – 4.00 pm | Keynote 2 - Ts. Dr. Ruslinda Abd Rahim Senior Principal Scientist, Lynas Rare Earth Ltd Rare earth element processing and characterization as potential advanced materials for various applications in Malaysia industry |
| 4.00 pm – 4.45 pm | Invited lecture 3 - Technical talk B |
| 4.45 pm – 5.00 pm | Exhibition booth tour / Poster session |
| 5.00 pm | Break, End of day 1 |
| Day 2: 26 June 2025 (Thursday) BILIK SEMINAR, BLOCK 11, NUKLEAR MALAYSIA | |
| Time | Programme |
| 8.30 – 9.00 am | Registration |
| 9.00 am – 9.45 am | Invited lecture 4 – Assoc. Prof. Dr Noor Fazliani Shoparwie Director, Gold, Rare Earth & Material Technopreneurship CeNtre (GREAT), UMK Jeli Campus. Rare earth mining and processing – scenario and challenges in Malaysia |
| 9.45 am – 10.30 am | Invited lecture 5 - Ts. Chm. Dr Dzul Hakim bin Wirzal Senior Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). Green solvent and overview upstream and midstream process on REE separation |
| 10.30 am – 11.00 am | Break |
| 11.00 am - 11.45 am | Invited lecture 6 - Ts. Muhammad Afiq Affandi Abdul Aziz Researcher, Pusat Penyelidikan Mineral, Jabatan Mineral dan Geosains Malaysia. Extraction, recovery and characterization of rare earth element |
| 11.45 am - 12.15 pm | Closing ceremony and prize presentation for best poster competition |
| 12.15 pm – 2.00 pm | Lunch break / prayer |
| 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm | X-Ray Laboratory Tour in Nuklear Malaysia |
| 5.00 pm | Break, End of seminar |
