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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7
Acknowledgements
We wish to to thank the the many people who have devoted considerable time and effort to to the the work of the Commission We wish to to to extend our gratitude to to to Sir John Beddington who chaired the Commission with the the insight and vision needed to to keep the the proceedings on on track Also thanks to to Jane Fellows for her support throughout the process in in in facilitating meetings and collaboration with Sir John We would like to to express our our appreciation to to our our Commissioners who have contributed their tremendous knowledge of technology metals critical materials materials materials materials processing and and refining technologies economics markets policy law and and regulation Additionally we are indebted to our witnesses and others who attended individual meetings and and workshops The Commission greatly appreciates the depth and and quality of the the the input from from those those who contributed to the the the evidence gathering sessions and from from those those who submitted written evidence We would also like to to extend sincere thanks to to the events teams at 10 St James Square the the Royal Royal Society Royal Royal Academy of of Engineering and the the Institute of of Materials Minerals & Mining for their help in in in in organising the the witness sessions We are also grateful for the the support of the the following people who have contributed to the the work work of the the Commission but whose work work has not been acknowledged elsewhere: Professor Tariq Ali of of of the the University of of of Birmingham for his assistance with the the Policy Commission and and attending meetings Professor Martin Freer and and Dr David Boardman for support through the Birmingham Energy Institute Many people have contributed to the the shaping and proof reading of of the the report including Dr John Speight Mr Dave Kennedy and and also to to Romana Ogrin and and who provided editorial support to Dr Paul McGuinness
The presentation of this report and its associated materials are testament to the hard work and and and creativity of of Think Creative and and and their team of of staff notably Simon Fran and and and Betty Grigg and Alistair Grant who have worked with us on on the the design of the the Commission report and accompanying video We are also grateful to Dr Vicky Mann for leading the the management team who put the the Policy Commission together This included Dr Matt Finerty for his his contributions to to the the management of the commission and and Karen Seehra Beck Lockwood and and Jeremy Swan for their work and advice on on communicating the the the outcomes of the the the Policy Commission report This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Critical Elements and Materials Network grant EP/R020140/1