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EIT RAW MATERIALS SUMMIT 2019

The Raw Materials Summit will include keynotes by prominent speakers from the raw materials research and innovation field, representatives of the European Commission, high profile entrepreneurs, startups and investors.

PARALLEL SESSIONS

On top of several high-quality keynote sessions, the Raw Materials Summit 2019 offers a number of technical Parallel Sessions, i.e., small technical workshops with strong focus on innovation. Five to six invited speakers will be presenting innovative technologies, trends and results, showcasing the latest achievements in Europe and beyond, as well as results of ongoing projects of the EIT RawMaterials. 

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VENTURE FORUM

Three parallel pitching sessions for startups covering primary and secondary raw materials, as well as new materials and intersecting themes (artificial intelligence, IoT, industry 4.0), to pitch their ideas in front of investors.

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EDUCATION

Our Talents Exchange will provide the opportunity to students and companies to liaise. Innovative education programmes from the Raw Materials Academy and from our partner universities will be showcased.

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Day1

DAY 1Monday, 20 May 2019

09:00 - 12:00

REGISTRATION

COACHING SESSION - Investments and Growth Academy

12:00 - 13:00

LUNCH

13:00 - 15:00

KEYNOTES

Dr. Karen Hanghøj, EIT Raw Materials

Introduction to the Raw Materials Summit

Prof. Julian Allwood FREng, University of Cambridge

The challenge of urgency: meeting the scale and speed of climate mitigation targets in a commercially viable supply chain for materials

Toralf Hagenbruch, McKinsey & Company

Battery materials take a flight

15:00 - 15:30

COFFEE BREAK

15:30 - 18:00

PARALLEL SESSION - Resources, Discovery and Beyond

PARALLEL SESSION - Minerals Processing and Materials Recycling 

PARALLEL SESSION - Resource Efficiency Cities

PARALLEL SESSION - Materials for Future Mobility

18:00 - 20:00

NETWORKING AND MATCHMAKING

Concurrent sessions

Day2

DAY 2 – Tuesday, 21 May 2019

09:00 - 10:30

KEYNOTES

Dr. Jim Totty, Earthcapital

Investments in high-impact ventures

Prof. Stefano Odorizzi - EnginSoft

From academia to business

09:00 - 14:30

CERA STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP

10.30 - 11:00

COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:15

INVESTORS EXCHANGE - Pitching session 1, 2, 3

12:15 - 13:15

LUNCH

13:15 - 14:30

INVESTORS EXCHANGE - Pitching session 1, 2,  3

14:30 - 18:00

TALENTS EXCHANGE

INVESTORS SPEED NETWORKING

PARALLEL SESSION - Deep, Intelligent Mining

PARALLEL SESSION - Advanced Materials – Enablers for Disruptive Innovation

17:00 - 20:00

AWARDS VENTURE FORUM, SUCCESS STORIES AND PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Concurrent sessions

Satellite Workshops Day 2

09:00 - 14:30

CERA STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP

11:00 - 14:30

SIDE SESSION GERRI

14:30 - 18:00

SIDE SESSION "Stepping Up International Cooperation" by FORAM Network

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DAY 3 – Wednesday, 22 May 2019

09:00 - 10:30

KEYNOTES

Prof. Thomas Cooney, Dublin Institute of Technology

What Does It Mean To Be Entrepreneurial?

Dr. Rima Dapous, EIT RawMaterials

The Raw Materials Academy

Denis Gontcharov, EIT RawMaterials Alumni

The EIT RawMaterials Alumni

10.30 - 11:00

COFFEE BREAK

09:00 - 11:00

TALENTS EXCHANGE

11:00 - 12:15

“H2020 - Research Along the Raw Materials Value Chain” (in collaboration with EASME)

Arnoldas Milukas

Funding of Raw Materials R&I under H2020

Liesbeth Horckmans and Elisabeth Clausen

Raw Materials in H2020 :  Societal Challenge 5 & EIT from a researcher's perspective  

Eoghan O' Neill, EU DG CONNECT

Innovation Radar

Norbert Zajzon

Exploration : project UNEXMIN 

Åsa  Gabrielsson

Extraction: SIMS project

12:15 - 13:15

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LUNCH

13:15 - 14:30

“H2020 - Research Along the Raw Materials Value Chain” (in collaboration with EASME)

Liesbeth Horckmans

Processing : CHROMIC project 

Tjerk Wardenaar

Recovery of secondary Raw Materials: project COLLECTORS 

Costas Charitidis

Substitution: EQUINOX project 

Pamela Lesser

Social Acceptance of processing and mining activities

SIDE SESSION SUPRIM

14:30 - 15:30

FINAL ARENA

Concurrent sessions

Satellite Workshops Day 2

11:00 - 14:30

SIDE SESSION SUPRIM

MEET THE ALUMNI WORKSHOP - Engage & compete with EIT RM Alumni in a survival challenge

Day3

PROGRAMME COMMITEE MEMBERS:

 

Karl Vranken, VITO, Belgium

Johan Van Boggelen, Tata Steel, The Netherlands
Franco Bonollo, University of Padova, Italy
Etienne Bouyer, CEA, France
Raimo Lahtinen, GTK, Finland
Jens Gutzmer, HZDR, Germany

Radostina Tsenova, TechTour, Bulgaria

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