PROGRAMME
Day 3 - 25 September 2020
TIMELINE
09:00
Speakers
Lucy Crane, Cornish Lithium
Ivan Ostrowicz, Hachette Livre (e-learning division)
#EDUCATIONTRACK
KEYNOTES
10:00
11:30
COFFEE BREAK
12:00
Speaker
Åsa Gabrielsson, Epiroc
#EDUCATIONTRACK
L&E
SESSION 2
Speakers
Speakers TBA
#INNOVATIONTRACK
EASME SESSION
13:00
LUNCH BREAK
14:00
#EDUCATIONTRACK
TALENT EXCHANGE
16:00
17 June 2021
TIMELINE
09:00 – 09:30
OPENING PLENARY
Big challenges need big ideas! Innovation, education, entrepreneurship: for the minerals, metals and advanced materials sector to facilitate the coming green and digital transformations, we must harness the power of these across the whole raw materials value chain.
Speakers
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Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
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Bernd Schäfer, CEO and Managing Director, EIT RawMaterials
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Discussion moderated by Karin Helmstaedt, Journalist, Deutsche Welle
09:30 – 11:00
EDUCATION AND INNOVATION IN RAW MATERIALS
Big ideas need innovators! For the raw materials sector of tomorrow to take shape, we need to equip the students and professionals of today with new skills. How can we ensure that we are educating future changemakers with the skills needed to innovate and become the next generation of entrepreneurial champions who will help solve our greatest societal challenges? Join the discussion and get inspired by the innovation journeys of leading EIT RawMaterials start-ups and scale-ups.
Speakers
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Didier Zimmermann, Education and Innovation Director, EIT RawMaterials
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Elisabeth Clausen, Director at Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT) at RWTH Aachen University
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Start-up success stories
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Mari Tenhunen, CEO, TimeGate Instruments
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Martyna Szydlowska, CEO, Fractuscan
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Frank Jackel, CEO, Metalshub
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Iakovos Yakoumis, CEO, Monolithos Catalysts & Recycling
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Frédéric Goettmann, President and CTO, Extracthive
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Panel Discussion
11:00 – 11:30
BREAK
11:30 – 13:00
EUROPEAN RAW MATERIALS ALLIANCE (ERMA)
Innovators need allies! The European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA) was established in 2020 to secure access to critical and strategic raw materials, advanced materials, and processing know-how for EU industrial ecosystems. Find out from top policymakers and industry executives how ERMA is tackling the challenge and what’s in the investment pipeline of our Alliance.
Speakers
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Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission Vice-President for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight
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Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market
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Bernd Schäfer, CEO and Managing Director, EIT RawMaterials
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Industry vision:
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Christel Bories, CEO, ERAMET
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Jan Moström, CEO, LKAB
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Javier Targhetta, President, Atlantic Copper; Senior Vice President Marketing & Sales, Freeport-McMoRan
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An Steegen, CTO, Umicore
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Panel Discussion
13:00 – 14:00
BREAK FOR LUNCH
14:00 – 15:30
PARADIGM SHIFT IN CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Going full circle – together! Creating a Circular Economy is vital to the success of the EU Green Deal. However, to make it happen, a successful interplay between policy, regulation, process innovation and new business approaches is key. Hear from leading raw materials experts, industrialists and trend-setters on Europe’s Road to a truly green and circular economy.
Speakers
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Moderator - Karl Vrancken, Research Manager Sustainable Materials, VITO
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Janez Potočnik, Co-Chair of UN International Resource Panel
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Carlos Rich, Strategy Officer and Director International Division, Atlantic Copper
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Sven Saura, VP Recycling, Veolia
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Erwin Coolen, Director, ECHT
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Frédéric Carencotte, Founder, CARESTER
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Panel discussion
15:30 – 15:45
WRAP UP AND CLOSING