Speakers at Raw Materials Week 2024

Stéphane Séjourné
Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy
European Commission
Maroš Šefčovič
Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security / Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency
European Commission
Jozef Síkela
Commissioner for International Partnerships
European Commission
Kerstin Jorna
Director-General
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
European Commission
Koen Doens
Director-General
Directorate-General for International Partnerships
European Commission
Hildegard Bentele
MEP
European Parliament
Kurt Aasly
Special Adviser
The Research Council of Norway
Martín Abeles
Director Of Natural Resources Division
ECLAC
Charlotte Adriaen
Adviser On Critical Raw Materials
European External Action Service
Nader Akil
Operations Manager
PNO Innovation
Siyamed Al Barazi
Head Of Unit Mineral Economics
German Mineral Resources Agency (DERA) @ BGR
Anastasia Arnhold
Education And HR Director
EIT RawMaterials
Kees Balde
Senior Scientific Specialist
UNITAR
Mamadou Bady Baldé
Deputy Executive Director
EITI
Nicola Beer
Vice President
European Investment Bank
David Bender
Co-Head Of Remloy
Heraeus Remloy
Konrad Bendzuck
Project manager
EIT Innoenergy Central Europe
Nathalie Berger
Director For Support To Member States’ Reforms
Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support - Directorate B, European Commission
Nicolas Berlanga Martinez
European Union Ambassador To The Democratic Republic Of Congo
European External Action Service
Guillaume Bertrand
Senior Geologist
BRGM (geological survey of France)
Nauja Bianco
Member Of Board Of Directors
Greenland Resources Inc
Paolo Bondavalli
Programme Manager
European Innovation Council
Stéphane Bourg
Director, OFREMI
BRGM, OFREMI
Allison Britt
Director Mineral Resources Advice & Promotion
Geoscience Australia
Laurel Broten
CEO
Invest in Canada
Carlo Burkhardt
Scientific Director
Pforzheim University
Frédéric Carencotte
President
Carester
Karin Carlqvist
Environmental Officer
FMV - Swedish Defence Materiel Administration Speaker at Raw Materials Week
Dina Carrilho
Senior Science Officer
Foundation for Science and Technology/FCT
Romain Charvet
Head Of France And Europe Corporate Affairs
Eramet
Andrea Cipollina
Professor
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Nick Cook
Research Professor
University of Queensland
Ilse Cougé
Head Of Cooperation
EU Delegation to Argentina
Jean-Denis Curt
Lead Expert Circular Economy, Strategic Materials & LCA
Renault Group
Darryl Cuzzubbo
CEO
Arafura Rare Earths
Humberto Da Costa Leite
Chairman & CEO
Almina – Minas do Alentejo, S.A.
Karim Dahou
Deputy Director
OECD
Gert De Boever
Head Of Investment
Embassy of Canada
Daniel De Oliveira
Head Of Unit
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (LNEG)
Rodrigo Del-Potro
Business Development Manager
Xcalibur Smart Mapping
Richard Dion
Senior Advisor
CONNEX
Meta Dobnikar
Head Of Mineral Resources And Geocheminstry Department
Geological Survey of Slovenia
Chris Doornbos
Founder / CEO
E3 Lithium
Clément Dupuy
Partnerships And Public Affairs Manager
ECM GROUP
Päivi Ekdahl
Development Director
Regional Council of Lapland
Semih Ener
Senior Researcher
Technical University of Darmstadt
Katleen Engelbosch
Head Of Department HaDEA/B - Digital, Industry And Space European Commission
Speaker at Raw Materials Week
Dr. Erik Eschen
Chief Executive Officer
Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
Benoit Esmanne
Policy Assistant STEP Task Force
Directorate-General for Budget - Task Force Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform
Félix Fernández-Shaw
Deputy Director General responsible for Directorates A, B, C > Latin America and The Caribbean; Relations with all Overseas Countries and Territories (INTPA.B)
European Commission
Susannah Fitzgerald
Governance Officer
Natural Resource Governance Institute
Andreas Forfang
Vice President Sustainability And Public Affairs
Vianode
Michal Frycz
Head of Unit
Marshal's Office of Lower Silesia
Krzysztof Galos
Undersecretary Of State, Chief National Geologist Ministry of Climate and Environment
Republic of Poland
Roland Gauss
Innovation & Product Development Director
EIT RawMaterials
Pierre-Alain Gautier
SVP Corporate Affairs
ERAMET
Daniel Gerber
Team-Leader
European Commission
Zuko Godlimpi
Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition
South Africa
Victor Gonzalez
VP Country Mapping
Xcalibur Smart Mapping
Charlotte Griffiths
Section Chief, Sustainable Energy Division
UNECE
Milan Grohol
Policy Officer
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
European Commission
Steffen Haber
Director And President
Critical Elements Lithium Corporation
Christophe Hadjal
Managing Director
SGCIB
Albert Halwampa
Director General
Zambia Development Agency
Karen Hanghøj
Director
British Geological Survey
Elspeth Hathaway
Senior Policy Adviser
IndustriAll European Trade Union
Andreas Henckel
CEO
Kaerntner Montanindustrie GmbH
Baudouin Heuninckx
Deputy Director Industry, Synergies & Enablers (ISE)
European Defence Agency (EDA)
Soraya Heuss-Assbichler
Researcher
University of Munich (LMU)
Jens Hestbech
Associate Director
EIFO - Denmark's Export Credit Agency
Peggy Hicks
Director TESPRDD
OHCHR
Inge Hofkens
COO Multimetal Recycling
Aurubis AG
Janne Hokka
Senior Specialist
Geological Survey of Finland
Julie Hollis
Secretary General
EuroGeoSurveys
Alex Holmes
Chief Operating Officer
Nano One Materials Corp.
Henrik Hololei
Hors Classe Adviser
Directorate-General for International Partnerships, European Commission
Alessandra Hool
CEO
ESM Foundation
Yen-Heng Huang
CEO
ASPHETEK
Erika Ingvald
Economic Affairs Officer
UNECE-SED
Hugues Jacquemin
CEO
NORTHERN GRAPHITE
Adam Janczak
Policy Officer
EEAS
Maria João Pereira
Secretary of State of Energy
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Paul Chanda Chongo Kabuswe
Minister of Mines and Mineral Development
Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development
Jyrki Kaiponen
County Governor
The Regional Council of Central Ostrabothnia
Anasthasios Kakarountas
Vice-President Of The Research And Innovation Regional
Region of Central Greece
Tobias Kampmann
Programme Manager
Vinnova
Bernard Kaninda
EMEA Regional President
FLSmidth
Jan Klasen
First Vice President
KfW
Oliver Kleinhempel
Chairman
EQ Resources Ltd
Andreas Knobloch
Managing Director, Geologist
Beak Consultants GmbH
Alex Koci
Senior Commercial Manager
CBMM
Rolf Kuby
Director General
Euromines
Natalia Lacorzana
Director, Natural Resources
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Hannu Lahtinen
Director
Geological Survey of Finland
Natascia Lai
Acting Head Of Unit
HaDEA - Health and Digital Executive Agency
Pertti Lamberg
Project Manager - CEO
Anglo American - Sakatti Project
Ruth Lambrechts
Director Government Affairs
Umicore
Laura Lauri
Section Manager Field Exploration
LKAB
Ana-Luisa Lavado
Research Officer
Geological Survey Ireland
Rémi Le Tenier
Head Of Public Affairs
Aubert & Duval
Joanne Lebert
Executive Director
IMPACT
Gaetan Lefebvre
Project Manager
French Geological Survey - Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières
Pascal Leroy
Director General
WEEE Forum a.i.s.b.l.
Nello Li Pira
Material Manager
CRF - STELLANTIS
Dario Liguti
Director
UNECE
Guy-Robert Lukama
CEO
Gecamines DRC
Mosa Mabuza
Chief Executive Officer
Council for Geoscience
Caroline MacIsaac
Programme Officer
Engineers Without Borders Canada, Mining Shared Value
Jennifer Mackinlay
General Manager UK, Europe & Israel
Australian Trade & Investment Commission
Robert Makieła
Prezes Zarządu
Wastes Service Group
Nabeel Mancheri
Senior Advisor
EIT RawMaterials
Alexandre Marciel
Consultant Formateur
Le Chasseur d'Atomes
Minja Marijanski
Environmental Specialist
Proman Consulting
Diego Marin
Senior Policy Officer For Raw Materials And Resource Justice
European Environmental Bureau
Dr. Erich Markl
Dean
FH Technikum Wien
Fabrice Mathieux
Research Officer
Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Zach Maurer
Executive Director
Arizona Lithium
Ian McCallum
CEO
G6 Energy
Islam Md Ariful
Scientific Assistant
TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Michael Meding
Vice President And General Manager
McEwenCopper - Los Azules
Maria Menezes
Chief People Officer
Aurora Lithium
Sebastien Meric
Executive Vice President - Solvay Special Chem
SOLVAY
Carlo Merla
Team Leader
Niras A/S
Kim Mezga
Project Manager
Institute SeMe, Environmental Awareness and Sustainable Development, Poljcane
Steven Micklethwaite
Associate Professor
Sustainable Minerals Institute, University Of Queensland
Snežana Miletić
Researcher
Geological Survey of Slovenia
Caroline Millar
Ambassador
Embassy of Australia
Daniel Monfort Climent
Project Manager
BRGM
Susanne Moser
Head of EU Public Affairs
RHI Magnesita
Jan Moström
Group President, CEO of LKAB
LKAB
Kiril Mugerman
President & CEO
Geomega Resources Inc.
Sixtus Mulenga
Founder And Executive Chairman
Musamu Resources LTD
Johannes Nævdal
CEO
REE Minerals Holding AS
Naaja Hjelholt Nathanielsen
Minister Of Business, Trade, Mineral Resources, Justice And Gender
Ministry of Business, Trade, Mineral Resources, Justice and Gender Equality
James (Jamie) Newall
CEO
Golden Pet S.R.o, 100% owned by Quest Critical Metals
Gabriel Nievoll
Policy Officer
European Commission
Chimuka Nketani
Director Investments
Zambia Development Agency
Pablo Núñez Fernández
Geologist / Institutional Relations Director Cobre San Rafael
Atalaya Mining
An Nuyttens
President
SOLVAY
Vesa Nykänen
Research Professor
Geological Survey of Finland
Rosa Onofre
Head of Unit
CCDR Alentejo IP - Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo IP
Erlend Opstad
Specialist Director, Mining And Quarrying
Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
Kizito Pakabomba Kapinga Mulume
Minister of Mines
Democratic Republic of Congo
Jorge Ángel Paradela Gutierrez
Regional Minister of Industry, Energy and Mines
JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA
Irina Patrahau
Strategic Analyst Raw Materials
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
Maria João Pereira
Secretary of State of Energy
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Eric Petit
President
MagREEsource
Urs Alexander Peuker
Professor
TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Jesus Portillo
Director General of Mines
JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA
Janez Potočnik
Co-Chair
International Resource Panel
Victoria Pullen
General Manager - Critical Minerals Security Branch
Australian Department of Industry, Science, and Resources
Thomas Richter
Vice President, Head Of Global Government & Public Affairs
Solvay SA
Mika Riipi
Member Of Parliament
Parliament of Finland
Dominik Ruderer
Head Of Division
European Investment Bank
Birgit Ryningen
Scientist
SINTEF
Ari Saartenoja
CEO
Radai Oy
Ghadi Sabra
PhD candidate
Politecnico di Torino
Olli Salmi
Senior Advisor
Finnish Minerals Group
Andres Sanabria
Coordinator Mining Regions And Cities Initiative
OECD
Lotta Sartz
Senior Project Manager
Örebro University
Arsi Saukkola
R&D Manager
Kuusakoski Oy
Bernd Schäfer
CEO, Managing Director
EIT RawMaterials
Michael Schmidt
President Business Field Chemicals & Minerals
NETZSCH
Caio Seabra
Director
National Mining Agency
Mark Selby
CEO and Director
Canada Nickel Company Inc.
Tomás Serebrisky
Infrastructure And Energy Manager
Inter-American Development Bank
António Simao
Centro Region of Portugal (CCDR Centro)
Senior Adviser
Cecilia Sjöberg
Director
Vinnova
Veronika Sochorová
Communication And Public Affairs Director
ECGA
Slavko Solar
Minerals Adviser
Geological Survey of Slovenia
Silke Sorger
Senior Vice President Procurement
Infineon Technologies AG
Mikael Staffas
President & CEO
Boliden AB
Karolina Stasiak
Ambassador
EU Delegation Zambia
Roman Stiftner
Director General / Managing Director
EUMICON
Chris Stockey
Climate Change & Nature Lead, VECTOR Project Manager
Satarla
Rob Strayer
President
Critical Minerals Forum
Robert Swerdlow
Economist – Supply Chain And Process Industries Division
European Investment Bank
Johanna Sydow
Head Of International Environmental Policy Division
Heinrich-Böll Foundation
Susanne Szech-Koundouros
Deputy Director General
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Maria Taxiarchou
Professor
National Technical University of Athens
Nacef Tazi
Project Officer
JRC
Ana Teodoro
Professor
University of Porto
Gabriel Toffani
CEO
ADIONICS
Fernando Tornos
Professor Of Research
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
Ying-Hung Tsai
R&D Manager
Asphetek Solution Inc.
Martin Turenne
President and CEO
FPX Nickel Corp
Harikrishnan Tuslidas
Economic Affairs Officer
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Rob Van Gils
CEO
Hammerer Aluminium Industries
Manuel Vazquez-Mora
Senior Advisor
Secretaria General de Industria y Minas. Junta de Andalucía
Badrinath Veluri
Chief Specialist
Grundfos A/S
Antoine Videau
EU Affairs And Innovation - Policy Officer
Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine (FR)
Marina Von Vietinghoff-Scheel
Environmental Engineer
German Mineral Resources Agency
Lorena Viladés
Project Manager
ANEFA - Spanish Aggregates Association
Andrew Wright
First Secretary, Trade And Economic Policy
Mission of Canada to the EU
Alessandra Zampieri
Director
European Commission
Gabriel Zbyněk
Research And Development Specialist
Czech Geological Survey
Didier Zimmerman
Business Development & Fundraising Director
EIT