9th Annual High-Level Conference of the European Innovation Partnership
(EIP) on raw materials
16 November 2022
Le Plaza Hotel Brussels – Theatre room
Bld Adolphe Max 118-126, 1000 Brussels
Master of Ceremony: Ms. Karen Oldhoven
Ms. Kerstin JORNA, Director-General, DG GROW,
European Commission
10:00-10:30
Welcome
Mr. Pavel KAVINA, Director General, Ministry Industry and
Trade of Czech Republic (Council Presidency)
10:30-12:30 Session 1: Managing Renewable Energy Transition
10:30-10:40
Impulse speech
Mr. Uwe SCHMIDT,
CCO, Montanwerke Brixlegg
Panel 1.1.
Ms. Maive RUTE, Deputy-Director General, DG GROW,
European Commission
Infrastructure and Production
of Renewable Energy
Mr. Rob VAN GILS, CEO, Hammerer Aluminium Industries
10:40-11:20
(Electricity, Hydrogen…)
Moderation: Ms. Mechthild
Mr. Salvatore BERNABEI, CEO, ENEL Green Power
WOERSDOERFER, Deputy
Director General, DG ENER
11:20-11:50
Coffee break
Panel 1.2.
Mr. Constantine KARAYANNOPOULOS, CEO, Neo
Contribution of Raw Materials
Performance Materials
for Energy Supply Chain
(Mobility, Energy
11:50-12:20
Production…) and REPower EU Mr. Peter SCHUHMACHER, President of Catalysts Division
and Head of Battery Materials and Catalysts, BASF
Moderation: Mr. Roman
STIFTNER, Director-General,
EUMICON, European Mineral
Mr. Constantin CIUPAGEA, Head of Unit, JRC, European
Resources Confederation
Commission
12:20-12:30
Q&A
12:30-12:35
Presentation
Robotic dog Spot, LKAB
12:35-14:15
Lunch
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Mr. Thierry BRETON, Commissioner, Internal Market,
14:15-14:30
Keynote speech
European Commission
14:30-15:15 Session 2: Securing Supply of Raw Materials
Ms. Hildegard BENTELE, Member of the European
Parliament
Panel discussion
Mr. Paolo CERRUTI, Co-Founder and Chief Operating
Raw Materials Act
Officer, Northvolt
14:30-15:10
Moderation: Mr. Joaquim
Ms. Virginie DE CHASSEY, Member of Executive
NUNES DE ALMEIDA, Director,
Committee, Eramet
DG GROW, European
Commission
Ms. Henrike HAHN, Member of the European Parliament
15:10-15:15
Q&A
15:15-15:30
Coffee break
15:30-16:30
Session 3: Raw materials partnership with Ukraine
Mr. Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President for Inter-
institutional Relations and Foresight, European
Commission
15:30-16:00
Keynote speeches
Mr. Denys SHMYHAL , Prime Minister of Ukraine
(live streaming)
Mr. Jürgen RIGTERINK, First Vice President, European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Interview with
Minister Ruslan STRILETS, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of
16:00-16:10
Ukraine, by Ms.
Ms. Katarina MATHERNOVA, Deputy-Director General, DG NEAR,
European Commission
Panel discussion
Mr. Bernd SCHÄFER, CEO and Managing Director of EIT
RawMaterials
Moderation:
16:10-16:25
Ms. Katarina MATHERNOVA,
Mr. Roman OPIMAKH, Director General of the Ukrainian
Deputy-Director General, DG
Geological Survey
NEAR, European Commission
16:25-16:30
Q&A
16:30-17:00
Coffee break
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17:00-18:20 Session 4: Sustainable sourcing
Mr. Martin PISCHLER, Senior Vice President, RHI
17:00-17:10
Impulse speech
Magnesita
Panel 4.1.
Ms. Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Member of the
European Parliament
Investment and Sustainable
finance
Mr. Philipp OFFENBERG, Senior Manager, Breakthrough
Moderation: Mr. Mark
17:10-17:40
Energy Europe
RACHOVIDES, President of
European Association of
Mining Industries, Metal Ores
& Industrial Minerals
Mr. Fernando MOYA, Finance Manager,
Cobre las Cruces
(Euromines)
Panel 4.2.
Mr. Guus HOUTTUIN, Chair of the OECD Multi-
stakeholder Steering Group on "responsible minerals"
Responsible mining and
and adviser due diligence/RBC
sourcing
17:40-18:10
Moderation: Mr. Peter
Ms. Riikka Aaltonen, Senior Adviser in Mineral Policy,
HANDLEY, Head of Unit, DG
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland
GROW, European Commission
18:10-18:20
Q&A
Closing speech by Mr. Joaquim NUNES DE ALMEIDA, Director, DG GROW, European
18:20-18:30
Commission, Mr. Roman STIFTNER, Director-General, EUMICON, followed by cocktail
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