Summit Speakers

Our curated sessions feature discussions with industry leaders and experts: click on each profile to see when and where they're speaking.
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2026 Speakers

Our curated speaker sessions bring together a spectrum of voices — from senior policymakers and seasoned industry leaders to investors, researchers and early-career talent — to tackle the defining challenges in raw materials: from defence readiness and CRM financing, to circularity as strategic depth, global supply chain action, and disruptive innovation across the value chain.

Bernd Schäfer

CEO, Managing Director, EIT RawMaterials

Koen Doens

Director General, DG INTPA, European Commission

Myriam Ferran

Deputy Director General, DG INTPA, European Commission

Leopoldo Rubinacci

Deputy Director General, DG Trade, European Commission

Valère Moutarlier

Deputy Director General, DG Grow, European Commission

Andreas Schwarz

Head of Cabinet, Startups, Research and Innovation, European Commission

Isabelle Magne

Deputy Head of Unit, DG INTPA, European Commission

Carsten Schierenbeck

Head of Unit, Industrial Transformation, European Commission

Steven Engels

Head of Unit - Professional qualifications and skills for Competitiveness, European Commission

Benjamin Hartmann

Cabinet Expert, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Francesca Porcelli

Policy Officer for Social and Economic Development, EU Delegation to Albania

Anne Lauenroth

Senior Expert Raw Materials, Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI)

Elisabeth Clausen

Professor and Director Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT), RWTH Aachen University

Erick Petit

President, MagREEsource

Frédéric Carencotte

President, Carester

Kimmo Tiilikainen

Director General, Geological Survey of Finland, GTK

Macarena Gutiérrez

CEO, Atlantic Copper

Niclas-Alexander Mauß

Co-Founder, CIRCULAR REPUBLIC / UnternehmerTUM GmbH

Paul Voss

Director General, European Aluminium

Riina Salmimies

Partner & CEO, Sofi Filtration

Stéphane Bourg

Director Ofremi, BRGM

Wouter Ghyoot

VP of Government Affairs, Umicore

Peter Tom Jones

Director, KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals

Rait Maasikas

CEO, UP Catalyst