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Summit Speakers

Our curated sessions feature discussions with industry leaders and experts. Click any profile to see when and where they're speaking and check back as we confirm more.

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

Ekaterina Zaharieva

European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation

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

Paulina Dejmek Hack

Head of Cabinet for Commissioner Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience And A Competitive Circular Economy

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

Alberto Castronovo

Head - Internationalisation Unit, Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Alessandra Zampieri

Director of Sustainable Resources, European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Alison Atkinson

CDO, AngloAmerican

Amir Abidov

Deputy Chairman of the Board for Innovation and Technological Development

Anne Lauenroth

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

Carsten Gerhard

Chairman, Circular Valley Foundation

David Merchin

Dirk Vangeneugden

Valorisation Director Materials & Chemistry, VITO

Donatella Ceccarelli

Supervisory Board Member, AMG Critical Materials

Elisabeth Clausen

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

Erick Petit

President, MagREEsource