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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

Richard Holtum

Chief Executive Officer, Trafigura

Koen Doens

Director General, DG INTPA, European Commission

Myriam Ferran

Deputy Director General, DG INTPA, European Commission

Valère Moutarlier

Deputy Director General, DG Grow, 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, European Commission

Francesca Porcelli

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

Maria Cristina Russo

Directorate-General Research and Innovation, European Commission

Ian Morissette

Deputy minister, Mines, Gouvernement du Québec

Alberto Castronovo

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

Alcide Ponga

President of the Government of New Caledonia

Alessandra Zampieri

Director of Sustainable Resources, European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Alex Eastwood

VP Business Development, PMET Resources

Alison Atkinson

Chief Projects & Development Officer, Anglo American

Amir Abidov

Deputy Chairman of the Board for Innovation and Technological Development

Andrea Paolo Lai

President Global Operations, Oerlikon

Andreas Knobloch

Managing Director / Geologist (Beak Consultants GmbH)

Andrés Blanco

CEO, Xcalibur Smart Mapping

Angus Campbell

Ambassador of Australia to the European Union, NATO, Belgium and Luxembourg