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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2025 Speakers

Our curated speaker sessions feature expert discussions on pressing topics like policy, international diversification, sustainability, skills, circular economies, green energy, reputation management, advanced materials and substitutes, tech, finance and more.

Bernd Schäfer

CEO, Managing Director, EIT RawMaterials

Naaja H. Nathanielsen

Minister of Business, Mineral Resources, Energy, Justice and Gender Equality, Government of Greenland

Jessika Roswall

EU Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

Hildegard Bentele

Member of the European Parliament

Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva

Director General, EAC

Aurora Williams

Minister of Mining, Chile

Joaquim Nunes de Almeida

Director - DG GROW, European Commission

Koen Doens

Director General, DG International Partnerships INTPA, European Commission

Krzysztof Galos

Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Climate and Environment Poland

Maria Cristina Russo

Directorate-General Research and Innovation, European Commission

Rt Hon Dominic Raab

Head of Global Affairs, Appian Capital Advisory LLP

Yegor Perelygin

Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, Ukraine

Alberto Castronovo

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

Alf Reistad

CEO, Rare Earths Norway AS

Allard Castelein

Special Representative for the Raw Materials Strategy, The Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs

Andrea di Masi

External Affairs Associate, SQM

Andrea Giacomelli

Strategic Development and Innovation Specialist, Erion Compliance Organization

Anne Lauenroth

Deputy Head of Department, Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI)

Antony Slotboom

Access to Finance Director, EIT RawMaterials

Benedikt Sobotka

CEO, Alpha Future Funds

Benjamin Gallezot

Interministerial delegate for supplies of strategic minerals and metals, French Prime Minister's Office

Benoit Richebé

Project Director, ORANO

Bert Koth

Partner, Denham Capital

Carlo Burkhardt

Scientific Director, HyProMag GmbH/HS Pforzheim