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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2024 Speakers
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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.

Maroš Šefčovič

European Commission Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight

Iliana Ivanova

European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

Bernd Schäfer

CEO and Managing Director, EIT RawMaterials

Naaja H. Nathanielsen

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

Sinead Kaufman

Chief Executive, Minerals, Rio Tinto

Simon Weimer

Raw Material Strategy and Risk Management Expert, BMW Group

Walburga Hemetsberger

CEO, SolarPower Europe

Eric Dusseux

Venture Partner, Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Alberto Castronovo

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

Aleksandra Cholewa

Director of Investment & Development, Luma Holding Ltd

Alexander Vandenberghe

Head of Innovation, WindEurope

Andrei Goicea

Policy Director, nucleareurope

Ángeles Romo

Director SQM Lithium Ventures, SQM

Anna Burylo

European Commission

Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou

Member of the European Parliament

Annika Mulder

VP Procurement Transversal and Space Systems Commodities, Airbus

Antonia Mihaylova

Senior Manager, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

Assheton Stewart Carter

CEO, TDI Sustainability

Baudouin Heuninckx

Acting Director for Industry, Synergies and Enablers, European Defence Agency

Benedikt Sobotka

Group CEO, Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and Co-Chair of the Global Battery Alliance

Benjamin Gallezot

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

Brian Menell

Chairman & CEO, TechMet Ltd

Carsten Sorensen

Deputy Head of Unit, DG INTPA, European Commission

César Luaces Frades

Director General, ANEFA

David Anderson

Managing Director, Saskatchewan Germany Office

Ellie Gomes-Callus

Metals and Mining Analyst, BloombergNEF

Emma Baz

Decarbonization Specialist, ArcelorMittal

Frank Jackel

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Metalshub

Frédéric Carencotte

Founder, Carester

Gerald Fliegel

Head of R&D, Primetals Technologies

Géraud Moussarie

Managing Director, Sustainable Partnerships Ltd

Han Ilhan

Board Member of Tethys: Trans-Eurasian Gateway

Hans Christian Kenn

Vice President Mining Strategy, FLSmidth

Hardy Mohrbacher

Board Advisor to Greenland Resources Inc / Owner NIOBELCON

Henning Ehrenstein

Head of Unit, DG GROW, European Comission

Hon. Prof. Kitila Mkumbo

Minister of State, President's Office in Tanzania, Planning and Investment

Jacqueline Vaessen

Chairwoman, Chemistry NL

Jan Eggert

Head of Education, EIT RawMaterials

Jan Klasen

Director, KfW

Jan Mertens

Chief Science Officer, ENGIE

Jan Moström

CEO, LKAB

Jan-Philipp Mai

Founder and CEO, JPM Silicon

Jean Claude Guillaneau

AfricaMaVal Project Coordinator, French Geological Survey

Jean-François Juery

President, EcoTitanium

Joaquim Nunes de Almeida

Director - DG GROW, European Commission

Jonathan Cordero

Head of Corporate Development, Eurasian Resources Group

Judith Kirton-Darling

General Secretary, industriAll Europe

Julia Poliscanova

Senior Director, Transport & Environment

Julie Hollis

Secretary General, EuroGeoSurveys

Knut Ansgar Hirsch

Senior Manager, DMT Group / Business Unit Energy & Resource of TÜV NORD GROUP

Koen Doens

Director General, DG International Partnerships INTPA, European Commission

Laura Grisat

Deputy Director in charge of Chemistry, Materials, and Eco-industries, Ministry of Economy and Finance, France

Linn Andersson

General Manager at Rönnskär Smelter, Boliden

Marco Brueckner

Head of Supervision Section, EIT

Marco Lopes

Impact Acceleration Manager, Crowdhelix

Mari Pilventö

CEO, Tapojärvi

Martin Phillips

CEO, Talga Group

Michiel Scheffer

President of the Board, European Innovation Council

Nathan Williams

Founder and CEO, Minespider

Nello Li Pira

Global Chief Materials For Electrification, Stellantis

Nils Poel

Head of Market Affairs, CLEPA (European Association of Automotive Suppliers)

Patricia Castellarnau

Head of Education and Public Research, European Investment Bank

Paul Voss

Director General, European Aluminium

Peter Tom Jones

Director, KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals

Philipp Hartlieb

Senior Scientist, Montanuniversität Leoben

Quentin de Hults

Director General, International Copper Association Europe (ICA Europe)

Rahim Suleman

CEO, Neo Performance Materials

Raj Khatri

Head of Metals and Mining EMEA, Canaccord Genuity

Roland Chavasse

Secretary General & co-founder, International Lithium Association

Rolf Kuby

Director General, Euromines

Ruben Shiffman

CEO, Greenland Resources Inc

Simone Neuhold

Research Associate for Recycling, RHI Magnesita