Critical raw materials: an essential building block for the future of Europe
14.30-14.40 – Welcome and opening remarks
- Pietro Francesco De Lotto, CCMI President
14.40-15.20 – Keynote addresses
- Christa Schweng, EESC President
- Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market
- Agnès Pannier-Runacher, French Minister Delegate for Industry
- Hildegard Bentele, Rapporteur of European Parliament's own initiative report
15.20 - 16.35 – Panel 1 – Securing EU's open strategic autonomy: the essential role of critical raw materials in the green and digital transition of EU industrial ecosystems
Moderator: Monika Sitarova, CCMI Copresident
- Dumitru Fornea, Rapporteur EESC Opinion on Critical Raw Materials
- Bernd Schäfer, CEO of EIT Raw Materials
- Rolf Kuby, Director General of Euromines
- Q&A
16.35 - 17.55 – Panel 2 – Circularity is key: the importance of creating a market for secondary raw materials in Europe
Moderator: Andres Barcelo Delgado, EESC Representative in ERMA
- Michal Pinter, Corapporteur EESC Opinion on Critical Raw Materials
- Dr. Wolfgang Trunk, Policy Officer, DG Environment
- Sophie Grenade, Policy Advisor, IndustriAll Europe
- Julia Poliscanova, Senior Director Vehicles and Emobility, Transport & Environment
- Q&A
17.55 - 18.00 – Conclusions
- Pietro Francesco de Lotto, CCMI President
Participants can speak in and listen to BG/ES/DE/EL/EN/FR/IT/PL/SK/CS