Programme*

All times British Summer Time

MONDAY 25 April

ENERGY CRISIS | DECARBONISATION
11:00 Welcome & Introduction
Ismene Clarke & Mike O’Driscoll, Directors, IMFORMED, UK
11:30 Decarbonisation & renewable energy technology for industrial minerals production
Phil Hodgson, CEO, Calix Ltd, Australia
12:00 The energy crisis and industrial minerals: climate policy and case studies
Vasili Nicoletopoulos, Owner, Natural Resources PC, Greece

12:30 BREAK

TRANSITION PATHWAYS | SUSTAINABILITY
13:00 Transition challenges & pathways for industrial minerals in the energy-intensive industry ecosystem: EU policies
Vincent Basuyau, Policy Officer, Energy Intensive Industries & Raw Materials, European Commission, Belgium
13:30 Sustainable mining & development of industrial minerals for a decarbonised economy
Darren Wilson, CEO, LKAB Industrial Minerals, UK
14:00 Sustainable development as a global supplier of industrial minerals
Leah Wilson, VP Sustainability, Imerys, France

14:30 BREAK

ESG | LOGISTICS
14:45 The role of geoscience data in meeting industrial minerals ESG targets
James Edwards, Senior Project Geologist, Seequent, UK
15:15 Mineral logistics: Dry bulk shipping challenges, trends & outlook
Hugo du Mez, Strategy & Analysis Advisor, Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands

15:45 ROUND TABLE NETWORKING

16:45 End of Day 1

* subject to change

 “A great event especially as it covered the industrial minerals world all the way from exploration and reporting mineral resources through production, logistics and markets, with a timely emphasis on mineral recycling and last but not least, innovation.”
Andrew Scogings, Executive Consultant, Snowden, Australia