UPDATED Programme*
TUESDAY 30 May
FIELD TRIP: NUOVA CIVES, VIDRACCO
07:30 Assemble Grand Hotel Dino lobby
07:45-08:00 Depart Baveno
09:30 Arrive Nuova Cives, Vidracco
09:45 Brief welcome & introduction
10:00 Mine & Plant tour
12:00 Lunch
14:30 Depart for Baveno
16:00 Arrive Grand Hotel Dino, Baveno
16:30 Registration
18:00 Welcome Reception sponsored by 
WEDNESDAY 31 MAY
07:30 Registration
INTRODUCTION | ALTERNATIVE FUEL | SUPPLY CHAINS
08:30 Opening Remarks & Introduction
Ismene Clarke, Director & Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED, UK
09:00 Welcome Address: Celebrating 120 years of serving the magnesia market
Dr Alexander Sunder, Global Director Magnesia & Minerals, LEHVOSS Group, Germany
09:15 Alternative fuel source: Biomass use in magnesite calcination
John Robert McFarlane, Owner, AlbionDesign GmbH, Switzerland
09:45 Refractory mineral supply chains: Zero China & Cold Peace?
James Devlin, Managing Director, China Mineral Processing Sales Europe, UK
10:15 COFFEE
SUPPLY: ITALY | TURKEY | PAKISTAN | KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION
11:00 Italian olivine for industrial applications
Dr Sabrina Bonetto, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Turin, Italy
11:30 Turkmag: DBM from Erzurum (eastern Turkey) to the World
Altuğ Çakmur, CFO, Turkmag Madencilik San. Ve Tic. AŞ, Turkey
12:00 High grade natural caustic calcined magnesia supply from Pakistan
Adnan Essa, Managing Director, Pak Minerals & Refractory Industry, UAE
12:30 KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION- MARKET OUTLOOK
moderated by Mike O’Driscoll, IMFORMED, UK
Panellists:
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Christoph Beyer, Managing Director, QMAG Pty Ltd, Australia
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Alvaro Lopes, BU Head Global-Minerals, RHI Magnesita, USA
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Michael Fanger, Head of Division Minerals & Europe, CREMER ERZKONTOR, Germany
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Meera Sawhny, President Refractory Raw Materials & Products, Global Monarch FZC, UAE
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Glenn McIntyre, Director Materials Technology, HarbisonWalker Int., USA
13:00 LUNCH sponsored by 
CARBON CAPTURE & UTILISATION
14:30 Developments for magnesia-minerals in carbon capture & sequestration
Pol Knops, Chief Technical Officer, Paebbl, Netherlands
15:00 Scaling ocean carbon dioxide removal with low-carbon magnesium hydroxide
Jason Vallis, VP Operations, Planetary Technologies, Canada
15:30 Transforming CO2 from magnesite production into added-value construction products
Dr. David Konlechner, Owner, KON Chemical Solutions eU, Austria
16:00 ROUNDTABLE BREAKOUT SESSION + COFFEE
Informal networking & discussion at hosted & themed roundtables
Supply | Processing | Energy Transition | Carbon Capture & Utilisation | Refractories | Speciality Markets
17:00 CLOSE OF DAY 1
19:00 Evening Reception sponsored by 
*subject to change
THURSDAY 1 JUNE
MARKETS 1: REFRACTORIES | JAPAN | BRUCITE
08:30 Refractory grade magnesia: market review
Ted Dickson, TAK Industrial Minerals, UK
09:00 Japan MgO market update | Thermal conductive MgO filler | MgO approaches for the environment market
Kazuaki Hamada, Director, et al, Ube Material Industries Ltd, Japan
09:30 Brucite, huntite, & hydromagnesite: sources & supply
Dr Ian Wilson, Ian Wilson Consultancy, UK
09:45 COFFEE
MARKETS 2: HYDROXIDE & SULPHATE | CEMENTS
10:45 Magnesium hydroxide & magnesium sulphate: applications review and outlook
Samantha Wietlisbach, Head of Inorganics & Minerals Research & Analysis, S&P Global Commodity Insights, Switzerland
11:15 Magnesia cements: review & recent research & development
Dr Colum McCague, Technical Manager: MPA Cement, Mineral Products Association, UK
11:45 Magnesium oxide in the dental investment market
Peter Holland, Managing Director, Cermatpro Ltd, UK
12:15 FINALE LUNCH & CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
At Ristorante Delfino, Isola Bella (10min boat ride from hotel). After lunch one can return to the Hotel, or take a guided tour of the island, hosting the sumptuous Baroque palace and luxuriant Italian gardens.
Schedule
12:30 meeting hotel lobby
12:45 departure by boats
13:00 lunch at Delfino
15:00 boat back to Baveno
15:30 optional guided tour of Isola Bella Palace & Garden
17:30 boat back to Baveno
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