Programme*
MONDAY 13 MAY
16:00 Registration
19:00 Welcome Dinner Reception at the Roof Garden sponsored by 
TUESDAY 14 MAY
08:00 Registration
INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEWS
08:45 Opening Remarks & Introduction
Ismene Clarke, Director & Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED, UK
09:15 Welcome Address
Dimitris Portolos, Managing Director, Grecian Magnesite, Greece
09:30 65 years in the world of magnesia: review of milestones & challenges
Pantelis Vetoulas, Commercial Manager, Grecian Magnesite, Greece
10:00 Magnesia supply trends and outlook
Alison Saxby, Research Director, Project Blue, UK
10:30 COFFEE
TURKEY | ADVANCED MgO USE | KEYNOTE PANEL
11:30 Turkey a key source of world magnesia production & the role of Kumaş in today’s challenging market
Mustafa Çavaç, Marketing & Sales Manager Raw Materials, Kumaş, Turkey
12:00 Advancing the use of MgO for the co-production of magnesium metal, spinel, and calcium aluminates
Aaron Palumbo, CEO, Big Blue Technologies, USA
12:30 KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION – MARKET OUTLOOK
Moderator Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED, UK
Panellists
Dr Christoph Beyer, Managing Director, QMAG, Australia
Sven Rosemann, Managing Director IMagine by COFERMIN, Germany
David Torres, Global Marketing Manager – Minerals, RHI Magnesita, USA
Michael Tsoukatos, Development Manager, Grecian Magnesite, Greece
13:00 LUNCH
CARBON REDUCTION
14:30 Decarbonisation developments & objectives
Andreas Drescher, VP Decarbonisation, RHI Magnesita, Austria
15:00 Lowering the environmental footprint of magnesia products: alternative materials & CO2 capture
Dr. Haris Yiannoulakis, R&D Manager, Grecian Magnesite, Greece
15:30 Magnesium oxide production with sustainability and CO2 reduction
Mohamed Abdelaziz, Project Manager Water, ENOWA-NEOM, Saudi Arabia
16:00 FLSmidth: Ready to support your carbon reduction targets
Heinz Tolke, Global Manager – Technical Sales Support, FLSmidth, Germany
16:30 COFFEE & ROUNDTABLE NETWORKING BREAKOUT SESSION
Informal networking & discussion at hosted & themed roundtables
Global Supply | Carbon Reduction & Utilisation | Refractories | Speciality Markets
17:30 CLOSE OF DAY 1
19:00 Networking Dinner Reception at the Pool Bar sponsored by 
*subject to change
WEDNESDAY 15 MAY
MARKETS 1: REFRACTORIES | CHEMICALS
09:00 Refractory trends & developments
Yannis Mathios, CEO, Mathios Refractories SA, Greece
09:30 Magnesium chemicals: review & outlook of downstream supply & demand
Samantha Wietlisbach, Director Minerals Research and Analysis, S&P Global Commodity Insights, Switzerland
10:00 Magnesium hydroxide in wastewater treatment: an effective alternative to traditional alkalis
Mac McCreless, Managing Director, Garrison Minerals, USA
10:30 COFFEE
MARKETS 2: AGRICULTURE | SPECIALITY | HYDROMETALLURGY
11:30 Magnesium silicates use in CO2 management on farms, forests, and pastures: A supply chain view from quarry to cash.
Adam Wolf, Chief Innovation Officer, Eion, USA
12:00 Speciality applications of ultra-high surface area magnesium oxide
Phil Hodgson, Managing Director & CEO, Calix Ltd, Australia
12:30 How & why CCM is used for cobalt hydroxide production in the Central African Copperbelt
Daniel Verwey, Technology Manager, Protea Mining Chemicals, South Africa
13:00 Magnesia use in hydrometallurgy: outlook for nickel and cobalt demand
Jorge Uzcategui, Senior Analyst Cobalt & Nickel, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, UK
13.30 LUNCH & CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
*subject to change
THURSDAY 16 MAY
FIELD TRIP TO GRECIAN MAGNESITE, YERAKINI
PLEASE NOTE: Field Trip is now full: attendees wishing to be placed on Waiting List please contact [email protected]
07:30 Meet Lobby Pomegranate Hotel
07:45 Bus departs from Pomegranate Hotel
08:30 Arrival at Grecian Magnesite, Yerakini; Welcome refreshments & presentation
10:00 Tour of operations
12:00 Departure from Yerakini
12:30 “Mag Art” exhibition inspired by GM’s mines in Yerakini by the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Chalkidiki, at the former GM plant & dock at Yerakini Beach.
13:00 Lunch at Kostas Restaurant, on the sea front at Psakoudia,
15:00 Buses depart to Pomegranate Hotel and Thessaloniki Airport
15:45 Arrive Pomegranate Hotel (16:00 Arrive Thessaloniki Airport)Please wear clothing and footwear as befits a working industrial site visit
