Throughout Raw Materials Week 2024, we will hold parallel sessions each day, except for Wednesday, 11 December 2024. These sessions will allow participants to dive deeper into specific topics, providing a comprehensive understanding of the raw materials landscape from various perspectives, in designated rooms as indicated in the programme.
Monday, 9 December
- 10:00-11:00Opening of Raw Materials Week 2024
- Ms. Kerstin Jorna, Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
- Mr. Koen Doens, Director-General International Partnerships, European Commission
Theatre room
- 11:00-11:30Coffee break
- 11:30-12:30Parallel sessions
Theatre room: De-risking Raw Materials projects - EU and National open funding opportunities
Versailles room: Equitable and Just Energy Transition - Implementing UN Principles on Critical Energy Transition Minerals
- 12:30-14:00Lunch break
- 14:00-15:30Parallel sessions
Theatre room: EU Mining Regions Matter - The Role of European Mining Regional Ecosystems in Implementing the CRMA
Charleston room: Global Gateway - applying the 360-degree approach to raw materials value chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, co-organized with DG INTPA
Versailles room: Horizon Technology Success Stories, co-organized with the Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
- 15:30-16:00Coffee break
- 16:00-17:30Parallel sessions
Theatre room: The Potential of your career in Minerals and Metals
Charleston room: Global Gateway - applying the 360-degree approach to raw materials value chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, co-organized with DG INTPA
Versailles room: EU Mining Regions Matter - Lessons Learned Shaping the Future
- 17:30-19:00Networking cocktail
Hotel Le Plaza Brussels
Tuesday, 10 December
- 9:30-9:40Opening
by Mr. Joaquim Nunes de Almeida, Director, European Commission
- 9:40-10:45United Nations Tools for Resource Management
co-organized by UNECE, and GSEU and FutuRaM projects
Theatre room
- 10:45-11:15Coffee break
- 11:15-12:30Parallel sessions
Theatre room: Raw Materials Business Opportunities in Strategic Partner Countries – Canada
Versailles room: United Nations tools for Resource Management, co-organized by UNECE, and GSEU and FutuRaM projects
- 12:30-14:00Lunch break
- 14:00-15:30Parallel sessions
Theatre room: Secure supply chains for defense and space, co-organized by DG DEFIS
Charleston room: EU–Argentina event, co-organized by DG INTPA
Versailles room: Critical Raw Materials intelligence, co-organized by SCRREEN/IRTC
- 15:30-16:00Coffee break
- 16:00-17:30Parallel sessions
Theatre room: Raw Materials Business Opportunities in Strategic Partner Countries – Australia, Brazil, Greenland
Charleston room: Secure supply chains for defense and space, co-organized by DG DEFIS
Versailles room: Critical Raw Materials intelligence - From data to decisions, co-organized by SCRREEN/IRTC
- 17:30-19:00Networking cocktail
Hotel Le Plaza Brussels
Wednesday, 11 December
11th Annual High Level Conference on Raw Materials, co-organized with EUMICON
Theatre room
- 10:00-10:30Opening of the 11th Annual High Level Conference on Raw Materials
by Ms. Kerstin Jorna, Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
- European Parliament
- Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- 10:30-11:20Building prosperity through competitiveness and resilience: Raw materials supply chain for Europe's battery and digital industries
- 11:20-11:50Coffee break
- 11:50-12:30Building prosperity through competitiveness and resilience: Raw materials supply chain and Europe’s metal industry
- 12:30-14:00Lunch break
- 14:00-15:30Navigating the future: Clean Industrial Deal and raw materials policy
- 15:30-16:00Coffee break
- 16:00-17:30Strategic projects and investment in raw materials
- 17:30-19:00Networking cocktail
Hotel Le Plaza Brussels
Thursday, 12 December
- 9:30-9:40Opening
by Mr. Joaquim Nunes de Almeida, Director, European Commission
Theatre room
- 9:40-10:45Parallel sessions
Theatre room: Raw Materials Business Opportunities in Strategic Partner Countries
Versailles room: Building Resilient Permanent Magnet Value Chains for Renewable Energy and E-mobility
- 10:45-11:15Coffee break
- 11:15-12:30Parallel sessions
Theatre room: Raw Materials Business Opportunities in Strategic Partner Countries
Versailles room: Building Resilient Permanent Magnet Value Chains for Renewable Energy and E-mobility
- 12:30-14:00Lunch break
- 14:00-15:30Parallel sessions
Theatre room: Towards Greater Circularity in Critical Raw Materials
Charleston room: Minerals Security Partnership Forum, co-organized by DG TRADE (on invitation only)
Versailles room: Strategic Exploration Approaches to Raw Materials
- 15:30-16:00Coffee break
- 16:00-17:30Parallel sessions
Theatre room: Towards Greater Circularity in Critical Raw Materials
Charleston room: Minerals Security Partnership Forum, co-organized by DG TRADE (on invitation only)
Versailles room: Strategic Exploration Approaches to Raw Materials