The value is on circularity – Recycling-reusing-reinvesting on critical raw materials

The webinar is jointly organised by the European Chemical Society (EuChemS) and Maria Spyraki, Member of the European Parliament.

The event will be held online on Thursday 5 November 2020, 13:00 – 15:00 CEST

The objectives of the workshop are:

• Open discussion on critical raw materials for the EU economy involving all stakeholders;
• Present the scientific basis to foster stronger policies for the protection of endangered elements in the EU;
• European Commission’s Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials and a foresight study;
• Critical Raw Materials and Horizon Europe;
• Highlight the need to widen educational efforts at all levels of society to raise awareness on the limits of material resources and the need to implement a circular economy.

Programme:

• Welcome and setting the scene by Maria Spyraki, Member of the European Parliament
• Chemistry welcome by Pilar Goya, EuChemS President
• Critical elements and the transition to electric mobility, Nicola Armaroli, Italian National Research Council (CNR)
• Horizon Europe: critical elements and circular economy in the next framework programme, Barend Verachtert, European Commission, DG RTD, Prosperity Directorate
  
• The use of alternative fuels as a key strategy to address the European Green Deal, Nicolas Moussiopoulos, Aristotle University Thessaloniki (AUTh)
• Urban mining and the recycling of E-Waste, Christian Hagelüken, Umicore
• The EC list of Critical Raw Materials (EU policy), Peter Handley, European Commission, DG GROW
  
• Phosphorus, an essential element to feed the world, Eva Hey-Hawkins, Leipzig University
• High-value food ingredients from agri-food by-products and wastes: overview, strategies and prebiotic oligosaccharides as case study, Marco Arlorio, Università del Piemonte Orientale (UPO)
  
• Sustainability in renewable solar-to-electric energy conversion: A case for thin-film photovoltaics, Jovana V. Milić, University of Fribourg and EPFL
• 3R education – is it our job?, Iwona Maciejowska, Jagiellonian University
• Q&A
• Conclusion by Maria Spyraki, Member of the European Parliament