Sustainable Natural Resources Dialogue&Conference

8:00-9:00

Registration

9:00-9:10

Greetings

• Prof. Zita Horváth Rector, University of Miskolc – Rector’s welcome;
• Gábor Zelei, Secretary General, Hungarian Mining Association – Welcoming words

9:10-10:30

SESSION I.

Regulatory environment and policy solutions for the implementation of CRMA

Panel discussion on CRM policies and actions

Moderator: Dr. Tamás Madarász – Head of institute, University of Miskolc

• Vitor Correia, Secretary General, International Raw Materials Observatory INTRAW Keynote
• Dr. Ádám Nagy, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of National Economy
• Viktor Horváth, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Energy
• Dr. Zoltán Káldi, Chief of National Mines, Supervisory Authority for Regulatory Affairs, National Mines Inspectorate
• Ivonne Arenz, German Aggregates Federation (MIRO), on behalf of UEPG
• Fernando Sanchez, Environment, Health & Safety Officer, EUROMINES

10:30-10:40

Q&A

10:40-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:45

SESSION II.

CRM challenges in the industry – Introduction of international stakeholders

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Gábor Mucsi – Dean, Earth Sciences Faculty, University of Miskolc

• Iakovos V. Yakoumis, Founder and CEO Monolythos Catalysts and Recycling Ltd. Keynote speaker:

– Recovering Critical Raw Materials Coming from End-of-Life Batteries, Electric Motors, Hydrogen Devises and Catalysts. MONOLITHOS’ successful circular economy model

• Ladislav Pasek, Deputy Director for Raw Materials and Development, DIAMO state enterprise, Czech Republic

– National Raw materials exploration programme in the Czech Republic

• Bence Gonda, Vice President for Strategic Affairs, Dr. Tamás Fancsik, Director of Geological Survey, Authority for Regulatory Affairs, National Mines Inspectorate

– Inspectorate The cooperation agreement of the geological services of the V4 countries and the domestic aspect of the EU’s critical mineral raw material exploration program

• Csaba Tóth, CEO – Nitrokémia PLC (Hungary)

– The unfinished story of Recsk, Hungary

• Attila Király, Lithium and CCS Programme Manager, MOL Group

– Lithium exploration in Hungary

• István Illés, Head of R&D, Metal Shredder MSH

– Recovery of CRMs from electronic waste using innovative hydrometallurgical methods

• Aleksi Salo, Account Manager, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)

– Attracting investments and growth for mineral sector – Finnish mineral strategy

12:45-13:00

Q&A

13:00-14:15

Lunch

14:15-15:30

SESSION III.

How Academia can contribute to development and completing CRMA targets – Presentation of academic strategies
Chairman: Dr. Ferenc Mádai Head of Institute, University of Miskolc

• Prof. Michal Cehlar, Dean, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
• Prof. Radosław Zimroz, Dean, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
• Prof. Hana Staňková, Dean, Faculty of Mining and Geology, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Assoc. Prof. Arkadiusz Kustra, Dean, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management AGH University of Science & Technology, Krakow, Poland
• Prof. Gábor Mucsi, Dean, Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Miskolc, Hungary

15:30-16:00

Wrap up – Q&A

16:00-18:00

Snack and networking