Program Day 2 - September 15
07.45 - 08.30
08.30 - 10.00
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Plenary Session 6: Exploring the potential of the Nordic Battery Ecosystem
- Leading the way towards sustainable production and recycling
Moderator: Lisa Ek, Nordic Strategy Partners
Introduction to the world’s greenest battery – close the loop with recycling
Ingemar Ylikangas, Director of Business Development Revolt at Northvolt
Sweden – the perfect hub for Europe’s battery supply chain
Christoffer Svanberg, CEO Node Pole
The Sustainable Nordic battery belt from a Finnish perspective
Marko Kuokkanen, GigaVaasa – Sales & Marketing Director Merinova Technology Centre
Recycling of Lithium Ion batteries – reflections from a developing market
Markus Martinsson, Product Area Manager Batteries, Stena Recycling group
Panel discussion:
The Nordic Battery Ecosystems and its Strategic Implications: Europe and Beyond
The challenge of sustainable transformation, competion and cooperation, growth companies anchored in the battery ecosystem, skills and energy supply
10.00-10.30
Coffee Break
10.30-12.00
Plenary Session 7: Circular Research Programmes
Opportunities for circular materials research at analytical research infrastructures
Gary Admans, European Synchrotron (ESRF)
CE@KTH: leading the transition towards Circular Economy
Amir Rashid, Professor in Manufacturing at the Department of Production Engineering,
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Research in the area of circular economy and sustainability at Swerim AB
Chuan Wang, Group manager and research leader, Resource Efficiency and Environment, Department of Metallurgy, Swerim
Metallic materials, a strategic innovation program
Kristian Skånberg, Research Manager, Jernkontoret, the Swedish iron and steel producers' association
Towards the Recycling of Permanent Magnets through VALOMAG EU project
Zhijie (Gloria) Li, Postdoc at Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) of Leiden University
Internet of Materials as a concept for circular material traceability
Tatiana Nevzorova, Researcher RISE
12.00-13.00
Lunch - including exhibition
13.00-14.30
Plenary Session 8: Critical Minerals - Recycling Technologies - Fossile free Steel
Nanostructured functional adsorbents for separation of Rare Earths and Late Transition Metals
Ani Vardanyan, Postdoc researcher SLU
Fossil-free value chain for iron- and steelmaking: Application prospect of paper mill sludge hydrochar as steel production auxiliary
Ludvig Ånnhagen, Research engineer at Swerim
Resource-efficient recycling of composites via pyrolysis
Tommy Öman, Senior scientist at RISE in the unit Composite materials and production
Anodisation sludge as secondary resource to mineral wool
Sara Rosendahl, PhD, Researcher and Project leader, Swerim
Environmental Impacts:
Towards Low Carbon Economy – How to Sustainably Overcome the Challenges in Supplying Minerals and Metals
Hamid Manouchehri, Swerim
Novel biocatalytic routes for CO2 Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) based on the enzyme carbonic anhydrase
Io Antonopoulou, Associated senior lecturer in Biochemical Process Engineering at Luleå University of Technology
14.30-14.45
Coffee Break
14.45 - 15.15
Plenary Session 10: Strategic Importance of attracting skilled comptence to the Green Transition
Creating the Silicon Valley of Arctic Europe: the importance of a unified front in attracting international talent to the Green Revolution
Chana Svensson, Co-founder & CEO of MindDig
Markus Gustafsson, Co-founder & Chairman of the Board for MindDig
15.45
15.50
Feedback from key messages emerging from the Conference
- comments by key stakeholder panel
Closing remarks