How can the Swedish mining cluster strengthen Europe’s supply of metals and minerals?

During 2022-2024, the Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) has produced four reports based on the main question: How can Sweden and Europe sustainably secure the supply of metals and minerals? The reports are available in Swedish and English on the offcial webpage.

Seminar

Welcome to an international seminar where leading experts from the IVA project’s international reference group, with participants from the USA, Latin America, Australia and Europe, will discuss how we can strengthen our supply chains.

Sweden is one of the most important mining countries in Europe, and the Swedish mining cluster is world leading. But what role can Sweden, together with Finland, play in securing Europe’s supply of metals and minerals?

Speakers

Confirmed keynote speakers are:

• Riikka Aaltonen (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland.),
• Charlotte Andersson (Program Director Swedish Mining Innovation, Luleå tekniska universite),
• Deborah Andrews (South Bank University),
• Ana Elizabeth Bastida (CEPMLP, Dundee University),
• Ian Dover (AICD, WMC 2023),
• Magnus Ericsson (Luleå University),
• Katherine Gosselin (Towards Sustainable Mining, Mining Association of Canada),
• Pertti Lamberg (Anglo Amercian Sakatti Project),
• Maria Nyberg (European Commission),
• Sven Renner (World Bank),
• Sylvia Schwaag Serger (Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences).

Event information

Monday 17 February 2025, 14:00 – 16:00 CET

Location: IVA Conference Centre, Grev Turegatan 16, Stockholm. The event will be streamed online

Booking information can be found on the offcial event webpage.