The Founder of PHASE32, a consultancy focusing on sustainability and resilience and an External Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company. Strategic Advisor on Energy, Climate and Critical Raw Materials with The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. Senior Associate with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Special Advisor to the Global Council for Responsible Transition Minerals. He is also European Commission Deputy Director and Head of Unit (retired), responsible for energy-intensive industries and raw materials, previously responsible for Energy Union and Circular Economy.
Abstract: The importance of fundamental science for Europe's Critical Raw Materials Act
This keynote will:
- present the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act and discuss how European-led fundamental science can contribute to its successful implementation
- discuss the strengths and weaknesses of research and innovation in the field of raw materials under the EU’s Framework Research Programmes and suggest priorities for FP10, 2028-2034
- Address the role of international R&I cooperation on raw materials, and
- Position the EU’s raw material R&I challenges in the broader context of European Competitiveness, the need to close the innovation gap and deploy innovation at industrial scale in the EU, with reference to the Draghi Report and the political programme of the von der Leyen II Commission
