Raw materials play an important role in economic and technological development of, among others, the renewable & digital transition. At the same time, supply of many raw materials heavily depends on precarious and unsustainable supply chains.

The IRTC conference will bring together international leading experts, practitioners and participants, to exchange perspectives, engage in-depth discussions on how to assess and manage raw materials and to explore the potential of different strategies to secure supply.

Practitioners and researchers in the field of critical raw materials are invited to contribute to the shape and content of the conference by sharing their work or case on critical raw materials. The sessions will be chaired by multidisciplinary teams of experts to facilitate a discussion with the presenters in a series of keynote conversations

Alessandra Hool, IRTC Coordinator, will moderate the Opening plenary discussion with the Conference Chairs "Current geopolitical events and Critical Raw Materials: What to expect from the future, and how can we still collaborate?”. Additionally, a diverse audience from industry, academics and policy-making concerned with raw materials for a sustainable future will attend from February15th to 17th in Lille, France, workshops, webinars and key conversations on “Resources and critically challenges in diverse lead industrial sectors Carbon neutral energy transition: From Emissions to Resources", (Nabeel Mancheri, REIA / Naeem Adibi, WeLOOP), "How worldwide coordinated research funding answers raw materials challenges: a case of study" (Dina Carrilho, FCT Portugal) and the risks of recycling.

The network “International Round Table on Materials Criticality” (IRTC), funded by EIT RawMaterials, has had a crucial role in the international debate on criticality. In the original project IRTC, leading experts and developers of criticality methodologies started to discuss national perspectives and requirements of robust criticality assessments.

With the organization of an international conference, the IRTC project now proposes an interactive platform that will serve as a navigator to identify current and future topics of interest regarding material risks in industry and research world-wide, and to bring together industries interested to learn more about the topic and share their practices with academics, policymakers, and each other.

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Please find the conference program here: https://www.irtc-conference.org/program/