Circular Materials Conference September 14-15 2022

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 #CircMatConf

Towards the Recycling of Permanent Magnets through VALOMAG EU project Zhijie (Gloria) Li, Postdoc at Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) of Leiden University #CircMatConf

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 #CircMatConf

CE@KTH: leading the transition towards Circular Economy Amir Rashid, Professor in Manufacturing at the Department of Production Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology #CircMatConf

Plenary Session 7 starts with: Opportunities for circular materials research at analytical research infrastructures Gary Admans, European Synchrotron (ESRF) #CircMatConf

Plenary Session 6 ends with a 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.

Recycling of Lithium Ion batteries – reflections from a developing market Markus Martinsson, Product Area Manager Batteries, Stena Recycling group #CircMatConf

The Sustainable Nordic battery belt from a Finnish perspective Marko Kuokkanen, GigaVaasa – Sales & Marketing Director Merinova Technology Centre #CircMatConf

Sweden – the perfect hub for Europe’s battery supply chain Christoffer Svanberg, CEO Node Pole #CircMatConf

Our second conference day starts with: Introduction to the world’s greenest battery – close the loop with recycling Ingemar Ylikangas, Director of Business Development Revolt at Northvolt #CircMatConf

Last panel discussion for today: “The challenges to become circular - novel solutions” with Christian Håkansson from TMR, Dag Duberg from Tarkett and Wiebke Reim from LTU with moderator Lisa Ek. #CircMatConf

From the breakout session 4B: The Circular Plastic Challenge Circularity of flexible packaging: improved recycling and novel design for direct food contact applications Agustina Gualdoni, Scientific Officer, CIRCULAR FoodPack, Bavarian Research Alliance #CircMatConf

From the breakout session 4B: The Circular Plastic Challenge Packaging design for recycling, in reality Josef Tapper, CEO Omni Polymers, Christian Håkansson, Packaging specialist TMR #CircMatConf

From the breakout session 3B: Battery Metals Recycling Freyr - Recycling Strategy Siri Eidet Fygle, Project Manager Recycling and Cathode Material Freyr #CircMatConf

From the breakout session 3B: Battery Metals Recycling Valuable Metals Recovery from End-of-Life Li-ion Batteries: Successful Story from Laboratory Scale to Pilot Scale Elsayed Mousa, Senior Researcher at Metallurgy Department, Swerim #CircMatConf

From the breakout session 3B: Battery Metals Recycling Improved recycling of EV Li-ion batteries via combined metallurgical processing Martina Petranikova, Associate professor at Chalmers University of Technology #CircMatConf

After lunch at 13.00 - 14.30 we have 2 parallell breakout sessions: 3A: Construction and Building Materials 3B: Battery Metals Recycling #CircMatConf

Sustainable waste solutions in a circular economy – how to build them?” Ida Tjerngren, Environmental Manager Boliden Smelters #CircMatConf

Kuusakoski Recycling’s role within circular economy Olov Boman, CEO Kuusakoski Sverige AB #CircMatConf

ReeMap-A Swedish source of critical minerals, from mine waste Ulrika Håkansson, Business Development Manager & Project Manager ReeMAP, LKAB Minerals #CircMatConf