Sustainability & Engagement
Mon. May 15, 6:30PM
Transitions within our planetary boundaries
How to deal with minerals?
Immerse yourself in the world of minerals and learn more about the necessity of their use for a carbon-neutral society within the limits of our planet’s resources.
The transition to a carbon-neutral society is heavily focused on technology and innovation fixes, such as the large-scale shift to renewable energy, the replacement of petrol and diesel cars with electric vehicles, and the digitalization of our societies and economies. And… They all require vast amounts of minerals.
Did you know that between 2015 and 2021, 70% more virgin materials were extracted than what the Earth can safely replenish ?
How about a deep-dive into the world of minerals? Discover how you and your company can deal with minerals within planetary boundaries. An informative and inspiring discussion brought to you in co-creation with Visuality, WWF-Belgium, The Shift, Seas At Risk, Bond Beter Leefmilieu and FairFin.
Timing :
- 6:00 – 6:30 pm > Welcome
- 6:30 – 8.00 pm > Conference
- What do we know and don’t know about our mineral resources?
- What ways to deal with mineral resources?
- Can technology solve it all?
- Inspirational trailblazers showing the way
- How to move forward?
- 8:00-9:00 pm > Networking cocktail
The transition to a carbon-neutral society is heavily focused on technology and innovation fixes, such as the large-scale shift to renewable energy, the replacement of petrol and diesel cars with electric vehicles, and the digitalization of our societies and economies. And… They all require vast amounts of minerals.
Did you know that between 2015 and 2021, 70% more virgin materials were extracted than what the Earth can safely replenish ?
How about a deep-dive into the world of minerals? Discover how you and your company can deal with minerals within planetary boundaries. An informative and inspiring discussion brought to you in co-creation with Visuality, WWF-Belgium, The Shift, Seas At Risk, Bond Beter Leefmilieu and FairFin.
Timing :
- 6:00 – 6:30 pm > Welcome
- 6:30 – 8.00 pm > Conference
- What do we know and don’t know about our mineral resources?
- What ways to deal with mineral resources?
- Can technology solve it all?
- Inspirational trailblazers showing the way
- How to move forward?
- 8:00-9:00 pm > Networking cocktail
speaker
Aimilios Orfanos is the founder and CEO of ReVolta & Watt 4Ever. Watt4Ever strives to provide affordable, sustainable and local storage solutions driven by a circular economy.
They offer a local and innovative solution for recycling high voltage batteries that also helps to reduce the ecological footprint of electric vehicles.
Watt4Ever wants to encourage sectorial players to step up and join into the circular economy. Born in the heart of Europe, Watt4Ever’s mission supports the objectives of the EU Green Deal.
speaker
Carl Kühl is a senior consultant at Sytemiq Deutschland. Systemiq is a collaborative system designer, developer and disruptor. Their work is a unique combination of coalition building, specialist advisory services, leadership transformation, policy development, redesign of markets and value chains, capital mobilisation, on-the-ground action, as well as incubation of and investment in early-stage businesses.
speaker
Geological engineer and explorer of our urban mines, Eric Pirard develops with his research team (GeMMe – ULiège), the techniques of the mineral industry 4.0.
He participates in the advent of a more circular economy of metals by calling on and raising the awareness of all audiences regarding their role as consumer-actor. Founder of Ingénieurs sans Frontières in Belgium, creator of several start-ups and initiator of the MT180 competition in Europe, he claims to be a citizen of the world but remains a proud citizen of Liège! He does not fight windmills but likes to compete with wind turbines. In any case, he wants to act for the well-being of all and for that of future generations to be sustainable.
speaker
Karel Van Acker
Prof. Karel Van Acker is professor of sustainable materials management, coordinator of the Circular Economy@KU Leuven platform and coordinator of the KU Leuven Materials Research Centre. He leads the Circular Economy Support Center for policy-relevant research and was one of the founders and chairman of Plan C, the Flemish transition network sustainable materials management. His research focuses on the development of strategies to realize the circular economy and on sustainability assessments of materials and their life cycle, including, for example, bio-based and composite materials, recycling of rare earths and other critical materials, landfill mining and the valorization of industrial residues. The link between materials and a sustainable society is the common thread of Karel’s activities.
