Join to the Swedish Mining Research & Innovation Days  as they gather our community of stakeholders from industry, academia, policy-making and public sector for two days packed with inspiration and insights on the future of the sector.

For the final Swedish Mining Innovation summit, we are excited to reveal Digging Deep as our theme, exploring achievements, milestones and future within three fascinating topics: Future Technology, Innovation Drivers and Societal Sustainability.

Mr Tobias Kampmann (Vinnova), partner of ERA-MIN 3, will be present at Swedish Mining R&I Days presenting the new future Raw Materials Parnership.

 

More information here.

Agenda

 

14 May

11:30
Registration is open

12:00
Lunch and Coffee (Coffee is served in the Innovation Showroom outside Lilla Salen)

13:00
Welcome
Moderator: Charlotte Andersson, Program Director, Swedish Mining Innovation

12 successful years with Swedish Mining Innovation
Moderators: Charlotte Andersson, Program Director, Swedish Mining Innovation together with Maria Swartling, Program Director, Swedish Metals & Minerals

Jenny Greberg, Vice President Technology at LKAB
Pär Weihed, Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor at Luleå University of Technology
Anders Sand, Research Manager at Boliden Minerals AB

13:30
Innovation Drivers
Moderator: Lawrence Hooey, Technology and Innovation Manager

Swedish startup stories x 3

MineStorage – Maria Säfström, Head of ESG

Flasheye – Martin Blaszczyk, Project and Account Manager

RockSigma – Jesper Martinsson, Founder and CTO

Innovation Capacity

Here and now – Jonas Lundström, National Industry Coordinator, Government of Sweden

RAMP up! Joining forces under the new Raw Materials Partnership – Tobias Kampmann, Program Manager, Vinnova

Horizon Europe – Raw Materials topics in Cluster 4 – Daniel Cios, Policy Officer, European Commission

Vale’s Approach to Research and Innovation in an International context – Roberta Link, Master Business Analyst, Vale

Internationalization Panel
Moderator: Katarina Nilsson, Research and Innovation Manager, Svemin

Jonas Lundström, Government of Sweden
Tobias Kampmann, Vinnova
Roberta Link, Vale
Jesper Martinsson, RockSigma

15:00
Coffee and Networking break

15:30
Future Technology: Environmental Performance
Moderator: Charlotte Andersson, Program Director, Swedish Mining Innovation

Environmental challenges of today – water and waste – Malin Suup, Section Manager Hydrometallurgy & Water treatment, Boliden

Re:Moss – Daniel Pacurar, Founder & Executive Chairman, Boreal Orchards AB

LCA in mining – Legal and international outlook – Christina Jönsson, Vice president Marketing manager, RISE

Environmental Performance Panel

Future Technology: AI in Mining
Moderator: Lotta Sartz, Senior Project Manager, Swedish Mining Innovation Bergslagen and Örebro University

Amy Loutfi, Professor, Örebro University

The Bergforsk Award – Bergforsk Foundation’s award for the best Master’s, and Licentiate Thesis
Award Presenters: Anders Sand, Board member & Sabine Mayer, CEO of Bergforsk Foundation

Presentation – Best Licentiate Thesis

Presentation – Best Master’s Thesis

17:10-19:00
The Smelter Social networking reception

15 May

08:00
Registration – Coffee is served in the Innovation Showroom

08:30
Future Technology: Space Mining and Deep Mining
Moderator: Lawrence Hooey, Technology and Innovation Manager

Space Mining

Towards Space Mining – Thoughts and Opportunities – René Laufer, Professor and Head of Subject Space Systems, Luleå University of Technology

What could we take back to Earth? – Jari Joutsenvaara, Project Manager, University of Oulu

Joint mission to the moon – Miriam Bergvall, Acquisitions & Partnerships Underground Division and Björn Fhager, Chief Engineer R&D Drilling, Epiroc

Deep Mining

Mikael Svartsjaern, Principal Engineer, ITASCA Sweden

Space and Deep Mining Panel
Moderator: Jordi Puig, Senior Consultant, HeadMining and Adjunct Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

René Laufer, Luleå University of Technology
Jari Joutsenvaara, University of Oulu
Mikael Svartsjaern, ITASCA Sweden

09:45
Coffee and Networking break

10:15
Societal Sustainability: Case Presentations
Moderator: Pia Lindström, Senior Vice President of Sustainability at LKAB

The Metal Paradox and Gender Equality in the Industry – Melinda From, Acting Vice President Prototyping society, RISE

ATTRACT – Roadmap for attractive, inclusive and safe mining – Lena Abrahamsson, Professor and Head of Subject, Luleå University of Technology

Safe, sustainable transport in reindeer husbandry area 2.0 – David Kero, Project Manager, LTU Business

Societal Sustainability Panel

Melinda From, RISE
Lena Abrahamsson, Luleå University of Technology
Niclas Dahlström, Swedish Mining Innovation

Research and Innovation Initiatives
Moderator: Charlotte Andersson, Program Director, Swedish Mining Innovation

CAMM (Center for Advanced Mining and Metallurgy) – Pär Weihed, Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor at Luleå University of Technology

Swedish Energy Agency – Jenny Köhler, Programme Manager

Advancing Scientific Excellence: Funding Programmes and Forthcoming Calls – Julie Oommen, Senior Research Officer, Swedish Research Council

Join our Mission! Open calls – Swedish Metals & Minerals – Lawrence Hooey, Technology Manager, Swedish Metals & Minerals

12:00
Lunch and Coffee