CloseLoop Workshop - Substitution of Critical Raw Materials

Preliminary agenda

08.45-09.15      Registration and coffee

09.15-09.30      Opening of the workshop

09.30-10.00      How energy transition is reshaping demand and supply of metallic minerals?

• Dr. Tiina Koljonen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (tbc)

10.00-10.45      A Roadmap to Sustainable Use of Thermoelectrics

• Prof. Robert Freer, University of Manchester (UK)

10.45-11.00      Nanostructured inorganic-organic thermoelectrics

• Prof. Antti Karttunen, Aalto University

11.00-11.30      Promotion of CRM substitution by EIT Raw Materials (tbc)

11.30-12.30      Lunch

12.30-13.15      Li and Mg-organic batteries on the horizon

• Prof. Dr. Klemen Pirnat, Kemijski Institut (Slovenia)

13.15-13.30      Thin-film solid-state batteries with organic electrodes

• Prof. Maarit Karppinen, Aalto University

13.30-14.00      Substitution case examples from heavy industry

• Dr. Elina Huttunen-Saarivirta, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

14.00-14.30      Coffee

14.30-15.15      Carbon nanotube based electronics

• Prof. Albert Nasibulin, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Russia)

15.15-15.30      Electrocatalysis on functionalized carbon nanotubes

• Prof. Tanja Kallio, Aalto University

15.30-15.45      Summary and closing of the workshop     

Registration

The workshop is free of charge but registration is required. You can register by sending e-mail to [email protected] by November 9, 2018. Please, specify your name, affiliation, e-mail address and possible special diet in the registration mail.