CRM Day – Speakers’ presentations

On 20 March 2019, the CRM Alliance hosted a successful edition of the CRM Day.

The conference was dedicated to “Transitioning to a low carbon and energy efficient economy: Battery Raw Materials vs. CRMs behind the scene” and saw the participation of policymakers, member states’ counsellors, stakeholders and many more.

Please find below the speakers’ presentations:

Carol-Lynne Pettit – Sustainability Manager at Cobalt Institute

Mark Mistry – Senior Public Policy Manager at Nickel Institute (Presentation prepared by Bert Witkamp, operating Officer at Task 40 CRM4EV)

Oscar Miguel Crespo – Director of CIDETEC Energy Storage, representing EGVI

Julia Poliscanova – Clean Vehicles and EMobility Manager, Transport & Environment

Prof. Dr. Mikhail Zheludkevich – Head of Department, Institute of Materials Research Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG)

Ines Van Lierde – Secretary General, Euroalliages

Gustavo Macedo – Managing Director, CBMM Europe

Florian Gonzalez – Senior Projects Officer, E.DSO – European Distribution System Operators

Keynote speech by Peter Handley – Head of Unit, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials, DG GROW

The CRM Alliance would like to extend its thanks to the speakers, each of which provided a unique insight on the future challenges in the field of decarbonisation and clean energy, and participants for the interesting discussions.