BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:212@euchems.eu DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20201105T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20201105T150000 DTSTAMP:20201104T151223Z URL:https://www.euchems.eu/events/the-value-is-on-circularity-recycling-re using-reinvesting-on-critical-raw-materials/ SUMMARY:The value is on circularity - Recycling-reusing-reinvesting on crit ical raw materials DESCRIPTION:The value is on circularity\nRecycling-reusing-reinvesting on c ritical raw materials.\nThe webinar is jointly organised by the European C hemical Society (EuChemS) and Maria Spyraki\, Member of the European Parli ament.\nThe event will be held online on Thursday 5 November 2020\, 13:00 - 15:00 CET\nThe objectives of the workshop are:\n\n\n Open discussion on critical raw materials for the EU economy involving all stakeholders\;\n Presentation of the scientific basis to foster stronger policies for the protection of endangered elements in the EU\;\n European Commission’s A ction Plan on Critical Raw Materials and a foresight study\;\n Critical R aw Materials and Horizon Europe\;\n The need to widen educational efforts at all levels of society to raise awareness on the limits of material res ources and the need to implement a circular economy.\n \n\n\n\n\nProgramm e:\n\n Welcome and setting the scene by Maria Spyraki\, Member of the Eur opean Parliament\n Chemistry welcome by Pilar Goya\, EuChemS President\n Critical elements and the transition to electric mobility\, Nicola Armaro li\, Italian National Research Council (CNR)\n Horizon Europe: critical e lements and circular economy in the next framework programme\, Barend Vera chtert\, European Commission\, DG RTD\, Prosperity Directorate\n\n The us e of alternative fuels as a key strategy to address the European Green Dea l\, Nicolas Moussiopoulos\, Aristotle University Thessaloniki (AUTh)\n Ur ban mining and the recycling of E-Waste\, Christian Hagelüken\, Umicore\n The EC list of Critical Raw Materials (EU policy)\, Peter Handley\, Euro pean Commission\, DG GROW\n\n Phosphorus\, an essential element to feed t he world\, Evamarie Hey-Hawkins\, Leipzig University\n High-value food in gredients from agri-food by-products and wastes: overview\, strategies and prebiotic oligosaccharides as case study\, Marco Arlorio\, Università de l Piemonte Orientale (UPO)\n\n Sustainability in renewable solar-to-elect ric energy conversion: A case for thin-film photovoltaics\, Jovana V. Mili ć\, University of Fribourg and EPFL\n 3R education - is it our job?\, Iw ona Maciejowska\, Jagiellonian University\n Q&\;A\n Conclusion\n\n\n\ n\n\n[gdlr_accordion style="style-1" initial="0"]\n[gdlr_tab title="Speake rs"]\nMaria Spyraki\, MEP\nMaria Spyraki is the awarded MEP of the year 20 19 for Industry\, Research\, and Innovation. She is now serving in her sec ond mandate in the European Parliament as member of the Committees on Indu stry\, Research\, and Energy (ITRE)\, on Regional Development (REGI) and t he Environment (ENVI). Ms Spyraki is co-chair of the Intergroup on Climate change\, biodiversity and sustainable development and rapporteur at the R enovation Wave for ENVI committee.\nShe has worked for 22 years as a journ alist in her home country Greece. Also\, she was a member of the Press Off ice of the European Parliament in Athens from 2003 to 2004\, as well as th e office of Greek Commissioner to the EU\, Mr Stavros Dimas\, for the peri od 2004-2009.\nMaria Spyraki has served as the Spokesperson of Nea Demokra tia and as an elected member of the Nea Demokratia Executive Board.\nHer f irst degree is in Chemistry and she also has an MSc in Energy Law\, Busine ss\, Regulation and Policy from International Hellenic University.\n\n\n\n \nPilar Goya\, EuChemS President\nPilar Goya Laza is research professor of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) at the Instituto de Química Médica of which she was the Director from 2005 to 2011. Vice President of the Spa nish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) until 2013\, she is currently the V ice President of the Spanish Society of Medicinal Chemistry (SEQT). She re ceived her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Universidad Complutense Madrid and was a postdoctoral Humboldt fellow in Konstanz\, Germany\, under Prof W. P fleiderer´s supervision. From 1991 till 1996 she was Head of Internationa l Affairs of CSIC\, she was a member of the Core Group of PESC (Physical a nd Engineering Sciences Committee) of the European Science Foundation\, ES F\, and Chair of the Chemistry Committee of the Marie Curie Fellowships of the EU.\nHer research deals with different aspects of medicinal chemistry and drug design and is currently focused on cannabinoids and PPAR ligands targeting the SNC and obesity. She has published over 150 scientific pape rs\, 12 international patents\, and has directed 10 Ph.D. theses. As a for mer member of the Ethics Committee of the CSIC\, she is interested in rese arch integrity issues and good scientific practices and is active in reach ing out to the general public has recently published a popular book on “ Pain”.\n\n\n\n\n Nicola Armaroli\, Italian National Research Council (CN R)\nNicola Armaroli got the Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences in 1994 at the Univ ersity of Bologna. Since 2007 he has been Research Director at CNR\, the I talian National Research Council. He is member of the Italian National Aca demy of Sciences and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). With in EuChemS\, he is the former chairman of the Working Party on Chemistry a nd Energy and has served as EuChemS representative on several occasions su ch as the overseas Circular Economy Missions of the European Commission. H e serves as associate editor of Photochemical &\; Photobiological Scien ces (RSC)\, member of the Editorial Board of Chemistry-A European Journal (Wiley-VCH) and Polyhedron (Elsevier Science) as well as director of Saper e\, the first Italian science periodical\, established in 1935.\nHis scien tific activity is concerned with ​photochemistry and photophysics​\, i n particular luminescent materials and systems for the conversion of light into electricity and fuels. He also studies the transition of the global energy system towards more sustainable models\, also in relation to climat e change and scarcity of natural resources. He has published over 220 scie ntific papers and several books on the subject of energy.\nNicola Armaroli has given invited lectures at international conferences\, universities an d research centers worldwide and has run international projects as CNR pri ncipal investigator or coordinator in the frame of several programmes fund ed by the European Commission. He is also an active consultant and science communicator for the general public on the issues of energy\, natural res ources\, and environment\, also through interviews and contributions on ma ss media.\nHe was awarded the Grammaticakis-Neumann International Prize in Photochemistry\, the Premio Letterario Galileo for science dissemination\ , the Gold Medal Enzo Tiezzi of the Italian Chemical Society and the Ravan i-Pellati Chemistry Prize of the Turin Academy of Sciences.\n\n\n\n\nBaren d Verachtert\, European Commission\, Prosperity Directorate\nBarend Verach tert is the Head of the Materials for Tomorrow Unit in the Research and In novation Directorate-General (DG RTD) of the European Commission. The unit is in charge of the development and implementation of research and innova tion policies for advanced materials. He has held various positions within DG RTD in the field of SMEs\, the bioeconomy and agri-food.\nDuring its s tart-up phase\, he was the interim Executive Director of the Bio-based Ind ustries Joint Undertaking\, a public-private partnership.\nBefore joining the European Commission in 1998\, he was a technology acquisition manager for Plant Genetic Systems NV\, a Belgian plant biotechnology company.\nHe obtained a PhD in biology from the University of Leuven (1988).\n\n\n\n\nN icolas Moussiopoulos\, Aristotle University Thessaloniki (AUTh)\nNicolas M oussiopoulos is since 1989 a Full Professor at the School of Mechanical En gineering of the Aristotle University Thessaloniki (AUTh) and the Head of this University’s Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineer ing. He served as the Dean of AUTh’s Faculty of Engineering (2006-2010) and as the Vice President of the International Hellenic University (2010-2 016). Since July 2018 he is an elected Scientific Council member of the He llenic Foundation for Research and Innovation.\nProfessor Moussiopoulos is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. In 2002 h e was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. His r esearch work addresses several issues in the broad field of energy and the environment. In the last 30 years he participated in numerous competitive \, mostly EU funded research projects with a total budget exceeding 20 mil lion €. He supervised 42 PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers in Greece and five other countries and is the author of more than 900 scienti fic publications\, including more than 220 papers in peer-reviewed journal s (approx.. 8400 citations\, h-index: 46).\n\n\n\n\nChristian Hagelüken\, Umicore\nChristian Hagelüken is Director EU Government Affairs at Umicor e. From 2003-2011 he was head of Business Development in Umicore’s Preci ous Metals Refining unit. Before\, he held various management positions in the precious metals department of Degussa AG.\nChristian represents Umico re in policy initiatives\, associations\, expert groups and scientific pan els\, among others the UNEP Resource Panel\, the European Innovation Partn ership on Raw Materials\, and the Acatech Circular Economy Initiative Germ any\, where he chairs the working group on EV-batteries. Christian has con tributed to numerous scientific journals\, books\, and conferences with a focus on metals recycling\, sustainable metals management and circular eco nomy.\nChristian holds university degrees in mining engineering and indust rial engineering from RWTH Aachen\, Germany\, where he also received his P h.D. in 1991.\n\n\n\n\nPeter Handley\, European Commission\, DG GROW\nPete r Handley is\, since September 2017\, Head of the Energy-Intensive Industr ies and Raw Materials Unit in the European Commission's Directorate-Genera l for Growth. He was previously Head of the Resource Efficiency Unit at th e Secretariat-General\, where he was responsible for coordination of Energ y Union\, 2030 climate and energy package\, low emission mobility strategy and the circular economy.\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nEvamarie Hey-Hawkins \, Leipzig University\nEvamarie Hey-Hawkins has been the Chair in Inorgani c Chemistry at Leipzig University\, Germany\, since 1993. She has held pos itions at universities in the UK\, Australia and Germany and visiting prof essorships in several countries. She has published more than 500 papers an d given over 350 lectures worldwide. She has received several awards inclu ding the “Distinguished Woman in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering” a ward by IUPAC (2013)\, the Nenitescu Medal (2016)\, two honorary doctoral degrees\, the Leipzig Science Award (2019) and is a member of the European Academy of Sciences. Her scientific interests are manifold and comprise i norganic/organometallic chemistry\, organophosphorus and carborane chemist ry.\nPresently\, she is the vice president of the German Society on Boron Neutron Capture Therapy and Chair of the Working Group on Phosphorus Chemi stry under the umbrella of the German Chemical Society (GDCh).\n\n\n\n\nMa rco Arlorio\, Università del Piemonte Orientale (UPO)\nProf. Arlorio is t o date the Chair of the Food Chemistry Division\, EuChemS (Brussels\, Belg ium)\; member of the Executive Board of EuChemS (since 2017). In the recen t past\, he was active as a Member of the Executive Board of the SAFE Cons ortium (Brussels\, Belgium). Starting from January 2020\, he serves as Mem ber of the Scientific Advisory Committee at ILSI Europe (Bruxelles).\nHe i s active on teaching at the Academic level\, at Università del Piemonte O rientale (IT)\, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences – Food Chemistry U nit (Food chemistry\; Food biotechnology\; Chemistry of functional foods a nd nutraceutical products).\nPrincipal Investigator in many National and I nternational Projects (recently leading the WP18 “INTELLItrace”\, EU F ood Integrity Project). Chairperson or member of Scientific Committees of many International Congresses (Series) in the food area (EuroFoodChem\; Co CoTea\; Pigments in Food\; In Vino Analytica Scientia\, and others).\nMain research interests are focused on food quality and food safety assessment \, particularly regarding the development of new analytical methods and ne w strategic approaches dedicated to the profiling and characterization of foods and food ingredients. Another key interest is related to the develop ment and characterization of functional ingredients for food and food supp lements\, often starting from by-products/wastes obtained from agri-food c hains.\nYou can read the abstract for the talk High-value food ingredients from agri-food by-products and wastes: overview\, strategies and prebioti c oligosaccharides as case study here.\n\n\n\nJovana V. Milić\, Universit y of Fribourg and EPFL\nJovana V. Milić is a group leader at the Adolphe Merkle Institute of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. She obtaine d her PhD in the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences at ETH Zu rich in 2017 and worked as a scientist in the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces at EPFL until September 2020\, when she started her independent academic career. Her research is focused on the development of bioinspire d supramolecular materials for renewable energy conversion\, with particul ar interest in smart hybrid nanotechnologies for photovoltaics.\nShe is ac tively engaged in international collaborations and has been recognized as a recipient of a number of fellowships and awards\, such as the CAS Future Leader and one of the Elements on the IUPAC Periodic Table of Younger Che mists in 2019. In addition to research and collaborative engagements\, she is invested in education and supporting young scientists. She presently a cts as governance team member at the International Younger Chemists Networ k (IYCN) and Networks team leader at the European Young Chemists’ Networ k (EYCN). As member of these associations\, she has led and contributed to a number of activities\, as well as establishing partnerships with academ ic\, industrial and governmental bodies\, dedicated to providing opportuni ties for development and support of young chemists globally.\n\n\n\n\nIwon a Maciejowska\, Jagiellonian University\nIwona Maciejowska is a lecturer a nd researcher at the Department of Chemical Education at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow\, Poland. Iwona Maciejowska teaches students of chemi stry and environmental sciences study programmes\, among others the course "Sustainable development and civilisation threats" and "Good chemistry - methodological\, ethical and social dimensions". I. Maciejowska is editor\ , author and co-author of books (15)\, papers (over 100) and courses for c hemistry teachers and academic teaching staff e.g. MOOC on Coursera platfo rm "Teaching in university science laboratories. Developing good practice" . She is also co-editor of Chemistry Teacher International journal\, init iator of the European Variety in University Chemistry Education conference .\nIwona Maciejowska was the head of Teaching Excellence Center (2011 - 20 14) and the Chair of Division of Chemical Education of EuCheMS (2014-2019) .\nSome of her publications relevant for this talk:\n\n\n Huber\, H. S.\, Maciejowska\, I. (2017) Project Based learning In Higher Education: From Theory to Practice [in:] Innovative Teaching Strategies and Methods Promot ing Lifelong Learning in Higher Education\, H.E. Vidergor &\; O. Sela ( eds.) \, nova science publisher\, New York\, 115-130\n I.Maciejowska\, Re sponsible Research and Innovation – How to Develop RRI Awareness Among Y oung People? European Projects Proposals and Their Results\, Annales Unive rsitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia ad Didacticam Biologiae Pertine ntia\, vol. 215\, 2016\, 98-111\;\n A Guidebook of Good Practice for Pre- Service Training of Chemistry Teachers (2015). eds. I. Maciejowska &\; B. Byers\, Krakow\n\n[/gdlr_tab]\n\n[/gdlr_accordion]\n\n\nContext:\nThe p rosperity of European citizens is based on a relentless flow of raw materi als which\, to an overwhelming extent\, are imported from other continents . Modern free trade and the peaceful relationship that the EU has establis hed with countries all over the world\, have so far secured the import of these vital resources with no particular problems. However\, resource depe ndent countries are aware that reliable fluxes of raw materials are not gr anted forever due to several factors such as the concentration of most res ources in a relatively small number of countries\, the periodic occurrence of trade tensions and\, more remarkably\, a constant rise in demand for v irtually all raw materials in an increasingly affluent and populated world .\nSome chemical elements and materials are vital for the modern economy\, for the promotion of more sustainable industrial models and also for feed ing and curing people. Among many examples we can mention lithium and coba lt as key elements to manufacture batteries and promote electric mobility\ ; indium\, tantalum and rare earths for electronic devices and information technologies\; helium as an indispensable element in cryogenic applicatio ns including medical diagnostics\; phosphorus as an essential ingredient f or fertilisers which enable modern agriculture. Due to massive use and pro jected demand\, these and other elements are already at risk of physical a vailability by the end of the present century and possibly earlier. Theref ore\, the time is now to take strategic decisions for their rational use\, disposal and preservation in the frame of a circular economy.\nThere is n o other route to preserving endangered elements than efficient use\, exten sive recycling\, and more sustainable lifestyles promoted by scientificall y grounded information at all levels of society. To reach these objectives it is necessary to (i) promote more stringent and effective legislation a t the European level on waste collection\, treatment and recovery\; (ii) s upport cooperation among industry and academia to make substantial progres s in the science and technology of element recovery in end-of-life devices \; (iii) expand the information provided to consumers on the content of an y commercial item\, in order to facilitate society awareness and make disa ssembling and recycling routine.\n\n\n\n\nPage last updated: 4 November 20 20\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/www.euchems.eu/wp-content/uplo ads/2020/09/201105-THE-VALUE-IS-ON-CIRCULARTY-wesbite-900-x-5633.png?fit=9 00%2C563&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Brussels X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Brussels BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR