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05/28/2025

9h 00 to the 18h 00

Kubitschek Plaza- Brasília

In times of ecological transformation, critical and strategic minerals are at the center of debates around the world. The event will cover a wide range of topics to understand the role of these minerals in the global energy transition.
The International Seminar on Critical and Strategic Minerals, organized by IBRAM in its 2nd edition, will bring together experts to discuss the role of critical minerals in the global energy transition, with a focus on public policies, mineral security and sustainability.
What to expect from the event:
Throughout the seminar, participants will have access to a complete overview of the current CSM agenda in Brazil and around the world. The challenges and opportunities faced by the mineral sector in light of the new energy and ecological paradigm will be discussed.
The event will also see the launch of The Green Paper - How to insert the Critical and Strategic Minerals agenda into COP30 discussions and the just energy transition

Subject to change

Programação

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08:00

AUDITÓRIO: Accreditation and Welcome

09:00

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 1 - Mineral Production Challenges and how to address them through Innovation and Technology

Leandro L. Rossi - Executive Director at Mining Hub

Moderador(a)

Rafael Moreno - CEO at Viridis Mining

Palestrante

Sílvia Cristina Alves França - Director of the Mineral Technology Center - CETEM

Palestrante

10:10

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 2 - Infrastructure investments for the growth of critical and strategic minerals

Maria Stela Miglorância - PPI Mining Investments - PPI / Civil House

Moderador(a)

Emily Olson - VP of Sustainability - Vale Base Metals

Palestrante

Henrique Carballal - President of the Bahia Mineral Research Company (CBPM).

Palestrante

Leandro Gobbo - Vice President Brazil at PLS

Palestrante

11:20

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 3 - New voices downstream for Critical and Strategic Minerals

Ana Paula Lima Vieira Bittencourt - National Secretariat of Geology, Mining and Mineral Processing - Ministry of Mines and Energy

Moderador(a)

Carlos Eduardo de Silva Braga Filho - President & EGM at Jervois Global Brazil

Palestrante

Constantine Karayannopoulos - Consultor Strategic Materials Advice - KLONI

Palestrante

Inga Petersen - Executive Director at Global Battery Alliance

Palestrante

Ronaldo Marinho Lasmar - Commercial and R&D Executive Manager - Taboca Mining

Palestrante

12:30

AUDITÓRIO: Break

14:00

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 4 - IBRAM and CETEM Study on the Diagnosis of Brazil and Technological Routes for Critical and Strategic Minerals - Foundations for Public Policies on Critical and Strategic Minerals for Brazil

Cinthia de Paiva Rodrigues - IBRAM Research and Development Manager

Moderador(a)

Julio Cesar Nery Ferreira - Sustainability Director at IBRAM

Palestrante

Lúcia Helena Xavier - Researcher at the Center for Mineral Technology - CETEM

Palestrante

Lucy Takehara Chemale - Geologist, Coordinator of the Project Multidisciplinary Studies on Reducing Mining Impacts and Promoting Circularity in the Mineral Sector in Brazil Geological Survey of Brazil - SGB

Palestrante

14:40

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 5 - CEBRI, COPPE/UFRJ, CETEM, IBRAM and SGB Study on the Supply and Demand of Critical and Strategic Minerals

Rafaela Guedes - Independent Consultant and Senior Fellow at Cebri

Moderador(a)

Heloísa Borges Esteves - Director of Oil, Gas and Biofuels Studies at the Energy Research Company - EPE

Palestrante

Izabella Teixeira -

Palestrante

Luciana Contador - Researcher at the Mineral Technology Center

Palestrante

16:00

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 6 - How to include the Critical and Strategic Minerals agenda in the COP30 discussions and the just energy transition - Launch of the IBRAM Green Paper

Izabella Teixeira -

Moderador(a)

Carlos Omildo Dos Santos Colombo - General Coordinator of Energy and Mining - Ministry of Finance

Palestrante

Marian Schuegraf - Ambassador of the European Union in Brazil

Palestrante

Raul Jungmann - CEO of IBRAM

Palestrante

Rodrigo Toledo Cabral Cota - Director of the Department of Mineral Transformation and Technology – Ministry of Mines and Energy

Palestrante

Zé Silva - Federal Deputy - FPMIN (Parliamentary Mining Front)

Palestrante

17:30

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 7 - Geopolitics and the Potential of Critical and Strategic Minerals

Rossandro Ramos - Project Analyst at Finep, a Study and Project Funding Agency, a company linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Moderador(a)

Emmanuel Kamarianakis - Canadian Ambassador to Brazil

Palestrante

João Marcos Paes Leme - Director of the Energy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Palestrante

Sarah Clegg - UK Senior Representative Officer of Critical Minerals - UK Govern

Palestrante

Sophia Davies -

Palestrante