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05/28/2025

9h00 to the 18h00

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

Schedule

PROGRAM SUMMARY

COMPLETE PROGRAM

08:00

AUDITÓRIO: Accreditation

08:45

AUDITÓRIO: Opening Ceremony

Fernando Azevedo e Silva - IBRAM VP

Speaker

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

Moderator

Alexandre Petermann -

Speaker

José Marques Braga Júnior -

Speaker

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

Speaker

Tássia de Melo Arraes -

Speaker

10:10

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

Maria Stela Miglorância - International Advisor to the Investment Partnerships Program of the Civil House - SEPPI/CC/PR

Moderator

Emily Olson - Chief Sustainability & Corporate Affairs Officer - Vale Base Metals

Speaker

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

Speaker

Leandro Gobbo - Vice President PLS Brazil

Speaker

Mila Corrêa da Costa - Secretária de Desenvolvimento Econômico do Estado de Minas Gerais

Speaker

11:20

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

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

Speaker

Constantine Karayannopoulos - Consultant Strategic Materials Advice - KLONI (online participation)

Speaker

Inga Petersen - Executive Director at Global Battery Alliance (online participation)

Speaker

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

Speaker

12:30

AUDITÓRIO: Break

13:45

AUDITÓRIO: Tomás Bredariol - Agência Internacional de Energia IAE (video)

Tomás Bredariol - Energy and Environmental Policy Analyst - IEA

Speaker

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

Lúcia Helena Xavier (vídeo) -

Speaker

Lucy Takehara Chemale - Geologist at Geological Survey of Brazil

Speaker

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 - CEO and Founder at RG Impact & Senior Fellow at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)

Moderator

Luciana Contador - PCI Researcher at the Mineral Technology Center

Speaker

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 - Part I

Ana Toni - COP30 Executive Director

Speaker

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

Speaker

Laurent Javaudin - Counsellor for Climate, Environment and Energy at the EU Delegation to Brazil

Speaker

16:40

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 - Part II

17:30

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

Rossandro Ramos -

Moderator

Emmanuel Kamarianakis - Ambassador of Canada to Brazil

Speaker

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

Speaker

Mariana Zuchetti - Minister Counsellor and Consul of the United Kingdom in São Paulo, Brazil

Speaker

Sophie Davies -

Speaker

18:30

AUDITÓRIO: Closing Ceremony

Mauro Henrique Moreira Sousa - Director General of the National Mining Agency - ANM

Speaker

Philippe Gassmann - Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs / Head of the Regional Economic Service – Embassy of France in Brazil

Speaker