SEMINÁRIO INTERNACIONAL DE MINERAIS CRÍTICOS E ESTRATÉGICOS 2026

In a global landscape driven by technological innovation, critical and strategic minerals take center stage.

In 2026, the event will bring together leaders and experts to explore, in depth, the opportunities, challenges, and trends that will shape the future of these essential resources.

The International Seminar on Critical and Strategic Minerals 2026, organized by IBRAM, will bring together experts to discuss the role of critical minerals in the global energy transition, focusing on public policies, mineral security, geopolitics, sustainability, and the business perspective of production chains.

SCHEDULE

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Schedule

PROGRAM SUMMARY

COMPLETE PROGRAM

08:00

LOBBY: Registration

08:45

AUDITÓRIO: Opening Ceremony - Welcome

Pablo Silva Cesário - Director of Institutional Relations | Acting CEO of IBRAM

Speaker

09:00

AUDITÓRIO: Lecture I - Keynote Speaker - Transforming Natural Resources into Industrial Value

Matt Blundell - Senior Analyst, Strategy and Business Development, Geopolitics and International Affairs, S&P Global Energy

Speaker

09:30

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 1 - Government Initiatives on the Development of the Production Chain for Critical and Strategic Minerals.

Osório Coelho Guimarães Neto - Director of Innovation Programs/Secretariat of Technological Development and Innovation/Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

Moderator

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

Speaker

Carlos Leonardo Teofilo Durans - Director of the Input and Intermediate Materials Industry Development Department

Speaker

Deputado Federal Arnaldo Jardim - Federal Deputy and Rapporteur of Bill 2780/2024 - Chamber of Deputies

Speaker

11:00

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 2 - Economic and Competitiveness Instruments for the Development of the National Production Chain

Anderson Barreto Arruda - Director of Mineral Transformation and Technology at the Ministry of Mines and Energy

Moderator

Carolina Grottera - Undersecretary for Ecological Transformation

Speaker

Elias Ramos de Souza - Director os Innovation Finep

Speaker

Igor Manhães Nazareth - Diretor de Inovação e Relações Institucionais da EMBRAPII

Speaker

José Luis Pinho Leite Gordon - Director of Productive Development, Innovation and Foreign Trade Division (Brazilian Development Bank)

Speaker

Ziraldo Santos - Analista legislativo - Liderança do Cidadania

Speaker

12:30

AUDITÓRIO: Lunch break

14:00

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 3 - Mineral Security and Brazil's Strategic Role

Pablo Silva Cesário - Director of Institutional Relations | Acting CEO of IBRAM

Moderator

Christopher da Cunha Bueno Garman - Eurasia Group's Managing Director for the Americas

Speaker

Mauricio Carvalho Lyrio - O Embaixador Mauricio Carvalho Lyrio é o Secretário de Clima, Energia e Meio Ambiente do Ministério das Relações Exteriores.

Speaker

14:45

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 4 - Strengthening National Institutions to Defend the Agenda of Critical and Strategic Minerals

Vilmar Medeiros Simões - Diretor-Presidente

Moderator

Adriano Reis Lucheta - Director of SENAI/PA Innovation Institute for Mineral Technologies

Speaker

Fernando José Gomes Landgraf -

Speaker

José Luciano de Assis Pereira - Gerente de P, D & I

Speaker

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

Speaker

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

Speaker

16:30

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 5 - 50 Years of IBRAM - Mining's Contribution to Humanity

Julio Cesar Nery Ferreira - Director of Mining Affairs, IBRAM

Speaker

Paulo Fernando Almeida Braga - Coordinator of Mineral Processing and Technologies at CETEM - Center for Mineral Technology

Speaker

Virgínia Sampaio Teixeira Ciminelli - Professor, Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (UFMG)

Speaker

17:00

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 6 - Building a National Policy for Critical and Strategic Minerals

Pablo Silva Cesário - Director of Institutional Relations | Acting CEO of IBRAM

Moderator

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

Speaker

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

Speaker

Pedro Henrique Giocondo Guerra - Chefe de Gabinete da Vice-Presidência da República

Speaker

08:00

LOBBY: Registration

08:30

AUDITÓRIO: Welcome

Pablo Silva Cesário - Director of Institutional Relations | Acting CEO of IBRAM

Speaker

08:45

PALCO A: Panel 7 - Rare Earth Elements Chain

Jorge Boeira - Analista de Produtividade e Inovação na Agência Brasileira de Desenvolvimento Industrial (ABDI)

Moderator

Giancarlo Alfonso Lovón-Canchumani - Professor and Coordinator of the Laboratory of Waste Management and Sustainable Technologies (LabGERTS) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)

Speaker

Luís Gonzaga Trabasso - Chief Research Officer SENAI Innovation Institute for Manufacturing Systems and Laser Processing

Speaker

Márcia Cunha - Corporate Manager at Viridis Mineração

Speaker

Renato Gonzaga - President - Brazil at Brazilian Rare Earths/Borborema Mineração

Speaker

Ricardo Grossi - President Serra Verde Pesquisa e Mineração /COO Serra Verde Group

Speaker

PALCO B: Panel 8 - High Purity Silicon and Quartz Chain

Claudia Diniz - Diretora Women in Mining Brasil e Innovation Leader na Accenture do Brasil

Moderator

Brian Leeners - CEO at Homerun Resources Inc.

Speaker

Edelweis Ritt - CMO - CEITEC S.A.

Speaker

Odysseus Bostick - PhD Economist US/ Supply Chain Network Operations (SCNO) at Deloitte

Speaker

Victor Aragão - SENAI CIMATEC

Speaker

10:00

PALCO A: Panel 9 - Energy Storage Chain

Ricardo Bastos - Presidente da Associação Brasileira do Veículo Elétrico (ABVE)

Moderator

Heverson Renan de Freitas - Coordinator - Smart Energy - SENAI Innovation Institute in Electrochemistry

Speaker

Rogerio Marques Ribas - Executive Manager - Technology - New Materials and Applications at CBMM

Speaker

Victor Hugo iOcca -

Speaker

PALCO B: Panel 10 - Graphite Chain

Elis Santana -

Moderator

Francisco Valdir Silveira - Director of Geology and Mineral Resources of SGB-CPRM

Speaker

Guilherme Lenz - Prof. Dr. Guilherme Lenz – Deputy Head of the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering – POLI-USP / President of ABCARB (Brazilian Carbon Association)

Speaker

Ricardo Gonçalves Alves - Managing Director - Graphcoa

Speaker

11:00

PALCO A: Panel 11 - Chrome, Refractories and Tin Chain

Clarissa Amaral Silva Freitas Brandão - Legal and Public Affairs Director at Hochschild Mining Brazil

Moderator

André Carlos da Silva - Professor Associado

Speaker

Matheus Naves Moraes - Head of Global Raw Material & Minerals Technology at RHI Magnesita

Speaker

Rodolfo André de Melo - Executive Operations Manager at Mineração Taboca

Speaker

Silvano Andrade - CEO da Cia de Ferro Ligas da Bahia - Ferbasa

Speaker

PALCO B: Panel 12 - Titanium and Vanadium Chain

Inara Oliveira Barbosa - Superintendente de Economia Mineral e Geoinformação

Moderator

Jesus Alberto Arias Lopez - Co-Ceo e Chairman at Largo Inc

Speaker

Luiz Augusto Bizzi - Diretor

Speaker

11:35

PALCO B: Panel 13 - Presentation of the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) Study “The Importance of Brazil in the Global Chain of Minerals Critical to the Energy Transition”

Inara Oliveira Barbosa - Superintendente de Economia Mineral e Geoinformação

Moderator

Mariano Laio de Oliveira - Head of the Critical and Estrategic Mineral Division from the Mining Nacional Agency of Brazil

Speaker

Rafael Leão - Doutorando em economia no CEDEPLAR/UFMG

Speaker

12:00

PALCO A: Q&A Session - Panel 11

Clarissa Amaral Silva Freitas Brandão - Legal and Public Affairs Director at Hochschild Mining Brazil

Moderator

PALCO B: Q&A Session - Panel 12 and Panel 13

Inara Oliveira Barbosa - Superintendente de Economia Mineral e Geoinformação

Moderator

12:15

AUDITÓRIO: Lunch break

13:45

AUDITÓRIO: Panel 14 - IBRAM-CETEM 3rd Study on Priority Industrial Chains for the Production of Critical and Strategic Minerals in Brazil and launch of the Green Paper.

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

Moderator

Amaro Pereira -

Speaker

Lúcia Helena Xavier (vídeo) -

Speaker

14:30

PALCO A: Panel 15 - Fertilizer Supply Chain

Henrique Oliveira - Sr. Director strategic projects at Mosaic

Moderator

Bonzi Yokomizo Baptista dos Santos - CEO - South Atlantic Potash

Speaker

Mauro Lopes Cordeiro - Operations Director at Stratos

Speaker

Sergio Marcio de Freitas Leite - Presidente na Potássio do Brasil

Speaker

Warley José Gomes Pereira - Chief Operating Officer (COO) at EuroChem Salitre

Speaker

PALCO B: Panel 16 - Copper Chain

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

Moderator

Breno Delfino Martins - Diretor Técnico da Mineração Vale Verde

Speaker

Eduardo de Come - Vice presidente da Ero

Speaker

José Luiz Marques - Corporate Affairs Director - Vale Base Metals

Speaker

Laura Whitton - Head of Commodity Strategy at BHP

Speaker

15:30

PALCO A: Panel 17 - Lithium Chain

Geovanna Barreto Silva - Chief of Staff to the National Secretariat of Geology, Mining and Mineral Transformation

Moderator

Daniel Abdo - Sigma Lithium Vice President of International Relations and Business Development

Speaker

Fabiano José de Oliveira Costa - CEO of AMG Brazil

Speaker

Paulo Fernando Almeida Braga - Coordinator of Mineral Processing and Technologies at CETEM - Center for Mineral Technology

Speaker

Vinicius Mendonça Alvarenga - CEO da Cia Brasileira de Lítio

Speaker

PALCO B: Panel 18 - Nickel Chain

Gustavo Santos Masili - Coordenador Geral de Minerais Estratégicos e Transição Energética no Setor Mineral no Ministério de Minas e Energia (MME)

Moderator

André Simão - CFO - Brazilian Nickel

Speaker

Bruno Rocha Scarpelli - Presidente de Operações Brasil Centaurus Metals

Speaker

Gilcimar Pires Cabral Oliveira - ESG & People Director - Appian Capital Brazil

Speaker