Program for Nordic Mining Day 2024
DATE: Monday 4 March, 2024
TIME: 8:30 am ‒ 2:00 pm EDT
VENUE: Kensington Ball Room, Delta Hotels by Marriott Toronto – 75 Lower Simcoe St. Toronto, Canada
| Time (EDT) |
Session & Presenter |
Title of Talk |
| 8:00 | Registration and coffee | |
| 8:30 | Jari Vilén, Ambassador of Finland to Canada | Welcome to Nordic Mining Day 2024 |
| 8:40 | Frank Nikolic, Vice President, CRU Group | Keynote: The Race to Secure Metals that are Core to the Decarbonization Value Chains |
| 9:00 | Kerstin Jorna, Director General, EU Commission | |
| Session I – Mineral Politics, Strategies and Opportunities in the Nordics | ||
| Moderator: Kimmo Tiilikainen, Director General, Geological Survey of Finland | ||
| 9:10 | Wille Rydman, Minister for Economic Affairs, Finland | |
| 9:20 | Tore O. Sandvik, State Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway | |
| 9:30 | Anneli Wirtén, General Director, Geological Survey of Sweden | |
| 9:40 | Panel discussion: Wille Rydman, Tore O. Sandvik, Anneli Wirtén | |
| 10:00 | Coffee and networking | |
| Session II – Investing in Critical Raw Material in the Nordic Countries | ||
| Moderator: Stein Oddvar Sægrov, Commercial Counsellor, Norwegian Embassy | ||
| 10:30 | Signe Burgstaller, Ambassador of Sweden to Canada | Session opening |
| 10:35 | Ilka von Dalwigk, European Battery Alliance | European Battery Alliance |
| 10:40 | Tero Kosonen, NewQuest Capital | NewQuest Capital |
| 10:45 | Ronne Hamerslag, Nordic Iron Ore | Nordic Iron Ore |
| 10:50 | Ivar S. Fossum, Nordic Mining ASA | Nordic Mining: Minerals for a Sustainable Future |
| 10:55 | Panel discussion: Ilka von Dalwigk, Tero Kosonen, Ronne Hamerslag, Ivar S. Fossum | Why is the Nordic a good place to make investments in the mineral sector? |
| 11:25 | Technical break | |
| Session III – Nordic Prospectivity Update | ||
| Moderator: Therese Bejgarn, R&D Strategist, Geological Survey of Sweden | ||
| 11:40 | Therese Bejgarn, Geological Survey of Sweden | Current Development in the Nordic Countries |
| 11:50 | Tero Niiranen, Geological Survey of Finland | Lithium in the Nordics |
| 12:00 | Nolwenn Coint, Geological Survey of Norway | Rare Earth Elements in the Nordic Countries |
| 12:10 | Martiya Sadeghi, Geological Survey of Sweden | Graphite in the Nordics |
| 12:20 | Trine Jøranli Eskedal, Ambassador of Norway to Canada | Closing remarks |
| 12:30 | Apéritifs and networking | |
| 13:00 | Fennoscandian luncheon | |
