AGEMERA co-organises joint session for sister projects at EGU25
The session involved projects working across the raw material value chain to exchange experiences and strenghten cooperation
Anyone who works on geosciences or fields adjacent to it knows that the European Geosciences Union annual general assembly is one of the most iconic events you could take part in. Thousands of participants gather in Vienna and, within the span of several days, take part in sessions, side events, exhibitions, and networking activities to talk about their work, connect with like-minded peers, discover the latest innovations in the industry, and - why noy - get inspiration for future work and collaborations.
This year's event welcomed more than 18,000 participants on-site and an additional 2,000 online - and we are extremely happy to have been part of the journey. How? Back in winter, we launched a call for abstracts for a parallel session with the title Collaborative Actions Across the European Raw Material Value Chain, and we received fantastic abstracts from our sister projects! The session materialised at EGU25 and included 8 projects, each with their own presentations:
- AGEMERA (Presenting: Cătălina Vrabie, Dissemination & Communication WP Leader in the project)
- EIS (Presenting: Vesa Nykänen, Research Professor at Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), Adjunct Professor at University of Helsinki)
- MultiMiner (Presenting: Maarit Middleton, Associate Research Professor at Geological Survey of Finland (GTK))
- AVANTIS (Presenting: Saija Luukkanen, Professor of minerals processing, Oulu Mining School)
- SEMACRET (Presenting: Ana Jesus, Researcher at Instituto Dom Luiz, University of Lisbon)
- S34I project (Presenting: Mercedes Suarez Barrios, University of Salamanca)
- GoldenRAM (Presenting: Marko Paavola, Principal Scientist, VTT)
- DeepBEAT (Presenting: Solveig Pospiech, HZDR)
- DEXPLORE (Presenting: Catalina Hernandez Moreno, Senior Project Manager, Iberian Sustainable Mining Cluster)
Our session lasted two hours and the presentations were followed by a Q&A session where we went over the challenges the raw materials sector is facing today, from the "not in my backyard" attitudes fueled by politicised narratives, to over-dependence on third, unfriendly countries, and the lack of effective communication strategies for public outreach. That's not to say that all is black though - as we encouraged our speakers on pick one of their project's biggest achievements and introduce it to us in the audience, we realised that we already have what we need to go a step further towards the twin transition: ambitious research, innovative technologies that help with resource managements, and dedicated scientists eager to roll up their sleeves and make it happen, together.
