The RACE wants to take you through the entire value chain, including:
Leg 1
Responsible Sourcing
What does the mine of the future look like? Learn how the mining industry is preparing to respond to the Green Transition that's underway and extract raw materials from the earth in sustainable ways.
Leg 2
Sustainable Materials
Learn more about how manufacturers pursue a sustainable strategy to develop and manufacture their products. What are there key issues and opportunities? Are there ways of operating changing?
Leg 3
Use phase &
Start ups
Investigate the new ways to optimise flows of people, goods and energy in urban areas. Learn more about disruptive technology by having the chance to hear from some exciting entrepreneurs and start-ups.
Leg 4
Circular Societies
Learn how industries are tackling the radical shift from a linear to a circular, green economy and how they see the future of the circular economy for the Green Transition in Europe.
What to expect?
Expert talks from industry, academia, start-ups, business and NGOs
Study tours at partners facilities across Portugal and Spain
HR sessions in major cities of Iberia
Networking with global industry leaders and peers in different locations across Europe
Finding solutions to real industry sustainability and supply security challenges
Programme Highlights & Featured Speakers
The RACE 2023 programme will be packed with inspiring talks, industry tours and innovative groupwork. Keep an eye on our programme as we build it for you!
Vitor Correia
Secretary GeneralInternational Raw Materials Observatory (INTRAW)
Christina Meskers
Senior ResearcherSINTEF Manufacturing
Fabio Pegorin
Business Development ManagerEIT RawMaterials
SITE VISIT: Atalaya Mining, Ríotinto
Leg 1: We will be visiting the Minas de Ríotinto in Huelva, Spain on the 26th July 2023 to cover our 'Responsible Sourcing' step of the value chain.
SITE VISIT: ArcelorMittal
Leg 2: We will be visiting the R&D labs at ArcelorMittal in Avilés, Spain on the 27-28 July 2023 to cover our 'Sustainable Materials' step of the value chain.
Maria Rocha Gil
CEORocha Blast Engineers
Riccardo Momoli
Business Development ManagerCircular Materials
Ursula Grunwald
Co-founder, Deputy Chief Scientific Officer and AdministratorMultispectral Microscopic Technologies
Sabina Rusconi
IP ExpertEU Intellectual Property Office
SITE VISIT: La Farga
Leg 3: We will be visiting the production site at La Farga near Barcelona, Spain to cover our 'Circular Societies' step of the value chain.
Andrea Dahik
Circular Economy Project SpecialistEIT RawMaterials
Julie Dimitrijevic
Technical Specialist, Corporate SustainabilityFauna & Flora International
Álvaro Santana Sánchez
Industrial Symbiosis ConsultantSímbiosy
SITE VISIT: Prysmian
Leg 4: We will be visiting the production site at Prysmian in Vilanova, Spain to also cover our 'Circular Societies' step of the value chain.
Testimonials
This RACE event is definitely the best experience I have had in my life. The site visits we had were very informative and taught us of the work that goes into planning a mine. All the organisers were amazing. And all participants were really friendly and helpful. I am truly honoured to have been selected for this event.
"Thank you very much for the whole program, it was truly enriching. I appreciate that you chose to travel by bus and train instead of air travel."
"That was absolutely fantastic, everything was perfectly organized and the quality of all the presentations given by the speakers was very impressive! great job!"
Pick a race track that fits your needs
Racer Track
Learn & innovate!
- Travel with peers for 2 weeks - Meet experts in their fields - Industry live-tours - HR sessions - Innovate solutions for the Future Raw Material challenges
Apply as a RACER
Team Manager Track
Navigate participants through the process
- Travel with peers for 2 weeks - Facilitate groupwork - Help out participants - Get access to the entire RACE programme
Apply as a Team Manager
Our 2023 Partners
Contact
Have you got any more questions? Do not hesitate to reach out to us at
joinrace@eitrawmaterials.eu