We meet in early May to highlight and discuss the current and critical issues in the mining and metal sector. We will highlight today’s innovation needs and what the innovation landscape looks like. What will mining in the next century look like? What does the triple helix funding opportunities look like? How do we ensure that we make optimal choices as we move forward with the green transition? These are just some of the topics we address during this year’s edition of Sweden Mining Research and Innovation Days, which will be held lunch to lunch on May 6-7 at Kulturens hus in Luleå.

We need you, your knowledge, experience and thoughts to make a great event. Together we can take the steps towards a sustainable society and future. Come and enjoy lunch, listen to exciting presentations and projects, network with our exhibitors over a cup of coffee and mingle with new acquaintances with something nice to drink and canapés on the plate. 

The event is free but a fee of 500 SEK will be charged in case of late cancellation (less than 2 weeks before the event). One of our goals this year is that we want to reduce food waste and only order food for those who intend to visit the event. Therefore, we would appreciate that you cancel if you know that you are no longer able to participate. Send an email to info@swedishmininginnovation.se if you want to cancel your booking! 

Welcome

Program

May 6– Innovation of Today

11.30 – 13.00 Registration and Lunch, Kulturens hus, Luleå

13.00 Welcome, Moderator Charlotte Andersson, Program Director Swedish Mining Innovation

13.10 Triple helix funding opportunities
Maria Swartling, Program Manager Metals & Minerals
Maria Sunér, CEO Svemin, Swedish Association of Mines, Mineral and Metal Producers
Lawrence Hooey, Technology and Innovation Manager Metals & Minerals
Tobias Kampmann, Programme Manager Vinnova

14.00 Capacity building
Alireza Malehmir, Professor and Director of Smart Exploration Research Center, Uppsala University
Susanne Eriksson Rostmark, External FoI Collaboration manager, LKAB
Saeed Chehreh Chelgani, Associate Professor, Director of the Swedish School of Mines, Luleå university of Technology

14.30 Coffee and mingle in the Innovation Showroom

15.00 Raw Material Resilience - a sustainable supply of metals and minerals

Niklas Rossbach, Senior Research Fellow, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Susanne Norgren, Group Expert Sandvik, Adjunct Professor, Division of Production and Materials Engineering at Lund University
André Månberger, Senior Lecturer, Lund University

15.40 Energy effective processes – minimizing need for new green energy

Fredrik Engström, Vice President Electricity Solutions, H2 Green Steel
Magnus Evertsson, Professor and  Head of Rock Processing Systems at Chalmers University of Technology
Klara Helstad, Head Sustainable Industry Unit at Swedish Energy Agency Impact Innovation

16.40 Bergforsk Awards
Bergforsk Foundation’s awards for the best Master’s, Licentiate and PhD theses

17.10-19.00 Mingle and networking

May 7– Innovation of Tomorrow

Registration from 08.00, Kulturens hus, Luleå

08.30 Welcome, Moderator Charlotte Andersson, Program Director Swedish Mining Innovation

08.35 Mining by 2050 - how far have we come by then?
Graham Aid, Group Innovation Coordinator and Strategist, Ragn-Sells AB
Katarina Öquist, R&D Manager Technology an Innovation Underground Division, Epiroc
Jenny Greberg, Vice President Technology, LKAB
Anders Sand, Research Manager, Boliden Mineral AB
Filip Simán, Doctoral Student, Luleå University of Technology

09.05 Accelerating international collaboration - Opportunities and challenges
Daniel Cios, Policy Officer European Commission.
Hugo Pedrosa Latorre, International Project Manager Naturvårdsverket
Mikael Johansson, Head of Global Mining Program and Head of Key Accounts, Manufacturing & Materials,  Business Sweden
Katarina Nilsson, Director Research and Innovation, Svemin

10.10 Coffee and mingle in the Innovation Showroom

10.40 Optimal choices - how do we make the right decisions?
The holistic value model – Lisa Ek, Partner and Managing Director & Niklas Grönberg, Partner and Managing Director, Nordic Strategy Partners
Waste2Place - Ramon Sanchez, Geomorphic Design Lead, VAST Landscape Architecture
Trace4Value - Malin Rosqvist, Program director, Process Industrial IT and Automation (PiiA)

11.30 Innovation by 2050 - what the next century could hold?

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

Innovation Showroom 

Discover and connect with some of the projects and initiatives withing our mining community.

Exhibitor List

Swedish Mining Innovation SME Network

Swedish Mining Innovation PhD Network

Sattajärvi Sameby

NexGen SIMS

Waste2Place/Re:moss, VAST Landscape Architecture/Boreal Orchards

Impact Innovation/Metals & Minerals

ARBS: Energy Efficient Comminution

Innovating for a sustainable future, LKAB

Foundation for sustainable transformation in the mining and mineral industry