The Russian – UK Raw Materials Dialogue presents its inaugural conference:
‘The major elements of sustainable development’
18 October 2017
12.00am – 12.30pmLight lunch and networking for delegates
12.30pm – 12.45pmOpening of the Forum
Prof Vladimir Litvinenko FIMMM
Rector, St Petersburg Mining University
Martin Cox CEng FIMMM
President, the Institute of Materials, Minerals &Mining
12.45pm – 1.00pmOfficial Welcomes
1.00pm – 1.10pm Presentation:Trends in the production of energy resources, mineral raw resources and materials in the modern world
Kirill Molodtsov FIMMM
Deputy Minister of Energy of Russian Federation
1.10pm – 3.00pmPanel Discussion
Topics to be covered:
New global economic and political challenges for the companies of mineral resources sectors in Russia and the UK
New technologies for extraction, processing and recycling of mineral raw resources
The problem of ‘critical materials’ and ways to solve it
Traditional and alternative energy: pros and cons
Dr Boris Porfiriev
Deputy Director of the Institute for Systems Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Peter Hambro FIMMM
Dr Stephen Henley CEng FIMMM
UK Representative, Pan-European Resources & Reserves Reporting Committee
Prof Kip Jeffrey
Head of Camborne School of Mines & Professor of Mining Education, CSM, University of Exeter
VitalyNesis
Chief Executive Officer, Polymetal JSK
Representative of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
3.00pm – 4.00pm Lunch and networking
4.00pm – 4.10pmPresentation:Possibilities and constraints presented by the Circular Economy model
Martin Cox CEng FIMMM
President, the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining
4.10pm – 6.00pmPanel Discussion
Topics to be covered:
New technical, political and legal solutions
Resource saving policy and socio-economic development
Resource saving and environmentally sound technologies
Technogenic deposits and their industrial use
Paul Bradley CEng FIMMM
President, Midlands Institute of Mining Engineers & HM Principal Inspector of Mines
Joe Carr
Director of Mining Enterprise, Inmarsat
Jan Lewis CEng CEnv FIMMM
Director, Wardell Armstrong LLP & Past President, Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining
Leonid Vaisberg FIMMM
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Research & Engineering Corporation “Mekhanobr-tekhnika”, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Natalia Gonchar
Ecology and Health and Safety Director, Russian Copper Company
Sergey Vakulenko
Head of Strategy, Gazprom neft
6.00pm – 6.30pmRefreshment break and networking
6.30pm – 7.30pmPrestige lecture: Mineral resource potential for the global economy development
Prof Vladimir Litvinenko FIMMM
Rector, St Petersburg Mining University
7.45pmDinner
19 October 2017
12noon – 12.10pmPresentation: Problems and prospects of Russian-UK cooperation in the mineral resources sector
Dr. Alexey Kuznetsov
Corresponding Member of Russian academy of science, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Science
12.10pm – 2.00pm Panel Discussion
Topics to be covered:
Opportunities for cooperation in business, science and education
The prospects for a Russian-UK Raw Materials Forum
The current state of bilateral trade; the operation of joint ventures and participation in international organisations
Scientific and technical cooperation
Prospects for joint development of Arctic mineral resources
Prof Jan Cilliers FREng CEng FIMMM
Professor of Mineral Processing, RSM, Imperial College London
Dr Stephen Henley CEng FIMMM
UK Representative, Pan-European Resources & Reserves Reporting Committee
Jan Lewis CEng CEnv FIMMM
Director, Wardell Armstrong LLP & Past President, the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining
Prof Nikita Lomagin
Vice-Rector for GR, the European University at St Petersburg
Evgeniy Grigoriev
Chairman of the Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg
Sergey Serdyukov FIMMM
Chief Technical Officer, Nord Stream 2
2.00pm – 4.00pmLunch and networking
3.00pm – 3.10pmPresentation:The role of universities and professional communities in the training and development of competent professional engineers for the raw materials industries
Dr Darron Dixon-Hardy CEng FIMMM
Senior Lecturer, School of Chemical & Process Engineering, University of Leeds
3.10pm – 5.00pmPanel Discussion
Topics to be covered:
Interaction of universities and professional communities in the formation of professional competencies
Ethical requirements for the engineer working in the raw materials industrial sector
Cooperation between university faculties in Russia and the UK
Prof Jan Cilliers FREng CEng FIMMM
Professor of Mineral Processing, RSM, Imperial College London
Prof Kip Jeffrey
Head of Camborne School of Mines & Professor of Mining Education, CSM, University of Exeter
Ivan Matlashov FIMMM
Company President Counsellor, Gazprom Neft PJSC
Prof Vadim Petrov
Vice-Principal of Moscow State Mining University
AlekandrVorobiev
Vice-rector for international affairs, Institute of advanced training of Russian Federation Ministry of Energy
Nikolay Tskhadaya FIMMM
Rector, Ukhta State Technical University
Dr Tatiana Vakhitova
Development Manager, Granta Design
5.30pm Cultural programme