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Keynote Opening Interventions (14h00 – 14h40)

• Susie BURRAGE, President of EuRIC Non-Ferrous Metal Recycling and Trade Branch (EUROMETREC) – Opening Words
• Hildegard BENTELE, Member of the European Parliament 
• Frank POTHEN, Head of Fraunhofer IMW branch, Halle (Saale), Center for Economics of Materials CEM

Panel Discussion with Q&As from the audience (14h40 – 15h50)  

• Maria NYBERG, Policy Officer - Energy Intensive Industries and Raw Materials, DG GROW, European Commission
• Axel EGGERT, Director General, EUROFER
• Tom BIRD, President of BIR
• Thomas PAPAGEORGIOU, President of EuRIC Ferrous Recycling Branch (EFR)
• Murat BAYRAM, Director and Head of European Non-Ferrous, EMR

Concluding remarks and policy recommendations (15h50 – 16h00)

• Olivier FRANCOIS, Vice-President of EuRIC

The event will be moderated by Kira TAYLOR, Journalist @EURACTIV