Critical Raw Materials: From Mapping to Recovery | FutuRaM Annual Event 2025

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. However you may still be able to join this event if you contact us directly until 15th October - please email sophie.colling@weee-forum.org

FutuRaM Agenda Annual Event 2025 (Tutzing) Join us for the Third Annual FutuRaM Conference

Our third annual event will explore the latest FutuRaM results and place them within the broader debate on critical raw materials.

Over two days at the beautiful Evangelische Akademie Tutzing in Bavaria, FutuRaM scientists will present - for the first time - key insights from our research. Alongside them, respected external speakers will contribute their own perspectives and findings to the conversation.

Expect thought-provoking presentations, engaging poster presentations, and enlightening discussions in a welcoming and stimulating setting. This is your opportunity to connect with fellow professionals and contribute your views to one of today’s most urgent challenges.

IMPORTANT: This is a free event but you will need to cover the cost of your overnight accommodation. You are welcome to book your own accommodation at any hotel in Tutzing.

AGENDA

22 October 2025, Wednesday

15:00-15:40 Registration (Coffee and cake included) 

15:40-16:00 Welcome and Setting the Scene 
Vera Susanne Rotter, Professor Circular Economy and Recycling Technology, TU Berlin; James Horne, FutuRaM Project Coordinator, WEEE Forum

16:00-16:40 Critical Raw Materials: the Achilles Heel of the Energy Transition? (Keynote)
Paul Ekins, Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources

16:40-17:00 Discussion and Questions
Chaired by Vera Susanne Rotter, Professor Circular Economy and Recycling Technology, TU Berlin

17:00-17:30 Poster Session
FutuRaM Scientists

17:30-18:00 End of Presentations 
Take a break or stay on to continue the discussion

18:00-18:30 Apéro and Networking

18:30-20:30 Dinner

20:30-22:00 The bar area will remain open for further networking

23 October 2025, Thursday

09:00-09:10 Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Vera Susanne Rotter, Professor Circular Economy and Recycling Technology, TU Berlin

09:10-09:35 Mapping of CRMs - FutuRaM Approach
Kirsten Remmen, Group Lead, Empa

09:35-10:05 Mapping of CRMs - National Perspective
Britta Bookhagen, Head of Unit "Secondary Raw Materials", DERA: The German Mineral Resources Agency; Helmut Rechberger, Head of the Waste and Resource Management Research Department, TU Wien; Eimear Deady, Senior Mineral Geologist, British Geological Survey

10:05-10:20 Questions and Answers

10:20-10:45 Giving Access to Data: FutuRaM Urban Mine Platform
Audrey Philippe, Research Engineer, BRGM: French Geological Survey

10:45-11:10 From Mapping Critical Raw Materials to Future Use of Data in EU Policy
Concetta Lodato, Project Officer, Joint Research Centre

11:10-11:40 Coffee Break

11:40-12:05 Infrastructure Requirements – Opportunities & Challenges for a More Comprehensive Recovery of CRMs
Christian Hagelüken, Metal Recycling and Circular Economy Expert

12:05-12:30 Recycling CRMs from E-Waste
Serge Kimbel, CEO, WEEECycling

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-13:55 FutuRaM: Application of UNFC to Secondary Raw Materials
Soraya Heuss-Aßbichler, Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

13:55-14:35 Panel Discussion
Moderated by Pascal Leroy, Director General, WEEE Forum. Participants: Christian Hagelüken, Metal Recycling and Circular Economy Expert; Soraya Heuss-Aßbichler, Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology, LMU; Serge Kimbel, CEO, WEEECycle.

14:35-15:00 Closing Remarks
Pascal Leroy, Director General, WEEE Forum; Vera Susanne Rotter, Professor Circular Economy and Recycling Technology, TU Berlin

Download the agenda here.