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SUMMARY:Roadmapping and Whole System Transition Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join us for a new series of Met4Tech Researcher Conversations in 2024 exploring Roadmaps and Whole System Transitions. \nThe webinars will be held on Mondays from 1:30 to 2:30 pm for the next 4 months: Speakers for the first session on Monday 12th February: \nDr Sampriti Mahanty\, Met4Tech – ‘A soft systems approach to circular economy roadmaps’ \n with  \nDr Halid Abu-Bakar\, CE-Hub\, — ‘Circular Economy Roadmapping – Strategy & Structure’. \nThis new webinar series\, hosted by Met4Tech\, brings together researchers and project partners from across the NICER Programme\, including the CE-Hub and the five UKRI Circular Economy Centres for Circular Textiles\, Construction Minerals\, Circular Chemicals\, Circular Metals\, and Technology Metals. \nThere will be further email announcements regarding the next speakers as this Roadmap series continues\, as well as reminders for you to please register to attend these events. \nThe Met4Tech Researcher Conversation sessions give the audience the chance of a two-way conversation with a different project researcher each month. This regular series aims to highlight Researcher progress and updates for the whole audience of Met4Tech project participants\, from internal students and professors through to external enterprise partners. 
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/res_convo_roadmap_series_feb/
LOCATION:Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="Met4Tech":MAILTO:met4tech@exeter.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Toolbox event on circular economy of critical materials
DESCRIPTION:As part of the day\, we will have talks from a variety of industrial partners and experts in a range of fields and will explore the challenges associated within the wider industry and the impact of legislation such as the EU Raw Materials Act. This will then be followed by a series of demonstrators and tours of the wider facility\, including the onsite Hydrogen production and Magnet Recycling Facility being developed by UoB and Hypromag.
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/toolbox-event-on-circular-economy-of-critical-materials/
LOCATION:Tyseley Energy Park\, 8 Energy Way\, Tyseley Energy Park\, Birmingham\, B25 8FJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240212T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240212T143000
DTSTAMP:20260620T165138
CREATED:20240212T134725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T134725Z
UID:2715-1707744600-1707748200@met4tech.org
SUMMARY:Roadmapping and Whole System Transition Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join us for a new series of Met4Tech Researcher Conversations in 2024 exploring Roadmaps and Whole System Transitions. \nThe webinars will be held on Mondays from 1:30 to 2:30 pm for the next 4 months: Speakers for the first session on Monday 12th February: \nDr Sampriti Mahanty\, Met4Tech – ‘A soft systems approach to circular economy roadmaps’ \n with  \nDr Halid Abu-Bakar\, CE-Hub\, — ‘Circular Economy Roadmapping – Strategy & Structure’. \nThis new webinar series\, hosted by Met4Tech\, brings together researchers and project partners from across the NICER Programme\, including the CE-Hub and the five UKRI Circular Economy Centres for Circular Textiles\, Construction Minerals\, Circular Chemicals\, Circular Metals\, and Technology Metals. \nThere will be further email announcements regarding the next speakers as this Roadmap series continues\, as well as reminders for you to please register to attend these events. \nThe Met4Tech Researcher Conversation sessions give the audience the chance of a two-way conversation with a different project researcher each month. This regular series aims to highlight Researcher progress and updates for the whole audience of Met4Tech project participants\, from internal students and professors through to external enterprise partners. 
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/res_convo_roadmap_series_feb/
LOCATION:Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="Met4Tech":MAILTO:met4tech@exeter.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240212T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240212T143000
DTSTAMP:20260620T165138
CREATED:20240212T134725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T134725Z
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SUMMARY:Roadmapping and Whole System Transition Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join us for a new series of Met4Tech Researcher Conversations in 2024 exploring Roadmaps and Whole System Transitions. \nThe webinars will be held on Mondays from 1:30 to 2:30 pm for the next 4 months: Speakers for the first session on Monday 12th February: \nDr Sampriti Mahanty\, Met4Tech – ‘A soft systems approach to circular economy roadmaps’ \n with  \nDr Halid Abu-Bakar\, CE-Hub\, — ‘Circular Economy Roadmapping – Strategy & Structure’. \nThis new webinar series\, hosted by Met4Tech\, brings together researchers and project partners from across the NICER Programme\, including the CE-Hub and the five UKRI Circular Economy Centres for Circular Textiles\, Construction Minerals\, Circular Chemicals\, Circular Metals\, and Technology Metals. \nThere will be further email announcements regarding the next speakers as this Roadmap series continues\, as well as reminders for you to please register to attend these events. \nThe Met4Tech Researcher Conversation sessions give the audience the chance of a two-way conversation with a different project researcher each month. This regular series aims to highlight Researcher progress and updates for the whole audience of Met4Tech project participants\, from internal students and professors through to external enterprise partners. 
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/res_convo_roadmap_series_feb/
LOCATION:Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="Met4Tech":MAILTO:met4tech@exeter.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231011T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231012T170000
DTSTAMP:20260620T165138
CREATED:20231019T141819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231019T141819Z
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SUMMARY:Industry Stakeholder Workshop on Green Technology Critical Metal Recycling
DESCRIPTION:Met4Tech and SonoCat held a Stakeholder Engagement meeting at the University of Glasgow on the 11th/12th of October. We over 50 people registered for the event and there were a range of talks from academic and industrial groups. A lot of new contacts were made particularly in the processing of WEEE and photovoltaic devices. There were numerous points raised from the perspective of the recyclers particularly about the legislation associated with waste. Some of the difficulties associated with the classification of PV devices as WEEE were discussed. The group plan to hold a follow-up event in 2024.
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/industry-stakeholder-workshop-on-green-technology-critical-metal-recycling/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230703T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230703T133000
DTSTAMP:20260620T165138
CREATED:20231023T101844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T101844Z
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SUMMARY:Researcher Conversation Series - Metal Health Service (MHS)
DESCRIPTION:Metal Health Service\nDelivered by guest speaker Dr. Ebad Bagherpour of the NICER Programme’s Circular Metals Centre\, followed by facilitated discussion.\n \nMore than 80% of metallic components at the end of their service have perfect physical dimensions but reduced mechanical performance due to fatigue damage. Such fatigued components can be effectively reused if they can be rejuvenated without affecting the overall microstructure of the component. Our vision is that analogous to the National Health Service (NHS)\, under a circular economy in the future there will be a “Metal Health Service” (MHS) for metallic components\, where all metallic components have a health record; “tired” components can be identified and rejuvenated; “sick” components can be diagnosed and cured; and “broken” components can be assessed and repaired. \nFind out more at: circularmetal.co.uk \n  \nContact us directly for a link to this webinar: enquiries@Met4Tech.org \nThe Met4Tech Researcher Conversation sessions give the audience the chance of a two-way conversation with a different project researcher each month. This regular series aims to highlight Researcher progress and updates for the whole audience of Met4Tech project participants\, from internal students and professors through to external enterprise partners. 
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/res-convo_jul_23/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230619T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230619T133000
DTSTAMP:20260620T165138
CREATED:20231023T102832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T102832Z
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SUMMARY:Researcher Conversation Series - A Circular Value Chain for Cobalt
DESCRIPTION:Working Towards a Circular Value Chain for Cobalt\nDelivered by Tom Fairlie\, Senior Sustainability Manager at the Cobalt Institute. \n \nLaunched in 2022\, the Cobalt Institute’s Circular Economy Work Programme investigates CE models across the entire cobalt value chain while providing actionable recommendations to achieve a sustainable and inclusive cobalt industry. \nExtraction\, product design\, and the end of life of consumer products form 3 axis of the latest report – launched in April 2023. These were the hotspots identified in the cobalt value chain where resources are lost\, underutilised\, or at risk of causing social and environmental harm. \nA total of ten circular solutions are proposed in the report\, and assessed according to their capacity to generate social and environmental benefits\, as well as their capacity to generate tangible value for stakeholders. \nTom oversees core areas of supply chain decarbonization\, circular economy\, and recycling\, with a particular focus on the growth of e-mobility at the Cobalt Institute. \n  \nContact us directly for a link to this webinar: enquiries@Met4Tech.org \nThe Met4Tech Researcher Conversation sessions give the audience the chance of a two-way conversation with a different project researcher each month. This regular series aims to highlight Researcher progress and updates for the whole audience of Met4Tech project participants\, from internal students and professors through to external enterprise partners. 
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/res-convo_jun_23/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230306T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230306T133000
DTSTAMP:20260620T165138
CREATED:20230306T120251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T153944Z
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SUMMARY:Researcher Conversation Series - CircularChem
DESCRIPTION:Creating Policies for the Implementation of a Circular Economy for Chemicals in the UK\nDelivered by a guest speaker\, Katie Lamb\, who is a researcher from CircularChem.\nCircularChem is another circular economy centre from the NICER Programme\, which Met4Tech sits within. \n \nKatie’s research is focussed on developing evidence-based policies for the implementation of a circular economy in the chemical industries across the UK. \nUsing her knowledge and experience of practical green chemistry\, Katie’s research involves evaluating the performance of competing technology pathways and devising new evidence-based policy instruments to stimulate supply\, demand and investment in sustainable chemicals. \nThe work at the NICER Programme’s CircularChem Hub involves liaising with universities\, industrial partners\, stakeholders\, and the UK Government. Katie is also concentrating on ensuring social justice is maintained in policies\, whilst promoting public awareness and knowledge towards the social acceptance of a chemical circular economy. \nKatie’s talk will discuss her research aims and goals as well as give an overview of her research progress. \n  \nContact us directly for a link to this webinar: enquiries@Met4Tech.org \nThe Met4Tech Researcher Conversation sessions give the audience the chance of a two-way conversation with a different project researcher each month. This regular series aims to highlight Researcher progress and updates for the whole audience of Met4Tech project participants\, from internal students and professors through to external enterprise partners. 
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/researcher-conversation-series/
CATEGORIES:Met4Tech,NICER
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230227T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230227T133000
DTSTAMP:20260620T165138
CREATED:20230328T151613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T151728Z
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SUMMARY:Researcher Conversation Series - By-product Potential (Te\, W\, Bi)
DESCRIPTION:“Tracing potential by-products Te\, Bi and W through beneficiation at Björkdal Gold Mine\, Sweden”\nMet4Tech Researcher\, Lara Tritton\, delivered this month’s talk\, followed by a facilitated discussion.\n \nThe transition to a net-zero world comes with vast material demands\, which need to be met responsibly and with minimal environmental impact. Some of the critical or technology metals that are crucial to today’s societies are produced largely as by- or co-products to major metals such as Cu\, which means that their production is not tied to demand\, and/or they are not extracted due to a historical lack of interest in or demand for these metals. This Researcher Conversation looks at the potential for Te\, W and Bi to be extracted as by-products at the Bjorkdal Gold Mine in Sweden. These elements\, in the forms of scheelite and bismuth-telluride minerals\, are being traced through the mine’s beneficiation circuit and characterised\, to understand whether it would be possible to meet some of their demand without opening any new mines\, with the aim to investigate later in the PhD whether Deep Eutectic Solvents could be used for extraction. \nContact us directly for a link to this webinar: enquiries@Met4Tech.org \nThe Met4Tech Researcher Conversation sessions give the audience the chance of a two-way conversation with a different project researcher each month. This regular series aims to highlight Researcher progress and updates for the whole audience of Met4Tech project participants\, from internal students and professors through to external enterprise partners. 
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/res_convo_mar23/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Met4Tech,Other
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221215T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221215T133000
DTSTAMP:20260620T165138
CREATED:20230125T161719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230307T095155Z
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SUMMARY:Researcher Conversation Series - LCA
DESCRIPTION:“LCA Approach to Estimate Household’s Technology Metal Footprint”\n \nSam’s life cycle analysis (LCA) work focuses on estimating the quantities of a comprehensive range of physical products UK households purchased and the waste generated between 2011 and 2020\, including food and drink\, EEE\, textiles and more. \nThis talk will delve deeper into WEEE and show you the estimated consumption\, stock\, and waste of technology metals that are contained in the analysed EEE products — and the estimated environmental and economic impacts of these metals. To close\, he will discuss the challenges and data gaps of analysing the end-of-life stage of EEE products. \n  \nContact us directly for a link to this webinar: enquiries@Met4Tech.org \nThe Met4Tech Researcher Conversation sessions give the audience the chance of a two-way conversation with a different project researcher each month. This regular series aims to highlight Researcher progress and updates for the whole audience of Met4Tech project participants\, from internal students and professors through to external enterprise partners. 
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/rec_convo_dec22/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Met4Tech
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T133000
DTSTAMP:20260620T165138
CREATED:20221010T180034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230307T095255Z
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SUMMARY:Researcher Conversation Series - Agent Based Model
DESCRIPTION:“The Dynamics of Electric Vehicle Battery Circular Supply Chain: An Investigation”\nDelivered by our Met4Tech Researcher\, Dr Krishna Mohan Thazhathu Valiyaveettil\, followed by a facilitated discussion.\n \nLithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) form the principal power source and the cost component of Electric vehicles (EVs). The materials used in EVLIBs are termed critical due to their high technological importance\, scarcity of satisfactory alternatives\, and a high probability of economic disruption arising from their supply shortages. The production of critical materials like lithium and cobalt is concentrated in some countries\, thus developing a circular supply chain for EVLIB is paramount. \nEVLIBs at their end-of-life may be remanufactured for reuse in EVs\, repurposed for energy stationary storage systems\, or recycled for material recovery. The choice of the recovery process depends on various factors such as the quality of the end-of-life LIB\, technological limitations\, economic benefits\, and regulatory aspects. The combined effect of these factors makes the decision of optimum recovery process difficult due to the emergence of various economic and environmental trade-offs. \nIn this conversation\, we investigate the dynamics of the EVLIB supply chain from a complex and adaptive systems perspective. We consider the members of this supply chain such as manufacturers\, recovery agents\, regulators\, etc. as autonomous agents. We examine how these agents’ decisions and interactions shape the system’s emerging behaviour. \nContact us directly for a link to this webinar: enquiries@Met4Tech.org \nThe Met4Tech Researcher Conversation sessions give the audience the chance of a two-way conversation with a different project researcher each month. This regular series aims to highlight Researcher progress and updates for the whole audience of Met4Tech project participants\, from internal students and professors through to external enterprise partners. 
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/res_convo_nov22/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Met4Tech
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220922T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220922T133000
DTSTAMP:20260620T165138
CREATED:20230328T152215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T152215Z
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SUMMARY:Researcher Conversation - Special Guest: iov42
DESCRIPTION:“Digital Product Passports – Revolutionising Supply Chains”\nSpecial guests and Met4Tech Project Partners\, iov42\, delivered this fascinating talk\, followed by a facilitated discussion. \n \nTalk topics: \n\nWhat was the problem iov42 were trying to solve for?\nFeatures / benefits of the steel Digital Product Passports (DPP)\nShort demo of the steel DPP prototype\nTheir views on relevancy for other materials / commodities\nKey insights from the project\n\n  \nContact us directly for a link to this webinar: enquiries@Met4Tech.org \nThe Met4Tech Researcher Conversation sessions give the audience the chance of a two-way conversation with a different project researcher each month. This regular series aims to highlight Researcher progress and updates for the whole audience of Met4Tech project participants\, from internal students and professors through to external enterprise partners. 
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/res_convo_sept22/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220728T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220728T133000
DTSTAMP:20260620T165138
CREATED:20230328T152715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T152715Z
UID:2466-1659011400-1659015000@met4tech.org
SUMMARY:Researcher Conversation Series - Barriers to Equitable Supply
DESCRIPTION:“Spinning up the wheel: Barriers to long term equitable supplies of critical elements from geological resources.”\nJuly’s Researcher Conversation was delivered by Phil Bird (PhD)\n \nIn this researcher conversation we will explore some of the barriers to improved knowledge and production of critical by-product elements from primary sources and what can be learnt from the current paradigm to facilitate more efficient primary resource extraction in the future. \nDespite their importance to modern technological and energy infrastructure the primary stocks and flows of technology metals is poorly understood. These metals are commonly recovered as by-products of major metal refining processes and realise minimal value for primary producers. As such there is little incentive to investigate and document the occurrences of these critical resources. \nThis knowledge gap endangers our ability to guarantee long term sustainable supplies and results in critical resources being unknowingly exported from their point of extraction without fair remuneration. If we are to meet the predicted demand for critical metals in a fair and equitable way a paradigm shift is required in the way these critical metal resources are documented\, processed\, and extracted. \nIn the proposed circular economy\, primary resource input will be minimised through efficient recycling and re-use. However\, new resources will still be required to compensate for material dissipation\, to facilitate growth\, and to meet new demand for commodities. In this context extraction must be resource efficient\, meeting the demand for multiple commodities from as few primary sources as possible and the lessons learnt in meeting critical mineral demand now will be invaluable in informing this new way of thinking. \n  \nContact us directly for a link to this webinar: enquiries@Met4Tech.org \nThe Met4Tech Researcher Conversation sessions give the audience the chance of a two-way conversation with a different project researcher each month. This regular series aims to highlight Researcher progress and updates for the whole audience of Met4Tech project participants\, from internal students and professors through to external enterprise partners. 
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/res_convo_jul22/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Met4Tech,Other
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210713T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210713T160000
DTSTAMP:20260620T165138
CREATED:20210701T141744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210819T161035Z
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SUMMARY:Regulatory challenges in creating circular economy for techmetals
DESCRIPTION:About this event\nThis roundtable is part of the Met4Tech project\, and focuses on legal and policy aspects of a circular economy in techmetals. \nThe UKRI-funded Met4Tech project aims to explore how to create a circular economy for technology metals\, such as lithium\, cobalt\, rare earth elements\, and others essential in decarbonisation and digital technologies. The project will establish a interdisciplinary research centre in order to conduct new interdisciplinary research on key interventions to improve each stage in the cycle and join the different stages of the value chain together such that raw materials can be newly mined and recycled\, and manufacturing technology can be linked directly to re-use and recycling. One of the important challenges in that circular economy relates to legal\, regulatory and policy issues regarding Techmetals and the green economy. This roundtable brings together scholars and practitioners to explore the regulatory challenges in creating a circular economy for techmetals. \nProgramme \n2:00-2:05 Professor Robert Lee\, University of Birmingham – Opening of the conference \n2:05-2:15 – Professor Frances Wall\, University of Exeter – Introduction to the Met4Tech project \nFirst panel International perspectives \n2:15-2:30 Dr Ana Bastida\, University of Dundee – A global perspective on law and governance of mining and minerals \n2:30-2:45 Taylor Curtis\, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) – A Circular Economy for Lithium-Ion Batteries Used in Mobile and Stationary Energy Storage: Drivers\, Barriers\, Enablers\, and Policy Considerations \n2:45-3:00 Professor Heather Van Meter\, Willamette University – WTO Mechanisms for Ensuring Global Supply and Sustainable Management of Technology Metals \n3:00- 3:10 Discussion \nSecond panel UK perspectives \n3:10-3:25 Andrew Bloodworth\, British Geological Survey – An overview of supply and demand for UK critical materials \n3:25:3:35 Sally Norcross-Webb\, Stephens Scown – Regulatory challenges for mining operations in the UK \n3:35-3:45 Professor Robert Lee and Dr Jyoti Ahuja – Lessons learned from Faraday project: regulatory and policy strategies for the recycling of EV batteries \n3:45- 4:00 Discussion and closing remarks
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/regulatory-challenges-in-creating-circular-economy-for-techmetals/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Met4Tech
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210629T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210629T123000
DTSTAMP:20260620T165138
CREATED:20210701T140922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210819T161040Z
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SUMMARY:Met4Tech Responsible Innovation Workshop
DESCRIPTION:About this event\n\n\nThe aim of this workshop is to outline draft guidelines for responsible innovation related to creating a technology metals circular economy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis Met4Tech Workshop will be a ‘deep dive’ exploration of key products containing technology metals\, and will explore how past events and turning points affected the future development and markets for these products\, through discussion of several Examples of Responsible Innovation (RI). The workshop participants (industry partners\, researchers\, policy-makers) will share the ‘learning lessons’ gained from the past/present situations and talk about the needs for more responsible innovation in future. The main aim of this workshop is to outline draft guidelines for responsible innovation that can be applied towards the establishment of the National Virtual Data Observatory (NVO)\, working together with project partners on the new Case Studies\, and the development of the new Technology Metals Circular Economy Roadmap. These guidelines will be revisited throughout the project\, so please join us for this very important initial workshop on Responsible Innovation. \nWorkshop Programme\n9:30 Welcome & Introduction – Prof. Frances Wall (PI – Met4Tech\, Exeter) and Prof. Frank Boons (Manchester)\n9:40 Break-Out Groups – First Session: Examples of Responsible Innovation \n\nCatalytic Convertors – Platinum Group metals\nLithium Ion Batteries – Lithium\, Cobalt\nNano-Applications – Silver\nMobile Phones – Tantalum\n\n10:25 What did we learn about Responsible Innovation? – Prof. Frank Boons and Dr Gavin Harper (Birmingham) \n10:35 Coffee/Tea Break  \n11:00 Break-Out Groups – Second Session: Exploring the Needs for RI Guidelines  \n\nSetting up the National Virtual Observatory Database\nWorking with Industry Partners\nDeveloping the Roadmap\n\n11:30 Plenary Session – Defining the Guidelines for Responsible Innovation – Prof Frances Wall and Prof. Frank Boons \n12:15 Close of Workshop \nDefining Responsible Innovation\nResponsible Innovation is defined by Von Schomberg as a transparent and interactive process by which societal actors and innovators actively engage with each other to ensure the (ethical) acceptability\, sustainability and societal desirability of the innovation process and its marketable products.\nIn the context of Met4Tech\, this activity covers: \n\nengagement with stakeholders and their values during the development of new technologies/business models and technology metals circular economy roadmap;\nuncovering potential unintended consequences of innovations and avoiding them; and\nhandling any contestation of technologies and business practices (i.e. responsible sourcing) and ensuring a move towards more ethical and sustainable (circular) practices.
URL:https://met4tech.org/event/met4tech-responsible-innovation-workshop/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Met4Tech
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ms Carol Pettit":MAILTO:Met4Tech@Exeter.ac.uk
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