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| Tuesday 5 Feb 2019 | |
| 12:00 | Welcome reception, lunch and registration |
| 14:00 | Welcome Opening by the host |
| Session | The future of REE permanent magnets (I) – Chairperson: Tina Zuzek (Jožef Stefan Institute) |
| 14:10 | Keynote Presentation
Boris Saje (Kolektor, Slovenia) |
| 14:50 | Keynote Presentation
David Brown (SG Technologies Ltd, UK) Nanocrystalline rare earth based magnetic materials and their applications |
| 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 | Keynote Presentation
Oliver Gutfleisch (TU Darmstadt, Germany) Heavy rare earth free, free rare earth and rare earth free magnets – vision and reality |
| 16:40 | End of Tuesday sessions |
| Wednesday 6 Feb 2019 | |
| Session | The future of REE permanent magnets (II) – Chairperson: Tina Zuzek (Jožef Stefan Institute) |
| 09:00 | Keynote Presentation
Mike Coey (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) |
| 09:40 | Keynote Presentation
Sophie Rivoirard (CNRS, France) |
| 10:20 | Coffee Break – Poster Session |
| 10:50 | Keynote Presentation
Dagmar Goll (Hochschule Aalen, Germany) New permanent magnet phases |
| 11:30 | Intensified Poster Presentation Session |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| Session | The future of (H)EVs – Chairperson: Peter Rasmussen (Aalborg University) |
| 13:30 | Keynote Presentation
Steve Hope & Ronny Denis (Toyota Motor Europe, Belgium) Recycling opportunities & challenges: Toyota’s long-term vision on electrified vehicles |
| 14:15 | Keynote Presentation
Bert Witkamp (VALUAD, The Netherlands) Future EV supply chains: demand growth and impact on critical raw materials |
| 15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 | Keynote Presentation
Jose Ramon Garcia Santamaria (Automotive consultant NuMobility, Switzerland) Mobility Responsibilities: Policy Makers, Auto Industry & Rare Earths |
| 16:15 | Keynote Presentation
Fabrice Stassin (Umicore, Belgium) |
| 17:00 | Panel Debate : REEs and the future of (H)EVs
Irena Skulj (Kolektor), Jose Ramon Garcia Santamaria (Automotive consultant NuMobility), Bert Witkamp (VALUAD), Philippa Oldham (Advanced Propulsion Centre) |
| 18:00 | End of Wednesday sessions |
| 19:30 | Symposium dinner in Leuven city centre |
| Thursday 7 Feb 2019 | |
| Session | Recycling of REE permanent magnets – Chairperson: Sofia Riaño (KU Leuven) |
| 09:00 | Keynote Presentation
Allan Walton (University of Birmingham, UK) Direct recycling routes for EoL magnets |
| 09:45 | Keynote Presentation
Koen Binnemans (KU Leuven, Belgium) |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 | Martina Orefice (KU Leuven, Belgium) – ESR ETN DEMETER
Recovery of metal values from SmCo and NdFeB magnets by iono-metallurgical methods |
| 11:15 | Fernando Coelho (University of Birmingham ) – ESR ETN DEMETER
Characterisation of Automotive Scrap Residue (ASR) feeds to improve recycling efficiency |
| 11:30 | Gwendolyn Bailey (KU Leuven, Belgium) – ESR ETN DEMETER
Life Cycle Assessment of new recycling and re-use routes for REE-magnet machines in (H)EVs |
| 11:45 | Intensified Poster Presentation Session |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| Session | Are REEs still critical? – Chairperson: Jose Ramon Garcia Santamaria (NuMobility) |
| 13:30 | Keynote Presentation
Gareth Hatch (Strategic Materials Advisors Ltd., UK) |
| 14:10 | Keynote Presentation
Milan Grohol (EC, DG GROW, Belgium) (pending final confirmation) |
| 14:50 | Keynote Presentation
Dan Packey (Curtain University, Australia) Rare Earths Supply Today: Lacking Diversity for Long Term Sustainability |
| 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 | Panel Debate: Are REEs still critical?
Gareth Hatch (Strategic Materials Advisors Ltd., UK), Dan Packey (Curtin University, Australia), Milan Grohol (EC, DG GROW, Belgium), Gwendolyn Bailey (KU Leuven, Belgium) |
| 17:00 | Closing session |
| Poster sessions | |
| Intensified Poster presentation Session on Wednesday 6th February | |
| Adolfo Garcia (AAU, Denmark)
Recyclable electrical machine designs with 3D flux and non-traditional materials |
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| Pranshu Upadhayay (Valeo, France)
Electrical Machine Designs based on 3D flux paths with reuse and recycle magnet concepts for automotive applications |
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| Amit Kumar Jha (INP Grenoble, France)
Design of Halbach permanent magnet external rotor machine with reuse & recycle magnet concepts for automotive applications |
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| Ziwei Li (Valeo, France)
Design of radial flux permanent magnet electrical machine with reusability of REE permanent magnets for automotive applications |
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| Marc Schmid (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Mitigating supply risks of rare earths for NdFeB magnets: Strategies of affected companies |
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| Lukasz Mierczak (Brockhaus Messtechnik GmbH & Co. KG, UK)
A novel system for characterisation of AC properties of permanent magnets |
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| Sofia Riano (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Recycling of NdFeB magnets: recovery of Neodymium and Dysprosium using ionic liquids |
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| Intensified Poster presentation Session on Thursday 7th February | |
| Dzenita Avdibegovic (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Recovery of rare earths from bauxite residue leachates by functionalised sorbents |
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| Basit Ali (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Single step synthesis of Sm2Co17 alloys by electro-deoxidation of mixed Sm2O3/Co3O4 oxides in molten LiCl-KCl eutectic |
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| Bieke Onghena
Near-zero-waste recycling of low-grade sulphidic mining waste for critical-metal, mineral and construction raw-material production in a circular economy |
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| Zheng Li (KU Leuven)
Efficient separation of transition metals from rare earths by non-aqueous solvent extraction for recovery of valuable metals from waste magnets |
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| Nagaphani Kumar Batchu (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Sustainable process for the separation of dysprosium and neodymium: a solvometallurgical approach |
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| Xiaohua Li (KU Leuven)
Metal recovery from Spent Samarium−Cobalt magnets using a trichloride ionic liquid |
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| Mehmet Ali Recai Onal (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Mechanochemical impact on the recovery of valuable metals from NdFeB magnets by ferric sulfate leaching |
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