The Russian – UK Raw Materials Dialogue presents its inaugural conference:‘The major elements of sustainable development’

18 October 201712.00am – 12.30pm Light lunch and networking for delegates12.30pm – 12.50pm Opening of the Forum

Prof Vladimir Litvinenko FIMMM, Rector, St Petersburg Mining University Rt Hon Charles Hendry, President, Russo-British Chamber of Commerce Martin Cox CEng FIMMM, President, IOM3

12.50pm – 1.00pm Official Welcomes1.00pm – 1.10pm Presentation: Trends in the production of energy resources, mineral raw resources and

materials in the modern worldKirill Molodtsov FIMMM, Deputy Minister of Energy of Russian Federation

1.10pm – 3.00pm Panel Discussion Topics to be covered:New global economic and political challenges for the companies of mineral resources

sectors in Russia and the UKNew technologies for extraction, processing and recycling of mineral raw resourcesThe problem of ‘critical materials’ and ways to solve it Traditional and alternative energy: pros and consDr Boris Porfiriev, Deputy Director of the Institute for Systems Analysis of the Russian

Academy of Sciences; Academician of the Russian Academy of SciencesProf Kip Jeffrey, Head of Camborne School of Mines & Professor of Mining Education, CSM, University of ExeterVitaly Nesis, Chief Executive Officer, Polymetal JSKRobin Young, Chief Executive Officer, Amur Minerals CorporationRepresentative of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

3.00pm – 4.00pm Lunch and networking4.00pm – 4.05pm The importance of Russo –British collaboration in the raw materials sectors

Rt Hon Charles Hendry, President, Russo-British Chamber of Commerce4.05pm – 4.15pm Presentation: Possibilities and constraints presented by the Circular Economy model

Martin Cox CEng FIMMM, President, the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining 4.15pm – 6.00pm Panel Discussion

Topics to be covered:New technical, political and legal solutionsResource saving policy and socio-economic developmentResource saving and environmentally sound technologiesTechnogenic deposits and their industrial usePaul Bradley CEng FIMMM, President, Midlands Institute of Mining Engineers & HM Principal Inspector of MinesJoe Carr, Director of Mining Enterprise, InmarsatJan Lewis CEng CEnv FIMMM, Director, Wardell Armstrong LLP & Past President, IOM3Leonid Vaisberg FIMMM, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Research & Engineering Corporation “Mekhanobr-tekhnika”, Academician of the Russian Academy of SciencesNatalia Gonchar, Ecology and Health and Safety Director, Russian Copper Company Sergey Vakulenko, Head of Strategy, Gazprom neft

6.00pm – 6.30pm Refreshment break and networking 6.30pm – 7.30pm Prestige lecture: Mineral resource potential for the global economy development

Prof Vladimir Litvinenko FIMMM, Rector, St Petersburg Mining University7.45pm Dinner

19 October 201712noon – 12.10pm Presentation: Problems and prospects of Russian-UK co-operation in the mineral

resources sectorDr. 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 organisationsScientific and technical co-operation Prospects for joint development of Arctic mineral resourcesDr Alistair Bent, Vice President, BP Russia Exploration Prof Jan Cilliers FREng CEng FIMMM, Professor of Mineral Processing, RSM, Imperial College LondonJan Lewis CEng CEnv FIMMM, Director, Wardell Armstrong LLP & Past President, the Institute of Materials, Minerals & MiningProf Nikita Lomagin, Vice-Rector for GR, the European University at St PetersburgEvgeniy Grigoriev, Chairman of the Committee for External Relations of St. PetersburgSergey Serdyukov FIMMM, Chief Technical Officer, Nord Stream 2

2.00pm – 4.00pm Lunch and networking3.00pm – 3.10pm Presentation: 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 – 5.00pm Panel 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 sectorCo-operation between university faculties in Russia and the UK Prof Jan Cilliers FREng CEng FIMMM, Professor of Mineral Processing, RSM, Imperial College LondonProf Kip Jeffrey, Head of Camborne School of Mines & Professor of Mining Education, CSM, University of ExeterIvan Matlashov FIMMM, Company President Counsellor, Gazprom Neft PJSCProf Vadim Petrov, Vice-Principal of Moscow State Mining University Alekandr Vorobiev, Vice-rector for international affairs, Institute of advanced training of Russian Federation Ministry of EnergyNikolay Tskhadaya FIMMM, Rector, Ukhta State Technical UniversityDr Tatiana Vakhitova FIMMM, Development Manager, Granta Design

5.30pm Cultural programme