2006

The 2nd Bergforsk Annual Meeting Strength through co-operation – 8th June 2006
09.30	Registration, refreshments
10.00	Welcome address - Lars-Eric Aaro, Chairman of the Swedish Mining Research Foundation MITU
10.10	R&D and education for sustainable use of minerals and metals Pia Sandvik Wiklund, President of Luleå University of Technology
10.30	Needs for R&D and education – views from the industry Chris Cross, Principal Consultant, Rio Tinto, Office of the Chief Technologist Marnie Pascoe, Principal Engineer, BHP Billiton, Exploration and Mining Technology Ilpo Auranen, Vice President, Metso Minerals Oy, Technology & Business Development
12.00	Lunch
13.00	Award ceremony – Best PhD, Lic and Master Thesis 2005 Lars-Eric Aaro
13.15	Bergforsk – status report European Technology Platform – Sustainable Mineral Resources – Göran Bäckblom, MITU Sector negotiations Innovative Sweden – Tomas From, SveMin Current status at the LTU Research & Development centres – Mikael Jonsson, LTU Rock Tech Centre- Göran Bäckblom, MITU/RTC Hjalmar Lundbohm Research Centre – Per-Olof Samskog, LKAB/HLRC MinBas – Marianne Thomaeus, MinFo och Per Murén, NCC Roads AB Georange – Lennart Gustavsson
14.30	Break
15.00	Plenary session R&D for sustainable growth. How to create effective solutions for R&D in the globalised world? General discussion
15.50	Information on the poster session Pär Weihed, Luleå University of Technology Closure Lars-Eric Aaro
16.00–18.00	Poster session with refreshments