BLOOM is joining forces with the RESQTOOL project to organise a free event on the topic of Critical Raw Materials!
The event will be hosted in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow on Sunday, 14th September 2025, from 9 AM to 3 PM.
The title is: “Primary and Secondary Raw Materials: how can Europe reduce scarcity risks and boost the Green Transition“.
Without pretending of finding decisive solutions for this huge issue during the event, the workshop aims to discuss strategies to mitigate scarcity risks for Critical Raw Materials and promote the Green Transition, with a view on the different policies and strategies currently being implemented in the different geopolitical areas. It has also the ambition of being a useful networking opportunity, that our colleagues working in EU projects would define as clustering.
Why Glasgow and why the Sunday?
The reason is that just after the workshop the important European powder metallurgy congress Euro PM2025 will take place in the Scottish Event Campus, that is directly connected to the Crowne Plaza. Powder metallurgy is strongly related to raw materials, both as a community of users of metals and other materials, and being active in recycling of many CRMs, like magnets. EPMA, the European Powder Metallurgy Association, organiser of the Euro PM congress & exhibition series since the 1990’s, is the coordinator for RESQTOOL and another project that will feature in the event (REPTiS), and partner in a further project that will present in Glasgow (START). Some of the delegates at EuroPM will find interesting to join the workshop, as they will be in Glasgow already for the congress (that normally attracts between 700 and 1200 participants). EPMA will host other CRM-related sessions within EuroPM as well (check the website of the congress) so possibly participants of the workshop from the Raw Materials community might join Euro PM2025.
The programme comprises three distinct blocks:
• Scenario keynote presentations by invited speakers from Europe, UK, US
• Research and Innovation project-related short pitches, including industrial
• Round Table Discussion: “CRM Act and 2030: where are we?”, moderated by Marko Komac (BLOOM).
A full, yet provisional (new versions will be provided as the details get confirmed) schedule can be downloaded from here: Full Programme
Participation is free (the two projects will cover the costs) and includes refreshments and lunch, providing networking opportunities for all participants.
Registration is required! Please go to the registration form as soon as possible.
Please note that:
- By registering to the workshop, you have to agree to be included in the mailing lists of the two projects, RESQTOOL and BLOOM;
- The sessions will be recorded and the video will be later available on the projects’ website and social media, thus you agree that your image and views will be public;
- The number of seats is limited, thus the seats will be assigned with the “first come first served” approach. If you change your mind after registering and will finally not come, please cancel your registration by contacting us, so that we can give your seat to another potential participant.
Consider registering today, and see you in Glasgow!