The LITHOS, EXCEED, CICERO, and H2PlasmaRed projects invite you to a joint clustering event taking place on 3 June 2026 at the Home Hotel Jugend in Helsinki, Finland, exploring one of Europe’s key challenges: How can we meet the growing demand for critical minerals while ensuring social legitimacy and responsible mining practices?
As Europe advances towards climate neutrality, critical minerals remain essential for clean technologies, digitalisation, and industrial resilience. Yet mining projects often raise significant environmental and societal concerns. The debate is no longer only whether to mine, but under which conditions and with whose participation.
This event will bring together policymakers, industry, civil society, community representatives, and researchers to discuss Social License to Operate (SLO), community engagement, and pathways towards shared solutions.
The programme will combine global, European, and Finnish perspectives, concluding with key takeaways for a just and responsible energy transition. Participation is by invitation only and places are limited. The full programme will be published once speakers are confirmed.
