Workshop "Our Phosphorus Raw Materials. Our Food. Our Future - V4's resilience in the face of pandemic"

8 December 2021
13:00-15:00 CET

online

AGENDA

13.00-13.20         Marzena Smol, Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
                           Phosphorus raw materials in V4 country – PhosV4 project

13.20-13.30          Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Brno University of Technology 
                          Presentation of Partner  

13.30-13.40          Peter Chrabak, Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research
                         Presentation of Partner   

13.40-13.50         Zuzana Šimková, Technical University of Kosice
                         Presentation of Partner    

13.50-14.00         Eugeniusz Koda, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW
                         Presentation of Partner   

14.00-14.20        Ludwig Hermann, President of the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP), Proman Management GmbH
                           Importance of Phoshorus raw materials – current trends and future perspectives                        

14.20-14.30          Dominika Szołdrowska, Division of Biogenic Raw Materials Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences & Anna Podlasek, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW
                         Phosphorus raw materials in Poland   

14.30-14.40          Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Brno University of Technology
                         Phosphorus raw materials in Czech Republic  

14.40-14.50         Peter Chrabak, Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research
                         Phosphorus raw materials in Hungary                               

14.50-15.00        Zuzana Šimková, Technical University of Kosice
                        Phosphorus raw materials in Slovakia

Our Phosphorus Raw Materials. Our Food. Our Future - V4's resilience in the face of pandemic

This is the first workshop organised by the partners. It will include the session presenting the competences of the partners and the scope of project, as the way to build Phosphorus Friends Club in V4. The thematic session will include information about importance of P raw materials in the securing the supply of the food in V4 in the face of pandemic. It is extremely important to ensure access to raw materials for food production, such as P. This workshop is crucial to successful implementation of the project as it will launch international debate on the importance of phosphorus raw materials for human survival in the face of the possible threat and disruption of phosphorus imports, as a consequence of COVID pandemic. This is extremely important for the V4 countries, which do not have the primary sources of P in region (lack of mining) but by joining forces can work together to develop solutions that secure the supply of P in region V4. Workshop will start debate in V4 on importance of P and securing supply of raw materials for production of fertilizers & food.

The workshop will be held as part of the 2nd International Conference Strategies toward Green Deal Implementation: Water, Raw Materials & Energy (ICGreenDeal2021) organized by the Division of Biogenic Raw Materials of the Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

The project is co-financed by the Governments of the Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.