techUK, BEAMA and NMI are hosting a workshop that will input to the independent Task & Finish Group on Industry Resilience for Critical Minerals.
The Task & Finish Group was commissioned by Minister Ghani and announced in the recent Critical Minerals Refresh publication. The group will deliver a report to the Government by the end of the year which will examine the critical mineral dependences, risks and mitigations of key industry sectors.
This workshop will focus on the electronics sector. The aim be to gather insights and evidence from industry to characterise the dependencies and risks to the security of supply of critical minerals for the UK Electronics sector. techUK, BEAMA and NMI will then produce a write-up and short paper to capture this and provide an input to the wider Task & Finish Group.
Agenda:
- Welcome and overview of the Task & Finish Group: Matthew Evans (techUK), Andrew Willman (BEAMA) and Gerry Thurgood (NMI)
- Overview of the UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre – tbc, CMIC/BGS
- Discussion: UK Electronics – critical mineral dependences & risks
- Lunch
- Discussion: UK Electronics – Promoting resilience
- Wrap-up
More details questions on the topics will be sent out to attendees closer to the time.
For more information please contact:
Matthew Evans
Matthew Evans
Matthew Evans leads techUK’s Market Programme teams and is a member of the senior leadership team.
The Market Programme teams help techUK members apply innovative technology solutions across a range of sectors, including the Public Sector, Telecoms, Climate, Financial Services and Cyber. Matt also leads our Nations and Regions work.
Matt sits on a number of industry bodies, including the UKspace Executive Committee and the Task & Finish Group on Industry Resilience for Critical Minerals. Matt has previously represented techUK on the Steering Board of the Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce, Digital Framework Task Group and the advisory board for the Prospering from the Energy Revolution industrial challenge fund.
Prior to his appointment in early 2019, Matt led techUK’s Smart Infrastructure and IoT work, as well as being CEO of the Broadband Stakeholder Group (now Digital Connectivity Forum). During this time he led the telecoms industry’s approach to lowering the cost of network deployment, played a key role in coordinating it’s response to Brexit and was closely involved in the development of the Government’s Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review. He also assisted in the development of the UK’s first secure by design Code of Practice aimed at consumer IoT, oversaw the publication of a paper outlining the tech sector’s view of future mobility services and drove engagement around the use of digital twins.
Prior to joining techUK, Matt worked in Arqiva's public policy team, across the broadcast and telecoms markets. Before that he was a researcher for an MP at Westminster.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2034
- Twitter:
- @Matthew_evs
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-evans-1349b145/
Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach is Programme Assistant at techUK, he works on a range of programmes including Data Centres; Climate, Environment & Sustainability; Market Access and Smart Infrastructure and Systems.
Before that Lucas who joined in 2008, held various roles in our organisation, which included his role as Office Executive, Groups and Concept Viability Administrator, and most recently he worked as Programme Executive for Public Sector. He has a postgraduate degree in International Relations from the Andrzej Frycz-Modrzewski Cracow University.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2006
- Twitter:
- @techUK
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-banach-50139650
