The 1st edition of "Raw Materials Week" will gather a wide range of stakeholders to debate and discuss raw materials policy and initiatives. It will take place in Brussels from Monday 28 November to Friday 2 December 2016.

The Raw Materials Week is centred around a series of events organised by the European Commission addressing the latest news regarding raw materials in the EU:

• 29 November: "6th EU-US-Japan Trilateral Conference on Critical Raw Materials" (on invitation only)
• 30 November (morning): "Education and training as a vehicle to improve competitiveness and business creation", a half day event co-organized with the EIT Raw Materials.
• 30 November (afternoon): "Horizon 2020 Brokerage event"
• 1 December: "4th annual High Level Conference of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Raw Materials".

Further details about these events will be published shortly. Other stakeholders are invited to organise satellite events.

If you would like to add your event to the programme, please contact GROW-EIP-RAW-MATERIALS@ec.europa.eu