In 2023 her work included supporting a major electronics firm with responsible sourcing of silica, a West African Gold Miner develop a strategy and management plan for artisanal and small-scale mining, a remining start-up explore the potential for a green premium for their products, a European investor scope opportunities for investing in critical minerals, and the Global Battery Alliance to develop its Human Rights and Child Labour Indices for their Battery Passport as well as a strategic paper on critical minerals. She is also co-editing a book for Springer Nature for release in 2025: Leadership in the Just Transition: the role of remedy in responsible minerals value chains.

Estelle is a collaborative pioneer, championing other women in mining, SMEs, marginal voices, human rights & nature, speaking truth to power to build sustainable, valuable & equitable minerals systems. She brings her expertise and vision into the international arena through voluntary roles as the chair of the Indaba's Sustainability Committee, a Commissioner for the Global Investor Commission for Mining 2030, a member of Women in Mining UK's Policy Committee & a mentor for iWIM's International Women in Natural Resources Mentoring Programme. Estelle is also a proud Global Inspirational Woman in Mining (WIM100; 2022).

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In the last 20 years, he managed major companies in private sector as follow: Executive Director and CEO of Rwanda Investment Group Ltd, a private holding company involved in cement, energy and tea; Managing Director of Locus Dynamics Ltd (a local projects incubator, research and engineering company), CEO of Rwanda Energy Company Ltd (REC, methane gas extraction in Lake Kivu), CEO of Peat Energy Company Ltd (PEC, peat harvesting and transformation into energy). He is a senior consultant with a high expertise in energy, mining, industrial processes, project management and negotiation skills.

In addition to managing Group of companies & institutions, Dr. Ivan is currently serving as Councilor at National Council for Science and Technology (NCST, Chairman of the Board Audit Committee, 7 years) and he is a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board at African Center of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACE-ESD, 3 years).

In the last 20 years, he gained experience in strategic sectors (banking, manufacturing, mining, oil & gas, logistics, energy, real estates and healthcare) after serving on the Boards of Directors of Companies: Chairman of the Board at Ecobank-Rwanda (9 years, he served for 3 regulatory terms and retired beginning August 2023), Luna Smelter Ltd as Member of the supervisory Board (Tin smelter, 3 years), Ngororero Mining Company as Chairman of the Board (3Ts concessions, 4 years), CIMERWA Ltd as Chairman of the Technical & Operation Board Committee (Cement company, 5 years); Africa Global Logistics AGL part of MSC (Non-Executive Director, 6 years), Societe Petroliere as Chair of the Business Strategy Board Committee (Petroleum company, 4 years); Rwanda Mountain Tea as Chairman of Energy Board Committee (tea factories & hydropower, 4 years); Ultimate Developers Ltd as Vice-Chairman of the Board (real estate/vision city project, 4 years); Trust Industries as Chairman of the Board (manufacturing, 3years), IREMBO as Vice-Chairman of the Board (ICT, 2 year), Ngali Energy Ltd as Board Director (hydropower, 2 years), Mediheal Rwanda as Board Director (healthcare & In Vitro fertility center, 2 years).

Dr. Ivan served in Rwanda Private Sector Federation (PSF): as Board Member (3 years), Chairman of the Chamber of Industry (3 years), Chairman of Energy Association “Rwanda Energy Private Developers” (EPD, 7 years).

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He managed the work of teams carrying out research and development work in projects with a total budget exceeding PLN 60 million. The implemented projects were of a research and implementation nature, e.g. as part of the Power Sector Research Program (PBSE) of the National Center for Research and Development entitled: "Innovative energy storage system services increasing the quality and efficiency of electricity use (EnergyStore)". The project was awarded the Innowatory "Wprost" 2021 award. For fruitful cooperation, he was honored with the "Merit for the ENEA Capital Group" badge. This was the first case in which the awarded person was not an ENEA employee. As part of another project obtained from NCBR Fast Track entitled:: "Development of industrial bistable relays and industrial technology of their production" implemented with the Lubusz company Relpol (6% of the market), a prototype of a bistable relay characterized by a drastic reduction in energy consumption was developed and implemented. In addition, a concept for the currently built prototype robotic line for the production of relays was developed. The line capacity assumed in the project is approximately 15 relays per minute and approximately 5 million relays per year.

In 2023, he received the Award of the Minister of Education and Science for "Significant achievements in the field of scientific activity".

He has led two Horizon 2020 Excellent Science MSCA projects. European Commission expert evaluating proposals under Horizon Europe. Expert of the advisory team of the President of the Central Office of Measures. Member of the expert group supporting Poland's participation in the European partnership of the Horizon Europe program "EIT InnoEnergy-KIC". Member of the NCBiR Electromobility Team, participating in the preparation of substantive assumptions of the "Zero-Emission Public Transport" program. Chairman of the working team on "development of modular nuclear energy as support for the green energy transformation" in the Lubusz Voivodeship.

Active member of scientific and industry associations: vice-chairman of the IEEE Poland Joint Chapter Industrial Electronics/Power Electronics, chairman of the Zielona Góra branch of the Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Electrical Engineering (PTETiS), member of the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers (SEP), awarded with medals named after prof. Stanisław Fryzy and Michał Doliwo-Dobrowolski.
Promoter of numerous doctoral theses carried out at home and abroad, as well as master's and engineering theses.

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Short biography:
2000 - Master's degree in automation engineering, with honors, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Szczecin University of Technology;
2000 - 2003 - assistant at the Institute of Electrical Machines, Drives and Railways at the Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany) - member of the research team of the DYNASTORE program, synthesis and design of the control and power supply system for a switchable reluctance machine as an electromechanical converter of a kinetic energy storage device
2004 - obtaining a PhD degree from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Szczecin University of Technology in the discipline of Electrical Engineering; with honors
2005 - employed at the Institute of Electrical Engineering as an assistant professor
2007 - head of the Electrical Machines and Drives Department
2008 - Vice-Dean for Organization and Development
2015 - habilitation in the discipline of Electrical Engineering
2018 - award in the Technical Review competition "Golden Engineer", 2018,
2019 - appointment to the University Council,
2019 - award in the "Personality of the Year" competition at the "Elektrotechnika 2019" fair in the "science" category,
2019 - establishment of mPower Sp. z o. o., taking over the position of president of the management board
2020 - 2022 – the company acquires 3 projects worth approx. PLN 13 million
2021 - the company obtains the ISO certificate from the renowned BSI agency
2022 - the company wins the Szczecin_up competition in Szczecin!
2022 - winner of the "Perły Biznesu" competition

As the president of mPower, the initiator of the "dream bomb" campaign in the company, financial support for a single mother's home, guitarist in the band B:sides. Husband, father of two daughters: Maria and Alicja.

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A practitioner who has been managing large enterprises in the energy, health care and transport industries for 20 years. He specializes in four business areas: energy, sales and marketing, self-fulfillment and relationships, leadership and management. Advisor to the Mayor of Koszalin on climate and modern economy.

In the years 2008-2011, he participates first in Poland in the Civitas Renaissance program at the European level, responsible for cities such as Perugia (IT), Górna Oryahovitsa (BG), Bath (UK), Szczecinek (PL), Skopje (MK).

He is the author of a project combining broadly understood territorial marketing with cultural and social animation. He was recognized for this idea with many prestigious industry awards, including the "Marketing Director of the Year 2010" competition.

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He graduated in law from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Szczecin. He also completed Postgraduate Studies in Administrative and Local Government Law and Postgraduate MBA Studies at the University of Szczecin. He has the qualifications of a Project Implementation Officer (Measure Authorizing Officer). He also completed PRINCE II management training.

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She manages and coordinates the Luma Holding Group’s global projects in Central and South-East Europe and East Africa. Within Luma, Aleksandra has developed LuNa Smelter in Rwanda - the first tin metal smelter in Africa fully conformant against the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP).

She advocates for responsible production of critical raw materials and serves at the Governance Body and Outreach Group at the European Partnership for Responsible Minerals. In her scientific work, she focuses on sustainable development, responsible sourcing, and the usage of AI and blockchain technology for the management of critical minerals supply chains.

Aleksandra is passionate about sustainable development and diversity. Graduate of the IWIM mentorship program, sharing the time between work, education (PhD Candidate at the University of Szczecin), and charity work (Member of the Afriquia Foundation Board).
In 2022, WIM UK placed her on the Top Global 100 Women in Mining List - a global ranking published every two years in Great Britain.

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Many years of experience, knowledge and skills translate into an incredible sense of team management, implementation of sales plans and maintaining relationships with contractors and clients. Bold decisions, great commitment to ongoing projects, sales results, and the company's marketing activity contributed to receiving the prestigious title of Dealer of the Year 2022 and European KIA Dealer of the Year 2023. Kia Polmotor also won the Title of Sports Patron in the final gala of the 67th Kurier Szczeciński Sports Plebiscite.

In addition to his business successes, Konrad Kijak is also involved in various cultural and social initiatives. He shares his managerial experience and represents the Polmotor Group on many levels. He is a member of the Employers' Council at the Faculty of Economics, Finance and Management of the University of Szczecin for the field of study: entrepreneurship and investments, and also belongs to the Council of the Faculty of Engineering and Economics of Transport of the Maritime University of Technology in Szczecin.

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Twice visiting professor at the University of Primorska in Slovenia. He completed two internships at the University of Valencia in Spain and the University of Osijek in Croatia. He also lectured at Corvinus University of Budapest in Hungary.

He lectured at Executive MBA and postgraduate studies at the Poznań University of Economics, the Gdańsk University of Technology and the Wrocław University of Economics.

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He is currently involved in research projects such as the NCBiR research project under the 2021-2023 Smart Growth Operational Program: Development of an intelligent and unmanned system for stabilizing the operation of distribution power grids based on modular hydrogen energy buffer plants with the prospect of utility use of hydrogen, and a research project of the State Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for 2022-2023: Implementation of modern EU directives (ADR, ATEX, PED) requirements for hydrogen infrastructure efficiency and safety improving at the NAEK "EnergoATOM" enterprises existing nuclear installations. Opinion leader of the HIT-2-Corridors Research Project "Rationale for a National Plan for Hydrogenization of Automobile Transport in Poland" carried out at the Motor Transport Institute within the guidelines of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council (2014/94/EU) on the development of alternative fuel infrastructure and the development of hydrogen technologies in Eastern Europe.

Author and co-author of 26 patents and high-scoring publications in journals such as International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, International Journal of Fatigue and Materials Letters.

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Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland for the 8th, 9th and 10th terms. From 2019 to 2023, he served as vice-chairman of the Sejm's Committee on Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation and worked in the Committee on Digitization, Innovation and Modern Technologies and the Committee on Public Finance.

Since 2023, he has served as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Infrastructure. He is responsible for maritime economy, water management and inland waterways.

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Corporate social responsibility is important to her, which is why she is often involved in numerous charitable activities. Initiator of many business events, including the flagship Baltic Economic Congress and #BusinessContact.

Her greatest influences are her parents, Irena and Kazimierz Mojsiuk, who have been successfully developing the automotive empire in Szczecin, Koszalin and Gorzów Wielkopolski for over 40 years.

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Currently, he implements and supervises innovative processes at ENEA Operator. His responsibilities include not only the creation of innovation policy, but also the active search and effective use of funds for research and development activities. Moreover, it is committed to developing cooperation with universities and R&D units to promote innovation and contribute to developing the R&D sector in the energetics. The commitment of his team influences continuous progress and innovation at ENEA Operator.

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