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Session One: Keynotes |
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08:00 |
Breakfast & Networking |
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08:30 |
Opening of Cathodes 2017: Guest of Honour, Dr M. Stanley Whittingham |
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08:45 |
Welcome Address Andrew Miller, Senior Analyst, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence |
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09:00 |
Trends in battery manufacturing Prabhakar Patil, Former CEO of LG Chem Power Inc |
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09:30 |
The Chinese cathode supply chain Yuan Gao, President & CEO, Pulead Technology Industry |
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10:00 |
The view from a North America’s major cathode manufacturer Michael Fetcenko, Managing Director, BASF Battery Materials |
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10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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Session Two: Upstream |
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11:00 |
Lithium supply & the global impact of new demand on cathodes Anthony Tse, Managing Director, Galaxy Resources |
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11:30 |
Lithium Hydroxide and the growing North American demand, Guy Bourassa, President & CEO, Nemaska Lithium Inc |
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12:00 |
Cobalt: supply, demand and responsible sourcing Dan Carroll, New Product Development, Freeport Cobalt |
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12:30 |
Nickel: overview of nickel industry and its growing demand for battery grade chemicals Frank Nikolic, Senior Marketing Manager, Vale |
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13:00 |
Lunch is Served |
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Session Three: Breakout Workshops |
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13:30 – 15:00 |
2 x concurrent lunch workshops designed to deep-dive into each critical raw material market for batteries while delegates enjoy lunch |
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Lithium WorkshopRoom: TBAChair: Chris Berry, Founder, House Mountain PartnersStructure: 3 x 15 minute overview talks and group discussion about key industry factorsSpeakers:
- Joe Lowry, President, Global Lithium
- Tim Johnston, President & CEO, Desert Lion Energy
- Andrew Miller, Senior Analyst, Benchmark Minerals
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Cobalt & Nickel WorkshopRoom: TBAChair: Simon Moores, Managing Director, Benchmark Mineral IntelligenceStructure: 3 x 15 minute overview talks and group discussion about key industry factorsSpeakers:
- David Weight, President, Cobalt Institute Ltd
- Robin Goad, President & CEO, Fortune Minerals
- Oliver Nugent, Base Metals Business Development, LondonMetal Exchange
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15:00 |
Coffee & Networking Break |
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Session Four: New supply pipeline |
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Rapidfire session profiling the exploration and development of new lithium, cobalt and nickel assets around the worldChair: Caspar Rawles, Analyst, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence |
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15:30 |
Paul Farquharson, President & CEO, ECobalt Solutions Inc |
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15:40 |
Ken Brinsen, MD & CEO, Pilbara Minerals |
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15:50 |
Trent Mell, President & CEO, First Cobalt Corp |
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16:00 |
Larry Reugh, President & CEO, American Manganese |
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16:10 |
Patrick Highsmith, CEO, Pure Energy Minerals |
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16:20 |
Bernard Rowe, Managing Director, Global Geoscience Ltd |
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16:30 |
Keith Phillips, MD & CEO, Piedmont Lithium |
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16:40 |
Brendon Borg, MD, Celsius Resources |
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16:50 |
Gary Lewis, Executive Chairman, Battery Mineral Resources Ltd |
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17:00 |
Q&A Session with All Speakers |
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17:30 – 19:00 |
Drinks Reception |