This is part of an email I received overnight from Benchmark...

This is part of an email I received overnight from Benchmark Minerals with the latest agenda for the Sydney seminar.
As you can see, something for everyone and then some !

BENCHMARK WORLD TOUR 2018 - SYDNEY
0800 Registration & Breakfast

KEYNOTE 1:
0900: What can compete with lithium ion batteries in EVs and Energy Storage and by when?
·Energy Storage: The rise of vanadium flow and lithium ion in ESS
·Lithium ion batteries: state of play – production, capacity build out, and market forecast
·EVs: Introducing Solid State Batteries

Simon Moores, Managing Director, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
20-minute presentation, 5-minute direct Q&A with keynote

KEYNOTE 2:
0925: 21st Century Vanadium: Raw Material Security, spiking prices and impact on ESS
·The vanadium supply chain for batteries
·Spiking prices and how to solve the industry’s supply securities challenges
·Emergence of energy storage in utility, commercial, industrial and residential markets

Vincent Algar, Managing Director, Australian Vanadium Limited
20-minute presentation, 5 minute direct Q&A with keynote


Company Presentations:  
0950: Core Exploration - Stephen Biggins, Managing Director
1005: Standard Lithium - Robert Mintak, CEO & Director
1020: Battery Minerals Ltd - David Flanagan, Managing Director
1035: Q&A with company speakers

1050: Coffee Break
  
KEYNOTE 3:
1120: Pilbara Minerals – Pilgangoora and the Hard Rock Revolution
·Hard rock spodumene’s importance as the key Lithium Hydroxide feedstock
·Pilbara Region – soon to become the largest producer of lithium & tantalum in the world
·Pilbara Minerals to become one of the largest high quality Lithium and Tantalum producer globally
·Long term Offtake Agreements in place for its 100% design capacity for both Stage 1 and Stage 2 case.

Ken Brinsden, Managing Director & CEO, Pilbara Minerals Limited
20-minute presentation, 5 minute direct Q&A with keynote

KEYNOTE 4:
1145: Have we underestimated the energy storage market?
•New lithium ion battery forecasts out to 2030
•Focus on medium and long-term growth in the energy storage / stationary storage markets  
•Case studies for the future & what battery types are winning  

Sam Jaffe, Managing Director, Cairn Energy Research Advisors  
20-minute presentation, 5 minute direct Q&A with keynote

Company Presentations:  
1210: Celsius Resources - Brendan Borg, Managing Director
1225: Fortune Minerals - Robin Goad, President & CEO
1240: Global Geoscience - Bernard Rowe, Managing Director

1255: Q&A with company speakers

1310: Lunch Collection & Networking

LUNCH KEYNOTE:
1355: Cobalt & Cathodes: How are cathode materials evolving to deal with the cobalt conundrum?
·Cutting through the misinformation: The real future for cobalt in lithium ion battery cathodes
·Global state of play: how the world is becoming more reliant on DRC not less
·Tesla’s significant reductions in cobalt explained – has NCA reached its limit?
·Cathode trends: how bumpy is the path to NCM 811?

Caspar Rawles, Analyst, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
20-minute presentation, 5-minute direct Q&A with keynote

KEYNOTE 5:
1420: Subject TBC

Chris Berry, President, House Mountain Partners LLC
20-minute presentation, 5 minute direct Q&A with keynote
  
1445: End