AGENDA
AGENDA
DAY ONE: MONDAY 22nd OCTOBER 2018
| 07:30 | Registration |
| 08:00 | Breakfast & Networking |
| Session One: Keynotes | |
| 09:00 | State of the industry – Andrew Miller, Senior Analyst, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence |
| 09:30 | The US Energy Storage Market – Dr Sanjiv Malhotra, Director – Energy Investor Centre, Department of Energy |
| 10:00 | Market Analysis of Natural Graphite and Anode Materials – Xueqin He, BTR President & Board Chairman of China Graphite Industry Development Alliance, Shenzhen BTR New Energy Materials Inc |
| 10:30 | The era of the lithium ion battery – Dr Saad Hasan, Advanced technology Engineer, General Motors |
| 11:00 | Coffee and Networking |
| Session Two: Raw material supply – Natural vs synthetic | |
| 11:30 | Synthetic Graphite and Anode Materials in China – Yongmin Qiao, Director of Technology, Shanghai Shanshan Tech Co. Ltd. |
| 12:00 | Building the world’s largest flake graphite mine – Shaun Verner, MD & CEO, Syrah Resources |
| 12:30 | Development trends and outlook for China’s natural graphite and NEVs – Wei Liu, President, BAIC Motor – Heilongjiang Pride New Material Technology |
| 13:00 | Battery supply chain: Impacts on the graphite world – Fabrizio Corti, Business Director, Imerys Graphite & Carbon |
| 13:30 |
Lunch is served
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| New supply pipeline I | |
| 15:30 | Keynote: Battery market outlook – Sam Jaffe, Managing Director, Cairn ERA |
| 16:00 | Peter Wright, Executive Director, Bass Metals |
| 16:15 | David Flanagan, MD, Battery Minerals Ltd |
| 16:30 | Greg Bowes, CEO, Northern Graphite |
| 16:45 | Battery-grade graphite pricing – Albert Li, China Analyst, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence |
| 17:15 | Drinks reception |
DAY TWO: TUESDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2018
| 08:00 | Breakfast |
| Session Four: Technical briefing | |
| 09:00 | Super Anodes: new generation graphite for improved Li-ion batteries Mark Thompson, MD, Talga Resources Ltd |
| 09:30 | The impact of anode demand: traditional vs emerging markets – Richard Clark, Lead, Materials Science Community, Morgan Advanced Materials |
| 10:00 | Anode material selection: Natural vs Synthetic – Dr Joseph Li, Technical Product Manager, Superior Graphite |
| 10:30 | Coffee & Networking |
| Session Five: New supply pipeline II | |
| 11:15 | Keynote: Graphite forecasting: 2018-2028 – Andy Leyland, Head of Forecasting, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence |
| 11:45 | Mike Rosenstreich, Managing Director, Hexagon Resources |
| 12:00 | Christoph Frey, Technical Graphite Specialist, Kibaran Resources |
| 12:15 | Chris Jones, President & CEO, Westwater Resources |
| 12:30 | Lunch is served |
| Session Six: Alternative anode technologies | |
| 14:00 | Future anode technologies – David Deak, Independent |
| 14:30 | Silicon anodes: A game-changer? – Craig Weich, VP Business Development, Sila Nanotechnologies |
| 15:00 | Solid-state batteries: lithium anodes – Doug Campbell, CEO, Solid Power |
| 15:30 | Defining solid state: the case for lithium metal anodes –Mark Cooksey, Principal Research Leader, CSIRO |
| 16:00 | Next generation graphite-based anodes – Dr Sanshiro Nagare , NARA Machinery Group |
| 16:30 | End of conference |
| 19:00 – 22:00 | Benchmark Minerals Week 2018: Dinner & Drinks Dinner and drinks for delegates and speakers attending Graphite + Anodes 2018 and Cathodes 2018 in the stunning setting of Balboa Bay. An opportunity to network with the decision makers from both sides of the lithium ion battery supply chain. |