Benchmark Summit 2026 London

Registration & Networking

Benchmark Workshop: Battery Demand & Commodities Update

• -Zoe Zhang , Senior Analyst - EV & Battery , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
• -Adam Webb , Head of Energy Raw Materials , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
• -Daisy Jennings-Gray , Head of Prices , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
• -Shruti Kashyap , Head of Consulting , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Interactive Workshop Session: Natural Graphite’s Role in Tier‑1 Anode Supply

• -Mark Thompson , Founder & Managing Director , Talga Group
• -Shruti Kashyap , Head of Consulting , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Networking Lunch

Welcome & Opening Remarks​

• -Adam Panayi , Chief Research Officer , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Keynote Presentation: Winning before EVs: A faster path through profit-led adoption

• -Jorge Diaz Schneider , CEO , ION Energy Systems

Fireside Chat: Unlocking the Smackover with DLE - America's Lithium Permian Opportunity

• -David Park , CEO , Standard Lithium
• -Adam Webb , Head of Energy Raw Materials , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Keynote Presentation: The Texas Smackover: America's Lithium Leviathan

• -Jeremy Humphers , President and CFO , Galvanic Energy

Panel Discussion:Lithium Supply, Strategy & Innovation: The Next Phase of Global Growth

• -Daisy Jennings-Gray , Head of Prices , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
• -Ignacio Celorrio , Executive Vice President , Lithium Argentina
• -Francesco Gattiglio , Vice President External Affairs Europe , Albemarle
• -Steve Kesler , Non-Executive Chairman , CleanTech Lithium
• -Jeremy Humphers , President and CFO , Galvanic Energy

Keynote Presentation: Introducing Regional Power Pavilions: Can British industry remain competitive when one of its biggest costs is its least predictable?

• -Richard Taylor , Director , Pavilion Power

Networking Break

Fireside Chat: Rare Earths - Investing in strategic assets and unlocking value

• -Kurt Budge , CEO , Leading Edge Materials
• -George Ingall , Senior Analyst - Rare Earths & Battery Minerals , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Panel Discussion: Investment Landscape & Financing Opportunities​

• -Daniel Fletcher-Manuel , Director of Indexing & Derivatives , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
• -Adam Matthews , Chief Responsible Investment Officer , Church of England Pensions Board
• -Pedro Valle-e-Azevedo , Executive Director , Siemens Financial Services
• -Graham Lee , Head of Battery Passport , Global Battery Alliance
• -Richard Clarke , Global Head of Specialty Materials and Processes , Appian Capital Advisory

Fireside Chat: From Pilot Mountain to the Pentagon - Financing US Critical Minerals

• -Oliver Friesen , CEO , Guardian Metals Resources
• -Luc Braun , Research Analyst - Lithium , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Fireside Chat: The UK Critical Minerals Strategy

• -Oliver Richards , Head of Critical Minerals and Mining , UK Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
• -Daniel Fletcher-Manuel , Director of Indexing & Derivatives , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Copper Keynote Presentation: Los Azules

• -Michael Meding , Managing Director , McEwen Copper

Panel Discussion: Copper Outlook - Can New Supply Sources Meet Emerging Demand Drivers?

• -Shruti Kashyap , Head of Consulting , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
• -James Deckelman , CEO , Deepsea Minerals
• -Louise Assem , Vice President, Science & Regulatory Affairs , International Copper Association
• -Baker Tilney , Co-founder and CFO , Mariana Minerals

Closing Remarks

• -Adam Panayi , Chief Research Officer , Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Networking Reception