Perth

20 September DoubleTree by Hilton Perth Northbridge | 100 James Street | Perth, Western Australia 6003

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08:15	Registration & Breakfast
08:55	Chair: Opening Remarks Simon Moores, Managing Director, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
Keynote 1
09:00	Lithium Valley WA – The development of lithium valley and the WA supply chain Cameron Edwards, Director, InfraNomics 20-minute presentation, 5-minute direct Q&A with keynote
Keynote 2
09:25	Cobalt focus – how the landscape has changed following DRC supply side shake up Pricing review – key factors driving low prices in 2019 Impacts of DRC supply side shake up: supply/demand balance and prices Cutting through the misinformation: The real future for cobalt in lithium ion batteries Battery Megafactories – who is winning the race for global dominance Raw material implication of the surge in the megafactory capacity growth Caspar Rawles, Senior Analyst, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence 20-minute presentation, 5-minute direct Q&A with keynote
Industry Presentations
09:50	FYI Resources Ltd Roland Hill, Managing Director (Australia)
10:15	Euro Manganese Marco Romero, President & CEO (Canada)
10:30	Australian Vanadium Ltd Vince Algar, Managing Director (Australia)
10:45	Q&A with company speakers
11:00	Coffee Break
Keynote 3
11:25	Pilbara Minerals – Pilgangoora – The last independent large scale lithium raw materials project in WA From first drill-hole to high grade shipments in under 4 years Pilgangoora, fit-for-purpose and measured growth in quality supply Pilbara Minerals, fully integrated with the lithium ion supply chain Pilbara Minerals and POSCO, positioned for supply to the burgeoning Korean battery industry Ken Brinsden, Managing Director & CEO, Pilbara Minerals Limited 20-minute presentation, 5-minute direct Q&A with keynote
Industry Presentations
11:50	Lepidico Joe Walsh, Managing Director (Canada & Australia)
12:05	First Cobalt Corp Trent Mell, President & CEO, (Canada)
12:20	Talga Resources Ltd Mark Thompson, Managing Director (Australia)
12:35	Q&A with company speakers
12:50	Lunch Collection & Networking
Lunch Keynote
13:20	Feeling the Pinch: EV’s, Batteries and the Global Supply Chain Colleen Yates, CEO, Regional Development Australia Perth 20-minute presentation, 5-minute direct Q&A with keynote
Keynote Four
13:45	The Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBICRC) as a catalyst for growth of the Australian industries across the battery value chain Tim Shanahan – Chairman of Future Battery Industries CRC Ltd 20-minute presentation, 10-minute direct Q&A with keynote
Keynote Five
14:10	Culture Clash: How automotive supply chains need to adapt for the EV revolution Simon Moores, Managing Director, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence 20-minute presentation, 10-minute direct Q&A with keynote
15:00	End