Sunday 13th November 2016
Day One: Welcome
16:00: Registration @ Island Hotel, Newport Beach
18:00 - 20:00: Welcome Drinks Reception & Networking - Sponsored by Bass Metals
Monday 14th November 2016
Day Two: Conference
08:30: Welcome Address - Mike O'Driscoll & Ismene Clarke, Directors, IMFORMED (UK)
Launching Graphite Supply Chain 2016
The rising criticality of niche minerals versus commodities
Conference & Workshop overview
08:45 - Session One : Keynotes
Chairman: Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED
08:45: Graphite Anodes and the lithium ion battery age
Simon Moores, Managing Director, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence (UK)
09:15:Refractories: Global trends and the future for graphite’s biggest market
Dr Paschoal Bonadia Neto, Mineral Technology Manager, Mineral Technology Centre,
Magnesita Refratários SA, Brazil
09:45: Expandable Graphite: an overlooked but emerging growth market
Thomas Junker, Managing Director, Graphit Kropfmühl /AMG Mining, Germany
*Each speaker session includes 10 minutes of Q&A
10:15 Coffee Break & Exhibition Networking
11:15 - Session Two : Graphite Supply
Chairman: Simon Moores, Managing Director, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
11:30: China: The future for graphite supply and demand
Haibo Mo, Qingdao Hensen Graphite Co.
11:50: Environment problems and solutions for China’s graphite industry
Christopher Zhao, Secretary, China Non-Metallic Minerals Association, China
12:10: The North American Graphite Industry: From a Processors Perspective
Stephen Riddle, President, Asbury Carbons, USA
12:30: India’s Graphite Market: Supply & Demand Dynamics
Shishir Poddar, Managing Director, Tirupati Carbon and Chemicals PVT Ltd, India
12:50 New major near term flake supply from Mozambique
Speaker TBA, Syrah Resources, Australia
13:10 speakers
13:30 - Lunch / Buyers Forum / Exhibition
With a Welcome speech from Donald Baxter, President & CEO, Alabama Graphite

Buyers Forum An extended lunch to allow for private meetings with all major suppliers of graphite with buyers / interested parties. With a Welcome speech from Donald Baxter, President & CEO, Alabama Graphite
Exhibition An exhibition for new graphite suppliers, services companies and end users will provide the backdrop for all networking sessions during the meeting, including the lunch
15:30 - Session Three : New Supply Pipeline
15:30: Julian Stephens, Managing Director, Sovereign Metals Ltd
15:45: David Christensen, Managing Director, Renascor Resources
16:00: Paul Gorman, Great Lakes Graphite
16:15: Tim McManus, Bass Metals
16:45: Coffee Served - served during the presentations
16:45: Doug Smith, Graphite One
17:00: Cherie Leedon, Metals of Africa
17:15: John Parker, Lincoln Minerals
17:30: Steve Tambanis, Black Rock Mining, Australia
17:45 Onwards: Networking Drinks Reception – Sponsored by Alabama Graphite
Tuesday 15th November 2016
Day Three: Conference & Workshops
08:00: Networking Breakfast with Exhibitors, Benchmark & IMFORMED
09:00 - Session Four : Graphite Demand
Chairman: Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED
09:00: Batteries: An independent market overview and forecast to 2022
Sam Jaffe, Managing Director, Cairn Energy Research Associates (US)
09:30: Anodes for Batteries; Current to Future technologies
Dr Emma Kendrick, Chief Technologist – Energy Storage, SHARP Laboratories of Europe
10:00: The evolving use and applications of graphite in the foundry industry
Richard Clark, Senior Technical Specialist, Morgan Advanced Materials (US)
10:30: Flake graphite price outlook: the divergence of concentrate versus value added
products
Andrew Miller, Analyst, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
11:30: End
*Each speaker session includes 10 minutes of Q&A
(Coffee / Snacks to be served in each respective workshop)
11:30 - SESSION FIVE: WORKSHOPS
Focused workshop discussions on key market and technical aspects of the graphite industry.
A short 10-minute presentation from industry experts will introduce themes to be discussed.
This is a closed door affair using Chatham House rules. No journalists will be permitted
Workshop 1 - Batteries
- Chair: Andrew Miller, Analyst, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Competing anode materials: Trends in R&D
- Technical problems with producing spherical graphite and synthetic graphite
- Presentations and discussion from
- Emma Kendrick, Chief Technologist, Sharp Laboratories of Europe
- Joseph Li, Product Manager for Energy Materials, Superior Graphite
- Simon Moores, Managing Director, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- George Hawley, President, George C. Hawley & Associates
- Don Baxter, President & CEO, Alabama Graphite
Workshop 2 - Industrials
- Chair: Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED
- Trends in graphite consumption in refractories
- Considering other carbon materials: threats and opportunities
- Presentations and discussion from
- Richard Clark, Senior Technical Specialist, Morgan Advanced Materials (US)
- Thomas Junker, Managing Director, Graphit Kropfmühl, Germany
- Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED
- Dr Paschoal Bonadia Neto, Mineral Technology Manager, Mineral Technology Centre, Magnesita Refratários SA, Brazil
13:00 - 14:30 - Lunch, Exhibition & close of Graphite Supply Chain 2016
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Speakers
Agenda, speakers and times are subject to change at the discretion of Benchmark and IMFORMED
Dr Emma Kendrick
Chief Technologist – Energy Storage
SHARP Laboratories of Europe
Simon Moores
Managing Director
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
Andrew Miller
Analyst
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
Mike O'Driscoll
Director
IMFORMED
Sam
Jaffe
Managing Director, Cairn Energy Research Associates
George
Hawley
President, George C. Hawley & Associates
Dr Joseph
Li
Product Manager for Energy Materials, Superior Graphite
Dr Paschoal Bonadia
Neto
Mineral Technology Manager, Magnesita Refratários SA
Richard
Clark
Senior Technical Specialist, Morgan Advanced Materials (US)
Thomas
Junker
Managing Director, Graphit Kropfmühl
Stephen
Riddle
President, Asbury Carbons
Tolga
Kumova
Managing Director, Syrah Resources
Haibo
Mo
Deputy General Manager, Qingdao Hensen Graphite Co.
Tim
McManus
CEO, Bass Metals
Shishir
Poddar
Tirupati Carbon and Chemicals PVT Ltd