Vancouver | World Tour 2015
Thursday 1 October 2015 | The Vancouver Club, 915 West Hastings Street
Agenda
12:00: Registration & Networking Lunch
Independent Speakers
12:45: The Battery Supply Chain in a lithium-ion revolution
Simon Moores, Managing Director, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
Critical Minerals and Metals: A battery powered tipping point
- Understanding the opaque world of battery raw materials (graphite, lithium, cobalt)
- Producing a battery, from mine to market
- Rise of the battery megafactories: Tesla Motors’ Gigafactory, LG Chem , Panasonic and more
13:10: The rapidly evolving EV, Stationary Storage and Consumer Electronics Markets for Batteries
Sam Jaffe, Managing Director, Cairn Energy Research Advisors (USA)
- Market sizing and forecasts for stationary, automotive and consumer electronics batteries
- Shining a light on the global and regulatory dynamics that are driving this market
- Chemistry and technology trends
13:40: Copper: criticality of an industrial metal in a low carbon world
Gianni Kovacevic, Founder & Executive Chairman, Copperbank
Public Company Speakers
14:05: Jay Chmelauskas, President & CEO, Western Lithium (Canada)
14:20: Sait Uysal, Global Marketing Manager, Syrah Resources (Australia)
Coffee Break
15:00: Critical minerals and metals versus commodities
Andrew Miller, Analyst, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence (UK)
- How specialist minerals differ to commodities
- Understanding pricing and trade flows for lithium, graphite and cobalt
- Key factors to consider before investing
Q&A Panel Sessions
15:20 - 16:00: What future for the lithium ion battery supply chain?
Participants:
- Chair: Simon Moores, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Sam Jaffe, Cairn Energy Research Advisors
- Andrew Miller, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Jay Chmelauskas, Western Lithium
- Sait Uysal, Syrah Resources
- Gianni Kovacevic, Copperbank
Benchmark Drinks Reception
17:00: Networking drinks with speakers
Sponsors
Location
The Vancouver Club 915 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 1C6
CALL FOR SPONSORS:
There are opportunities for a limited number companies to speak and sponsor the event.
Contact us today:
Simon Moores - Managing Director
[email protected]
+44 20 3751 0357