Washington D.C, US | Friday 21 October
Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW

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ITINERARY

12:30 Registration

13:00 Lunch is served

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SESSION ONE

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UPSTREAM

Setting the lithium ion battery supply chain scene; a look at the raw material (inc. lithium, graphite, cobalt) to intermediate processed products (cathode and anode)

13:30 U.S. Policy and Critical Minerals: What is to be done?

• Understanding what is critical and what is niche
• US approach to supply security
• Emerging hi-tech industries and defence markets analysed

14:00 Who controls the lithium ion battery supply chain?

• Breaking down the battery supply chain, link by link
• Lithium: what is happening with supply and demand?
• Graphite and cobalt: Are there major bottlenecks on the horizon>
• Lithium ion megafactories: What capacity is being built and by when?

Simon Moores, Managing Director, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

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UPSTREAM PUBLIC COMPANY SPEAKERS

Investable companies seeking to serve the upstream portion of the lithium ion battery supply chain

14:30 Pure Energy Minerals Patrick Highsmith, CEO

14:45 Alabama Graphit Don Baxter, CEO

SESSION TWO

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DOWNSTREAM

Analysing the downstream lithium ion industry from cell manufacturing to pack construction and end market developments (electric vehicles and utility storage)

15:30 Lithium-Ion battery demand: market by market analysis Sam Jaffe, MD, Cairn Energy Research Associates

16:00 Lithium-Ion Products and Production to Serve a Battery Powered World Rick Chamberlain, CTO, Boston Power Inc

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16:20 Conference Close

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SPEAKERS

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