World Tour 2016: Where from the supply chain were delegates from?
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9% downstream
58% investors
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Vancouver | April 21st 2017
Fairmont Pacific Rim, 1038 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC V6C 0B9, Canada
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Agenda
08:30 | Arrival / Networking |
Keynotes: The role critical mineral supply chains in 21st century industrial evolution |
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09:00 | Introduction from BMO Capital Markets |
09:05 | Rise of the lithium ion battery megafactories | What it means for lithium, graphite & cobalt - Simon Moores, Managing Director, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence |
09:25 | The rise & fall of lithium | +60 million tonnes of opportunity - Dr David Deak, CTO, Lithium Americas Former Senior Development Engineer at Tesla, Battery Supply Chain / Gigafactory |
09:50 | Electric Vehicles investing | weighing up risk versus reward - Edward Niedermeyer, Leading Auto Analyst / DailyKanban.com / Bloomberg View |
10:10 | Entropy is Your Friend: A Cyclical Look at Energy Metals Supply Chains Chris Berry, President, House Mountain Partners |
10:30 | Coffee Break 15 mins |
Session 2: Cobalt & Cathodes |
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11:00 | The cobalt conundrum and investment bottlenecks Caspar Rawles, Analyst, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence |
11:15 | Changing how the world makes lithium ion cathodes Dan Blondal, CEO, Nano One (Cathode Processing, Canada) |
11:30 | The 3Q Project: Developing the next major lithium discovery Carlos Vicens, CFO, Neo Lithium (Lithium, Argentina) |
11:45 | Developing the Molo Flake Graphite Project in Madagascar Brent Nykoliation, Snr Vice President, Corporate Development, NextSource Materials Inc (Graphite, Madagascar) |
12:00 | Q&A Host: Jay Roberge, President, Tehama Capital Corp Q&A Session with all the speakers |
12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Networking Session / Meet the Speakers |
Field Trip | NanoOne cathode pilot plant

Places on the field trip are limited. If you would like to attend, please email Simon Moores on [email protected]
13:00 | Bus Leaves Fairmont Pacific Rim |
13:45 | Arrive at Nanoone Cathode Pilot Plant in Burnaby |
14:00 | Welcome Presentation, Tour overview |
14:15 | Tour of Laboratory |
15:00 | Tour of Pilot Plant |
16:00 | Return Bus Trip |
17:00 | Drinks Reception – Downtown Vancouver TBA |
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Guest Speakers

Brent Nykoliation
Snr VP, NextSource Materials Inc

Carlos Vicens
CFO, Neo Lithium

David Deak
CTO, Lithium Americas

Simon Moores
MD, Benchmark

Jay Roberge
President, Tehama Capital Corp

Dan Blondal
CEO, Nano One Materials

Chris Berry
HOUSE MOUNTAIN PARTNERS LLC

Edward Niedermeyer
AUTO ANALYST, DailyKanban.com

Caspar Rawles
Analyst, Benchmark