Confirmed Speakers Include:


Simon Moores
CEO
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

JB Straubel
Founder & CEO
Redwood Materials

Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes
Deputy Director, Batteries and Critical Minerals, MESC
U.S. Department of Energy

Michael Maten
Director, EV Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Global Public Policy
General Motors

Tara Berrie
Senior Group Manager, Battery Cell Material Purchasing, Operations & Manufacturing
Rivian

Sangjune Han
Director - US Recycling Operation
SK ecoplant

Scott Woodard
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources, Office of Energy Transformation
U.S. Department of State

Noemí Gallardo
Commissioner
California Energy Commission

Stefon Crawford
Partner
GM Ventures

Robert Winans
Vice President of Supply Chain
Panasonic Energy

Chloe Ke
Vice President of Original Sourcing
BYD

Rohan Patel
Former Senior Global Director of Public Policy at Tesla

Sarah Bianchi
Senior Managing Director, Chief Strategist of International Political Affairs and Public Policy
Evercore

Paul Gait
Group Head of Strategy
Anglo American

Aaggrim Sabharwal
Senior Group Manager – Global Supply Chain
Google

Andrew Miller
COO
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Joe Lowry
President
Global Lithium

Shaun Verner
CEO
Syrah Resources Ltd

Chelsea Sexton
ATVM Program Officer, Loan Programs Office (LPO)
U.S. Department of Energy

Evan Leon
Senior Project Manager
Toyota Tsusho America

Stephen Kosowski
Manager, Long Range Planning & Strategy
Kia USA

Marina Yakovleva
Director, R&D and New Business Development
Arcadium Lithium

Anne Torricelli
Managing Director, ESS
Gotion

Dan Blondal
CEO
Nano One Materials Corp

Nicholas Lugansky
Head of Mining
SLB

Marco Romero
CEO
Positive Materials

Bruce Richardson
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Anson Resources

Shane Khoury
Secretary
Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment

Raef Sully
Chief Executive Officer
Lilac Solutions

Morgan D. Bazilian, Ph.D.
Director, Payne Institute, Professor Public Policy
Colorado School of Mines

Haibo Mo
Managing Director
Hensen Graphite & Carbon Corp

Anna Motta
Group Chief Technology Officer
Talga Group

Daniel Abdo
Director of Business Development
Sigma Lithium

Chris Berry
Founder and President
House Mountain Partners

William Turlington
Managing Director, Battery, Mining and Industries team, Americas
Societe Generale

Andrew Walker​​​​
Chief Commercial Officer
Evove Ltd

Isabelle Christensen, PHD
Head of Energy Storage
Anza Renewables

Caspar Rawles
Chief Data Officer
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

David Howell
Vice President
Strategicmi

Richard Clark
Global Head of Specialty Materials and Processes
Appian Capital Advisory LLP

William Izod
Vice President
Rare Earth Industry Association

Daanish Hussain
Investment Lead, Advanced Manufacturing
Invest Ontario

Matthew Aks
Vice President
Evercore ISI

Annie Gayman
Senior Vice President
Lot Sixteen

Daniel Fletcher-Manuel
Director of Prices and Data
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Hunter Patton
Global Head of Automotive Investment Banking
Wells Fargo

Joe Bryan
Principal
Muswell Orange

Anthony Tse
Founder
NEO Capital

Logan Goldie-Scot
Director of Research
Generate Capital

Daisy Jennings-Gray
Head of Prices
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Benoist Ollivier
Chief Technology and Innovation Officer / Deputy CEO
Ferroglobe

Rock Hoffman
US Chemicals Equity Research
Bank of America Securities

Jamie Liang
President and CEO
TerraVolta Resources

Iola Hughes
Head of Research
Rho Motion

Ryan Hanrahan
CEO
Wave International

Alex Hanly
CEO
Lithium Universe Limited

Michael Schlumpberger
COO
Rapid Lithium

Adam Webb
Product Director
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Sean Grixti
Director Circular Partnerships
Cyclic Materials

Stephen Rentschler
CEO
Nevada Lithium

Jesus Escobar
Supervisor, District 1
County of Imperial

Astrid Karamira
Sustainability and Governance Manager
International Lithium Association ILiA

Michael Finch
Head of Strategic Initiatives
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

John Cerveny
Sr. Director & Program Manager, NENY Supply Chain Program
NY-BEST

Matthieu Bos
President and Chief Executive Officer
Falcon Energy Materials

Andre Zeitoun
Founder & CEO
Ionic Mineral Technologies

Emil Nusbaum
Vice President of Strategy, Government and Regulatory Affairs
Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA)

Emma Bishop
Vice President
Venn Strategies

Igor Barsukov
Manager Business Development
American Energy Technologies

Matt Stock
Product Director - New Technology
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

David Anonychuk
Global VP Metallurgy & Consulting
SGS

Tim Porcelli
Senior Director of Business Development
NanoGraf

David Smithson
SVP Geology
Li-FT Power Ltd.

David Park
CEO
Standard Lithium

Blake Hylands
CEO
Lithium Ionic Corp

Felix Wang
Head of Marketing, alkaLi
Gradiant Corporation

William Roberts
Automotive Research Lead
Rho Motion

Kevin Smith
Director
IRIS Metals

Erez Ichilov
Founder
Cedrus Arbor LLC

Howard Klein
Founder
RK Equity

Chris Robb
Founder
Robb Commodities Consulting

Anthony Huston
Founder and CEO
Graphite One

Christine Burow
Chief Marketing Officer
Torngat Metals

Amit Mathrani
Vice President - Energy Transition
Rabobank North America

Akshat Singh
Associate Fellow, Chair on India and Emerging Asia Economics
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Martin Andreatta
Chief Lithium Officer & Director
Hanaq Group

Patrice Boulanger
VP sales & Marketing
Nouveau Monde Graphite

Matt Hughes
Energy Solutions Business Field Manager
NETZSCH

Maheep Mandloi
Director, Senior Clean Energy Equity Research Analyst
Mizuho Securities USA

Chris Reilly
State Infrastructure Coordinator, Office of Governor Joe Lombardo
State of Nevada

David Riposo
Director, Business Development, Energy & Infrastructure
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

Ryan Jansonius
Vice President of Chemistry Contract Services
Telescope Inc

Sean Samson
President, CEO, Director
Transition Inc.

Katherine Wright
Consultancy Sales Director
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Tom Moerenhout
Professor; Critical Materials Lead
Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy

Andrew Bogrand
Senior Policy Advisor for Natural Resource Justice
Oxfam

Tom Drabble
Sustainability Analyst
Benchmark