Detailed Agenda

This year, multiple content streams are held simultaneously over the three days of Benchmark Week.

The Marina stage will feature our established Cathodes, Graphite & Anodes, Financing the Energy Transition sessions plus downstream focused sessions produced in partnership with Rho Motion.

The Garden stage will feature Critical Mineral Symposium sessions plus US Policy Dialogue and New Energy Geopolitics panel discussions. 

Day one

Marina Stage

November 12, 2024
9:00 AM
 
 
10:00 AM
 

Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.

11:30 AM
 
Continue the day's networking over lunch in at the marina promenade or in the poolside rose garden.
1:00 PM
Andrew Miller

Welcome to Benchmark Week 2024

1:30 PM
Evan Leon Iola Hughes

In partnership with Rho Motion Live

Further speakers to be announced.

2:30 PM
William Roberts John Bozzella Michael Maten Hunter Patton Stephen Kosowski

In this session, hear from leaders across the downstream on current market trends, progress, and future expectations for EV demand 

Further speakers to be announced.

3:30 PM
 
Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.
4:00 PM
Matt Stock

In this session, major recycling players will address issues around leveraging policy to meet circularity goals, and outline technological innovation to help create a circular battery economy 

Further speakers to be announced.

5:00 PM
Iola Hughes Isabelle Christensen, PHD John Cerveny

Outlining the importance of ESS as a battery demand centre and a key enabler of renewable energy grid networks. 

Further speakers to be announced.

6:00 PM
 

Join us for the conference's highlight: our famous poolside reception to kickstart your networking with cocktails, canapés, and stunning views of the Marina del Rey sunset.

Garden Stage

November 12, 2024
9:00 AM
 
 
10:00 AM
 

Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.

11:30 AM
 
Continue the day's networking over lunch in at the marina promenade or in the poolside rose garden.
1:30 PM
Joe Bryan Morgan D. Bazilian, Ph.D.

Join us in this session to hear about the Importance of building a Secure Critical Mineral Supply Chain for National Security  Further speakers to be annouced

2:30 PM
Andrew Walker​​​​

Hear from energy transition innovators on new projects and technologies to build a strong battery supply chain

Session theme to be announced.

3:30 PM
 
Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.
4:00 PM
Chris Berry Annie Gayman

Join us in this session to hear about the path forward for the Inflation Reduction Act and the American Energy Transition.

Further speakers to be announced.

4:30 PM
 

Hear from energy transition innovators on new projects and technologies to build a strong battery supply chain

Session theme to be announced.

6:00 PM
 

Join us for the conference's highlight: our famous poolside reception to kickstart your networking with cocktails, canapés, and stunning views of the Marina del Rey sunset.

Day two

Marina Stage

November 13, 2024
8:00 AM
 
Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.
8:30 AM
Simon Moores

Understanding the Direction of Travel: From inception to the rise of the gigafactory to now policy and politics, the forces shaping the battery supply chain are many. Here, we breakdown what the medium term future looks like for the battery supply chain. 

8:40 AM
JB Straubel Simon Moores Andrew Miller
 
9:20 AM
Adam Webb

Hear from major cathode producers and raw material suppliers on the current raw material landscape including lithium, cobalt & nickel 

 

Speakers to be announced

9:50 AM
Joe Lowry Rock Hoffman Daisy Jennings-Gray

What explains the current lithium price environment and what might move the market?

10:10 AM
Rohan Patel
 
10:30 AM
 
Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.
11:00 AM
Daniel Fletcher-Manuel

Hear insights into the current challenges in building the global anode supply chain, including scaling natural and synthetic graphite, and the role of future anode technologies

Further speakers to be announced.

11:40 AM
Shaun Verner Haibo Mo

A session to explore developments in natural and synthetic graphite markets that will shape the future of the anode sector.

 

Further speakers to be confirmed

12:30 PM
Paul Gait Michael Finch
 
1:00 PM
 
Continue the day's networking over lunch in at the marina promenade or in the poolside rose garden.
2:00 PM
Dan Blondal Marco Romero

In this session, we discuss the advantages and challenges of creating localized supply chains for cathode manufacturing.

Further speakers to be announced.

2:40 PM
Bruce Richardson Nicholas Lugansky

In this session, we look at innovations in Direct Lithium Extraction

Further speakers to be announced.

3:20 PM
 

In this session, we look at the efforts to build a secure and sustainable supply chain for separators, binders, electrolytes and other ianctive materials that may emerge as the next raw material disconnect.

Further speakers to be announced.

4:00 PM
 
Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.
4:30 PM
Michael Finch Sean Grixti Emma Bishop William Izod
 
5:00 PM
Benoist Ollivier Andre Zeitoun

A discussion on anode innovation and how these new technologies can impact the market.

 

Further speakers to be announced.

6:00 PM
 

An opportunity to unwind after day two with informal networking over drinks and canapés along the marina promenade.

Garden Stage

November 13, 2024
8:00 AM
 
Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.
9:00 AM
 

Join us in this session to hear about American project permitting: The need and prospect reform

Further speakers to be announced.

9:30 AM
Igor Barsukov Matthieu Bos

Hear from energy transition innovators on new projects and technologies to build a strong battery supply chain

Session theme to be announced.

10:30 AM
 
Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.
11:00 AM
Carolina Ferreira Daanish Hussain

In this session, global policy makers will discuss the current geopolitical raw material landscape; including the importance of building strategic partnerships in order to secure domestic supply, and how domestic policy can impact global supply chains

Further speakers to be announced.

11:30 AM
Alex Hanly Jamie Liang Francis MacDonald

Hear from energy transition innovators on new projects to strengthen the lithium supply chain.

Further speakers to be announced

1:00 PM
Emma Bishop Annie Gayman Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes
An opportunity to discuss diversity and inclusion in the critical minerals and battery manufacturing supply chain workforces.
2:00 PM
 

In this session, global policy makers will discuss the current geopolitical raw material landscape; including the importance of building strategic partnerships in order to secure domestic supply, and how domestic policy can impact global supply chains

2:30 PM
 

Hear from energy transition innovators on new projects and technologies to build a strong battery supply chain

Session theme to be announced.

4:00 PM
 
Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.
4:30 PM
 

In this session, global policy makers will discuss the current geopolitical raw material landscape; including the importance of building strategic partnerships in order to secure domestic supply, and how domestic policy can impact global supply chains

5:00 PM
 

Hear from energy transition innovators on new projects and technologies to build a strong battery supply chain

Session theme to be announced.

6:00 PM
 

An opportunity to unwind after day two with informal networking over drinks and canapés along the marina promenade.

Day three

Marina Stage

November 14, 2024
7:30 AM
 
Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.
8:30 AM
Noemí Gallardo
 
9:00 AM
Chelsea Sexton William Turlington Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes Logan Goldie-Scot

In this session, we will hear from both public and private sectors on the importance of aligning policy and investment to unlock capital for the energy transition, as well as the difference needs of upstream finance and infrastructure investment projects

Further speakers to be announced.

10:30 AM
 
Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.
11:00 AM
Matt Stock

Hear about the successes and challenges of scaling new battery technologies like sodium ion, solid state and lithium metal

Further speakers to be announced.

12:00 PM
Astrid Karamira Tom Drabble

Hear from key players in the energy transition to understand how policy and industry must collaborate to meet decarbonization goals, the importance of ESG and the role of the human element in creating a future-proof supply chain​​​​​​

Further speakers to be announced.

1:00 PM
 
Continue the day's networking over lunch in at the marina promenade or in the poolside rose garden.
2:00 PM
 
 

Garden Stage

November 14, 2024
7:30 AM
 
Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.
8:30 AM
 

Hear from energy transition innovators on new projects and technologies to build a strong battery supply chain

Session theme to be announced.

9:20 AM
Shane Khoury John Cerveny


 

10:00 AM
 
 
10:30 AM
 
Connect, network, and do business with fellow industry executives at the Meeting Hub. You can schedule 1-1 meetings via the Networking App.
11:00 AM
Daniel Fletcher-Manuel Daisy Jennings-Gray
 
1:00 PM
 
Continue the day's networking over lunch in at the marina promenade or in the poolside rose garden.
2:00 PM
 
 

Please consider this agenda provisional, with additional speakers expected to be added to sessions.

If you would like to be considered as a speaker please contact us using the link below.