MASS SCALE LITHIUM ION BATTERY PRODUCTION IS THE

MEGATREND OF OUR TIMES

Benchmark is delighted to announce the return of Giga Asia Pacific - where the region’s government, industry and finance will meet to chart a course for the global lithium ion economy, from mine to electric vehicle.


We are excited to announce Perth as host city: home to one of the most important raw materials hubs for the lithium ion battery and EV supply chain. 

FREE PASSES AVAILABLE FOR

GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES

  AGENDA AT A GLANCE

WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER


7:30 am Registration Opens


7:30 am Breakfast Networking


8:30 am to 4:30 pm #GigaAPAC Day One 


4:30 pm to 6:30 pm Networking Reception 

THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER


7:30 am Breakfast Networking


8:30 am to 6 pm #GigaAPAC Day 2


6 pm End of Event

 

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE


Andrew Miller
Chief Operating Officer
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Hon. Reece Whitby MLA
Minister for Energy; Environment and Climate Action
Government of Western Australia

Bob Galyen
Former CTO of CATL, Company Owner of Galyen Energy, LLC

John H. Kwon
General Counsel, Chairman of the Board
Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL Australia)

Febriany Eddy
Chief Executive Officer
Vale Indonesia

Joshua Thurlow
Chief Executive - Lithium
Mineral Resources

Grant Donald
Chief Commercial Officer
Liontown Resources

Yusuke Hino
Head of Lithium Group
Prime Planet Energy & Solutions (PPES)

Siriana Nair
U.S. Consulate General Perth

Wenbo Wang
President
Ganfeng Lithium Australia

Roger Atkins
Founder
Electric Vehicles Outlook Ltd

Samantha Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Electric Vehicle Council (EVC)

Harendra Saksena
Chief Procurement Officer
Ather Energy Private Limited Bengaluru, India

Stone-Ming Wei Shi
Director of Technical Solution
Gotion High-tech APAC

James Choi
Honorary Ambassador for Foreign Investment Promotion
Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Su D’Arcy
Corporate Finance WA
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group

SPEAKER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE

Contact our team to discuss how your company can contribute to this year's agenda.

  KEY THEMES

  • Targeting Tonnage: Asia Pacific's role in the global battery arms race to 300TWh deployed capacity
  • Shifting thinking from GWh to TWh for true Net Zero by 2050: Charting the rise of battery gigafactories in the Asia Pacific
  • Innovation in the chemistry and design from the cell pack to the anodes, cathodes, and how this will impact the critical materials required
  • Regional Gigafactory expansion considerations: site location, size, technology, ESG, circularity and partnerships required
  • Building sustainable battery supply chains from the mine site onwards: decarbonised operations, managing environmental & social impacts, and good corporate governance
  • Challenges and risks related to battery storage for renewable energy
  • Understanding the lithium ion battery ecosystem: What is the role of OEMs and Tier One suppliers, in the race to build secure and sustainable supply chains?
  • Developing Speciality Commodities: What does this mean for the critical minerals of lithium, graphite, cobalt, nickel, manganese, and silicon?
  • Aligning policy, finance and global partnerships to strengthen the energy and green mobility future of the Asia Pacific
  • Views from across the region: China, Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia
  • Risk and reward: building Rare Earths mine and refining capacity
  • Building sustainable battery supply chains from the mine site onwards: decarbonising operations, managing environmental & social impacts and good corporate governance

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