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


Jenny Oosterhof
Director of WA’s Battery and Critical Minerals
WA Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety

Richard Carlow
CEO, Co-Founder
True 2 Materials Pte. Ltd

Michael Graeme Willoughby
Managing Director, Global Head of Metals, Mining & Transition Materials
HSBC

Colleen Yates
CEO
RDA Perth

Demus King
General Manager –Trade and Investment
Minerals Council of Australia

Eileen Hao
Managing Director
Australia Minerals & Resource Pty Ltd.

Daisy Jennings-Gray
Head of Prices
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Maria Rennie
UK Consul General for WA
British Consulate-General Perth

Harry Fisher
Product Director - Cobalt and Nickel
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Xiaobai Liu
Principal Analyst
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Shannon O'Rourke
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Powering Australia

Terry Scarrott
Director of Consultancy - Australasia • Consultancy
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Kirk McDonald
Project Manager - Supercharge Australia
New Energy Nexus

Yuan Gu
Graphite Senior Analyst
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Cameron Perks
Product Director - Lithium
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Anand Sheth
Founding Chairman
International Lithium Association

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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