| 7:30 AM | Networking Breakfast & Registration Opens |
| 8:30 AM | Benchmark Keynote |
| 8:40 AM | Words of Welcome from Swedish Government |
| 9:00 AM | Words of Welcome from European Commission (Video) |
| 9:10 AM | Battery Manufacturer Opening Keynote: The battery revolution and the impact on critical minerals |
| 9:40 AM | Launch of the Swedish Battery Arena - Invitation to battery destination Sweden |
| 10:00 AM | Automotive OEM Keynote: Understanding the automotive industry in the era of Evs |
| 10:20 AM | Networking Break |
| 10:50 AM | Keynote Address (Video) |
| 10:55 AM | Solving the great raw material disconnect - The need to build secure supply chains of the materials needed to power the energy storage revolution
- Understanding where structural deficits and surpluses exist in critical material supply chains
- The importance of securing an entire battery supply chain through diversity, resilience, and sustainability
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| 11:45 AM | Understanding the European Battery Ecosystem - Lithium-ion batteries – Looking at scenarios of cost and market growth
- Ensuring long-term engagement and commitment of all relevant stakeholders to establish a competitive and sustainable European battery value chain
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| 12:30 PM | Financing the energy transition keynote |
| 12:50 PM | Networking Lunch |
| 1:50 PM | Highlight keynote: European Raw Materials Act - How does the CRM Act support Europe in developing local critical raw material supply chains?
- Diversifying and securing supply of critical raw materials through international partnerships between EU and resource-rich countries
- Achieving circularity in the raw materials value chain: How can recycling address Europe’s supply vulnerabilities?
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| 2:20 PM | Access to Finance Panel: Improving and facilitating access to funding for battery & raw materials projects - Alternative financing strategies
- Variables impacting critical minerals investment in Europe
- Looking at ESG credentials to facilitating investment
- Importance of Government funding in de-risking critical minerals projects
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| 3:05 PM | Networking Break |
| 3:35 PM | Panel: Recycling and Circular Economy Strategies - Importance: why is it so vital to build a circular battery economy & what are the challenges?
- Policy: What can EC and national gov in Europe do?
- Technology: What are the available solutions?
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| 4:20 PM | Cathodes, Anodes & Battery Innovation Panel: creating a European hub for mid stream capacity & next generation battery development - Challenges & opportunities of building midstream capacity in Europe
- High-performance cathodes and anodes for rechargeable batteries
- Sodium ion, Silicon anodes, solid state and alternative battery chemistries that will shape future markets
- How policy, finance and industry can be aligned to support innovation in Europe
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| 5:20 PM | Understanding Battery Demand Dynamics keynote |
| 5:50 PM | Networking reception & End of Day 1 |
| 7:30 AM | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM | Building Global Alliances - Understanding the geopolitics of new energy
- Need for balancing competition and cooperation in building a global lithium ion economy
- Benefits of building alliances in critical minerals and battery production
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| 9:15 AM | Critical Mineral Mining Policy - How Europe can boost its own mining industry - Critical Raw Materials Act: Securing the EU’s future supply of critical raw materials
- How can we ensure a sustainable and ethical supply chain of raw materials?
- Environmental and legislative concerns to setting up mines in Europe
- How achievable are the EU critical raw materials targets?
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| 10:00 AM | Networking Break |
| 10:30 AM | Building and Operating Sustainable Gigafactories: Working to reduce our carbon footprint - Selecting regions with low carbon electricity suppliers for the launch of battery production at giga-scale
- A new approach to construction to ensure that both the factories and their products are sustainable
- Reducing C02 emissions using green energy to operate a gigafactory
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| 11:20 AM | Highlight keynote: Mining the energy transition |
| 11:40 AM | Sustainability Keynote: Understanding battery emissions in light of the EU Batteries Regulations |
| 12:00 PM | Networking Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | Lithium: European lithium resources and projects in development |
| 2:00 PM | Cobalt, Nickel & Manganese - Understanding market fluctuations and pricing challenges
- Can future supplies keep up with growing demand before the market reaches a mismatch?
- Examining the availability and sustainability of a key cathode component: What is the capacity for additional supply?
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| 3:00 PM | Networking Break |
| 3:30 PM | Graphite Keynote |
| 3:45 PM | Graphite Panel - Understanding the current landscape of graphite production and forecasted challenges and opportunities
- Natural graphite: Where is ex-China flake graphite in development? How are the spherical processing ambitions changing?
- Synthetic graphite: How is the ex-China synthetic graphite and needle coke supply chain developing?
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| 4:30 PM | Close of Conference |
