• Outlining the tools needed to meet net-zero goals
• The importance of maintaining competitiveness in the global EV market 

• Understanding the importance of a resilient and integrated domestic supply chain 
   

• Navigating geopolitics to create and maintain strategic relationships 
• Assessing the impact of incentives like the IRA and Free Trade Agreements on existing and potential partnerships 
• Examining global partners against FEOC guidelines 

• Building the mid-stream capacity and advanced battery cell design
   

• Outlining successes and challenges from IRA implementation
• Addressing FEOC guidelines and maintaining compliance 
• Assessing projects and investments in infrastructure to encourage battery value chain development
   

• Outlining the importance of ESG management in building a sustainable battery supply chain
• Highlighting tools to effectively meet decarbonization goals 
• Innovations in battery recycling technologies to effectively reduce waste disposal amounts
   

From Billions to Trillions: How much is needed for net zero? 

• Outlining government incentives and funding opportunities 
• Identifying roadblocks between capital and battery industry projects 
• Highlighting the need for government and private sector cooperation in activating finance for energy transition projects 
   

• Addressing national security risks and vulnerabilities in the critical mineral supply chain
• Mobilizing DoD investment to accelerate domestic battery production
   

Building the Future US Supply Chain

• Outlining the role of policy in accelerating domestic production 
• Innovations in global and domestic cathode and anode production; which chemistries will shape future markets? 
• Highlighting major domestic projects and the role these play in securing future supply
   

All spotlights will address: 

• Understanding the critical mineral price environment 
• The importance of promoting market diversification 
• Outlining the need for market integration 

Critical minerals to be addressed: 

• Lithium 
• Graphite 
• Cobalt & Nickel & Manganese 
   

Opening Keynote

All spotlights will address: 

• Understanding the critical mineral price environment 
• The importance of promoting market diversification 
• Outlining the need for market integration 

Critical minerals to be addressed: 

• Copper 
• Rare Earths
   

• Outlining the drivers of raw materials and which battery chemistries will see gains
• Understanding R&D developments within mineral exploration processes
• Utilizing new technologies like AI to increase efficiency within the entire battery supply chain

Major Lithium Thought Leaders from across the Supply, Demand, Governance and Finance Spectrum 
 

Hear from Lithium’s Major North and South American Stakeholders

• Lithium diplomacy: Friendshoring and building global alliances through policy, trade and investment
• Localising lithium supply chains: Mining permitting reform and measures to onshore refining capacity 
• Lithium Commoditization: Market strategies to unlock finance and build trade  
• Opening new lithium frontiers: Exploring new deposit types and applying innovation to unlock resource

Hear from Lithium’s Major APAC & EMEA Stakeholders

• Lithium diplomacy: Friendshoring and building global alliances through policy, trade and investment
• Localising lithium supply chains: Mining permitting reform and measures to onshore refining capacity 
• Lithium Commoditization: Market strategies to unlock finance and build trade  
• Opening new lithium frontiers: Exploring new deposit types and applying innovation to unlock resource