Join Benchmark’s week of networking, dealmaking and policy in Washington DC for Giga USA 2025, a live, and in-person conference being held June 3-4 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.
Across two days and multiple streams, discussions will explore the rise of USA's lithium ion battery gigafactory economy and the need to build secure, sustainable supply chains for lithium, nickel, graphite, cobalt, manganese, rare earths and other critical raw materials.
FREE PASSES AVAILABLE FOR US GOVERNMENT &
INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES
GIGA USA 2025
AGENDA AT A GLANCE
TUESDAY JUNE 3:
7:30 am: Registration Opens
7:30 am: Breakfast Networking
8:30 am to 6 pm: Giga USA Day One
6 pm to 8 pm: Giga USA Networking Reception
WEDNESDAY JUNE 4:
7:30 am: Breakfast Networking
8:30 am to 6 pm: Giga USA Day Two
GIGA USA 2024 SPEAKERS INCLUDED
Special Assistant to the President for Economic Development and Industrial Strategy
The White House
Deputy Special Presidential Coordinator for the Partnership for Global Infrastructure Investment
U.S. Department of State
Deputy Director, Batteries and Critical Minerals, MESC
U.S. Department of Energy
Global Sector Lead: Automotive, Electronics and Machinery | Senior IO
International Finance Corporation (World Bank)
Senior Managing Director, Chief Strategist of International Political Affairs and Public Policy
Evercore
Acting Vice President, Office of Equity and Investment Funds
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Program Manager, Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, Mineral Resources Program
U.S. Geological Survey
Founding Director, Project on Critical Minerals Security
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Executive Vice President and Head of Intelligent Industry Accelerator, Gigafactory and Battery
Capgemini
Deputy Assistant USTR for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Political Affairs
National Mining Association
GIGA USA 2025 SPEAKER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Contact our team to discuss how your company can contribute to this year's agenda.
KEY THEMES
- Impacts of the New Administration on the Inflation Reduction Act: What changes can we expect to the Government's large-scale stimulus policy targeted at clean energy supply chains?
- Targeting American Tonnage: The role of the USA 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 and their importance to global geopolitics
- Understanding the lithium ion battery ecosystem: What is the role of automotive OEMs and Tier One suppliers, in the race to build secure and sustainable supply chains?
- Energy Storage Systems (ESS): Understanding the dynamics of the next wave of lithium ion battery demand
- Building sustainable battery supply chains from the mine site onwards: decarbonised operations, managing environmental & social impacts, and good corporate governance
- Innovation in the chemistry and design from the cell pack to the anodes, cathodes, and how this will impact the critical materials required
- Developing Speciality Commodities: What does this mean for the critical minerals of lithium, graphite, cobalt, nickel, manganese, and silicon?
- Circularity, recycling and tracing: Will new technologies and improved collection strategies impact the race for critical minerals?
- Aligning policy, finance and global partnerships to strengthen America’s energy and green mobility future
- US Gigafactory expansion considerations: site location, size, technology, ESG, circularity and partnerships required
SPONSOR OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
A range of options are available which can be tailored to meet your objectives and increase your brand awareness.
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center is an iconic, landmark property in the heart of DC. Located on historic Pennsylvania Avenue, positioned between the White House and the US Capitol, the building is just minutes away from the airport, convention center, hotels, and museums and is easily accessible with an onsite parking garage and metro station.