09:30 Registration & Coffee
10:00 Welcome remarks
Session 1: The battery revolution – drivers and demands:
10:10 “Batteries overview: developments, materials and constraints”, by John Hykawy, President, Stormcrow Capital Inc, Canada;
10:40 “Chinese EV market & cathode materials used for automotive LIBs”, by Yuan Gao, President & CEO, Pulead Technology Industry Co., Ltd, China;
11:10 Coffee
Session 2: Supply scenarios – meeting demand for lithium:
11:45 ” Cathode materials ecosystem – challenges, opportunities and innovations”, by Stephen Campbell, Principal Scientist, Nano One, Canada;
12:15 “Development of an advanced lithium project in Quebec, Canada”, by Corey Nolan, CEO, Sayona Mining Ltd, Canada;
12:45 -14:00 Luncheon
Session 3: Supply scenarios – new sources of graphite:
14:00 “Graphite: The first all electric open pit mine”, by Eric Desaulniers, President & CEO, Nouveau Monde Graphite, Canada;
14:30 “Achieving graphite vertical integration – from graphene to Li-ion batteries”, by Shane Beattie, CTO, Elcora Advanced Materials, Canada;
15:00 “An advanced stage Canadian graphite project”, by Greg Bowes, President, Northern Graphite, Canada;
15:30 Tea
Session 3 – Cobalt – is it a limiter to NEV growth?
16:00 “Cobalt 27 – cobalt streams and physical inventory”, by Justin Cochrane, President & COO, Cobalt 27, Canada;
16:30″First Cobalt: the world’s largest cobalt exploration company”, by Trent Mell, First Cobalt Corp, Canada;
17:00 “SRG – A graphite, Nickel, Cobalt developer in West Africa”, by Ugo Landry-Tolszczuk, President & COO, SRG Graphite Inc., Canada;
17:30 – Conference close
***Programme may be subject to change***