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*An additional fee is payable to attend the Pre-Conference Workshop and it is not included as part of the two-day conference pass
Interactive Workshop: Demystifying Policy, Regulation & Sustainable Practices for the European Battery Supply Chain
This pre-day workshop includes lunch, refreshment breaks, and networking
An additional fee is payable to attend this workshop & is not included as part of the two-day conference pass
Deep dive/case study lead, will aim to cover/interactive
Bansri Shah
Head of Production
Fastmarkets
Kinga Timaru-Kast
Director for Public Affairs and Communication
RECHARGE
Julia Poliscanova
Senior Director, Vehicles & Emobility
Transport & Environment (T&E)
Pieter Verhees
Techno-Commercial Manager, Battery Recycling Solutions
Umicore
Vlad Olteanu
Senior Counsel EU Law & Policy
Loyens & Loeff & Strategic Advisor, RECHARGE
Bozorg Khanbaei
Policy Officer
Batteries European Partnership Association (BEPA)
Susannah McLaren
Head of Responsible Sourcing and Sustainability
Cobalt Institute
Timo Brechenmacher
Specialist Sustainability Supply Chains
Mercedes Benz
Sophie Myers
Lead Sustainability Consultant
Minviro
Open to all conference attendees
Raju Daswani
CEO
Joaquim Nunes de Almeida
Director for Mobility and Energy Intensive Industries
European Commission
Paul Lusty
Head of Battery Raw Materials Research
Hannu Hautala
Keliber
Chad Blewitt
Managing Director – Jadar Project
Rio Tinto
Stina Torjesen
Vice President – Sustainability
Morrow Batteries
Yann Teste
Global Vice President Purchasing – New Technologies & Global Categories
Volvo Construction Equipment
The European battery supply chain is facing a time of risk and uncertainty: What we do now may determine whether Europe and other regions can develop resilient, sustainable supply chains for EV demand. What will it take to navigate the current environment and prepare for long term growth?
Anita Natesh
Commercial Vice-President – North America, Europe, Middle East and India for Energy Storage
Albemarle
Andre Cortesao
Research Analyst – Battery Raw Materials – Recycling
Ellen Carey
Chief External Affairs Officer
Circulor
Kirstyn Petras
Senior Price Reporter
Elewout Depicker
VP, Commercial & Corporate Development EMEA
Li-Cycle
Guillermo Espiga
VP & Head of Business Development
Nth Cycle
Henrik Sylve
Director of Commercial Recycling
Northvolt AB
Rohit Kumar
Director – EV and Battery Sector
Standard Chartered
Phoebe O'Hara
Energy Storage Lead Analyst
Andrea Hotter
Special Correspondent
William Labat-Labourdette
Managing Director – Transition Minerals, Metals & Batteries
BNP Paribas
Jessica Fung
Head Strategist
Pala Investments
Robert Baylis
Portfolio Manager
InnoEnergy
Dominic Wells
Research Director
Blue Project
Emanuel Proença
Savannah Resources
Solomon Cefai
Adele Rouleau
ESG & Critical Minerals Lead
SFA Oxford
Cris Moreno
CEO & Managing Director
Vulcan Energy Resources
Lucy Crane
ESG & Sustainability Manager
Cornish Lithium
4 startup companies from across the mining, anode, cathode, and battery landscape will pitch their new business ideas to a panel of senior investors and venture capitalists. The investors will use valuation techniques to debunk or concur with the owner’s valuation and decide whether they wish to grant them funding in return for an ownership stake. Only one will leave a winner.
Vincent Veron
Low Carbon Transition Group
Bram Sprangers
Investment Manager – Climate Tech & Energy
Invest-NL
Casper Peeters
E-Magy
Sarah Montgomery
CEO & Co-Founder
Infyos
Wang Can
Overseas Business Manager
Sunrise SNE
The production of sodium sulphate from the battery materials industry has often been referenced as a barrier to entry, cited as driving the ecological and economical scale off balance for producers. What are the options to overcome these challenges and create opportunities for breaking down the barriers?
Karel Vratny
Thermal Solutions and Battery Materials – EMEA
Veolia
Philipp Wunderlich
Senior Manager – Battery Technology Consulting Lead
Accenture Industry X
Wolfgang Bernhart
Senior Partner
Roland Berger
Henning Flaig
Vice President Commercial & Asset Ownership Circular Solutions
Norsk Hydro ASA
William Adams
Head of Base Metals & Battery Research
Nicolo Campagnol
Battery Insights Manager
McKinsey & Company
Andrew Leyland
Managing Director
SC Insights
Tobias Abt
Manager Raw Material Procurement and Strategic Market Development
Mercedes-Benz AG
Christian Barbier
Founder & Director
CRB Resources
Cormac O'Laoire
Electrosis
Lydia Bridges
Senior Sustainability Consultant
Manuel de Sousa Martins
Aurora Lithium
Tobias Wabnitz
CCO
Callum Perry
Strategic Markets Editor – Energy Transition
Thomas Beck
Chief Commercial Officer
Sean Sargent
Green Lithium
Tony Sage
Critical Metals
Martin Steinbild
General Manager – Europe
SCT
Roland Chavasse MBA
Secretary General
International Lithium Association (ILiA)
Jose Ramos
Business Development Manager – Inorganics Technology Solutions
KBR
What are the prevailing pricing mechanisms in today’s lithium market, and how well do they serve the industry’s needs?
Przemek Koralewski
Global Head of Market Development
Peter Hannah
Global Product Pricing Manager
Anna Chadwick
Head of Battery Metals
Freight Investor Services (FIS)
Ian Caton
Director Metals Production
CME Group
Iveta Zagorova
Manager – Research Analyst
Table 1: LFP vs NCM – which chemistry will dominate the European market?
Table 2: Path towards localised anode supply chain in Europe – challenges and opportunities
Table 3: Developments in Europe’s battery recycling and black mass markets
Table 4: Investment: how will Europe keep up with incentives in other regions?
Table 5: Critical minerals derivatives – will it be the solution for supply problems and price volatility?
Table 6: ESS: Where we see the greatest opportunities for growth over the long term
Table 7: How can European OEMs create cost effective EV’s for consumers?
Table 8: What impact will the Battery Passport have on the supply chain?
Krishna Muthu PhD CEng
Senior Analyst – Battery Manufacturing Cost Modelling
Jon Stibbs
Europe Technology and Energy Metals Editor
Daphne Peres
Lead Buyer Battery Raw Materials
Volvo Trucks
Chris Doornbos
Founder and CEO
E3 Lithium
Jose Miguel Berguño
Senior VP Corporate Services & Sustainability
SQM
Daniel Layton
Chairman
Enscorcia
Ignacio Celorrio
Executive Vice President, Legal, Government and External Affairs
Lithium Argentina Corp
Robert Searle
Analyst – Battery Raw Materials
Francesco Gattiglio
Vice President External Affairs – Europe
Kamila Slupek
Sustainability Director
Eurometaux
Francisco Carranza
Basquevolt
Srinivas Popuri
Battery Consulting Partners
Emilie Bodoin
Pure Lithium
Jonathan Lafontaine
Strategic Advisor
Quebec's Ministry of Natural Resources
Charles-Olivier Tarte
Chief Financial Officer
Nouveau Monde Graphite
Alex Cook
Ivy Qi
Vice President – Product Development
LME
Thibault de Saint-Vaulry
Regional Sales Manager – Europe
Geolith
Samuel Moore
ILiAD Technologies
John Burba
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
International Battery Metals (IBAT)
Georgi Geogiev
Battery Raw Materials Analyst
Olivier Masson
Principal Analyst
James McKeigue
Base Metals Editor – Europe
Mark Mistry
Senior Manager, LCA & Sustainability
Nickel Institute
Quentin Lamarche
Co-Managing Director
TechMet Mercuria
Wim Geens
Business Head – Lithium & Manganese
Matt James
Euro Manganese
Evelyn Fabbri
Analyst
Penso Power
Jos van der Burgt
Principal Consultant, Energy Storage
DNV Netherlands BV
Per-Inge Kruse
Group Director, Business Development & Strategic Alliances
Talga Group
Terence Neu
Global Strategy & Business Development Director
Imerys Graphite and Carbon