SVMF 2025 Agenda

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Day 1 (June 17):

7:30 - 8:30 AMRegistration & Light Breakfast 
8:30 - 8:50 AMMineral-X Overview, Jef Caers, Mineral-X Director, Stanford University 
8:50 - 9:50 AMDaniel Runde in Conversation with Oleksandr Kubrakov: Ukraine’s Minerals, Technology, and Investment 
 
  • Oleksandr Kubrakov, Chairman of WeBuildUkraine Think Tank | Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine (2022-2024)
  • Daniel Runde, Senior Vice President, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
 
9:50 - 10:30 AMPanel #1:  International Collaboration: Doing Business in Difficult Places 
 
  • Gracelin Baskaran, Director of Critical Minerals Security Program, CSIS
  • Mahnaz Khan, Vice President, Silverado Policy Accelerator
  • Scott Woodard, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Competitiveness and Supply Chains, U.S. State Department
  • Moderator: Tony Carroll, Nonresident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
 
10:30 - 10:45 AMBreak 
10:45 - 11:15 AM Keynote: A Call for Open Data
Kurt House, CEO, KoBold Metals		 
11:15 - 12:00 PM Panel #2: Minerals Enabling Peace and Prosperity in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) 
 
  • Benjamin Katabuka, Director-General DRC, KoBold Metals
  • Flavia Tshibangu, Advisor to the President of the DRC
  • Scott Woodard, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Competitiveness and Supply Chains, U.S. State Department
  • Moderator: Jen Fendrick, Director of Public Policy, KoBold Metals
 
12:00 - 12:30 PMMineral-X Poster Lightning Talks 
12:30 - 1:30 PMLunch 
1:30 - 2:10 PMEconomics of the Upstream Critical Minerals Value Chain 
 
  • Dale Nesbitt, President, ArrowHead Economics
  • Carl Nesbitt, Goldcorp Endowed Chair in Minerals Engineering, Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Antoine Calvez, Senior Associate, ArrowHead Economics
  • Moderator: Jef Caers, Mineral-X Director, Stanford University
 
2:10 - 2:55 PM Presentation: Mineral Exploration Reimagined with Fleet Space Technologies 
 
  • Flavia Tata Nardini, CEO, Fleet Space Technologies
  • Keenan Jennings, Expert-In-Residence, Fleet Space Technologies | Former VP of Metal Exploration, BHP
  • Jack Muir, Director of Machine Learning, Fleet Space Technologies
  • Host: Doris Hiam-Galvez, Author of Designing Sustainable Prosperity
 
2:55 - 3:10 PMBreakBreak
3:10 - 3:55 PM Presentation: Unlocking Subsurface Potentials with Ideon 
 
  • Gary Agnew, Co-Founder & CEO, Ideon Technologies
  • Doug Schouten, Co-Founder & CTO, Ideon Technologies
  • Host: John Mern, CEO, TerraAI
 
3:55 - 4:40 PM Panel #3: Future of Critical Commodities (Copper Focus) 
 
  • Mark Cutifani, Chairman, Vale Base Metals; Former CEO, Anglo American
  • David Strang, Executive Chairman & Former CEO, Ero Copper
  • Moderator: Doris Hiam-Galvez, Author of Designing Sustainable Prosperity 
 
4:40 PM Reception 
End of Day 1  

Day 2  (June 18):

7:30 - 8:30 AMLight Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 AMKeynote: Building Africa Value Chain
 
  • Moses Engadu, Secretary-General, Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG)
  • Host: Tony Carroll, Nonresident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
9:00 - 9:40 AMPanel #1: New Developments in Africa
 
  • Andres Blanco, CEO, Xcalibur Smart Mapping
  • Jack Masangu, Deputy CEO, Gecamines, DRC
  • Shane Tragethon, VP, International Strategy ReElement Technologies
  • Moderator: Tony Carroll, Nonresident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
9:40 - 10:20 AMPanel #2: Unlocking Capital in the Critical Minerals Supply Chain
 
  • Mark Frayman, Managing Partner, Orion Industrial Ventures
  • Rahul Meka, Senior Associate, Playground VC
  • Kunal Sinha, SVP Marketing and Global Head of Recycling, Glencore
  • Rajesh Swaminathan, Partner, Khosla Ventures
  • Moderator: Charles Park, CFO, KoBold Metals
10:20 - 10:35 AMBreak
10:35 - 11:15 AMPanel #3: Region Focus: Rethinking the Value Chain of Canada, Australia, & Aligned Partners
 
  • Andrew Hunter, Founder and CEO, Hunter & Co
  • Mark Frayman, Managing Director, Orion Industrial Ventures
  • Jason Jessup, President & CEO, Magna Mining Inc
  • Trent Mell, Founder and CEO, Electra Battery Materials Corporation
  • Moderator: Doris Hiam-Galvez, Author of Designing Sustainable Prosperity 
11:15 - 11:55 AMPanel #4: Region Focus: Central Asia & Mongolia
 
  • Stephanie Ashton, VP Business Development, IG Global
  • ‌Deirdré Lingenfelder, CEO, Oyu Tolgoi
  • Moderator: Nodir Ruzmatov, Founder, One Nexus Group
11:55 - 12:35Panel #5: Attracting Future Talents to Mining
 
  • Jef Caers, Mineral-X Director, Stanford University
  • Doris Hiam-Galvez, Senior Advisor, Hatch
  • Robert Quartermain, Co-Chairman, President & CEO, Dakota Gold
  • Flavia Tata Nardini, CEO, Fleet Space Technologies
  • Moderator: Sofia Mantilla Salas, Mineral-X, Stanford University
12:35 - 1:35 PMLunch
1:35 - 2:35PMPresentation: Cutting Edge KoBold Tech
 
  • Lauren Anderson, Senior Data Scientist, KoBold Metals
  • Beth Reid, Staff Data Scientist, KoBold Metals
  • Host: Josh Goldman, President, KoBold Metals
2:35 - 2:50 PMBreak
2:50 - 3:40 PM Panel #6: Responsible Minerals Sourcing
 
  • Dinah McLeod, Director General, Cobalt Institute
  • Tshene Wedi, Regional Communication Manager for Glencore Copper Africa, DRC
  • Yuna Tae, Minerals Lead, Google
  • Moderator: David Zhen Yin,  Mineral-X Program Director, Stanford University
3:40 - 4:20 PMPanel #7: The P in LFP 
 
  • William Chueh, Professor & Director, Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy, Co-founder, Mitra Chem
  • Mehdi El Khatib, Head of Reputation & Public Affairs, OCP Group, Morocco
  • Abdellatif Elghali, Professor, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), Morocco
  • Ed Macha, President & CEO, Reliable Controls Corporation
  • Moderator: Jef Caers, Mineral-X Director, Stanford University
End of Day 2