June 20

7:30 am - 8:30 am

Registration & Breakfast

8:30 am - 9:30 am 

Critical Minerals: from exploration to batteries

8:30 am - 8:55 am

Drew Baglino, SVP Powertrain and Energy Engineering, Tesla

Kurt House, CEO Kobold Metals

8:55 am - 9:30 am  pannel discussion. 

Moderator: Morgan D. Bazilian, Director of the Payne Institute and Professor of Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines

9:30 am - 10:15 am 

Mineral-X: combining technological innovation with community representation and stewardship

9:30 am - 10:00am

Jef Caers, Founder, Mineral-X, Stanford University
 

David Yin, Co-Founder, Mineral-X, Stanford University

Amar Singh, President, Bidra Innovations Ventures (Mineral-Xi inaugural member)

Megan Crocker, Director, Strategic Partnerships, CSIRO US

10 am - 10:15 am:  Mineral-X panel discussion.

Moderator: Kurt House, KoBold Metals
 

Break

10:30 am - Noon

Artificial Intelligence research from the lab to mine development in less than 1 year

10:30 am-10:45 am

Vanessa Parli, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)

10:45 am-11:10 am

Mykel Kochenderfer, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University

11:10 am-11:30 am

John Mern, Decision Scientist and Intelligent Systems Engineer at Kobold Metals

11:30-noon: AI panel discussion.

Moderator: Jef Caers, Stanford Mineral-X

Lunch event

Gladys Kashimoto,  Community Engagement in Zambia

1:15 pm - 3:00 pm

The role of Brazil in producing decarbonized metals

1:15 pm-1:40 pm

David Strang, CEO, Ero Copper

The Strategic Importance of Natural Capital Mapping for Countries in the Context of the Energy Transition

1:40 pm-2:05 pm

Andres Blanco, CEO, Xcalibur Multiphysics

Mapping The United States Critical Minerals

2:05 pm-2:15 pm

Colin Williams, USGS Mineral Resources Program Coordinator

2:15 pm-2:25 pm

Adam Simon, Professor of Energy and Mineral Resources, University of Michigan

2:25 pm-2:35 pm

Douglas Wicks, Program Director, ARPA-E, Department of Energy

2:35 pm-3 pm:  US critical minerals panel discussion.

Moderator: Jef Caers, Stanford Mineral-X

Break

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm

Exploration and responsible mining in the Zambian Copperbelt

3:15 pm-3:40 pm

Dave Broughton, Hydrothermal Systems lead, Kobold Metals

3:40 pm-4:05 pm

Lombe Mbalashi, Chief Legal Officer at ZCCM Investments Holdings, Zambia

Michael C Daly, Professor in Earth Sciences, University of Oxford

4:05 pm-4:30 pm       Panel discussion 

Moderator: Josh Goldman, Co-Founder & President, KoBold Metals

Reception