June 21

7:30 am

Breakfast

8:30 am - 9:20 am

The future of lithium-ion batteries

8:30 am - 8:45 am

Vivas Kumar, CEO Mitra Chem

 

8:45 am - 9:00 am

Kristoffer Hedenstedt, Strategic Analysis Engineer, Novo Energy

9:00 am-9:20 am             Panel discussion.

Moderator: Kurt House, CEO Koboldmetals

 

9:20 am - 10:20 am

Geological origin of the lithium supply

9:20 am-9:40 am 

Robert Linnen, Lithium Systems Lead, Kobold Metals

 

9:40 am-10:00 am 

Tom Benson, Vice President of Global Exploration Lithium Americas
 

10:00 am -10:20 am             Panel discussion.

Moderator: Gordon Brown, Prof. em. of Geological Sciences, Stanford University

Break 

10:30 am -- Noon

Community engagement in critical minerals mining

Panel 1: 10:35 am-11:10 am

 

Justin Marquez, Senior Partnerships Manager, Equity & Access Elemental Excelerator
 

 

Luis Olmedo, Executive Director of Comite Civico del Valle, Imperial Valley, CA

 

 

Konadu Amoakuh, E-IPER, Stanford University

 

 

Moderator: Jane Willenbring, Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Stanford University

 

Panel 2: 11:10 am-noon

 

Alexi Zawadzki, President of North American Operations, Lithium Americas

 

 

Laura Blanco, Global Director ESG Xcalibur

 

 

Lance Miller, Vice President, Natural Resources NANA Regional Corporation

 

 

Monica Skelton, Communities and Social Performance Manager, Rio Tinto

 

 

Adan Olivares Castro, Regional Lead, Americas and the Caribbean, IRMA

 

 

Moderator: Alyssa Newman, Director of Responsible Sourcing, Rivian

 

Lunch

1:00 pm-2:00 pm

Investment, ESG, and technological innovation for critical mineral supply chains

 

Kendall Cole-Rae, Head of Resource and Commodity Knowledge, Exploration Rio Tinto

 

 

Sonia Scarselli, Vice President BHP Xplor

 

Moderator: Jef Caers

 

2:00 pm-3:00 pm

Advances in geophysical imaging for mineral exploration

 

Dan Hollis, Director, Sisprobe SAS - "Use of Passive Seismic in Mineral Exploration"

 

 

Glenn Chubak, VP of Technology at Dias Geophysical

 

 

Michael C Daly, Professor in Earth Sciences, University of Oxford - "Integrated Basin Analysis & Multiphysics: The Key to Basin Hosted Cu Exploration"

 

Moderator: Tenzing Joshi, Staff Scientist, KoBold Metals