07:50 - REGISTRATION
GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION, DECARBONISATION & CRITICAL MINERALS
09:00 - 09:10
ORGANISER’S WELCOME REMARKS & ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO COUNTRY
Ng Chin Chye
Director, Spire Events, Singapore
09:10 - 09:30
OPENING GOVERNMENT ADDRESS: CRITICAL MINERALS & MINING OUTLOOK IN QUEENSLAND AND AUSTRALIA
Government of Queensland, Australia
09:30 - 11:00
WISER (WOMEN IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & RESOURCES) PANEL DISCUSSION: THE RISKS, REWARDS & THE FUTURE FOR THE MINING INDUSTRY IN THE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION, DECARBONISATION, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ROLE OF CRITICAL MINERALS
Leigh Staines (Session Chair)
Industry Professor - Commercialisation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia
Caoilin Chestnutt
General Manager East, MEC Mining, Australia
Helen Degeling
Project Acquisition Manager, Cobalt Blue Holdings, Australia
Beth Schutz
Director, Sustainability & ESG, Turner & Townsend JukesTodd, Australia
Tresna Tunbridge
Head of Asia Pacific, Bechtel Enterprises, Australia
11:00 - 11:30
REFRESHMENTS BREAK & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
11:30 - 12:00
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: ADVANCING REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTRALIA & ACHIEVE IMPACTFUL OUTCOMES FOR QUEENSLAND'S RESOURCE COMMUNITIES
Nicole Duguid
Policy Director for Resources & Community, Queensland Resources Council, Australia
12:00 - 12:30
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: SECURING FUTURE INVESTMENT, KEEPING AUSTRALIA COMPETITIVE
Senator Susan McDonald LNP
Senator for Queensland & Shadow Minister for Resources & Northern Australia, Liberal National Party, Australia
12:30 - 14:00
LUNCH & NETWORKING BREAK
14:00 - 14:30
PRESENTATION: EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR FIRST NATION BUSINESSES IN THE RESOURCE SECTOR FROM AN INDIGENOUS BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
Jyi Lawton
CEO, AEMEE (Aboriginal Enterprises in Mining, Energy & Exploration), Australia
SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY, DEFENCE & SECURITY IMPERATIVES
14:30 - 15:00
PREMIUM RESENTATION: HOW CRITICAL MINERALS IMPACT SECURITY-RELATED ISSUES TODAY?
Dr John Coyne
Head of Northern Australia Strategic Policy Centre | Head of Strategic Policing and Law Enforcement, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Australia
15:00 - 15:30
PREMIUM RESENTATION: THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC & CRITICAL MINERALS RESOURCES IN ACHIEVING ENERGY TRANSITION AND NET ZERO FUTURE
Prof. Shumi Akhtar
Associate Professor, University of Sydney Business School, The University of Sydney, Australia
15:30 - 15:50
PREMIUM RESENTATION: QEM AND QUEENSLAND’S VANADIUM BATTERY POTENTIAL
Gavin Loyden
Managing Director, QEM Limited, Australia
15:50 - 16:20
REFRESHMENTS BREAK & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
FINANCING & INVESTMENT
16:20 - 16:40
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS & FINANCING CRITICAL MINERALS OPPORTUNITIES
Alberto Migliucci
Founder & CEO, Petra Commodities Asia,, Australia
16:40 - 17:30
PANEL DISCUSSION: FROM EXPLORATION TO PRODUCTION, MINING FINANCING & INVESTMENT TRENDS FOR CRITICAL MINERALS PROJECTS IN AUSTRALIA
Julien Lawrence (Session Chair)
Chairperson, Australian Chamber of Commerce Mongolia (AustCham Mongolia), Australia
Alberto Migliucci
Founder & CEO, Petra Commodities Asia,, Australia
Aaron Borg
Regional Co-Head Mining, Metals & Industries, APAC, Société Générale, Australia
Quentin Hill
CEO, The Advanced Materials and Battery Council, Australia
Nick Rees
Managing Director, Bridgend Capital Advisory​, Australia
17:30
CLOSING REMARKS & END OF DAY ONE