Keynote Conference & Exhibition Day One - 20 September 2023
07:45 - REGISTRATION
GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION, DECARBONISATION & CRITICAL MINERALS
09:00 - 09:25
WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Professor Leonard Collard
Whadjuk Nyungar Traditional Owner of the Perth Metropolitan Area, Australia
09:25 - 09:30
ORGANISER'S WELCOME REMARKS & INTRODUCTION OF EVENT
09:30 - 10:30
OPENING PANEL DISCUSSION: THE RISKS, REWARDS & THE FUTURE FOR THE MINING INDUSTRY IN THE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION, DECARBONISATION, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ROLE OF CRITICAL MINERALS
Evonne Grosso (Session Chair)
Sustainability & Communications Manager, Ionic Rare Earths, Australia
Dr. Bronwyn Camac
Acting Director, Geological Survey of South Australia
Peter Nicholson
Senior Advisor Australia & Asia, Appian Capital Advisory LLP
Dale Henderson
Managing Director & CEO, Pilbara Minerals, Australia
Patrick Mutz
CEO & Managing Director, Image Resources, Australia
Claire Mortoni
Head of Asia Pacific, Digbee | CFA President, CFA Society Perth, Australia
Ron Mitchell
Chairman, London Metal Exchange Lithium Committee | Managing Director, Global Lithium Resources, Australia
10:30 - 11:00
REFRESHMENTS BREAK & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
MOBILIZING FINANCE & ACCELERATING AUSTRALIA’S CRITICAL MINERALS ECOSYSTEM
11:00 - 11:25
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: MAXIMISING AUSTRALIAN BENEFIT - FINANCING CRITICAL MINERAL PROJECT, SUPPLY CHAIN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Dan Smart
Sector Lead, Director, PSF, Export Finance Australia, Australia
11:25 - 11:50
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: AUSTRALIA’S CRITICAL MINERALS SECTOR – RECENT TRENDS AND MOMENTUM
Michael Neimanis
Assistant Manager, Rare Earth Element Magnets, Critical Minerals Office, Australia
11:50 - 12:15
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL RARE EARTH PROCESSING FACILITY – A CATALYST FOR A RARE EARTH HUB
Mike Crabtree
President & Chief Executive Officer, Saskatchewan Research Council, Canada
12:15 - 12:40
PRESENTATION: PUBLIC POLICY & ARITHMETIC - WHY POLITICIANS NEED TO UNDERSTAND BASIC MATHS
David Honey
Shadow Minister for State Development, Water, Hydrogen, Small Business, Science, Innovation & ICT, Liberal Party, Australia
12:40 - 14:00
REFRESHMENTS BREAK & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
COMPANY SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATIONS
14:00 - 14:15 | SPOTLIGHT - IMAGE RESOURCES
Patrick Mutz
CEO & Managing Director, Image Resources, Australia
14:15 - 14:30 | SPOTLIGHT - LITHIUM ENERGY LIMITED
Peter Smith
Executive Director, Lithium Energy Limited, Australia
14:30 - 14:45 | SPOTLIGHT - PILBARA MINERALS
Paul Laybourne
Project Director, Pilbara Minerals, Australia
14:45 - 15:00 | SPOTLIGHT - SOUTHERN GOLD
Robert Smillie
Managing Director, Southern Gold, Australia
15:00 - 15:15 | SPOTLIGHT - FUTURE METALS
Jardee Kininmonth
Managing Director & CEO, Future Metals, Australia
15:15 - 15:30 | SPOTLIGHT - ARK MINES
Roger Jackson
Executive Chairman, Ark Mines, Australia
15:30 - 16:00
REFRESHMENTS BREAK & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
FINANCING & INVESTMENT
16:00 - 16:30
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: AUSTRALIA’S POTENTIAL IN THE LITHIUM MARKET
Mads Yde Jensen
Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company, Australia
16:30 - 17:30
PANEL DISCUSSION: FROM EXPLORATION TO PRODUCTION, MINING FINANCING & INVESTMENT TRENDS FOR CRITICAL MINERALS PROJECTS IN AUSTRALIA
David Tasker (Session Chair)
Managing Director, Chapter One Advisors
Frank van Rooyen
Senior Director - Resources & WA, Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, Australia
Jacqueline Lane
Associate Director, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)
Alvin D’Almaida
Manager Resources and Energy, Austrade, Australia
17:30 - 17:35
CLOSING REMARKS
17:35 - 18:30
NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION