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23 Jun 2025
  1. Pre-Day
    You can choose to add a pre-day workshop pass (sold separately) available to select as a separate 'add-on' during the registration process.
  2. Registration & Networking Breakfast
    Pre-Day
  3. Pre-Day
    The challenge of forecasting prices in immature markets that have multiple predictors with high data uncertainty  How can analysts account for the range of economic, technological, geopolitical and so ...
  4. Pre-Day
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • Battery Raw Materials
    Global policy outlook and forecasted impact on lithium and critical raw minerals  Shifting trade flows amid rising resource nationalism and supply chain realignment  Latest updates on the US IRA, EU C ...
  5. Pre-Day
    • Policy
    • Battery Chemistry
    • Market Outlook
    Language of the Industry and commonly used acronyms (NMC, LFP, BESS, DLE) and their meanings. Battery Chemistry Basics: Understanding cathodes, anodes, electrolytes, and separator materials. Market & ...
  6. Pre-Day
    • ESS
    • Market Outlook
    ESS demand growth outlook through 2030: regions, scale, and use cases  How renewable integration and energy security are driving stationary storage investment  What rising ESS demand means for lithium ...
  7. Networking & Coffee Break
    Pre-Day
    • Networking
  8. Pre-Day
    • ESS
    • Innovation
    • Battery Chemistry
    LFP vs. high-nickel vs. sodium chemistries: economics, performance (safety vs. efficiency), and supply risk trade-offs  How evolving EV and ESS use cases are reshaping cathode and anode preferences  T ...
  9. Pre-Day
    • Innovation
    • Battery Chemistry
    • Market Outlook
    Exploring emerging demand from data centres, robotics, and defence beyond EVs  Assessing material and performance needs driving alternative battery chemistries  The rise of sodium-ion and solid-state: ...
  10. Pre-Day
    Ask the speakers from the demand outlook section your key questions in a panel style session. 
  11. Pre-Day
    • Innovation
    • DLE
    • ESG
    • Extraction Technology
    State of play: where conventional mining, brine, and refining methods are holding—and where are they breaking down  Advances in DLE, geothermal lithium, HF-free graphite, and low-carbon HPAL: where te ...
  12. Pre-Day
    • ESS
    • Policy
    • Battery Chemistry
    How can forecasting methodologies evolve to account for extreme policy, geopolitical, and macro volatility?   Bridging short-term noise with long-term fundamentals: what data matters now?  The role of ...
  13. Networking Lunch Break
    Pre-Day
    • Networking
  14. Pre-Day
    • Investment & Finance
    The evolving role of governments: price floors, tax incentives, and strategic subsidies  Blended finance models: how public funds are unlocking private investment for mining and refining  Investor app ...
  15. Pre-Day
    • Risk Management
    Case studies in lithium and cobalt: how futures contracts are being used across the value chain  The role of Chinese futures in shaping global spot market behaviour and price discovery  Practical rout ...
  16. Pre-Day
  17. Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
    • Networking
    All attendees are welcome to join us for the Welcome Ceremony and Drinks Reception from 17:00 on June 23rd. You don't require a Pre-Day pass to attendee this event.
24 Jun 2025
  1. Networking Breakfast
    Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
  2. Main Stage
  3. Main Stage
    • Policy
    In response to the Trump administration's recent executive orders aimed at accelerating domestic critical mineral production, the U.S. is undertaking significant permitting reforms to strengthen natio ...
  4. Main Stage
    • ESS
    • Lithium
    • Market Outlook
    Gain data-driven insights into the future of lithium supply, demand, and pricing to make informed business decisions, optimize sourcing strategies, negotiate contracts, and assess investment risks. Th ...
  5. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Market Outlook
  6. Main Stage
  7. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • Innovation
    • ESG
    • Market Outlook
    • Extraction Technology
    The future of the lithium industry depends on balancing supply growth with long-term sustainability. This session explores the key challenges shaping the sector, from navigating geopolitical influence ...
  8. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Lithium
    • DLE
    • Innovation
    • ESG
    With lithium demand rising ' possibly five-fold by 2030 in the U.S. alone ' producers cannot afford to wait for an ideal incentive price. Despite today's lower prices, time is of the essence to bring ...
  9. Refreshments & Networking Break
    Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
    • Networking
  10. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Lithium
    • Innovation
    • DLE
    • ESG
    Gain valuable insights into SLB’s innovative well-to-product solutions, including sustainable subsurface lithium exploration, extraction, and reinjection processes, as well as their scalable, cost-eff ...
  11. Main Stage
    • Policy
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Investment & Finance
    Strategic insights into how tariffs and national partnerships are reshaping the battery supply chain—examining the policy impacts of both the Biden and Trump administrations, and exploring trade dynamics, collaborative strategies, and the future of critical mineral security for domestic manufacturing. 
  12. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Lithium
    • Innovation
    • DLE
    • ESG
    As brine-based lithium production emerges as a key driver of domestic supply, this session explores how oilfield expertise, advanced exploration techniques, and the adoption of Direct Lithium Extracti ...
  13. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Lithium
    • Innovation
    • DLE
    • ESG
    Revolutionizing the lithium supply chain, this session explores pioneering green technologies that cut costs, lower carbon footprints, and ensure a sustainable, high-grade lithium supply for the futur ...
  14. Main Stage
  15. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Lithium
    • Innovation
    • DLE
    • ESG
    This session explores the key performance metrics that impact the overall capital cost of Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) systems, providing a framework for evaluating cost-effective solutions in lith ...
  16. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Investment & Finance
    This exclusive fireside chat brings together the visionaries behind the Sayona Mining and Piedmont Lithium merger, including Dawne Hickton (Chair-designate, Elevra Lithium) and Fraser Perry (RCF), to ...
  17. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Lithium
    • Innovation
    • DLE
    • ESG
    With intense competition and compressed timelines, the success of Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) projects hinges on smart, fit-for-purpose process design. This session unpacks how to balance flowshee ...
  18. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Lithium
    • Innovation
    • DLE
    • ESG
    Produced water from oil and gas operations, once viewed as waste, is now emerging as an untapped resource for the energy transition. This session dives into how KBR and Geolith have combined their cut ...
  19. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Innovation
    • DLE
    • ESG
    • Extraction Technology
    Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) offers tremendous potential for scaling lithium production, but several barriers remain in translating theoretical success into commercial viability. This session will ...
  20. Main Stage
    • Policy
    • ESG
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Battery Chemistry
    Gain practical strategies to navigate North America's EV supply chain developments ' whether through self-sufficiency or global partnerships. Industry experts will evaluate the challenges, opportuniti ...
  21. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Processing & Refining
    • Lithium
    • Innovation
    • ESG
    • Extraction Technology
    Discover how Anson’s lithium brine project in Utah’s Paradox Basin is helping to reshape the domestic supply of critical minerals. With late-stage development progress, breakthrough pilot test results ...
  22. Sustainability & Innovation HUB

    Discover how ADIONICS is revolutionizing lithium extraction through supramolecular chemistry and its patented Flionex® technology. This innovative liquid–liquid extraction process enables high-yield, ultra-pure lithium recovery from diverse sources—including brines, geothermal waters, and recycled batteries—without traditional reagents. Learn how this closed-loop solution not only boosts efficiency but also dramatically reduces water use and environmental impact, making it a compelling fit for both miners and gigafactories. 

    • Unlock higher recovery and purity with Flionex®—a supramolecular liquid–liquid extraction technology that eliminates traditional reagents. 
    • See real-world results from case studies showcasing reduced water consumption and high performance across various lithium sources. 
    • Understand how ADIONICS' scalable solution supports sustainable industrialization for lithium producers and battery manufacturers alike. 
  23. Lunch & Networking Break
    Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
    • Networking
  24. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Recycling
    • Innovation
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Battery Chemistry
    Gain valuable insights from top industry pioneers on key lessons learned from AI in the automotive sector'and how these innovations can drive the future of your mining, cathode, anode, refining, or re ...
  25. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Innovation
    • ESG
    • Battery Chemistry
    This talk will explain how Pure Lithium drives the cost out lithium metal production by combining metal extraction and anode production, then pairs this novel anode with a vanadium cathode which will ...
  26. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • ESG
    • Investment & Finance
    As geopolitical tensions and trade measures — including new U.S. tariffs — reshape global battery supply chains, Canada’s hard rock lithium and graphite sectors are gaining fresh strategic relevance. ...
  27. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Innovation
    • ESG
    • Battery Chemistry
    • Pricing
    This session examines the impact of the current lower-price environment on the development of next-generation battery technologies, exploring the balance between cost reduction, innovation, and the ti ...
  28. Main Stage
    • Recycling
    • Processing & Refining
    • Innovation
    • ESG
    • Investment & Finance
    Closed-loop recycling represents a transformative opportunity for the EV battery supply chain, but what does achieving it entail in practice? This session dives deep into the practical, financial, and ...
  29. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Recycling
    • Processing & Refining
    • Innovation
    • Battery Chemistry
    Insights into a new ultra-thin lithium foil anode to help transition to all solid-state batteries including cost and purity as well as future liquid electrolyte pouch cells. The presentation will delv ...
  30. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • Innovation
    • ESG
    • Extraction Technology
    ' Exploring the potential of the Smackover Formation in the U.S. lithium supply chain.' Role of Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) in sustainable resource development.' Impact of domestic lithium product ...
  31. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • Market Outlook
    • Investment & Finance
    Pessimism in the lithium sector is at an all-time high, with analysts predicting oversupply through 2029/30. However, they underestimate how low prices drive exponential demand growth—beyond EVs, into ...
  32. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Processing & Refining
    • Lithium
    • DLE
    • Innovation
    • Extraction Technology
  33. Refreshments & Networking Break
    Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
    • Networking
  34. Refreshments & Networking Break
    Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Networking
  35. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • Innovation
    • Investment & Finance
    • Extraction Technology
    Explore how Nevada is positioning itself as a leader in the lithium battery supply chain by overcoming regulatory challenges, resource limitations, and global competition, while driving innovation acr ...
  36. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • ESS
    • Recycling
    • Processing & Refining
    • Lithium
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Battery Chemistry
    • Market Outlook
    A deep dive into the Volta Foundation’s latest Battery Outlook, offering critical insights on supply chain dynamics, technological advancements, and market trends shaping the lithium and battery mater ...
  37. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • ESS
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • Innovation
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Battery Chemistry
    India is emerging as a key player in the global battery materials ecosystem, driven by strong government incentives, growing energy demand, and an expanding EV market. This session will explore the ra ...
  38. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • ESG
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Battery Chemistry
    This session explores the rise of gigafactories outside of China, their material sourcing strategies, and the global implications for battery manufacturing as Europe and the U.S. ramp up production. W ...
  39. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • ESG
    • Extraction Technology
    As demand for lithium soars, Texas is positioned to become a critical hub in the U.S. lithium supply chain. This session will explore how the Lone Star State can unite the U.S. and its allies through ...
  40. Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
    • Networking
  41. VOLTAS 2025 Awards & Gala Dinner
    Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
    • Networking
    VOLTAS Awards 2025 & Gala Dinner celebrates the pinnacle of the industry, showcasing outstanding achievements and excellence in categories ranging from CEO of the Year and Innovation of the Year to In ...
25 Jun 2025
  1. Main Stage
    • Processing & Refining
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • Investment & Finance
    • Extraction Technology
    Kickstart your day with insights into Latin America's pivotal role in the global lithium and battery materials supply chain. This session will explore the region's latest developments, policy, investm ...
  2. Networking Breakfast
    Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
  3. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • Battery Raw Materials
  4. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • Battery Raw Materials
  5. Main Stage
    • Processing & Refining
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • Investment & Finance
    • Extraction Technology
    Explore Brazil's evolving role as a global lithium leader, examining its competitive advantages, investment appeal, and the strategic steps needed to unlock its full potential. ' Brazil's potential in ...
  6. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • ESG
    Ana Cabral, CEO, Sigma Lithium discusses the critical role of ESG in lithium production and Brazil's path to becoming a global leader in sustainable practices. ' Sigma's approach to clean energy and t ...
  7. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • ESG
    • Investment & Finance
    Argentina is emerging as a global lithium leader, but challenges like regulatory hurdles, infrastructure constraints, and market development must be addressed to unlock its full potential. This panel ...
  8. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • ESS
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • Innovation
    • ESG
    • Battery Raw Materials
    This session explores how North America's energy storage sector is evolving, with a focus on the impact of domestic manufacturing, policy shifts, cost of ownership, and raw material supply chains on t ...
  9. Refreshments & Networking Break
    Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
    • Networking
    Join us for some Networking and refreshments sponsored by JordProxa
  10. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • ESS
    • Innovation
    • ESG
    • Battery Chemistry
    Exploring the diverse landscape of energy storage technologies, from Li-Ion to emerging alternatives, and analyzing their drivers, deployment potential, and role in the evolving energy ecosystem.  The ...
  11. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • DLE
    • Innovation
    • ESG
    Background on the Direct Lithium to Product' (DLP') process and its application to the Salar de Maricunga brine will be presented. Current project status and future plans will also be discussed.
  12. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • ESS
    • Innovation
    • Battery Chemistry
    • Market Outlook
    Prepare your business for a rapidly evolving demand landscape. Explore the transformative growth and trends shaping the electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage system (ESS) markets through 2035. This ...
  13. Main Stage
    • Innovation
    • Battery Chemistry
    • Investment & Finance
    Cells are the cheapest they have ever been so what is stopping the US and Europe from producing the affordable EVs? Explore why "good enough" technologies like Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) may dominat ...
  14. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    Gradiant’s spin-out company, alkaLi, is revolutionizing direct lithium extraction production with its EC² technology—a modular, containerized system that integrates extraction, concentration, and conv ...
  15. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Processing & Refining
    • Lithium
    • Innovation
    • DLE
    Unlock over 30% capital savings and faster project delivery by adopting truly modular, pre-commissioned process plants. This session explores how lithium projects can reduce risk, cost, and complexity ...
  16. Main Stage
    • Processing & Refining
    • Lithium
    • DLE
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Battery Chemistry
    • Investment & Finance
    CEOs of selected mining, anode, cathode, recycling companies and aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of successful investors ("sharks") in hopes of securing funding and mentor ...
  17. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    This session will explore the accelerating adoption of lithium derivatives, with a particular focus on those listed on CME Group and indexed to Fastmarkets assessments. The speaker will outline the ra ...
  18. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    This session will provide a comprehensive analysis of the market trends and forecasts for key materials essential to battery production, focusing on their roles and future demand leading up to 2035. 
  19. Sustainability & Innovation HUB

    Solid-state batteries are poised to redefine the future of energy storage with unmatched safety and energy density. Yet, the industrialization of core material components remains a key hurdle. Sichuan Union Shine New Energy Sci-Tech Co., Ltd is leading progress in this space through innovations in sulfide solid-state electrolytes (Li₂S), cathode materials, and Li-Mg alloy anodes. Their efforts in pilot-scale validation and demonstration production lines are pushing solid-state battery technology closer to large-scale commercialization. 

    • Material Innovation Leadership: Sichuan Union Shine pioneers scalable production of sulfide-based electrolytes, lithium-magnesium alloy anodes, and advanced cathode materials. 
    • Market Momentum: With global lithium-ion battery demand set to double in the next decade, solid-state variants could capture 10% of the market by 2035. 
    • Strategic Industrialization: While global giants invest in next-gen batteries, firms like Sichuan Union Shine are critical in building the material supply chain backbone. 
  20. Sustainability & Innovation HUB

    Avoid costly delays and underperformance by aligning technology, engineering, and execution from the earliest stages of your lithium project. This session explores how early collaboration with technology providers during feasibility can lead to clearer scopes, smarter process design, and smoother delivery. Learn how to reduce risk and meet battery-grade specifications through integrated planning and modular strategies that streamline execution and improve long-term performance. 

    • Mitigate execution risks by aligning developers, EPCMs, and technology partners from feasibility through delivery. 
    • Improve project outcomes with early scope clarity, realistic design targets, and integrated technology planning. 
    • Accelerate delivery and lower construction risks with modular execution approaches that reduce site complexities. 
  21. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
  22. Main Stage
    • Policy
    • ESG
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Investment & Finance
    As global trade dynamics and shifting U.S. policies reshape the investment climate, this session will examine how new financial instruments, public-private partnerships, and capital strategies are eme ...
  23. Lunch & Networking Break
    Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
    • Networking
  24. Women Leading the Charge in EV ' Networking Lunch Sponsored by ExxonMobil
    Celebrate the leadership, innovation, and impact of women shaping the future of the electric vehicle (EV) industry. Join us for a special networking lunch celebrating the leadership, innovation, and i ...
  25. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Processing & Refining
    • Lithium
    • Innovation
    Discover how Andritz is driving the next wave of digital transformation in lithium production. In this session, you’ll explore real-world results from deploying Advanced Process Control (APC) solution ...
  26. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Recycling
    • Market Outlook
  27. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Policy
    • Investment & Finance
    • Extraction Technology
    Chile stands at a pivotal juncture in the global lithium supply chain, introducing transformative policies that reshape its role in the industry. With the upcoming general election on November 16, 202 ...
  28. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Processing & Refining
    • Innovation
    • Battery Chemistry
    Effective filtration is essential for optimizing lithium refining and cathode active material (CAM) processes, ensuring high product purity, minimizing material losses, and improving overall operation ...
  29. Sustainability & Innovation HUB

    Effective filtration is essential for optimizing lithium refining and cathode active material (CAM) processes, ensuring high product purity, minimizing material losses, and improving overall operational efficiency. 

    • Understanding the impact of filtration on contamination control and process optimization. 
    • Exploring different separation technologies and their role in improving efficiency and reducing waste. 
    • Strategies for achieving consistent product purity while minimizing material recycle and losses. 
  30. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Recycling
    • Processing & Refining
    Exploring how integrating mining, processing, and anode production can strengthen supply chains.  Can the graphite sector replicate successful vertical integration models seen in lithium and other bat ...
  31. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Innovation
    • Extraction Technology
    Can a hub-and-spoke model unlock faster, more efficient lithium production, or will it introduce new complexities? This session explores how decentralizing processing and optimizing logistics can acce ...
  32. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • ESG
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Market Outlook
    Since the early 2000s, China has methodically transformed global economics across industries, leveraging a mix of subsidies, alleged overcapacity, and strategic under-pricing to dominate markets. This ...
  33. Sustainability & Innovation HUB
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Investment & Finance
    • Pricing
    With global underinvestment in graphite production outside of China and current prices too low to incentivize new supply, the EV industry faces a critical challenge—what price will it take to get new ...
  34. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Risk Management
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Pricing
    Actionable insights into advancing market stability for sustaining growth in the battery raw materials supply chains. What's needed to take the market to the next stage: standardization, price transpa ...
  35. Refreshments & Networking Break
    Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
    • Networking
  36. Main Stage
    • ESG
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Battery Chemistry
    As battery technology evolves and LFP chemistry gains traction, nickel's role in the EV supply chain is shifting. While high-nickel cathodes remain crucial for long-range electric vehicles, producers ...
  37. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Innovation
    • DLE
    • ESG
    • Extraction Technology
    Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) is often described as a breakthrough technology that could transform lithium production by offering faster, cleaner, and more efficient extraction methods. But how clos ...
  38. Main Stage
  39. Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
    • Networking
26 Jun 2025
  1. Networking Breakfast
    Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
    • Networking
  2. Main Stage
  3. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Market Outlook
    • Pricing
    • Extraction Technology
    Explore how emerging lithium resources in Africa along with China's influence, are reshaping global supply and pricing dynamics. We'll analyze cost structures, regional differences, and the evolving m ...
  4. Main Stage
    With lithium rapidly becoming a cornerstone of modern industry, the ability to develop large-scale, efficient processing facilities is more critical than ever. In this session, EPC and Pegasus present ...
  5. Main Stage
    • Processing & Refining
    • Lithium
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Battery Chemistry
  6. Main Stage
    • ESS
    • Innovation
    • ESG
    • Battery Chemistry
    As global demand for lithium surges, Europe is racing to secure its place in the battery materials value chain. With ambitious green targets, energy security, growing EV adoption, and strategic policy ...
  7. Refreshments & Networking Break
    Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
    • Networking
  8. Main Stage
    • Lithium
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Pricing
    The lithium industry's future hinges on achieving stable incentive pricing that ensures upstream profitability while supporting downstream affordability. This session delves into the delicate balance ...
  9. Main Stage
    • Policy
    • Innovation
    • Battery Raw Materials
    • Battery Chemistry
    A deep dive into the current challenges of anode supply chains, assessing China's overcapacity and its impact on global anode supply and pricing, the potential for internationalizing anode production, ...
  10. Main Stage
    • Processing & Refining
    • Lithium
    • Innovation
    • Pricing
    Unravelling the complexities of lithium qualification and compliance with evolving standards, examining the challenges of ensuring battery-grade quality while navigating the intricacies of supply chai ...
  11. Lunch & Networking Break
    Red Rock Ballroom / Show Floor
    • Networking