AusIMM: Lithium and Battery Metals Digital Conference 2020

A four day conference split into two weeks: 18-19 August and 25-26 August.

Click on the sessions below to see our amazing line up of keynote speakers and presentation topics.

All times listed below are in Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) and recordings will be made available on-demand for up to 6 months post event.

* Please note: the program is subject to change at any time at the discretion of the organising committee.

Program details and speakers on the links below:

SESSION 3 – Battery Minerals and Brines, Exploration, Geology and Mineralogy, Metallurgical Processing, Environmental Safety and Recycling | Tuesday 25 August AWST

9.00am – 9.05am | Session Opening and recap of day 2: Dr Chris Griffith, Senior Process Chemist / Business Development Lead, ANSTO

9.05am – 9.35am | Keynote Presentation: Printable Lithium: Driving Energy Density Improvements
Marina Yakovleva, Director of R&D and New Product Technology, Livent, USA

9.35am – 10.05am | Keynote Presentation: Development trends of Lithium extraction from Spodumene concentrates
Jeremy Chang, Executive Director, Sichuan Calciner Technology, China

10.05am – 10.35am | Keynote Presentation: Emerging opportunities and challenges for natural and manufactured pozzolans: an Australian Perspective
Craig Heidrich, Executive Director, Australasian Pozzolan Association (APozA)

10.35am – 10.50am | 15 Minute Break

10.50am – 11.20am | Panel Discussion
Speakers:
Marina Yakovleva, Global Commercial Manager, New Product Technology Development, FMC Corporation
Jeremy Chang, Executive Director, Sichuan Calciner Technology
Craig Heidrich, Executive Director, Australasian Pozzolan Association (APozA)

Moderator: Dr Chris Griffith, Senior Process Chemist / Business Development Lead, ANSTO

11.20am – 11.50am | Networking

SESSION 4: Challenges for batteries, capacitors, energy storage and data science | Wednesday 26 August AWST

9.00am – 9.05am | Session Opening and recap of day 3: Moderator: Dr Ivor Roberts,Executive Director Mineral Titles Division, Department of Mines, Industry Regulation & Safety (DMIRS)

9.05am – 9.35am | Keynote Presentation: The Future Battery Industries CRC: Catalysing Australia’s industry potential in the circular economy of batteries
Jacques Eksteen, Chief Operating Officer and Research Director, Future Battery Industries CRC

9.35am – 10.05am | Keynote Presentation: Charging ahead: a UK perspective on technology metals and their role in delivering a net zero economy
Andrew Bloodworth, Science Director Policy: Decarbonisation and Resource Management, British Geological Survey, UK

10.05am – 10.35am | Keynote Presentation
Hamutal Ben Bassat, VP Business Development, Nano One, Canada

10.35am – 10.50am | 15 Minute Break

10.50am – 11.20am | Panel Discussion
Speakers:
Hamutal Ben Bassat, VP Business Development, Nano One
Jacques Eksteen, Chief Operating Officer and Research Director, Future Battery Industries CRC

Moderator: Dr Ivor Roberts, Executive Director Mineral Titles Division, Department of Mines, Industry Regulation & Safety (DMIRS)