Summit Highlights

10 REASONS TO JOIN US IN SEPTEMBER:

1. Meet the world’s key tech metal buyers and sellers at one singular platform
2. Discover new trends and opportunities affecting the sector transformation
3. Understand new capital funding needs & how to find new sources of market supply
4. Learn investors’ perspectives on tech & battery minerals
5. Understand the impact of disruptive innovation through AI, IoT, robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones, and their implications on demand for tech minerals
6. Evaluate risk and returns in investing: political risk insurance, trade credit, financing costs and risk recourse
7. Explore opportunities & new developments in the downstream sectors
8. Network with key mining policy makers, buyers, investors, suppliers
9. Understand the battery revolution – drivers and demands. advances in EV batteries
10. Explore current and upcoming projects & future prospects for the new Internet-of-Things sector

DAY 1: TUESDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 2018

• Keynote Address by Hon Bill Johnston MLA, Minister for Mines and Petroleum
• Meeting New Capital Funding Needs & Finding New Sources of Market Supply
• Hot Mineral Roundtables: Global Mine Owners’, Traders’ and Investors’ Perspectives on Tech and Battery Minerals
• Mining Finance Roundtable
• Focus: Cobalt/Lithium/Graphite/Nickel/Rare Earth and Specialty Metal Supply, Demand and Outlook
• Mining Legal, Supply and Contracts Managers’ Roundtable

DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2018

• Opportunities & New Developments in the Downstream Sectors Including: Industrial Minerals, Cathode Materials, Li-Ion Battery Technology, Nickel Sulphate and More
• The Battery Revolution – Drivers and Demands, Advances in EV Batteries
• Tech Metal Recycling Challenges and Markets
• Mining Engineers, Contractors & Suppliers Roundtable
• Project & Structured Finance for Mining Companies’ Exploration Projects

SITE TOUR: THURSDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER 2018

SITE TOUR

Kwinana as the Next Tech Metals Hub in Western Australia: Potential Investment Opportunities? What are the advantages and incentives? What strategic partnerships can you find?

This will be a tour of the industrial area in Kwinana, together with some company visits of corporations and facilities related to the Lithium and Tech Metals Industry.
Tour will be conducted by:

Chris Oughton
Director
Kwinana Industries Council