Benchmark Week 2024

Andrew Miller

Chief Executive Officer

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Caspar Rawles

Chief Operating Officer

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Michael Maten

Director, EV and Energy Policy

General Motors

Simon Moores

Executive Chairman

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Stephen Kosowski

Manager, Long Range Planning & Strategy

Kia USA

Robert Winans

Vice President of Supply Chain

Panasonic Energy

Matthieu Bos

President and Chief Executive Officer

Falcon Energy Materials

Noemi Gallardo

Commissioner

California Energy Commission

Michael Finch

Head of Strategic Initiatives

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Adam Webb

Head of Battery Raw Materials

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Daniel Fletcher-Manuel

Director - Indexing & Derivatives

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Astrid Karamira

Sustainability and Governance Manager

International Lithium Association

Christopher Robb

Principal

Robb Commodity Consulting

Daniel Abdo

Director of Business Development

Sigma Lithium

Matthew Aks

Senior Strategist

Evercore ISI

Martin Andreatta

Chief Lithium Officer & Director

Hanaq Group

David Anonychuk

Global VP Metallurgy & Consulting

SGS

Igor Barsukov

Manager Business Development

American Energy Technologies

Tara Berrie

Senior Group Manager, Battery Cell Material Purchasing, Operations & Manufacturing

Rivian

Chris Berry

Founder and President

House Mountain Partners

Sarah Bianchi

Senior Managing Director, Chief Strategist of International Political Affairs and Public Policy

Evercore

Emma Bishop

Vice President

Venn Strategies

Dan Blondal

CEO

Nano One Materials Corp

Andrew Bogrand

Senior Policy Advisor for Natural Resource Justice

Oxfam

Patrice Boulanger

V.-P. Sales, Marketing, & Business Development

Nouveau Monde Graphite

Joe Bryan

Principal

Muswell Orange

Christine Burow

Chief Marketing Officer

Torngat Metals

John Cerveny

Sr. Director & Program Manager, NENY Supply Chain Program

NY-BEST

Isabelle Christensen, PHD

Head of Energy Storage

Anza Renewables

Richard Clark

Global Head of Specialty Materials and Processes

Appian Capital Advisory LLP

Stefon Crawford

Partner

GM Ventures

Morgan D. Bazilian, Ph.D.

Director, Payne Institute, Professor Public Policy

Colorado School of Mines

Eric Desaulniers

CEO

Nouveau Monde Graphite

Tom Drabble

Sustainability Analyst

Benchmark

Jesus Eduardo Escobar

Supervisor

Imperial County

Paul Gait

Group Head of Strategy

Anglo American

Annie Gayman

Senior Vice President

Lot Sixteen

Logan Goldie-Scot

Director of Research

Generate Capital

Sean Grixti

Director Circular Partnerships

Cyclic Materials

Sangjune Han

Director - US Recycling Operation

SK ecoplant

Alex Hanly

President and CEO

Lithium Universe

Ryan Hanrahan

CEO

Wave International

Rock Hoffman

Equity Research Analyst

Bank of America

David Howell

Vice President

Strategicmi

Iola Hughes

Head of Research

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Matt Hughes

Energy Solutions Business Field Manager

NETZSCH

Daanish Hussain

Investment Lead, Advanced Manufacturing

Invest Ontario

Anthony Huston

Founder and CEO

Graphite One

Blake Hylands

CEO

Lithium Ionic Corp

Erez Ichilov

Founder

Cedrus Arbor LLC

William Izod

Vice President

Rare Earth Industry Association

Ryan Jansonius

Vice President of Chemistry Contract Services

Telescope Inc

Daisy Jennings-Gray

Head of Prices

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Chloe Ke

Vice President of Original Sourcing

BYD

Shane Khoury

Secretary

Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment

Howard Klein

Founder

RK Equity

Andrew Knaggs

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism

Arjun Krishna

VP - Head of Battery Value Chain

Citibank

Evan Leon

Senior Project Manager

Toyota Tsusho America

Jamie Liang

President and CEO

TerraVolta Resources

Joe Lowry

President

Global Lithium

Nicholas Lugansky

Head of Mining

SLB

Francis MacDonald

CEO & Director

Li-FT Power

Maheep Mandloi

Director, Senior Clean Energy Equity Research Analyst

Mizuho Securities USA

Amit Mathrani

Vice President, Senior Energy Transition Research

Rabobank North America

haibo mo

Managing Director

Hensen Graphite & Carbon Corp.

Tom Moerenhout

Professor; Critical Materials Lead

Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy

Frank Moon

Co-Chief Executive Officer

Evolution Metals

Anna Motta

Group Chief Technology Officer

Talga Group

Emil Nusbaum

Vice President of Strategy, Government and Regulatory Affairs

Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA)

Benoist Ollivier

Chief Technology and Innovation Officer / Deputy CEO

Ferroglobe

David Park

CEO

Standard Lithium

Rohan Patel

Former Senior Global Director of Public Policy at Tesla

Hunter Patton

Global Head of Automotive Investment Banking

Wells Fargo

Tim Porcelli

Senior Director of Business Development

NanoGraf

Chris Reilly

State Infrastructure Coordinator, Office of Governor Joe Lombardo

State of Nevada

Stephen Rentschler

CEO

Nevada Lithium

Bruce Richardson

CEO

A1 Lithium

David Riposo

Business Development Director

Development Finance Corporation

William Roberts

Automotive Research Lead

Rho Motion

Marco Romero

CEO

Positive Materials Inc.

Aaggrim Sabharwal

Senior Group Manager – Global Supply Chain

Google

Sean Samson

President, CEO, Director

Transition Inc.

Michael Schlumpberger

COO

Rapid Lithium

chelsea sexton

Manufacturing and Transportation

DOE Loan Programs Office

Akshat Singh

Associate Fellow, Chair on India and Emerging Asia Economics

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Kevin Smith

Director

IRIS Metals

David Smithson

SVP Geology

Li-FT Power Ltd.

Matt Stock

Product Director - New Technology

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

JB Straubel

Founder & CEO

Redwood Materials

Raef Sully

Chief Executive Officer

Lilac Solutions

Anne Torricelli

Managing Director, ESS

Gotion

Anthony Tse

Founder

NEO Capital

Will Turlington

Head - Battery, Mining and Industries Americas

Societe Generale

Shaun Verner

CEO

Syrah Resources Ltd

Andrew Walker

Chief Commercial Officer

Evove Ltd.

Felix Wang

Head of Marketing, alkaLi

Gradiant Corporation

Scott Woodard

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Competitiveness and Supply Chains

Department of State

Katherine Wright

Consultancy Sales Director

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Marina Yakovleva

Director, R&D and New Business Development

Arcadium Lithium

Andre Zeitoun

Founder & CEO

Ionic Mineral Technologies

Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes

Deputy Director, Batteries and Critical Minerals, MESC

U.S. Department of Energy