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Giga US 26
Time and Location
Lead Sponsors
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Tuesday 9th June, 2026
Registration & Networking Breakfast
Benchmark Opening Keynote: Welcome to Giga US 2026
US Government Keynote: Bolstering Critical Mineral Independence
Keynote: Operationalising the 2030 Supply Chain Roadmap
Project Vault Panel: Strengthening Industrial Resilience and Economic Security
● Hear from the key drivers behind Project Vault, on how and from where minerals will be sourced, how financing will be raised, and logistical headwinds such as storage and costs
The Anode Bottleneck: Graphite Security & expanding production in western markets
● Covering how the US is onshoring and strengthening critical mineral supply chains, federal incentives for domestic mining/refining and navigating trade barriers
Networking Coffee Break
Lithium keynotes
• Benchmark presentation: Lithium market outlook
• Key producer lithium presentation
Lithium Supercycle Panel: Aligning Global Extraction with Western Manufacturing Ambition
● Examining how the US can accelerate lithium projects from resource development to battery-grade chemicals by aligning technology, capital, and international collaboration.
DLE Panel: From Promise to Scaled Supply
● Examining whether DLE can move from pilot projects to scaled, commercial supply, and what that transition means for cost, sustainability, and global battery supply security.
Networking Lunch
Copper Keynotes
● Benchmark Presentation: Copper Market Outlook
● Producer Presentation
Copper panel: The Conduit of the Transition
● As US electrification accelerates, this panel examines the projected US copper supply & manufacturing gap
The Cathode Matrix: Managing the Supply of Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese & LFP
● Examining how the accelerating shift toward LFP and diversified cathode chemistries is reshaping global supply chains, geopolitics, and strategies for securing resilient, domestic production.
Afternoon Coffee Break
Government Fireside Chat: Rare Earths & National Security
● 10 min Benchmark Market Brief followed by discussion panel
Mineral Security Panel: What is driving new resource diversity
Rare Earths & Securing Magnet Supply Chains Panel: From Strategic Vulnerability to US Resilience
● Examining how the US can reduce reliance on non-US rare earth and magnet supply chains by accelerating domestic production critical to defence systems and next-generation EV motors.
Closing remarks
Evening networking reception
Wednesday 10th June, 2026
Networking Breakfast
Benchmark Opening Keynote: Outlook on energy storage in a new energy paradigm
Keynote Data Presentation: ESS - Stabilising the grid in the age of AI and Data Centers
● Presenting the report findings from SEIA & Benchmark’s proprietary grid and behind the meter data on US energy storage deployment
Panel: Powering the Surge: Energy Storage at the Center of America’s Grid Transformation
From exponential demand to supply chain sovereignty, energy storage is becoming the backbone—and bottleneck—of the U.S. energy transition.
Panel: Driving Demand: What’s Powering the Next Phase of the U.S. EV Market?
This panel unpacks how policy, pricing pressures, and shifting consumer behaviour are shaping the next wave of EV adoption.
Investment Panel: Accelerating investment in critical mineral supply chains crucial for economic competitiveness and national security
Morning coffee break
Panel: The Role of Emerging Markets in US Battery Supply Strategy
Critical minerals in Defence Tech: The Hidden Backbone of Military Power
● Assessing the US critical minerals stockpile and its role in stabilizing volatile Western prices, & the role of the government in price exchanges
Resource Reassessment: The Rising Strategic Importance of Non-Critical Minerals in US Policy
● This panel examines how overlooked but strategically vital US semi-critical minerals are becoming key to US policy and resource strategy.
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