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Giga US 26
Giga US 26
All Speakers
Meet all the speakers presenting at Giga US 26
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Congressman Pete Stauber
Congressman
Representative of Minnesota
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Congressman Bruce Westerman
Congressman
Representative of Arkansas
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Jeff Morrison
Global Chief Procurement Officer
General Motors
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Luis E. Lucero
Secretary for Mining in Argentina
Government of Argentina
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Eric Shields
Senior Battery Advisor - Policy, Analysis, & Transition OASD, Industrial Base Policy, OUSD for Acquisition & Sustainment
U.S. Department of Defense
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Stacy Newstead
Materials Strategy & Risk Manager
Lockheed Martin
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Nicholas Snowdon
Chief Metals & Minerals Economist
Mercuria
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James Mismash
Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Growth
US Department of War
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Leah Nodvin
Director of Government & External Affairs
BMW
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Pat Risner
President, Hermosa
South32
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Teague Egan
Founder & CEO
EnergyX
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Tara Berrie
Director of Battery Cell Materials & Rare Earth Sourcing
Rivian
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Robert Winans
Vice President of Supply Chain
Panasonic Energy
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Bob Lee
CEO, North America
LG Energy Solutions
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Bethany Aquilina Brez
Vice President of the Office of Foreign Policy
DFC
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Mark Kristoff
CEO
Traxys
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Matthew McCowan
US Lithium Manager
ExxonMobil
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Megan Carr
Associate Director for Strategic Resources, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
U.S. Department of the Interior
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Stephen Kosowski
Manager, Long Range Planning & Strategy
Kia USA
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Paul Dorsey
Associate General Counsel - Regulatory and External Affairs
Samsung SDI America
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Kenan Arkan
Managing Director, Commodities Origination
JP Morgan
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Darias Jonker
Head of Government & International Relations, Americas
Anglo American Plc
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Eric Norris
EVP and Chief Commercial Officer
Albemarle
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Denise Gray
CEO
DKTN Consulting
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Brian Greeley
Chief Banking Officer
EXIM Bank
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Stefan Debruyne
VP Sustainability and Global Affairs
Novandino Litio
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Andrew Miller
Chief Executive Officer
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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Robbie Diamond
Executive Chairman
Glomar Minerals
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Caspar Rawles
Chief Operating Officer
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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Adam Panayi
Chief Research Officer
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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Turner Caldwell
Co-Founder & CEO
Mariana Minerals
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Chip Dunn
Founder & Chairman
M2Graphite
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Jonathan Evans
CEO
Lithium Americas
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Forrest Levy
Solar and Storage Analyst
SEIA
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Cristobal Undurraga
CEO
Ceibo
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Chris Reed
Managing Director & CEO
Neometals
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Craig Shesky
Chief Financial Officer
The Metals Company
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Craig Weich
Operating Advisor
Breakthrough Energy
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Michael Meding
VP & GM
McEwen Copper
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Gordon O'Brien
Director, MUFG Project Finance
MUFG
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George Ingall
Price Analyst
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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Iola Hughes
Head of Research
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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Albert Mackenzie
Copper Analyst
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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Daniel Fletcher-Manuel
Director - Indexing & Derivatives
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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Bryan Bille
Lead Policy and Geopolitical Analyst
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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Hasan Nasar
Head of Policy
Crux Climate
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Daniel Anziska
Partner
Troutman Pepper Locke
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David Park
CEO
Standard Lithium
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Austin Devaney
North American Representative Director
ILiA
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James Trevey
Chief Technology Officer
Forge Nano
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Melvin Hill
Vice President
GE Chaplin
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Christopher Robb
Principal
Robb Commodity Consulting
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Andrew Waranch
Founder
Spearmint Energy
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Mark Smith
Chairman & CEO
NioCorp
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Siddarth Subramani
Global Commodity Director, Lithium
Hatch
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James Deckelman
CEO
Deep Sea Minerals
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Ken Biberaj
Executive Managing Director
Savills
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John Worth
CEO
Geo40
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Marc Fogassa
CEO
Atlas Lithium Corporation
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Salim Bhabhrawala
Senior Critical Materials Advisor
Bondi Partners (Former DoE)
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Manish Backliwal
Senior Director
Aquatech
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Stefan Spears
VP Corporate Development
McEwen Copper
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