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Cobalt in the Green Recovery: A Sustainable Future

As the global economy, and society, start to recover from the Covid pandemic, it is clear that the recovery must be sustainable and resilient. Cobalt has a strong role to play in the green recovery and the wider energy transition.

The 2021 (virtual) Cobalt Conference will discuss the role of cobalt in ensuring a sustainable future. During the conference, the various sessions will examine all aspects of the cobalt value chain and exchange views on how the industry is positioning itself to address the upcoming challenges.

We will discuss the Cobalt market over the last 12 months, the supply and sourcing of cobalt. A special focus will be given to the critical role of cobalt in enabling electric mobility across the globe: the latest European legislative and regulatory developments impacting the battery value chain, as well as the Chinese perspective on it.

10.00	Welcome and Opening Speech Adam McCarthy, President, Cobalt Institute David Brocas, Chair of the Cobalt Institute Executive Committee and Lead Cobalt Trader, Glencore
10.30	Keynote speech Joseph Ikoli Yombo Y’Apeke, DRC Secretary General of Mines & President of Cistema
11.00	Session 1: Cobalt Market Review and Impact of Covid19 This session will review the Cobalt Market in 2020, examine the impact of the COVID19 pandemic and look at the drivers for the market in 2021. Introduction Ying Lu, Senior Market Analyst, Roskill – Cobalt Institute 2020 Cobalt Market Report Panel discussion Caspar Rawles, Head of Price Assessments, Benchmark Minerals David Brocas, Head Cobalt Trader, Glencore Prof. Xu Aidong, Chief Engineer of Beijing Antaike Information Co., Ltd. Gregor Spilker, Director Metals/Energy Research & Product Development, CME Group Vikki Roberts, Head of Supply Chain Strategy – Battery Materials, Johnson Matthey Moderated by David Weight, Past President, Cobalt Institute
12.15	Lunch Talk: What will drive the cobalt market in the medium term? Harry Fisher, Senior Analyst, CRU
12.35	Break
13.30	Session 2: Cobalt Supply As demand for Cobalt continues to increase, this session will look at current Cobalt resources and reserves, the challenges in extracting them and plans to do so. Introduction Honourable Mark Brown, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands – Development of Seabed Resources Panel Discussion Stefan Horn, PhD Student, British Geological Survey – Cobalt Reserves and Resources William Adams, Head of Base Metals & Battery Research, Fastmarkets Benedikt Sobotka, Group CEO, Eurasian Resources Group Trent Mell, CEO & President First Cobalt Assheton Carter, Founder & CEO, TDI Sustainability Colin Hamilton, Managing Director – Commodities Research. BMO Capital Markets Moderated by Adam McCarthy, President, Cobalt Institute
14.45	Break
15.00	Responsible Sourcing Afternoon Keynote speech: Jean-Dominique Takis, CEO, L’Entreprise Générale du Cobalt
15.30	Session 3: ASM Contribution to Sustainable Development This session will consider the contribution of ASM to sustainable livelihoods and look at how the industry is engaging collaboratively to achieve positive outcomes on the ground. Introduction Benjamin Katz, Policy Analyst, OECD. Challenges and opportunities sourcing cobalt from the Democratic Republic of the Congo Panel Discussion Luc Lenge Asosa, Program Director, Pact DRC Jared Connors, Assent Compliance, Senior SME – Corporate Social Responsibility James Nicholson, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Trafigura Rachel Zhou, Deputy General-Secretary, Responsible Cobalt Initiative Alex Cech, Senior Project Manager, Responsible Minerals Initiative Anne-Marie Fleury, Sustainability and Product Stewardship Specialist, Glencore Copper Moderated by Susannah McLaren, Head of Responsible Sourcing and Sustainability, Cobalt Institute
16.45	Screening of film “The wrong direction : Are concerns about electric cars just fake news? ” and Q&A with Marc Muller, producer, Nous Production Moderated by Marina Demidova, Communications Manager, Cobalt Institute Full documentary available at this link.
17.30	End of Day 1

his second day of the conference will focus on the largest application for Cobalt, batteries. In particular, the discussions will focus on European legislation which will impact the battery sector and the use of Cobalt.

10.00	Welcome and Introduction by Peter Vis, Senior Advisor, Rud Pedersen
10.10	Keynote Speech by Joaquim Nunes de Almeida, Director, DG GROW, European Commission
10.30	Session 1: Battery Regulation Video welcome from Lisa Murkowski, US Senator for Alaska Introduction Michael Greenfield, Market Reporter and Dalila Ouerghi, Commodities, Fastmarkets – Impacts of the Regulation on Markets Panel Discussion Mattia Pellegrini, Head of Unit, European Commission Maria Spyraki, MEP Pia Alina Lange, Head of Internal & External Communications, Recharge Jan Tytgat, Director Government Affairs, Umicore Moderated by Mike Blakeney, Senior Manager for Government and Public Affairs, Cobalt Institute
11.45	Coffee Talk: A Chinese Perspective on the Regulation and Impact on European Markets Introduction Vicky Zhao, Senior Analyst, Fastmarkets Panel Discussion Bryce Lee, Head of CSR, Huayou Cobalt Julie Liang, ESG Director, CMOC Zhenzhong Zhang, Director, International Cooperation Department, GEM (WUHAN) Power Battery Recycling Co., ltd Tina Hu, Purchasing Manager, Hunan Brunp
12.45	Break
13.25	Session 2: Cobalt Chemicals Management and Impact on Batteries Introduction Veronika Jezso, Policy Officer, European Commission DG GROW Panel Discussion Violaine Verougstraete, Chemicals Management Director, Eurometaux Tuulia Svanehav, Chemical Compliance Manager, Northvolt An Hagenaars, Global Manager Chemicals Compliance, Umicore Jonathan Buston, Principal Scientist, UK HSE Moderated by Caroline Braibant, Head of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Cobalt Institute
14.45	Benchmark Workshop: Cobalt’s life cycle: The benefits cobalt brings to the lithium ion battery supply chain Chair Caspar Rawles, Head of Price & Data Assessments – Benchmark Speakers: Greg Miller, Analyst – Benchmark Ash Lazenby, Cobalt Trading / Marketing Trent Mell, President, CEO & Director – First Cobalt Corp Ajay Kocchar, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Executive Director – Li-Cycle Register here.
16.35	Closing Speech by Professor Kristin A. Persson, University of California, Berkeley
17.00	Closing Speech by Dr Mike McKittrick, US Department of Energy
17.30	Conference close

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