Schedule

Cobalt Conference

17-18 May 2022

Hyatt Regency, Airport – the Circle Convention Center

Zurich, switzerland

 

 

16 May 2022 (all times CET)  – Circle Convention Center
16.30 Conference Registration Opens
18.00-20.00 Welcome reception
17 May 2022 – Circle Convention Center
09.00-09.30 Breakfast 
09.30-10.00

Welcome

The Conference will be moderated by Henry Sanderson, Executive Editor, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

 

  • Adam McCarthy, President, Cobalt Institute
  • David Brocas, Head Cobalt Trader, Glencore / Chair of the Executive Committee, Cobalt Institute
10.00-10.30

Keynote Speech

  • His Excellency Julien Paluku Kahongya, Minister of Industry, Democratic Republic of Congo
10.30-12.00

Session 1: Overview of the Cobalt Market

This session will review the Cobalt Market in 2021, examine the continuing impact of the COVID19 pandemic and other geopolitical developments, and look at the drivers for the market in 2022.

Introductory Speaker:  Harry Fisher, Senior Analyst Battery Materials, CRU

Panel:

  • David Brocas, Head Cobalt Trader, Glencore / Chair of the Executive Committee, Cobalt Institute
  • Wouter Ghyoot, Group Sustainability Director, Umicore, representing GBA
  • Colin Hamilton, Managing Director Commodities Research, BMO Capital Markets
  • Greg Miller, Senior Analyst, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
  • Yanchen Wang, Managing Director, SMM
12.00-13.00 Networking Lunch
13.00-13.30

Keynote Speech

  • Honourable Paul Kabuswe, Minister of Mines and Minerals Development, Republic of Zambia
13.30-14.30

Session 2: Cobalt as a Global Resource

This session will look at the global nature of the Cobalt Market with a particular focus of the geographic diversity of reserves and supply. 

Introductory Speaker:  Kim Shedd, Mineral Commodity Specialist, United States Geological Survey

Panel:

  • Robert Ellenwood, President, New Providence Metals Marketing
  • Joe Kaderavek, CEO, Cobalt Blue
  • Michael Hollomon, Commercial Director, US Strategic Metals
  • Caspar Rawles, Chief Data Officer, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
  • Mitchell Smith, President & CEO, Global Energy Metals Corporation / Board Member, Battery Metals Association of Canada
14.30-15.00

Keynote Speech

  • Vidiye Tshimanga Tshipanda, Special Adviser on Strategic Matters to President of the DRC
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-17.00

Session 3: Green, Equitable and Just Transition: Cobalt’s Role in Transitioning to a Net Zero World in a Rights-Respectful Manner

This session will bring cobalt players together with other key stakeholders to spark a conversation around just transition, and what it means for the cobalt sector specifically.

Introductory Speaker: Bettina Reinboth, Director of Human Rights and Social Issues, PRI

Panel:

  • Haley St. Denis, Just Transition Lead, Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB)
  • Charlotte Hugman, Lead Researcher Climate & Energy Benchmark, World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA)
  • Benjamin Katz, Policy Advisor, OECD 
  • Assheton Stewart Carter, CEO, TDi Sustainability / Executive Director Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA)
  • Susannah McLaren, Head of Responsible Sourcing & Sustainability, Cobalt Institute
  • Anna Stancher, RMI Project Manager, Responsible Business Alliance
  • Gillian Davidson, Sustainability Advisor, Eurasian Resources Group  
  • Johannes Danz, Project Coordinator for Sustainable Supply Chains, Human Rights and Raw Materials, Mercedes-Benz

Moderator: Anna Triponel, founder of Human Level

17.00 Close of Day One
18.00-19.00 Reception, Circle Convention Center
19.00-22.00 Conference Dinner, Sonnenberg Restaurant
18 May 2022 – Circle Convention Center
09.00 – 09.30 Breakfast
09.30-09.35

Welcome

  • Adam McCarthy, President, Cobalt Institute
09.35-10.00

Keynote Speech

  • Deputy Secretary Dave Turk, Department of Energy, United States
10.00-11.30

Session 4: Cobalt in the Circular Economy

This panel will explore cobalt as highly recyclable material, as an enabler of circular economy and the wider opportunities of taking a circular economy approach across cobalt value chains.

Introductory Speaker: Prof Karen Hudson-Edwards, Professor in Sustainable Mining, University of Exeter

Panel:

  • Michael Insulan, Vice President, Electra 
  • Craig Woodburn, Head of ESG, BritishVolt
  • Chris Heron, Director for Communication & Public Affairs, Eurometaux
  • Yanchen Wang, Managing Director, SMM
  • Mathilde Legay, Circular Economy Strategist, LGI Sustainable Innovation 
11.30-12.00 Interview with Hugh Brown, Documentary Mining Photographer
   
12.00-12.10 Close of Conference
12.10-13.30 Networking Lunch
   

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