07:50 - REGISTRATION
GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION, DECARBONISATION & CRITICAL MINERALS
09:00 - 09:15
ORGANISER’S WELCOME REMARKS & ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO COUNTRY
Ng Chin Chye
Director, Spire Events, Singapore
09:15 - 10:30
WISER (WOMEN IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & RESOURCES) PANEL DISCUSSION: NEW THINKING IN FINANCING, TECHNOLOGY, SUPPLY CHAIN, COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION
Leigh Staines (Session Chair)
Industry Professor - Commercialisation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia
Caoilin Chestnutt
Head of Coporate-Technical Services, Thiess, Australia
Helen Degeling
Project Acquisition Manager, Cobalt Blue Holdings, Australia
Beth Schutz
Director, Sustainability & ESG, Turner & Townsend JukesTodd, Australia
10:30 - 11:00
REFRESHMENTS BREAK & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
11:00 - 11:30
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: ADVANCING REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTRALIA & ACHIEVE IMPACTFUL OUTCOMES FOR QUEENSLAND'S RESOURCE COMMUNITIES
Nicole Duguid
Policy Director for Resources & Community, Queensland Resources Council, Australia
11:30 - 12:00
PRESENTATION: EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR FIRST NATION BUSINESSES IN THE RESOURCE SECTOR FROM AN INDIGENOUS BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
Jyi Lawton
CEO, AEMEE (Aboriginal Enterprises in Mining, Energy & Exploration), Australia
SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY, DEFENCE & SECURITY IMPERATIVES
12:00 - 12:30
PREMIUM RESENTATION: TRUMP’S RETURNED - WHERE TO NOW FOR AUSTRALIA IN GLOBAL CRITICAL MINERALS SUPPLY CHAINS?
Vlado Vivoda
Industry Fellow, The University of Queensland, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Australia
12:30 - 14:00
LUNCH & NETWORKING BREAK
14:00 - 14:30
PRESENTATION: DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES FOR CRITICAL MINERALS IN EMERGING ECONOMIES (LATIN AMERICA AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA) AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUSTRALIA
Cristian Parra
ESG Economist & Industry Advisor, Xenith Consulting, Australia
14:30 - 15:00
PREMIUM RESENTATION: THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC & CRITICAL MINERALS RESOURCES IN ACHIEVING ENERGY TRANSITION AND NET ZERO FUTURE
Prof. Shumi Akhtar
Associate Professor, University of Sydney Business School, The University of Sydney, Australia
15:00 - 15:30
PRESENTATION: AUSTRALIA’S NEW MANDATORY CLIMATE RELATED DISCLOSURES: HOW TO PREPARE?
Alina Chaparro
Senior Consultant, Energy and Natural Resources, Turner & Townsend JukesTodd, Australia
15:30 - 16:00
REFRESHMENTS BREAK & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
FINANCING & INVESTMENT
16:00 - 16:20
PRESENTATION: PROTOCOLS AND GUIDELINES FOR INVESTORS IN MINING
Connie Da Cunha
Executive Chairman, Phoenix Australia Energy Group, Australia
16:20 - 17:15
PANEL DISCUSSION: FROM EXPLORATION TO PRODUCTION, MINING FINANCING & INVESTMENT TRENDS FOR CRITICAL MINERALS PROJECTS IN AUSTRALIA
Cristian Parra (Session Chair)
ESG Economist & Industry Advisor, Xenith Consulting, Australia
Connie Da Cunha
Executive Chairman, Phoenix Australia Energy Group, Australia
Aaron Borg
Regional Co-Head Mining, Metals & Industries, APAC, Société Générale, Australia
Quentin Hill
CEO, The Advanced Materials and Battery Council, Australia
Nick Rees
Managing Director, Bridgend Capital Advisory​, Australia
17:15
CLOSING REMARKS & END OF DAY ONE