Programme
Global drive for critical minerals: securing cobalt supply for a resilient world
13-14 May 2024 / Sofitel Manhattan, New York, USA
12 MAY 2024
15.00 – 18.00
Registration
Sofitel Manhattan, 45 W 44th St, New York
19.00 – 21.00
Welcome Cocktail
Skylark, 200 W 39th St, New York
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13 MAY 2024
09.00
Opening remarks
- Dinah McLeod, Director General, Cobalt Institute
09.30
Keynote speech
- Septian Seto, Deputy Coordinating Minister for Investment and Mining, Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Republic of Indonesia
- Guy Robert Lukama Nkunzi, Chairman of the Board, Gécamines
10.10
Launch of Cobalt Market Report 2023
- Harry Fisher, Senior Consultant, Benchmark Minerals Intelligence
10.40 – 12.00
Session 1: State of the cobalt market
- Harry Fisher, Senior Consultant, Benchmark Minerals Intelligence
- Gregor Spilker, Director, Metals/Energy Research & Product Development, CME Group
- Professor Xu Aidong, Chief Expert, Beijing Antaike Information Co., Ltd; Advisor, Cobalt Branch, China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association
Moderated by Kwasi Ampofo, Head of Metals and Mining, Bloomberg NEF
12.00 – 13.00
Lunch
13.00 – 14.15
Session 2. Cobalt in the US: achieving US critical minerals security of supply
- Duncan Wood, Vice President for Strategy & New Initiatives; Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute, Wilson Center
- Duncan T. Blount, Chairman and CEO, Chilean Cobalt Corp
Moderated by Dinah McLeod, Director General, Cobalt Institute
14.15 – 15.45
Session 3. DRC: stocktaking collaborative efforts on ASM Cobalt
**IN PREPARATION FOR 2024 OECD FORUM ON RESPONSIBLE MINERAL SUPPLY CHAINS**
- KaLeigh Long, Founder and CEO, Westwin Elements
- Assheton Stewart Carter, Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor, Fair Cobalt Alliance
- Richard Robinson, Ed. D., Senior Minerals Advisor, USAID DRC
- Louis Maréchal, Senior Advisor – Minerals and Extractives, OECD (Closing Remarks)
Moderated by Susannah McLaren, Head of Responsible Sourcing and Sustainability, Cobalt Institute
18.30 – 21.30
Gala Dinner
Dress code: cocktail / business formal
620 Loft & Garden, 620 5th Ave, New York
14 MAY 2024
09.15 – 10.30
Session 4. Cobalt value chain in North America: can supply meet demand?
- Michael Hollomon, Commercial Director/Board Member, US Strategic Metals
Moderated by Marina Demidova, Head of Communications, Cobalt Institute
10.30 – 11.45
Session 5. Unlocking the value of secondary cobalt
- Joe Kaderavek, CEO, Cobalt Blue
Moderated by Tom Fairlie, Senior Sustainability Manager, Cobalt Institute
11.45
Closing remarks
- Dinah McLeod, Director General, Cobalt Institute
12.00 – 13.00
Lunch
The Cobalt Congress will be moderated by Sasha Twining, journalist, radio and TV presenter.
The Agenda is still under development and more speakers will be announced soon.