2026 Agenda
Further details to come
09:0009:00
Keynote address
Global & national market forces driving change - the outlook for metals and critical minerals
Neville Plint, CEO, Critical Metals for Critical Minerals Cooperative Research Centre
Panel: Grid-scale solar & battery projects: Where circular economy meets renewable infrastructure buildout Chair: Matt Baumgurtel, Partner, Hamilton Locke
Joanna Leigh, Country Manager Quintas
Lucas Sadler, Global Head of Sales, Energy Vault
Refreshments break & Networking
10:4510:45
Session 1: Scaling Solutions: From Technology to Deployment
Title sponsor presentation
Doug Rowe, CEO and Managing Director, Recycal
Industry Technology Showcase: Practical solutions to current challenges (Fast-Paced Innovation Block)
AI lithium battery sorting systems
Ani Goswani, Founder, Oscorp Energy
Next‑Generation Technology for Onshore Refining of End‑of‑Life Lithium Batteries
Rix Smith, Business Development Manager, Renewable Metals
Recycling zinc, lead and critical minerals: Feedstock diversification
James Oakley, Principal Metallurgist, Nyrstar
Panel: Used lead acid batteries (ULAB) and the impacts of lithium on the collection network
Keeping lithium out of ULAB collection chains but what are the opportunities for safely expanding the collection network
Lunch and networking
13:30
Session 2: Regulation, Policy & Market Signals
Regulatory Direction: Policy priorities in Victoria, South Australia and NSW
Josh Wheeler, Chief Executive, Green Industries SA
Megan McDonald, Manager Circular Economy Frameworks, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action Victoria
Milla Mihailova, Manager Waste and Land Policy and Regulation, Environment Protection Authority Victoria
Speaker TBC, NSW Environment Protection Authority
Panel: Corporate leadership in producer & retail responsibility
Chair: Matt Genever, CEO, Sustainability Victoria
Barbara Kerlan, Regulatory & Product Compliance, Australian Retail Council and Consumer Electronics Suppliers Association
Helen Maisano, Head of Sustainability and Social Impact, Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association/Mobile Muster
Navigating a new era of battery stewardship
Libby Chaplin, Chief Executive Officer, Battery Stewardship Council
Refreshments break & networking
15:30
Session 3: Best Practice & Future Systems
Panel: Standards development: safely and sustainably growing Australia’s battery value chain
Chair: Shannon O’Rourke, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Powering Australia
Emma Sutcliffe, Chief Executive Officer, EV FireSafe
Scott Brownlaw, Energy Consultant, Standards Australia
Bart Moonen, Executive General Manager, Infinitev
Battery abuse testing and the journey to certification
Alex Webb, Group Leader Infrastructure Technology and Fire Safety Engineer, CSIRO Australian battery safety facility
1700
Networking drinks
Agenda subject to change