2026 Programme
Selected Sessions
What's on the programme
Five days of practitioner-led sessions across lithium, critical minerals, energy storage and defense materials.
View full agenda →Fastmarkets Global Lithium, Battery & Critical Materials Jun 22 to 25
Keynote
Securing America's Battery Future: U.S. Strategy for Lithium & Critical Materials
Keynote
From Energy Transition to National Security: Batteries as the New Defense Frontier
Keynote
Lithium Market Outlook 2026 to 2030: Navigating Shifting Supply and Demand Dynamics
Panel
Unlocking the Smackover: The U.S. Lithium Growth Engine and the Path to Commercial, Scalable DLE
Panel
Trade, Tariffs and Transformation: How Policy is Rewriting the Graphite and Anode Market
Fireside Chat
China Uncovered: Myths, Realities, and Market Truths
Panel
Building Billion-Dollar Lithium Projects: From Capital Raise to Commissioning
Debate
Energy Storage vs EVs: Is ESS Set to Become the Primary Driver of Lithium Demand?
Battery & Energy Storage 2026 Jun 23 to 25 · Included
Roundtable
Overcoming ESS Deployment Constraints: How Developers, ISOs & Utilities Can Work Together
Roundtable
Developers, Offtakers & Capital: What Each Side Needs to Drive Project Financing and Bankability
Fireside Chat
Defining the ESS Market Structure and Its Future
Panel
ESS as Grid Infrastructure: Utilities Modelling and IRP Valuation
Panel
Data Centers and AI: Meeting the Demand
Panel
Alternative Chemistries vs Lithium in ESS Batteries
Debate
Is Current US Policy Actually Supporting ESS Deployment and Scale?
Keynote
What Will the ESS Industry Look Like in 2030?
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