New Announcement
Eric Norris, Chief Commercial Officer at Albemarle, confirmed for Executive Keynote Panel
Fastmarkets is pleased to announce that Eric Norris, Chief Commercial Officer at Albemarle, will join the Executive Keynote Panel, Empowering Lithium: Supply Security, Storage Demand and the New Geopolitical Playbook, at Fastmarkets Global Lithium, Battery & Critical Materials, taking place in Las Vegas this June.
The session will set the strategic lens for the week ahead, exploring lithium market evolution, security of supply, shifting demand, geopolitical risk, policy change and the growing role of energy storage as a structural demand driver.
Eric brings a senior commercial perspective from one of the world’s leading lithium producers. As Chief Commercial Officer at Albemarle, he is responsible for enterprise sales, commercial excellence, field and digital marketing, and product management.
Having previously led Albemarle’s Lithium global business unit, and with earlier senior leadership experience at FMC, Eric brings deep commercial and sector experience to a discussion focused on how the lithium market is adapting to a more complex global environment.
Eric will join Dale Henderson, CEO of PLS, and Raju Daswani, CEO of Fastmarkets, for a discussion on supply, demand, the end of the lithium winter, geopolitical and national security narratives, ESS demand, project finance and global market strategies.
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The full week in Las Vegas
Three events. One supply chain. One week.
Battery & Energy Storage 2026 runs co-located June 23 to 25 and is included in your main event ticket. Defense & Aerospace Strategic Materials 2026 runs June 23 alongside the main programme. All events share the same venue, exhibition floor and evening receptions.
