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Fastmarkets Global Lithium,
Battery and Critical Materials

June 22-25, 2026 | Las Vegas, USA

The industry’s flagship gathering of senior leaders securing supply, unlocking investment
and accelerating deal making across EV and energy storage markets.

 

Jérôme Pécresse, Chief Executive Aluminium and Lithium, Rio Tinto
Keynote Announced
Jérôme Pécresse, Chief Executive Aluminium & Lithium at Rio Tinto, confirmed as keynote speaker
Hear directly from one of the industry's most senior decision-makers on supply security, evolving demand dynamics, scaling production, and the role of AI in an increasingly complex global environment...
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Battery and Energy Storage 2026 speakers
New Event
Battery & Energy Storage 2026 programme now live with first speakers confirmed
Co-located with Fastmarkets Global Lithium, Battery & Critical Materials for the first time, the new event connects upstream materials with the BESS integrators, utilities, and project financiers building out storage at scale...
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2026 sponsors
Pillar, Primero, and Swenson Technology among latest sponsors confirmed for 2026
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Attendee Breakdown
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What's new for 2026
What's new for 2026: more sessions, more speakers, and a bigger program than ever
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About the Event

The market is broader. So is the room.

1,250+
Senior Leaders
600+
Companies
40+
Countries
200+
Speakers

In 2026, the Fastmarkets Global Lithium, Battery and Critical Materials event builds on its core lithium and battery materials focus while expanding to reflect how the market is evolving. Alongside lithium, critical minerals, energy storage and defense-linked supply chains now form part of the same week in Las Vegas.

More than 1,250 senior leaders from over 40 countries attend, spanning miners, refiners, recyclers, OEMs, cell manufacturers, traders, governments and investors. For established lithium participants, the core audience remains firmly in place — with the added benefit of energy storage and infrastructure buyers now in the room, widening the opportunity to meet counterparties and progress commercial discussions.

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2026 Programme

New keynotes announced

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.

 
Flagship event
Fastmarkets Global Lithium, Battery & Critical Materials
June 22 to 25, 2026
Four days covering the full battery raw materials and critical minerals supply chain. Lithium market outlook, DLE commercialisation, graphite and anode policy, rare earths, project finance, and the growing role of energy storage as a demand driver. All in one room.
✓  Includes Battery & Energy Storage 2026
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Co-located
Battery & Energy Storage 2026
June 23 to 25, 2026
A dedicated programme for grid-scale energy storage buyers, developers and financiers. Sessions cover project bankability, grid integration, AI and data center power demand, chemistry selection, and US policy, with the upstream supply chain exhibiting on the same floor all week.
✓  Included in main ticket
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One-day stream
Defense & Aerospace Strategic Materials 2026
June 23, 2026
A focused one-day programme on the critical and strategic materials underpinning defense and aerospace supply chains. Rare earths, supply chain security, mineral sovereignty and the materials driving next-generation defense programs.
➝  Standalone or add-on
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Who Attends

Whoever you are in this supply chain — this is your room.

The breadth of the audience is the event's defining commercial proposition. Producers, financiers, buyers, OEMs and governments — five days, one venue, every deal-making conversation you need for the year ahead.

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Fastmarkets Global Lithium, Battery and Critical Materials event audience
 
Las Vegas · June 22–26, 2026
1,250+ senior leaders from over 40 countries in one room for five days
Miners & Developers
You're building or financing a project
The offtake buyers, project financiers and technical partners you need to move forward are in this room. Fastmarkets price assessments that underpin your contracts are produced by the team presenting on stage.
Offtake discussions DLE pathways Investor access
Finance & Investment
You're deploying or raising capital
Investment banks, royalty companies, sovereign wealth funds and private equity firms use this event to assess project pipelines and meet management teams across a concentrated five days. The density of deal flow here is unmatched anywhere else in this sector.
Project pipeline Royalty structures Critical minerals funds
OEMs & Cell Manufacturers
You're securing battery material supply
FEOC compliance, IRA domestic content rules and shifting trade flows are forcing procurement decisions this year. The upstream producers and midstream processors you need to qualify are all here — alongside Fastmarkets price intelligence on where markets are heading.
FEOC compliance Supply qualification CAM sourcing
Energy & Storage
You're deploying grid-scale or behind-the-meter storage
The Battery and Energy Storage 2026 summit runs June 24–25 with a dedicated programme exclusive to summit delegates. You also get full access to the main event floor, where the lithium and battery materials producers setting your input costs are exhibiting all week.
Storage finance LFP vs NMC Raw material costs
Traders & Merchants
You're trading lithium and critical materials
The Fastmarkets price assessments that set your reference prices are produced by the team presenting here. Price methodology sessions, forward outlook and direct access to the producers and buyers whose activity determines market direction — concentrated into one week.
Price methodology Forward outlook Counterparty access
Critical Minerals ★ New for 2026
You're in cobalt, graphite, rare earths or defense supply chains
The 2026 rebrand opens dedicated programming for cobalt, graphite, manganese, rare earths and defense-linked materials — alongside the lithium and battery community that sources from you. New audience, same commercial infrastructure.
Cobalt & graphite Rare earths Defense supply chains
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2026 Programme

The topics shaping the market this year

Five days across the main plenary, pre-day briefings and the Battery and Energy Storage 2026 summit — all in one venue, one week. Every session is led by a practitioner.

⛏️ Lithium & Critical Minerals
  • From Promise to Production: The Commercialization Challenge for DLE
  • Unlocking the Smackover: The U.S. Lithium Growth Engine and the Path to Commercial, Scalable DLE
  • From Energy Transition to National Security: Batteries as the New Defense Frontier
  • Trade, Tariffs and Transformation: How Policy Is Rewriting the Graphite and Anode Market New
  • Rare Earth Elements: Establishing a Sustainable Ex-China Supply Chain New
  • Africa's Growing Influence on Global Lithium Supply, Demand and Pricing New
  • Battery Recycling in North America: Feedstock, Financing, and the Race to Scale
  • Next Generation Battery Technologies: Solid-State, Sodium-Ion and High-Manganese Chemistries
  • Inside Nevada's Lithium Loop: Project Updates and the Race to Deliver U.S. Lithium Supply
  • National Lithium Strategies in Focus: Chile and Bolivia After Political Transition
🏦 Policy, Finance & Markets
  • Lithium Market Outlook 2026 to 2030: Navigating Shifting Supply and Demand Dynamics
  • Funding Lithium Projects in Volatile Markets: Capital, Costs and Location Decisions
  • Navigating Volatility: Hedging Battery Raw Materials with Futures and Derivatives
  • Debate: Energy Storage vs EVs — Is ESS Set to Become the Primary Driver of Lithium Demand?
  • Resource Resilience: What Will It Take to Establish a Competitive EV and ESS Supply Chain?
  • The Next Chapter in the China Playbook: Innovation, Integration, and Global Impact
  • Building Billion-Dollar Lithium Projects: From Capital Raise to Commissioning
  • The Missing Link: Accelerating North America's Midstream
  • U.S. Midterms and Market Risk: What's at Stake for Lithium and Critical Minerals?
  • BRM Shark Tank: CEO Pitches to a Live Investor Panel
Battery & Energy Storage 2026
  • Grid-scale BESS procurement: utilities, IPPs and structured RFP cycles New
  • BESS project finance and bankability: warranties, degradation and augmentation New
  • LFP dominance and chemistry selection: what grid-scale buyers are actually procuring New
  • IRA standalone storage ITC: project economics and what it means for procurement decisions
  • Duration optimization, dispatch modelling and revenue stacking across capacity and ancillary markets
  • AI, data centers and the race for power: ESS as grid infrastructure
  • Long-duration energy storage: technology readiness, commercial models and financing pathways
  • Capital formation for ESS: infrastructure funds, private equity and sovereign wealth deployment
  • Raw material costs and supply security: what storage buyers need from upstream lithium markets
  • ESS Fundamentals Workshop: pre-day programme for new entrants and fundamentals learners

Networking

Structured for commercial outcomes

Evening reception networking
 
Four evening receptions
June 22 to 25 · All delegates included
1,353
Scheduled one-to-one meetings at the 2025 event
4
Evening receptions, all delegates
57%
of attendees are Director-level or above
10+
Country and state roundtables
📅
Bookable 30-Minute Meeting Tables
Guaranteed face time with the counterparties you need. Structured around your target list, not chance encounters on the show floor.
Available throughout the event
🍳
Executive Breakfast Club & ESS Breakfast Club
Two closed-door sessions for senior decision-makers. Off-the-record peer discussion. No press, no presentations, no slides.
June 23 (Exec) · June 25 (ESS)
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State & Country Roundtables
Structured peer sessions by geography. Nevada, Argentina, DRC, Australia, Saudi Arabia and more. The people building and financing projects in each region, in the same room.
June 23 to 25
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VOLTAS Awards
Industry recognition across the lithium, battery and energy storage value chain. Open to all delegates for the first time in 2026. An evening that extends the commercial day in a relaxed setting.
June 23, evening
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Four Evening Receptions
Opening Party, VOLTAS Awards Evening, Pool Party and After Party. All included in the delegate pass. Every evening has a structured format.
June 22 to 25, evenings

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