Yuan Gao is one of the most experienced voices in the lithium ion battery world with more than a quarter century of experience across countries, companies and technologies.

Topics:

Reasons behind CATL & BYD's success

The China battery ecosystem

"Dare to gamble"

Is battery success possible in North America?

Cathode developments

Comparing China's cost structure to ROW

The CATL "playbook"Leveraging vertical integration to lower lithium prices

Price expectations

The cost curve

Sodium ion leverage?

Solid state batteries

Lithium metal batteries

Rapid fire

Carlos Galli is the VP of Growth & Innovation at Lithium Argentina. He is a global expert in lithium brine technology.

Topics:

Argentina's growing competitiveness in lithium

The arrival of "big balance sheets" in the Puna

Lithium's need for transparency

Learnings from China

Battery/cathode tech

The China lithium reprocessing industry

Is lithium chloride the "NBT"?

The partnership with Ganfeng

The DLE demo plant

Advantages of solvent of extraction

Why ponds with DLE make sense

Cauchari update

Teamwork

Why companies struggle with DLE

Rapid fire

Carlos Vicens is the founder and CEO of Full Circle Lithium, a company that has developed an effective fire extinguishing agent for lithium fires.

As the world moves to electric transportation and large scale BESS (battery energy storage systems) the risk to life and property from lithium fires has grown exponentially. Full Circle Lithium believes their FCL-X product is a viable solution to the problem.

Topics:

How significant an issue are lithium fires?

Why lithium fires are so challenging to extinguish

The team

Partnerships

The regulatory environment

Should lithium fires have a special classification?

Fire tests

How FCL-X works

Training fire departments

Playing with (lithium) fire

Next steps