MASS SCALE LITHIUM ION BATTERY PRODUCTION IS THE MEGATREND OF OUR TIMES

Benchmark is delighted to announce the return of the Giga Europe event series. We are excited to announce that Brussels has been selected as host city: home to the European Parliament, Brussels is the perfect place for the region’s government, industry and finance will meet to chart a course for the region’s lithium ion economy, from mine to electric vehicle.

Key Themes:

• Targeting Tonnage: The role of Europe in the global battery arms race to 300TWh deployed capacity
• Shifting thinking from GWh to TWh for true Net Zero by 2050: Charting the rise of battery gigafactories and their importance to global geopolitics
• Understanding the lithium ion battery ecosystem: What is the role of OEMs and Tier One suppliers, in the race to build secure and sustainable supply chains?
• Developing Speciality Commodities: What does this mean for the critical minerals of lithium, graphite, cobalt, nickel, manganese, and silicon?
• How will recycling and new elements interplay with today’s battery chemistry pathway?
• Aligning policy, finance and global partnerships to strengthen Europe’s energy and green mobility future
• European Gigafactory expansion considerations: site location, size, technology, ESG, circularity and partnerships required
• Building sustainable battery supply chains from the mine site onwards: decarbonised operations, managing environmental & social impacts, and good corporate governance
• Innovation in the chemistry and design from the cell pack to the anodes, cathodes, and how this will impact the critical materials required