Program
We’re currently finalising the program for REECON+ and OZRE '26. As sessions are confirmed, we’ll publish the full schedule on this page.
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19 February
8:00 am
Registrations open
Tea and coffee served in the foyer
8:30 am
Opening of formal proceedings
Professor John Mavrogenes, ANU
Acknowledgement of Country
Dr Matilda House and Paul Girrawah House, ANU
8:45 am
Opening Remarks
Professor Rebekah Brown, Interim Vice-Chancellor, ANU
8:50 am
Introduction
Professor John Mavrogenes, ANU
9:10 am
Talks
Presented by Professor John Mavrogenes, ANU
Talks by:
- Amanda Lacaze, CEO, Lynas Rare Earths
- Neville Power, Non-Executive Deputy Chair, Strike Energy
- Clint Cox, President, The Anchor House, Inc.
- Grant Smith, CEO, Less Common Metals (LCM)
- Grant Wilson, Executive Charmian, Tivan
10:00 am
Morning tea break
10:30 am
Panel: Mines to metals
Moderated by by Kingsley Jones, Founder, Jevons Global Pty Ltd
Contributors:
- Amanda Lacaze, CEO, Lynas Rare Earths
- Neville Power, Non-Executive Deputy Chair, Strike Energy
- Clint Cox, President, The Anchor House, Inc.
- Grant Smith, CEO, Less Common Metals (LCM)
- Grant Wilson, Executive Charmian, Tivan
12:05 pm
Lunch break
12:55 pm
Mini Lecture
Roderick G. Eggert – Research Professor and Deputy Director of Critical Materials Innovation Hub, Colorado School of Mines
1:20 pm
Mini Lecture
Dr Vlado Vivoda – Honorary Fellow, Sustainable Minerals Institute, UQ
2:15 pm
Afternoon tea break
3:35 pm
Panel: Maximising value chains in mineral-rich countries
Moderated by Dr Eve Warburton, ANU
Contributors:
- Dr Alvin Camba, Lead Scientist & Director at Lyvi AI, and Non-resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council – Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
- Dr Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor, UTS:ACRI
- Septian Hario Seto, Member of National Economic Council, the Republic of Indonesia
- Dr Vlado Vivoda, Honorary Fellow, Sustainable Minerals Institute, UQ
- Roderick G. Eggert, Research Professor and Deputy Director of Critical Materials Innovation Hub, Colorado School of Mines
4:45 pm
Closing Remarks
The Hon Julie Bishop, Chancellor, ANU
5:15 pm
Drinks and networking
20 February
8:10 am
Registrations open
Tea and coffee served in the foyer
8:30 am
Opening of formal proceedings
8:45 am
Keynote: Critical minerals within the quadrilemma
Dr Huw Mckay, ANU
9:15 am
Remarks on Energy Transition
Professor Llewellyn Hughes, ANU
9:20 am
Keynote: Progress of climate action by sector and technology
Professor Frank Jotzo, ANU
9:50 am
Keynote: Battery minerals value chain deep dive
Dr Cameron Perks, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
10:20 am
Remarks and Q&A
Professor Llewellyn Hughes, ANU
10:40 am
Morning tea break
11:00 am
Remarks on Geoeconomics, trade and rivalry
Dr Eve Warburton, ANU
11:05 am
Keynote: Perspectives on rivalry, geoeconomics and critical minerals
Dr Darren Lim, ANU
11:20 am
Keynote: Fact and fiction in critical minerals debates
Professor Christopher Findlay, ANU
11:45 am
Remarks and Q&A
Dr Eve Warburton, ANU
12:30 pm
Lunch break
1:15 pm
Panel: Investment, finance, and price mechanisms
Presented by Dr Huw Mckay, ANU
Contributors:
- Innovative private sector financing & exchange based trading, by Andreas Furche, Digital Finance CRC
- Price mechanisms in opaque minerals markets by Cameron Perks, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Price reporting agencies and geopolitical pressure, by Standard and Poor’s Global representative
- Sovereign stockpiling and financial markets by Alex Turnbull
- Mixed sovereign and capital markets financing by Grant Wilson, Tivan
2:10 pm
Remarks and Q&A
Dr Huw Mckay, ANU
3:00 pm
Panel: What's next?
Presented by Namali Mckay, CMA
Contributors:
- Garry Stanley
- Thomas Krummer
- Sash Pavic (AMEC)
4:15 pm
Closing Remarks
Professor John Mavrogenes, ANU
4:30 pm
Drinks and networking