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Keynote Conference Day Two - 24 June 2026
09:10
WELCOME FROM THE ORGANISERS
STRATEGIC COMMODITIES & MINERALS TRADE AND NEW ENERGY SOURCES
09:15 - 09:35
PRESENTATION: POLICIES ROIL BATTERY METALS MARKET, NORMALCY RARE
Joseph Ho
Reporter, Battery Metals,,Argus, Singapore
09:35 - 10:10
PRESENTATION: INDONESIA AT THE CROSSROADS - CRITICAL MINERALS, GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS & INDUSTRIALISATION?
Ian Hiscock
Principal, Energy Shift Institute, Singapore
10:10 - 10:30
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: KUANTAN PORT’S DRY BULK CAPABILITIES FOR EMERGING MINERAL TRADE OPPORTUNITIES
Mazlim Bin Husin
Chief Commercial Officer,,Kuantan Port Consortium, Malaysia
10:30
MORNING REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
GOLD & PRECIOUS METALS TRADE, FLOW, FINANCING & INVESTMENT
11:00 - 11:40
PANEL DISCUSSION: UNLOCKING THE VALUE OF GOLD & PRECIOUS METALS & POSITIONING GOLD AS A STRATEGIC LONG-TERM INVESTMENT
Gautam Varma (Session Chair)
Managing Director, V2 Ventures, Singapore
David Mitchell
Managing Director, Indigo Precious Metals, Singapore
Pjotr Gainullin
Director, Palm 83, Singapore
11:40 - 12:00
PRESENTATION: BALANCING A PRECIOUS METALS PORTFOLIO | GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM OR PALLADIUM?
David Mitchell
Managing Director, Indigo Precious Metals, Singapore
ASEAN & MIDDLE EAST
12:00 - 12:30
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: BEYOND EXTRACTION, TOWARD VALUE ADDITION - OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CRITICAL MINERALS SECTOR
Francis M. Peñaflor
Acting Director, Resource-Based Industries Service,,Philippine Board of Investments (BOI), Philippines
12:30 - 12:50
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS IN MINING
Shakeel Baichu
Vice President - Sales & Business Development,,MMD Green Mining Solutions (Mauritius) Limited
12:50
NETWORKING LUNCH
14:00 - 14:30
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: FUJAIRAH SUSTAINABLE MINING, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES
Samyah Salem Alsereidi
Director of Geology and Mining Department,, Fujairah Natural Resources Corporation, UAE
COMMODITIES, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION SHOWCASE
14:30 - 14:50
TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE: PROCESS ANALYSERS & BULK ORE SORTING – A STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE ONLINE
Jon Rutter
Business Development Manager Mining & Mineral Processing,, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Australia
14:50 - 15:10
TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE: SCHEELITE PROCESSING CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN CRITICAL MINERAL SUPPLY
Emmanuel Musa
PhD Candidate,, University of Tasmania, Australia
15:10
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
SUPPLY CHAIN, INNOVATION, AI, TECHNOLOGY & FUTURE OF MINING
16:00 - 17:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MINING THROUGH INVESTMENTS, COLLABORATION, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, AI, DECARBONISATION & ENERGY TRANSITION
Jon Rutter
Business Development Manager Mining & Mineral Processing,, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Australia
Ron Colman
Business Development and Hydrogeology, Sovereign Hydroseal, Australia
Emmanuel Musa
PhD Candidate,, University of Tasmania, Australia
17:00
CLOSING REMARKS & END OF CONFERENCE