Programme
25 – 27 June
2025
All timings are provisional
09:30
AM
13:00
PM
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
CBI Future Markets Workshop
SPEAKERS
Executive Director, Consortium for Battery Innovation, United Kingdom
Paper: Market outlook for the lead and lead batteries industry in key future markets- automotive low voltage and energy storage applications
Chair of CBI & Vice President Industry and Governmental Relations EMEA, Clarios, Germany
Paper: Developing lead battery for future low voltage EV requirements
Research & Innovation Director, Consortium for Battery Innovation, United Kingdom
Paper: Energy storage applications – a success story for lead batteries
Senior Technical Director, Consortium for Battery Innovation, United States
Paper: Future for lead battery technologies-how this will impact both design and key components such as lead alloys
Paper: Panel Discussion
9:30
AM
4:30
PM
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
ILA Workplace Lead Exposure Management Workshop
SPEAKERS
Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, International Lead Association, United Kingdom
Paper: Opening remarks
Senior Scientist Health, International Lead Association, United States
Paper: SPHERL- Key findings from the 8-year longitudinal workplace epidemiology study in lead workers
Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH), Aurora Environmental, Australia
Paper: The art of scientific storytelling
EHS Manager, EUROBAT, Belgium
Paper: EU lead battery industry progress on workplace lead exposure management
Vice President, Government Relations and Sustainability, Battery Council International, United States
Paper: Update on BCI’s Voluntary Blood Lead Program
Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Officer, International Lead Association, Belgium
Paper: Global lead industry progress on workplace lead exposure management
LEV Specialist, Vent-Tech Ltd, United Kingdom
Paper: Control of lead exposure using Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV)
Specialist in General Medicine, Naturopathy and Sports Medicine, Clarios, Germany
Paper: Workplace Medical Surveillance
Senior Application Engineering Specialist, 3M United Kingdom Plc, United Kingdom
Paper: Advancements in respiratory protective equipment (RPE) design and maintenance: Enhancing workplace safety and compliance
Principal Scientist, UK Health & Safety Executive, United Kingdom
Paper: Alternative matrices for determining blood lead exposures
EHS Corporate Director, EHS Manager Motion & Recycling Division, EHS Manager Automotive Division – Exide Technologies, Spain
Paper: Awareness raising and verification initiatives for LIB reduction
HSEC Director, Glencore, United Kingdom
Paper: Glencore “Lead Safety” awareness campaign – you have a choice
Chief Safety Engineer, KGHM Polska Miedz SA, Poland
Paper: The occupational health and safety system in areas of lead exposure at KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.
Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, International Lead Association, United Kingdom
Paper: Closing remarks
5:30
PM
6:30
PM
NETWORKING EVENT
WGBI Reception
6:30
PM
7:30
PM
NETWORKING EVENT
Welcome Reception
9:00
AM
9:10
AM
Opening Remarks
SPEAKERS
9:10
AM
10:15
PM
Session: Outlook for lead and lead batteries
SPEAKERS
Executive General Manager, Glencore, United Kingdom
Paper: Risk and opportunities in lead and ILA’s role supporting the industry’s positioning
Analyst – Base Metals, CRU London, United Kingdom
Paper: Global lead market trends and issues
Coffee Break
10:45
AM
12:30
PM
Session: Outlook for lead and lead batteries
SPEAKERS
Vice President Industry and Governmental Relations EMEA, Clarios, Germany
Paper: Automotive lead battery and low voltage power train trends
Executive Vice President & Chief Operations Officer, East Penn Manufacturing, United States
Paper: Unlocking energy storage opportunities amid tariffs and antimony shortages
Executive Director, Consortium for Battery Innovation, United Kingdom
Paper: The future for lead battery technology – recent developments and future performance
Director, CHR Metals Limited, United Kingdom
Paper: Is China on the path to a significant structural surplus in lead supply?
Research & Innovation Director, Consortium for Battery Innovation, United Kingdom
Paper: CBI Innovation Awards
12:30
AM
13:00
PM
MARKETS
Session: Panel Discussion
Lunch Break
2:15
PM
3:30
PM
Session: Innovations in responsible lead production
SPEAKERS
Director, Global Lead Technologies, Australia
Paper: The future of responsible lead production
Chief Technology Officer, Gopher Resource, United States
Paper: Antimony and tin recovery from secondary lead processing
Paper: Title to follow
Vice President for Global Strategy & Business Development, Ace Green Recycling, United Kingdom
Paper: ACE Green technology: Sustainable lead recycling into the future
Commercial Director & Business Developer – CEO, STC Srl – Italy
Paper: Retrofit of existing paste desulphurization plants with STC U4Lead patented process
Coffee Break
4:00
PM
4:45
PM
Session: Regulatory landscape
SPEAKERS
Director of Regulatory Affairs, International Lead Association, United Kingdom
Paper: Navigating EU legislation on lead: The battery regulation and beyond
Vice President, Government Relations and Sustainability, Battery Council International, United States
Paper: U.S. regulatory outlook
Director of Economics and Environment, ILZSG, Portugal
Paper: Recent domestic policy developments and their implication for China’s lead industry
4:45
PM
5:15
PM
INNOVATIONS OVER NEXT 10 YEARS
Panel Discussion
Session End
7:30
PM
10:30
PM
NETWORKING EVENT
Conference Dinner
9:00
AM
10:20
AM
Session: Responsible lead sourcing
SPEAKERS
Head of Sustainability and Physical Market Development, London Metal Exchange, United Kingdom
Paper: The LME: facilitating digitisation and trusted sustainable transparency in the global lead market
Director of Metallurgy, Procurement, and Sustainability, Grupo Moura, Brazil
Paper: Moura batteries new recycling facility project
VP of Technical Projects and Decarbonisation, Exide Technologies, Germany
Paper: Carbon footprint of lead acid batteries – requirements, methods and reduction
Paper: Title to follow
Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, International Lead Association, United Kingdom
Paper: Lead Battery 360: A new assurance framework promoting responsible practices in the lead battery value chain
10:20
AM
10:45
AM
Session: Panel Discussion
Coffee Break
11:15
AM
12:15
PM
Session: Communicating and messaging
SPEAKERS
Partner, Baker Law, United States
Paper: US lead battery recycler communications program
Paper: European policy initiatives: lead under the Clean Industrial Deal and Metals Action Plan
Account Director, Rud Pedersen Public Affairs, Belgium
Paper: Advocacy: supporting the lead and lead battery industry in Europe
Paper: Title to follow
12:15
PM
12:45
PM
PANEL
Panel Discussion
12:45
PM
12:50
PM
Closing Remarks
Conference Close
8:00
AM
5:00
PM
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