Conference Agenda

Registration Desk opens

Official welcome

Officiating:
Monte Zhang, Managing Director AZ Global
Official VIP Welcoming Party
Lang Guanghui, Sunstone
Mahmood Daylami, Gulf Aluminium Council

China and global Economy

Wars in Ukraine and unrest in the Middle East, supply lines under stress and inflation refusing to subside, what is the outlook for the world’s economy?
Key Note Speakers:
Zhou Shi, National Development & Reform Commission
Paul Adkins, AZ Global Consulting

Coffee break

Green Aluminum

Let’s look at developments in China, and the growth of voluntary versus mandatory emissions schemes. This will be a powerful session.

Key Speakers:
Mo Xinda – CNIA
Anna Stablum, Climeco

Regional Review

In this session, we will examine what’s happening around the world in the aluminum industry. Although we share common challenges, the individual responses can teach us a lot about how to move forward.

Middle East – Mahmood Daylami
South Asia – Kamal Prakash
Iran – Panthea Gerimashoa

Lunch break

Regional Review – Continued

Speakers from Europe will complete our global review.

Aluminum Supply

In this session, Qiufeng and Paul will review the history of primary aluminum projects and the outlook for future projects.

Key Speaker
Qiufeng –outlook for future projects
Paul Adkins – international Supply outlook

Aluminum Raw Materials

Supply of bauxite is looming as the major supply chain challenge of the coming years. Can Guinea keep increasing output? Will the world run short of bauxite?
What is the outlook for alumina? When will we start to see significant quantities of green alumina?

Key Speakers:
Yao Xizhi - Chalco
Panthea Gerimashoar- SBDT
Xavier Gou – AZ Global

Coffee Break

Demand for Aluminum

In this session, we will examine demand from multiple perspectives. End use markets are shifting in importance, while regional demand patterns are also changing, especially as developing countries emerge onto the world scene.

Key speakers
Nick Li – AZ Global Consulting
Ren Zhiyong - Tianjin Langyu Robot
Kiki Xi – AZ Global Consulting

General Review of the day’s themes

Moderator – Ron Knapp
Panellists – all of the day’s presenters

Close of Day 1

Gala Dinner

Registration Desk opens

Welcome

Saving the planet – one tree at a time

Special presentation from Liu Tao, Chairman of Sinoway.

Inside electric vehicle batteries

As electric vehicles multiply, demand for the raw materials that go into their batteries is also multiplying. This is especially true of the carbon component. The narrative is all about the cathode side of the battery, but it’s the anode side that’s most important to the aluminum world.

Key Speaker:
Peter Deneen

The outlook for graphitised Cathode Blocks

Although cathode blocks can have a life of 10 years, sometimes longer, longevity is no longer the only consideration. In this session, we will examine the latest thinking on the deployment of this vital component.

Key speaker:
Till Reek – Tokai Cobex

Coffee break

The outlook for CPC and anodes

This session takes a holistic approach to the anode – from the refinery to the cell. We look at Green Petroleum Coke, Calcined Coke and the final product – the carbon anode.

Key speakers:
Wang Wan’ting
Carrie Wang

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Paul Adkins
Panellists – all presenters from the morning.

Official Closing of Conference