Keynote Conference & Exhibition Day Two -
10 September 2026
09:10 - 09:15
ORGANISERS' WELCOME REMARKS
CRITICAL MINERALS, STRATEGIC COMMODITIES & NEW ENERGY SOURCES
09:15 - 09:45
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: COMMERCIALISING JAPAN’S RARE EARTHS - RISKS, REALITIES & STRATEGIC PATHWAYS
Yuriy Humber
President, Yuri Group, Japan
09:45 - 10:15
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: NEW NICKEL AND COBALT DEVELOPMENTS IN INDONESIA
Andrea Valentini
VP, Business Development, Argus Media, Japan
10:15 - 10:30
PRESENTATION: MINES TO POWER - UNLOCKING NATURAL AND RENEWABLE GRAPHITE FRONTIER TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN DIVERSIFIED ENERGY MARKET
Prof Mohini Sain
Director, Centre for Biocomposites & Biomaterials Processing
Ford Motor PERDC Canada Chair in Sustainable Materials, University of Toronto, Canada
10:30 - 11:00
REFRESHMENTS BREAK & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
11:00 - 11:30
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: CRITICAL MINERALS, TECHNOLOGY & SECURITY - A NEW ERA OF EU‑JAPAN ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
Maletta Gabriele
Research Assistant, Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG), Japan
HYDROGEN, RECYCLING, PROCESSING & TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS
11:30 - 12:00
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: NATURAL HYDROGEN FOR CRITICAL MINERALS - BUILDING LOW-CARBON MINING AND PROCESSING HUBS
Sergey Frolov
CEO, H2Valley, Turkey
12:00 - 12:45
PANEL DISCUSSION: ADVANCING CRITICAL MINERALS RECYCLING & PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS, CHALLENGES, AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Rikito Gresswell
Principal Consultant, ERM Japan, Japan (Session Chair)
Maletta Gabriele
Research Assistant, Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG), Japan
Prof Mohini Sain
Director, Centre for Biocomposites & Biomaterials Processing
Ford Motor PERDC Canada Chair in Sustainable Materials, University of Toronto, Canada
James Yellowlees
President, Pacifica GK, Japan
Dr Nanda Kumar Janardhanan
Deputy Director & South Asia Regional Coordinator, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
12:45
CLOSING REMARKS & END OF CONFERENCE
13:00
LUNCH & NETWORKING BREAK