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Sunday 31 August 2025

Arrivals Day

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Ice Breaker Drinks
Location: Rooftop Terrace, Hilton Kota Kinabalu

Join us for our informal icebreaker to meet other delegates as we kick-off our RECYCLE100 Conference.

Monday 1 September 2025

Conference Day 1

9:00 am – 9:15 am

Conference Opening

9:15 am – 9:40 am

Challenges Facing Lead Producers and Consumers Over the Next Five Years

Huw Roberts – Director, CHR Metals Limited

9:40 am – 10:05 am

Global Lead Market Facts, Figures & Fundamentals

Joao Jorge – Director of Market Research and Statistics, International Lead and Zinc Study Group

10:05 am – 10:30 am

Recycled Lead in China

Dr Dong Li – Founder, Leoch International Technology Limited

10:30 am – 10:50 am

Morning Tea

10:50 am – 11:15 am

New Environmental Legislation on Lead Batteries and Other Batteries

L Pugazhenthy, Executive Director, Indian Lead Zinc Development Association

11:15 am – 11:40 am

Pioneering the World’s First Eco-Friendly Direct Recycling Pilot Plant for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Dr Yu Tack Kim – CEO, ABR Co.,Ltd

11:40 am – 12:05 pm

STC Mini-Smelter: the low cost and environmentally sound solution for small capacity battery recycling plants

Mr Alberto Bergamaschini – Commercial Director, STC S.r.l.

12:05 pm – 12:30 pm

Operating a Closed Container Pool, Multi-Chemistry, Battery Collection System

David Bush – Director / General Manager, UNISEG Products Pty Ltd

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Metallurgical Workshop: Evolving Flowsheets in Lead-Acid and Lithium-ion Battery Recycling

Dr Sander Arnout – CTO, InsPyro

2:30 pm – 2:55 pm

Update on the Solvetec Process

Dr A.K. Ola Hekselman – CEO and Co-founder, Solveteq Ltd.

2:55 pm – 3:20 pm

Afternoon Tea

3:20 pm – 3:45 pm

Low Energy Desalination of Neutralized Wastewater From Lead Acid Battery Recycling

Patrick Curran – Senior Partner, SME Water Treatment, Archimedes Industrial Advisory, USA

3:45 pm – 4:10 pm

Latest Developments in Secondary Recycling

Maurizio Mori – GME Recycling

4:10 pm – 4:35 pm

Green Solvent-Based Recycling of Lithium From Spent LFP Batteries

Asad Ali – PhD student, Edith Cowan University, Australia

4:35 pm – 5:10 pm

Solutions for Comprehensive Recycling and Safe Disposal for Lead-Contained Heavy Metal Waste

Benny Liu – Overseas Business Director, Hunan RE Technology Co., Ltd., China

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Conference Dinner

Venue: The Pacific Sutera Hotel

Transfers will depart Hilton Kota Kinabalu and Holiday Inn Express Kota Kinabalu City Centre at 6:10 pm. Return transfers to both hotels will commence from 8:45 pm.

Tuesday 2 September 2025

Conference Day 2

9:00 am – 9:25 am

Presentation title to be confirmed

Kevin Clarke, Principal Analyst, Wood Mackenzie

9:25 am – 9:50 am

The Dilemma of Antimony

Mark Stevenson – Director, Global Lead Technologies

9:50 am – 10:15 am

Changing Market Dynamics of Battery Scrap Recycling in Africa

Vijay Pareek – Executive Director, GRAVITA, India

10:15 am – 10:40 am

Closed-Loop Regeneration of High-Performance NCM & LFP Cathode Materials From Spent Lithium-Ion Battery

Shiquan Lin – Director of International Business, Botree Recycling Technologies

10:40 am – 11:00 am

Morning Tea

11:00 am – 11:20 am

Yes, it can be Done! Modular Hydromet Lead Recycling – and Lithium too

Farid Ahmed – VP Global Strategy & Business Development, ACE Green Recycling

11:25 am – 11:50 am

Current Recycling Conditions in North Asia

Yuji Tanamachi – Iruniverse Co., Ltd

11:50 am – 12:15 pm

Global Secondary Lead Production: Update and Developments to Watch

Andrew Liu – Chief Representative, CHR Metals Limited

12:15 pm – 12:40 pm

Upcycling Lead-Acid Battery Waste

Dr Athan Fox – Director, Regenerate Technology, United Kingdom

12:40 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm – 2:20 pm

Moura batteries new recycling facility project

Flávio Bruno de Sousa – Director of Metallurgy, Procurement, and Sustainability, Grupo Moura, Brazil

1:55 pm – 2:20 pm

Pursuing the Target of ‘Zero Operators on the Floor’ with the Engitec Lead Ingot Caster

Daniele Silla – Area Manager, Engitec Technologies S.p.A., Italy

2:20 pm – 2:45 pm

Developments in Li Recycling

Darren Nelson – Independant consultant

2:45 pm – 3:10 pm

Current Environmental Projects in Indonesia

Budi Susilorini – Country Director – Indonesia, Pure Earth

3:10 pm – 3:30 pm

Afternoon Tea

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Environmental Workshop

Steve Binks, Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, International Lead Association