WA | The Advancement of Green Mining

Huia is an experienced professional who co-creates circular strategy and action. She utilises her expertise and understanding of the principles, tools and strategies of a circular economy to help deliver workable solutions that support the global sustainability goals. She has been part of, and project managed, teams across a wide range of disciplines including planning, policy and strategy development, environmental impact assessment, sustainable construction and waste management and resource recovery. Huia has more than 19 years’ working across private, public and tertiary education sectors; facilitating the development and implementation of environmental policy, programs and plans, assessment and analysis of expected outcomes and advice to key stakeholders on pathways forward. She is passionate about supporting clients to understand the lost opportunities in their value chains and to collaborate with them on their sustainability journey to reach their desired outcomes.

Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Corporate Development – Bachelor of International Finance, Graduate Diploma Mineral Exploration Geoscience, MSc Mineral Economics, MAusIMM.

Mr Gleeson was previously head of Investor Relations and a Business Development Officer with ASX listed gold producer Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) for 5 years. At Northern Star, he was involved with their asset acquisitions and played key roles in securing equity funding and communicating with the global analyst and investment community.

He has a Bachelor of International Finance from Griffith University QLD & post- graduate qualifications in Mineral Exploration Geoscience (WASM) and a Masters of Science (MSc) in Mineral Economics, Western Australian School of Mines and is also a Member of AusIMM.

Dr Wedin is a battery materials and renewable energy industry executive, focused on developing global scale decarbonisation opportunities. Dr. Wedin founded Vulcan Energy and the Zero Carbon Lithium™ Project in the Rhine Valley, an integrated renewables and lithium chemicals project and the world's first zero fossil fuels, carbon neutral lithium project.

Dr Wedin was previously Executive Director of ASX-listed Exore Resources, where he discovered two new lithium resources, on two continents, one of which is now in production. He is bilingual, has a PhD and BSc (Hons) in geology, an MBA in renewables, is a Fellow of the Geological Society, London, and a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Jerome is the President of the French Australian Chamber of Commerce, Western Australia Chapter, and the Managing Director at Profluid.

Over 12 years of experience in Project Management, Business development, Sales and Management roles abroad and in Australia for global reach group of companies. With a background in Engineering and Project Management, Jerome has been responsible for implementing and nurturing new business lines for international companies. He holds a Bachelor of Mechanical manufacturing & Industrial Systems and a Master Degree of Mechanical Engineering.