Lithium India Investment Initiative
Li₃ Forum 2025
A Commercial Collaboration Forum to Unlock India’s Domestic Lithium Supply Chain
What is Li₃?
The Lithium India Investment Initiative (Li₃) is a unique, outcome-driven forum that brings together senior leaders across the lithium value chain for a focused, commercial collaboration program.
Designed for Outcomes
Unlike conventional industry conferences that prioritise presentations, panels, or policy discussions, Li₃ is structured as a high-consequence working session—a purpose-built environment for testing alignment, forming partnerships, and building investment-ready models.
Not a place to spectate - a space to solve
Inspired by the structure of the Climate COP summits, Li₃ is designed as a roundtable of committed actors - each with a strategic contribution and interdependent need. Together, these participants are uniquely positioned to address the board-level investment risks that are currently inhibiting the formation of a profitable, resilient lithium supply chain in India.
Why Participate?
Who Should Apply?
Why Participate?
India’s ambition to secure domestic lithium capabilities presents an enormous commercial opportunity, but progress has been hampered by two critical challenges:
Timing risk: Capital needs to be deployed before there’s certainty around upstream and downstream partners.
Margin instability: Volatility and pricing distortions across the chain make value-adding steps risky, even when demand is clear.
Li₃ exists to directly address these issues. By working across the full supply chain—mining to end-use—and bringing in key enablers like engineers, investors, market analysts, and government agencies, Li₃ creates a space to develop real-world solutions to shared commercial problems.
As a participant, you will:
- Gain visibility into partner readiness across the supply chain.
- Test and de-risk potential investments through structured negotiation and exploration.
- Develop aligned proposals that reflect your strategic interests and those of credible partners.
- Accelerate commercial outcomes without the need to wait for government-led coordination.
The structure of Li₃ is designed to allow cross-sector trust to form rapidly, so that commercial innovation can follow.
Program Format
Who Should Apply?
Why Participate?
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Duration: Two intensive days + optional evening networking
Participation Model: Invitation-only, with 24–30 curated participants
Structure: Two-room format with joint plenaries, negotiation labs, and facilitated problem-solving
Outputs: Commercial strategy briefs, investment partnership models, readiness maps, and presentation packs suitable for board-level endorsement
Participants will be supported by independent facilitators, investment advisors, and technical experts to ensure momentum, focus, and real outcomes.
Who Should Apply?
Who Should Apply?
Who Should Apply?
Expressions of interest are invited from organisations that hold one of the following roles within the lithium value chain:
- Mining Company
- Lithium Processor
- Cathode Manufacturer
- Cell Fabricator
- Battery / End-Use Application Company
Supporting roles are also available for:
- Government Representatives
- Market Analysts
- Engineering Firms
- Universities / Research Institutions
- Financiers / Investors
Each confirmed organisation may bring up to three representatives:
- One principal representative (senior decision-maker)
- Two supporting experts or advisors (e.g. technical, commercial, or strategy leads)
This structure allows for a more complete and responsive dialogue during group work and negotiation activities.
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