I remain cautious and don't see this as a precursor to big news...

I remain cautious and don't see this as a precursor to big news (though hope I am wrong).
Events like this aren't put together at short notice and looking at the calendar they have dates out as far as September. My guess is that Bruce has probably been pencilled in for this since last year i.e. before GB2 and when the project hype was running high. So now it's a case of keeping up appearances, as pulling out based on results so far would have sent the wrong signals.
There is a global Lithium conference in June in Las Vegas but I can't see reference to ASN attending that one