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Sigve is working for the Norwegian authorities on vehicle regulation related to zero-emission vehicles, vehicle registry, and national zero emission targets. The work involves vehicle regulation in UNECE/EU, national charging strategy, public procurement regulations for ZEVs, and technical aspects to vehicle taxation. Prior to joining Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Sigve has more than 15 years as a consultant on environmental issues in the transport sector, in several national and international companies.
Philipp Adelhelm is a professor for physical chemistry at Humboldt-University Berlin. His current main interest is research on sustainable batteries. After studying materials science at the University of Stuttgart, he moved to the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam (department of Professor Antionetti / Smarsly, 2005-2007) for his doctoral project. This was followed by a 2-year postdoctoral stay at the University of Utrecht (Professor de Jongh) and then a position as a junior research group leader at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Justus Liebig University in Giessen (Professor Janek, 2009-2015). From 2015-2019 he was a professor at the Institute for Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. He has been a professor at the Institute for Chemistry at Humboldt-University since 2019, and heads a joint research group on operando battery analysis at the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB).
Parvin contributes her expertise to ensure the benefits of nickel in lithium-ion batteries are well understood. With extensive experience in the field of energy storage, she has made significant contributions to the area of solid electrolytes through her fundamental knowledge in inorganic material synthesis and its application to both Li-ion and Na-ion energy storage devices. Prior to joining the Nickel Institute, Parvin held a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) where she worked on energy storage material formulation and optimization particularly on solid-state batteries (SSB) and composite electrolyte materials. She also led the NRC portion of the collaborative project ‘AI driven design and development of SSB electrolytes for consumer electronics’. Parvin holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Materials Science & Engineering and Chemical Engineering. She also completed a 3-year teaching program at the University of Waterloo’s Centre for Teaching Excellence and has held various council positions in policy-making meetings at the Department and Faculty level at the University of Waterloo. Parvin is based in the Nickel Institute’s Toronto office.
Holger Althues studied chemical engineering and received his doctoral degree in inorganic chemistry at the University of Technology Dresden in 2007. Since then he is working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology in Dresden, Germany. In 2008, he became a team manager for the chemical surface technology group and his team was transferred into a division with 3 sub-groups in 2015. In his position as division manager he administrates various projects in the area of film deposition techniques, electrode processing and energy storage applications. His main research topics are materials and surface technologies for high energy secondary batteries. A recent focus is on material and electrode development for lithium sulfur and solid state battery cells.
Shunsuke Amagai, Co-CEO of Beff, has almost 15 years of experience in lithium-ion battery R&D and manufacturing in the automotive industry. Prior to founding Beff, he was an engineer and project leader at Mercedes-Benz AG from 2016 to 2022 and at Nissan Motor Corporation from 2009 to 2015. He holds MBA from Mannheim Business School and a master's degree in precision mechanics from Chuo University.
Nong Artrith (http://nartrith.atomistic.net) is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Materials Chemistry and Catalysis Group at the Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science. Prior to joining Utrecht University, Nong was a Research Scientist at Columbia University, USA, and a PI in the Columbia Center for Computational Electrochemistry. Nong obtained her PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, for the development of machine-learning (ML) models for materials chemistry. She was awarded a Schlumberger Foundation fellowship for postdoctoral research at MIT and subsequently joined UC Berkeley as an associate specialist. In 2019, Nong was named a Scialog Fellow for Advanced Energy Storage. She is the main developer of the open-source ML package ænet (http://ann.atomistic.net) for atomistic simulations. Her research interests focus on the development and application of first principles and ML methods for the computational discovery of energy materials and for the interpretation of experimental observations. More here: https://youtu.be/mJTcHTgrvDY
Rakan is a senior engineer at Koura (an Orbia Business). He currently leads technology and product development of graphite anode materials at Koura. Prior to that, he was a scientist at Boston Metal, developing and scaling up processes for valuable metals extraction from industrial waste through molten oxide electrolysis. Rakan holds a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Rochester.
Ibtihal Badi is a development engineer at AVL Deutschland GmbH, holding a Master's of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's of Arts in Automotive and Mobility Management. She has served as Inertia, Mass, and Vehicle Center of Gravity Responsible at STELLANTIS, showcasing her expertise in critical aspects of automotive engineering. Currently a member of the AVL Global Battery Competence team, she operates within the HV System Development unit. This global team boasts more than 700 battery engineers worldwide, backed by over 15 years of collective experience. AVL's battery technology competencies cover the entire spectrum, extending seamlessly from electrode design to pack integration. The company's project execution capabilities are equally comprehensive, addressing the entire lifecycle from advanced development stages through to the critical Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) handover. Within the diverse and dynamic context of her team, Ibtihal is spearheading an AI and Knowledge Management project. This initiative relies on innovative technologies such as ChatGPT, Enterprise data integration, Azure OpenAI, and AI Search. The primary objective of her current project is to streamline information flow among knowledge workers, ultimately enhancing productivity and saving valuable time.
Dr. Brian Barnett serves as CTO for Nyobolt and leads the company's US operations. Dr. Barnett has extensive experience in development and commercialization of battery technology. He is recognized as both a technical and industry expert related to batteries and an expert in battery safety and has directed a series of successful lab-based, highly multidisciplinary battery technology development programs that resulted in technology licensing, spin-off or sale.
Project Blue is a relatively new commodity consultancy. Most of the team is however not new the senior team were mainly previously at Roskill which was acquired by Wood Mackenzie in 2021. Dr Jack Bedder Jack is an economist and political scientist with over 15 years’ experience of analysing the economics of natural resources and leading commodity research and consultancy. Before founding Project Blue, he was Head of Research at Roskill, leading its global team of analysts. Before that, he worked in public policy in both the private and public sectors. He has a PhD from the University of Cambridge where his research explored the behaviours which shape critical materials supply chains. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Professional Member of the IOM3.
Lukasz Bednarski is an associate director at IHS Markit. He covers battery materials market with particular focus on lithium, graphite, manganese, cathodes, and anodes materials. Lukasz has worked in the commodity sector spanning physical trading, training, product management, and research. Prior to joining, his interest in battery materials led to the development of an independent industry portal covering the sector. In addition to his degree in economics and business administration from Aalborg University, Lukasz has studied financial topics in China, Russia, Germany, and Liechtenstein. He is the author of popular non-fiction book "Lithium: The Global Race for Battery Dominance and the New Energy Revolution.”
Dr. Kolja Beltrop studied chemistry at the University of Muenster and obtained his doctorate in the group of Prof. Martin Winter in the field of novel electrolytes based on ionic liquids and advanced electrolyte additives for lithium-ion batteries and alternative energy storage systems. He has overall more than 7 years of experience in the field of lithium-ion batteries and is author of several scientific publications. Since 05/2019 Kolja Beltrop is the CTO and co-founder of the start-up company E-Lyte Innovations GmbH.
Patrick Bernard’s expertise in battery research has led him to diverse positions and activities, and he is now heading Saft corporate research teams in the domain of electrochemistry, process, battery management, modeling, and materials. Fellow of the company, he has published more than 40 articles in journals, books and proceedings and has filed more than 50 patent applications.
Group leader in the department for Power Electronics from 02/1987 - 04/1990 at Steirische Elektronik GmbH in Graz. From 05/1990 - 05/1996 group leader for Electric Vehicles at Steyr-Daimler-Puch Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH. From 06/1996 - 04/1997 group leader electric powertrain Temic Electric Powertrain Systems Biel/CH for Smart EV. From 05/1997-12/2001 Electric drive research team leader at Daimler-Benz AG in Stuttgart From 01/2002 to 06/2011he covered a wide range of topics at Daimler Chrysler AG in Ulm, Stuttgart, and Sindelfingen as department leader for both, Battery Systems and Technology Application, as well as the Electrical Powertrain and Storage Systems departments series development starting with the S-Class hybrid drive. 01/2012 Mr Bitsche started as Head of the E-Mobility department at Porsche AG with a focus on series development for High Voltage components, High and Low voltage electrical systems, EMC, Electrical energy storage and energy management.
Frank Bokulich has been the Director of Engineering Events at SAE International since 2020. During his 25-year tenure at SAE, Frank has served as Events Content Development Manager, Aerospace Events Manager, Aerospace Standards Engineer, Assistant Editor of Automotive Engineering International and Off-Highway Engineering International magazines, and Editor of Aerospace Engineering magazines. As Content Development Manager, he was responsible for the overall creation, management, and strategy for all SAE event programming content. Prior to his time in SAE Events, he served as Aerospace Standards Engineer where he developed key relationships between SAE and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as well as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Frank started his career as an Aerospace Design Engineer at Cessna Aircraft company where he designed structural components on aircrafts such as the Citation 7, Citation X, and XL. He has a BSAE from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and an MBA from Point Park University.
Ian Braime Chief Commercial Officer Ascend Elements Ian Braime was appointed CCO in September 2021. He has 10 years of experience within the global lithium ion battery industry as Sales Director for Britishvolt and Executive Director for Business Development & Product Strategy with A123 Systems. Previous customer engagement and sales leadership roles with Magal Engineering, Dura Automotive and Freudenberg. Ian has a Post Grad Certification in Management Studies from Nottingham Trent University UK, HNC in Mechanical & Production Engineering Loughborough College UK. Kevin Dahlberg, Ph.D. VP of Cell Technology XALT Energy Dr. Kevin Dahlberg joined XALT Energy in 2014 as a research scientist and currently serves as VP of Cell Technology. In this role he leads research and evaluation of next-generation materials and technology for XALT’s future cell technology roadmap. While at XALT Kevin has studied and developed NMC, LTO, LMO, and silicon-based cell chemistries. Kevin earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 2014 from the University of Michigan, focused in heterogeneous catalysis and surface science.
After a degree in chemical engineering and a PhD in Heterogeneous catalysis, he was hired by ExxonMobil in 2012. He worked in various technology department around the production of hydrocarbon fluids including process development, manufacturing technology and laboratory supervision. He is currently in the position of performance liquid customer application specialist where he supports his customer to select the best solvent for their application and this include battery recycling, mining and the so-called urban mining.
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PD Dr. Gunther Brunklaus is head of the division “Electrolytes” at the Helmholtz-Institute Münster (IEK-12) of the Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany. The division focuses on design and optimization of advanced electrolytes, particularly polymers, as well as development of analytical methods for the characterization of batteries. In addition, the group evolves NMR/MRI-based techniques for operando-analysis of energy storage technologies, particularly emphasizing mechanistic aspects of irreversible capacity losses. PD Dr. Brunklaus has more than 18 years of experience in scientific research, thereof 9 years in the field of batteries, and is author/co-author of more than 100 scientific publications and inventor of 4 patent applications.
Ben Campbell uses his expertise in lithium-ion battery technology and electric vehicles to help utilities and multinationals throughout the battery supply chain achieve their goals. Ben was the e-mobility analyst at Cairn Energy Research Advisors (ERA), which E Source acquired in October 2021. Ben is a codeveloper of an industry-leading model for battery manufacturing costs and forecasts markets for electric vehicle batteries and charging infrastructure. He is based in Boulder, Colorado.
Dr. Sam Cooper is an associate professor in the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London, where he leads the TLDR group (Tools for Learning, Design, and Research). Sam's group focus on the development of simulation and machine learning tools for the characterisation and optimisation of energy materials, such as battery electrodes. https://tldr-group.github.io
Dr. Kevin Dahlberg joined XALT Energy, now a part of Freudenberg e-Power Systems, in 2014 as a research scientist and currently serves as VP of Cell Technology. In his tenure he has led research and evaluation of next-generation materials and technologies for XALT’s future cell technology roadmap, including development of NMC, LTO, LMO, and silicon-based cell chemistries. He now guides R&D for XALT Energy power cell products, including the third generation power cell, which continue to enable electrification of heavy duty applications from maritime to on-road truck and bus. Kevin earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 2014 from the University of Michigan, focused in heterogeneous catalysis and surface science.
Eric C. Darcy, PhD, has spent his 36-year career at NASA in the areas of battery design, verification, and safety assessments for the rigors of manned spacecraft applications. As Battery Technical Discipline Lead at NASA-JSC, his main objective has been the development of safe, while high-performing, battery systems with a deep focus on understanding, preventing, and mitigating latent defects that could lead to catastrophic cell internal short circuits.
Shmuel De-Leon, Founder and CEO of Shmuel De-Leon Energy Ltd., is a leading international expert in the business of energy storage. Prior to founding the company, for over 21 years, Shmuel held various positions as an energy storage, electronic engineering, and quality control team manager. Shmuel holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Tel Aviv University, and an M.B.A. in Quality Control and Reliability Engineering from the Technion Institute in Haifa, as well as an Electronic Technician's diploma.
Stefan Debruyne joined SQM in 2005 as Asia-Pacific Sales Director, Lithium and Iodine, where he witnessed firsthand the lithium-ion battery production boom in Asia and the emerging electrification of transportation in China. In his present role as Business Development Director, he is focusing on the engagement with the automotive battery value chain and its stakeholders. Prior to joining SQM in 2005, he held a variety of international commercial roles at different listed companies. He has earned a Business Engineering degree from University of Leuven and an executive MBA from Vlerick Business School. He currently works for SQM as Director of Business Development.
Bridget Deveney is the VP of Product Development for Vianode, a graphite anode material company. In this role she has led the development of a sustainably produced graphite anode material from milligram lab-scale to hundreds of metric tons-scale and soon to be tens of thousands of metric tons. She has twenty years of experience in the battery industry leading R&D projects.
Alessandro Donazzi works as associate professor at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano in a research group of heterogeneous catalysis and catalytic processes. His research interests are in the area of power generation and hydrogen production. During his career, he has also worked on solid oxide fuel cells as a visiting scientist at the Institut für Technische Thermodynamik of DLR in Stuttgart, and as a Fulbright-awarded research scholar at the Materials Science and Engineering Department of Northwestern University in Evanston. He is the author of 50+ papers published in international scientific journals and of 3 book chapters in the field of catalysis and solid oxide fuel cells.
As Business Development Manager for Amphenol Advanced Sensors, Brian Engle is responsible for developing new technologies and partnerships to address emerging sensor needs within various industries. With over 30 years of experience in research, development, and business roles within global OEM and Tier 1 automotive companies, Brian Engle blends system engineering disciplines with business acumen to develop cost-effective solutions to the most challenging needs within the industry. As an active member of SAE, Brian supports a number of battery and xEV safety initiatives and through participation in NAATBATT consortium, works together with OEM's, xEV supply chain partners, and government to develop technology to support the rapidly growing xEV and battery storage market.
Christiane Essl is working as a lead researcher at the VIRTUAL VEHICLE in Austria on Battery Safety with the focus on vent gas analysis and early failure detection. In April 2021 she finished her Ph.D. work with the focus on the analysis and early detection of failing automotive lithium-ion batteries.
Dr. Mona Faraji Niri is a research focused Assistant Professor at WMG, University of Warwick. She has her PhD in control engineering. She is Fellow of Alan Turing Institution in Artificial Intelligence, and a MIET member. She also holds a Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). She is specialised in modelling, control and machine learning algorithms and has extensive experience in energy storage systems, li-ion batteries, battery management as well as electric vehicle powertrain. Her research interests also cover areas in optimization of battery manufacturing processes via machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Mona has been endorsed as Future Promise in this field by the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2021. She was the recipient of the TechWomen100 UK award in 2021, and recognised as WMG early career researcher of year for 2022. Mona's research on the application of AI for li-ion battery manufacturing was selected to receive the postdoctoral research excellence award in 2022 and put her in the shortlist of the IET Sir Henry Royce achievement medal.
Dr. Filippo Farina works for KnowMade in the field of energy storage and conversion devices. He’s a Materials Chemistry PhD graduate from the University of Montpellier (France) and, after few years spent in industry as a chemical analyst, he has been working in the domain of materials for batteries and fuel cells since 2015 (University of Montpellier, CNRS and CEA-LITEN).
Prof Figgemeier studied chemistry and did his PhD at the University of Paderborn. This was followed by academic research at the Universities of Dublin, Basel and Uppsala. In 2007 he joined Bayer Technology Services heading the materials and corrosion lab as well as the development of materials for battery applications. From 2012 on, he worked as application development engineer for battery materials at 3M Deutschland responsible for technical support of customers in Germany and Europe. Since 2016 he is group leader at the Helmholtz Institute Münster, Forschungszentrum Jülich (section Aachen) and he holds the chair for “Ageing and Reliability of Batteries” at the RWTH Aachen University.
Professor Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Fleischer (KIT) obtained his doctorate at the Institute of Production Science (wbk) in 1989. From 1992 on, he held several leading positions in industry before being appointed professor and head of the wbk at today's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in 2003. Furthermore, he is a visiting professor at Tongji University in Shanghai since 2012. Professor Fleischer is active in various national and international societies. Since 2020, Professor Fleischer is the spokesman for the Battery Competence Cluster "Intelligent Battery Cell Production - InZePro" of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. His current scientific research focuses on intelligent production machines and components, automated manufacturing systems for lightweight structures, and agile production systems for electromobility.
Dr. John Forgie is an Electrochemistry Senior Manager at Accelera by Cummins, where he leads the Electrochemistry team. John's group is responsible for the characterisation of Li-ion cells and modules for current and future customer programs for commercial vehicle batteries, with focus on electrochemical, thermal, and mechanical aspects and influences to optimise performance and life. In addition, the Electrochemistry team also research next generation cathodes and anodes.
Professor Alejandro A. Franco is Full Professor at the Université de Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens, France). He is also Honorary Member of the Institut Universitaire de France and the leader of the Theory Open Platform at the ALISTORE European Research Institute. He won an ERC consolidator grant for his project ARTISTIC on the digitalization of battery manufacturing processes based on multiscale modeling and artificial intelligence. He also won an ERC Proof of Concept grant for his project SMARTISTIC on the assistance of battery manufacturers using digital technologies. He is/was involved in multiple projects dealing with the use of digitalization to assist battery R&D (e.g. EU PULSELION, EU BIG MAP, EU HELIS, EU POROUS4APP, and bilateral projects between Professor Franco's group and industry). He is the Chairman of the Expert Group “Digitalization, Measurement Methods and Quality” in the LiPLANET battery manufacturing network and he won the French Prize for Pedagogy Innovation 2019 for his use of virtual reality to teach battery sciences. He is the author of more than 140 scientific articles and of more than 120 invited lectures in international conferences.
Licensed Chemical Engineering professional with 7 years of experience in safety engineering, process safety, and R&D technology. Interests include battery technology, power systems safety, and emergent regulation. Recently began supporting EMEA Energy markets, with a focus on first-principles practices for improving safety in products and practices across the region.
Advised clients on both short- and long-term growth strategy while bridge-making between Asian-USA/European companies as a management consultant for more than 10 years. Expertise Area: Business strategy, Transformation, Cross border M&A, Business Due Diligence, Alliance advisory & PMI (Post Merger Integration). Industries: Chemical / materials and automotive / auto-parts / aerospace industries including lithium-ion battery and electric vehicle.
After studying electrical engineering and taking a specialization in battery technologies at the Technische Universität Berlin, I joined Stadler Deutschland GmbH in 2021. Since then, I have been working on bringing the first series of battery electric trains into operation in Germany in the year 2023.
Stefan Goede is the CTO and CO-Founder of Munich Electrification, a battery management system supplier. He has been working in the BMS domain since 2008 and previous career steps include positions such as Staff Engineer for BMS at Tesla Motors, BMS Project Manager at BMW and BMS Function Developer at Daimler.
Keri Goodwin has over 15 years of materials chemistry research experience. She is currently a Chief Technologist at CPI focused on battery materials formulation and energy storage applications. Her expertise lies in materials development for electronic applications as well as optimisation of coatings and interfaces using a variety of deposition techniques.
Responsible for the design & integration of Li-ion batteries and their associated power distribution systems, primarily for automotive applications. Denis has worked in automotive powertrains since 2009, starting with advanced combustion engines and moving in 2016 to electrification. With experience at major Engineering Service Providers and global OEMs, Denis' work ranges from prototype vehicle builds to consulting for high volume applications
Olivier Guillon is Director at the Institute of Energy and Climate Research: Materials Synthesis and Processing, Forschungszentrum Jülich Germany, and Professor at RWTH Aachen University. He focuses on the development of functional ceramic materials and electrochemical devices (lithium and sodium solid-state batteries, solid oxide fuel and electrolysis cells, as well as gas separation membranes).
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Dr. Alastair Hales is a Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol and a Fellow of the UK's Faraday Institution. Alastair’s work focuses on the exploitation of temperature for the effective parameterisation of lithium-ion battery models. Alastair’s previous work, developing a universal metric to quantify the thermal performance of a battery, now supports research towards modelling methods to for lithium-ion cell design optimisation. Alastair has previously been a Co-I for a Faraday Institution Sprint project as is currently undertaking a Faraday Institution Industry Fellowship in collaboration with Thermal Hazard Technology and Imperial College London.
Michael Harenbrock holds the position of Principal Expert, Electric Mobility at MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, a global leader in filtration solutions for the automotive industry. After receiving his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from WWU Münster in 1994, he worked in the chemical-pharmaceutical industry before joining MANN+HUMMEL in 1998 as Manager Materials Development Filter. Further positions in the company included Manager, Advanced Development Filtration Transportation and Manager, Advanced Development Electric Mobility & Fuel Cells. He has worked on fuel cell and battery projects since 2010. Through market and technology monitoring, he identifies the need for new innovative filtration solutions for Electric Mobility, and coordinates their related activities worldwide. International networking and collaboration in industry organizations are essential parts of his work. His passion is for Clean Transport - helping to protect man and environment from transport-related emissions.
Dr. Haufe graduated in 2001 from the Technical University of Munich with a PhD in chemistry / electrochemistry. He then worked in the field of fuel cell development for various companies. At Sartorius AG, he spent more than six years as group leader for stack and application technology. In 2008, he joined Wacker Chemie AG as laboratory and project leader to develop new anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Within these activities, he has been responsible for the application technology since 2017 and for the overall project from 2021.
Dr. Hayes has extensive experience solving complex technical problems in a variety of industries including consumer products, medical devices, vehicles, industrial equipment, and technology product development. He has conducted technology due diligence reviews of emerging technologies and intellectual property (IP) for clients such as investment firms, IP owners, and companies interested in purchasing IP or the associated products. Dr. Hayes routinely performs failure analysis investigations on a variety of consumer electronics as well as commercial and industrial products. He specializes in the mechanical behavior, degradation and failure of materials including metal, polymer, ceramic, and glasses. He has expertise in the areas of materials characterization, fatigue, fracture, and creep. He often works with companies addressing the technical aspects of consumer product recalls. Dr. Hayes works extensively on projects involving battery design, manufacturing, and failure analysis. In addition to performing root cause analyses of products involving battery failures, he has conducted more than 80 onsite engineering audits of battery cell and battery pack manufacturers. He assists clients by conducting design reviews of batteries and battery packs to evaluate the potential for safety issues or field failures. Dr. Hayes also helps many clients evaluate and choose vendors that have the capability to produce batteries with the quality and safety the client requires. In addition to battery technical audits, Dr. Hayes conducts engineering audits for processes such as consumer electronics assembly, printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), chemical etching, injection molding, and metal casting and forming. The focus of such audits is to improve the quality, reliability, and safety of the products and minimize reject rates through a detailed evaluation of the equipment, processes, and quality control in the factory.
After graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering, Matthias Heming joined the Technical Development department at Volkswagen AG in 2002. He took on various positions within Powertrain Development before moving to the Bentley brand in England as Head of Engines in 2016. In 2020, Mr. Heming moved to Battery System Development at Volkswagen Group Components. In his role, Mr. Heming is responsible for the design and stack development of current and future battery systems.
Chloe Herrera is an Analyst at Lux and leads the Energy Storage team's coverage of battery technology for electric vehicles and stationary storage. In this role, she analyzes opportunities for novel battery chemistries and follows energy storage market trends. Specifically, Chloe covers innovations in Li-ion technology, the battery supply chain, and long-duration battery storage. She has also contributed to research in battery recycling and raw material extraction. Prior to joining Lux, Chloe conducted research on superconducting materials, authoring four academic papers on the subject. She holds an M.S. in condensed matter physics.
Dr. Holme is QuantumScape’s Chief Technology Officer. He has served as QuantumScape’s Chief Technology Officer since January 2011. Prior to joining QuantumScape, he was a Research Associate at Stanford University from June 2008 to January 2011. Dr. Holme holds a B.S. in Physics, a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
David Howey is a Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford where he leads a group researching modelling and control of energy storage systems, with a particular focus on Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles and grid/off-grid storage, funded by Faraday Institution, EPSRC, EU and industry. He received an MEng degree in Electrical and Information Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 2002 and a PhD from Imperial College London in 2010. He is also co-founder of Brill Power Ltd., a company spun-out of his lab in 2016 focused on advanced battery management systems. Website: https://howey.eng.ox.ac.uk
Jens Huettner is the commercial sales director in Europe for Cummins' on highway business. Jens has vast experience in the diesel engine world and spend the last 15 years in various positions with global engine manufacturers in the US and Europe. During this time he spend on and off highway customers.
Iola is the Research Manager at Rho Motion working on electric vehicle, energy stationary storage and battery market analysis, as well as modelling energy and commodity demand associated with the energy transition, and has been with the company since its inception. Rho Motion, headquartered in London, offers the most comprehensive and well-informed forecasts and analysis for the energy transition.
Viktor Irle has a M.Sc. in Management & Economics of Innovation from Chalmers University of Technology, where he learnt analyzing emerging markets and market disruptions from new innovations. Being passionate about automobiles and especially electric engines and clean technology, EV-volumes.com is the natural outcome of his set of skills. Viktor is convinced the future automotive history is both electric and autonomous.
Sam Jaffe is the senior director of business development at Addionics. He has been in the battery industry for two decades as an analyst, a consultant, and an executive. He was previously the founder and managing director of Cairn ERA, a company acquired by E Source in 2021. Prior to that he worked at Navigant and before that at IDC Energy Insights. He was also the founder and CEO of Panea Energy and Cygnus Energy. He is the author of two books, Jewish Wisdom for Business Success and The New Korea, and lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Jürgen Janek has a chair for Physical Chemistry at Justus Liebig University in Giessen (JLU), is director of the JLU Center for Materials Research and Scientific Director of the BELLA lab at KIT, Karlsruhe. He was visiting professor at Seoul National University (South Korea), Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan), and D´Aix-Marseille (France), and he was awarded with an honorary doctorate from TU Delft (Netherlands). He holds numerous patents, has published more than 400 peer-reviewed papers and got numerous awards. His research interests focus on the physical chemistry of inorganic solids, solid state ionics, and reactivity, specifically on the properties of mixed ionic-electronic conductors, defect chemistry of ionic materials, kinetics of solid-state reactions, and solid-solid interfaces. In recent years, his research is focused strongly to the chemistry of battery materials, solid electrolytes, and solid-state batteries and operando studies of batteries. He is scientific coordinator of the German Cluster of Competence for Solid State Batteries FESTBATT funded by BMBF (Federal Ministry for Education and Research) and member of the DFG Cluster of Excellence POLIS at Ulm/Karlsruhe.
Dr. Angelique Janse van Rensburg currently serves as Head of Cell Chemistry and Methods at the BMW Group in Munich. Prior to joining BMW in early 2022 as Innovation Manager for Cell Technology, Dr. Janse van Rensburg worked for different OEMs in Germany leading multi-functional teams for targeted cell development. Before moving to Germany, Dr. Janse van Rensburg was a research engineer and senior lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering of the North-West University in South Africa. In addition to lecturing in electric circuit techniques and linear systems, she supervised postgraduate students, published battery-related research and consulted for industry. Dr. Janse van Rensburg is a member of The Electrochemical Society and holds a PhD in Computer and Electronic Engineering with a focus on physics-based cell modelling and electromotive force characterization.
Dr. Tony Jaumann is Senior Specialist for Energy Storage Systems at Siemens Mobility. He studied electric chemistry and did his PhD in Lithium-Ion cells at TU Dresden. Since 2017 he is working at Siemens Mobility in Erlangen for technical design and operation of Li-Ion Batteries with up 1000 V in powering battery and hydrogen passenger trains.
Douglas Johnson-Poensgen is founder and CEO of Circulor. Circulor’s platform brings traceability to complex industrial supply chains, to underpin manufacturers' responsible and sustainable sourcing efforts, measure inherited scope 3 emissions in real time, and to produce digital product passports. Doug has 25 years' international experience working both in leadership roles for large corporates, as well as starting and growing companies. Before Circulor, he held leadership positions at Barclays Bank and BT with his earlier career spent in management consulting and the military.
Yoon Seok Jung is a Professor of Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Yonsei University, South Korea. He received his B.S. (Chemical Engineering/Applied Chemistry) and Ph.D. degrees (2008) in Chemical Engineering from Seoul National University, having trained as an electrochemist and materials scientist, and conducted postdoctoral research at University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Texas at Austin, and NREL (2008-2011). He was an Associate Professor at UNIST (2011-2018) and Hanyang University (2018-2020). His research interests cover solid electrolytes and electrodes for rechargeable batteries, especially all-solid-state batteries. He published over 100 papers, of which approximately 50 papers are related to solid-state batteries. He served as a Guest Editor of Energy Storage Materials and is also an Editorial Board Member of Batteries & Supercaps and Scientific Reports. For more information, see http://yoonsjung.yonsei.ac.kr.
Alexandra Kaas is a Ph.D. student in the Division of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mineral Processing, Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany. She holds a diploma degree in Mechanical Process Engineering and Particle Technology. During different internships she gained knowledge about mineral processing and material science. Alexandra is currently concentrating on the on several projects on lithium ion batterie processing, such as digitalisation and modelling of sorting processes.
Academia 1993 Tokyo Institute of Technology, D.Eng., Chemical engineering Employment 1993 Mitsubishi Kasei (now, Mitsubishi Chemical corporation) 2003 Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Center, Inc. 2017 Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Previous work, career 1993-1995 Development of separation process for ultrapure hydrogen peroxide 1995-1998 Design for polymerization reactor for polytetramethylene ether glycol 1997-1999 Design for oxidation catalyst to produce acrylic acid 1997-now Electrochemical design for lithium-ion battery 1999-now Safety analysis for lithium-ion battery 2002-2004 Development of purification process for isolation of fullerene C60 2007-2012 Leader for program of "The safety electrolyte for LIB" funded by NEDO, Japan 2010-2012 Project leader for "Advanced battery material" 2012-2017 Leader of Battery Science Group of Battery materials lab 2016-now Development of thermal management parts for lithium-ion battery
Ju-Sik Kim received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) in 2009. He conducted postdoctoral research in Prof. Raymond Gorte and John Vohs's group at the University of Pennsylvania from 2009 to 2011; and then, joined SAIT (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology) in 2011. He is currently a principle researcher and project leader on solid-state Li-metal battery using ceramic electrolytes at SAIT. His research focuses on the development of solid-state Li metal batteries, including anode design and materials discovery for novel solid electrolytes.
Mr. Konecky brings over 20 years of xEV experience to his work, having worked on multiple complex designs for battery system development, charging system integration, and high-voltage powertrain integration. He is skilled in new product design and development, product testing, product safety, integration of multiple sub-systems for vehicles, new product launches and has expanded his skillset beyond batteries into power electronics. His experience in batteries includes multiple technologies (Li-ion, NiMH, UltraCapacitors, Lead-Acid). Mr. Konecky has worked for multiple OEM and Tier 1 battery suppliers (GM, Fisker, Byton, Cobasys, EnerDel, Lockheed Martin) and has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY) and MS from Purdue (IUPUI - Indianapolis, IN).
For 20 years, he has been associated with e-mobility industry. He is a specialist in designing and implementing Li-ion battery and fuel cell systems and has managed numerous projects in that field, carried out by the company since the its beginning. These projects have resulted in the implementation and commercialization of our products all over the world, including for such clients as Citroen, SAM Group, Smith Electric Vehicles, Solaris Bus & Coach, Ursus, Kiepe Electric, Voith, Temsa, and ADL. He led research and development projects in international consortiums such as TAILORWELD, TOLPE, and KORANET. He is an author and coauthor of numerous patents, trademarks, and unique technical solutions in the areas of electromobility, Li-ion batteries, fuel cells, and system control. He graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology, where he also gained his PhD title.
Vaneet Kumar is Vice President of the European R&D Center at SVOLT Energy Technology Ltd. He has been associated with SVOLT since 2014 and held different positions as Deputy Chief Engineer System Design, Chief Engineer BMS Design, and Vice President Overseas Business during this time. He has about 20 years of total industry experience in the automotive, defense, and energy sector and over twelve years of expertise in EVs and lithium-ion battery development. In the past, Vaneet has worked in key global automotive markets in India, Japan, South Korea, China, and Germany with market leaders like Suzuki Motors, Samsung SDI, and Great Wall Motors. Vaneet holds a master’s degree in technology from IIT Bombay, India.
As General Counsel of Global Legal & Strategy of the largest manufacturer of EV ad ESS batteries in the world, John is tasked with providing supply chain solutions to the manufacture and assembly of LFP and MNC cells. Previously, he oversaw global investments and acquisitions for the biggest logistics player in Asia, which culminated in the USD 2.3 Billion acquisition of Kerry Logistics in 2022 and will culminate on its IPO in 2023. Qualified to practice law in four jurisdictions, he started his career at a magic circle firm and progressed to the position of General Counsel at a Forbes 50 MNC, where he project managed the building of many iconic buildings across the globe. He has also held cross-functional and P&L leadership positions having served as CEO & Board member to a NYSE listed MNCs and start-ups.
Dr. Lacher graduated from The University of Tokyo in Chemistry in 2011. After a two year Postdoctoral fellowship at Seoul National University, he joined Bosch Corporation Japan in 2013 to work on advanced battery cell and fuel cell projects as a research scientist. Dr. Lacher became group leader for pre-development of battery cells and fuel cells in 2015 at Bosch Corporation. In 2019 he took the position of project manager for battery packs and charger at Bosch eBike systems at Robert Bosch GmbH. Later in 2019 Dr. Lacher joined Audi AG and became Head of cell and cell module development for HV storage systems in 2020.
Mr. Lafontaine has over 20 years of experience in exploration and mineral development in Canada. He has worked in 5 different Canadian jurisdictions in various projects targeting several different exploration targets and commodities from gold to base metals through uranium. Having worked for different companies, from mining companies to smaller junior explorers, and has held several varied roles, from field geologist to corporate development and CEO. He as also been an independent consultant, mining analyst for investment funds, and standards developer for ISO. Since 2020, Mr. Lafontaine has been a strategic advisor for the Government of Québec's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests.
Christian Lafrance is a senior business developer with over 20 years of experience in high-tech markets. During those 20 years, he has successfully led business in North America, Europe, and Asia. He is now responsible for business development in Europe for Lithion Recycling, for which he leads the deployment of proprietary recycling technology through strategic partnerships. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics (école Polytechnique Montréal,) and a Graduate Diploma in Technology Management (école Polytechnique Montréal).
Dr. Lamm studied Mechanical/Chemical Engineering at RWTH-Aachen. After finishing his Ph.D. at Research Centre Jülich GmbH, he entered Daimler-Benz Research in 1995. From 1997 to 2005, he has had different leading positions at Daimler-Benz AG, DaimlerChrysler AG, and Daimler AG in the fields of Fuel Cell development and alternative powertrain development. From 2006 through 2016, he was responsible for the Mercedes HV Storage research and development, with a focus on Li-ion technology. These activities covered batteries for different applications: 48V high-power batteries for hybrids and fuel cell cars, plug-in batteries, and batteries for EV applications. From May 2016 through May 2019, he was the Project Leader for eDrives 2025 based on C-segment cars in pre-development. Beginning in June 2019, Dr. Lamm left Daimler AG in order to found a consulting company for electromobility called e-Technologies GmbH.
Alex leads CRU Consulting's services related to battery materials and is at the forefront of CRU's understanding of this rapidly evolving space. He has led numerous consulting projects for major players across different battery materials, geographical markets, and parts of the battery value chain from mine to EV. Alex has more than 15 years of consulting experience. He co-founded CRU's New York office in 2015 and was based there until he returned to CRU's London headquarters in 2022.
While not an engineer, Marc has stayed at numerous Holiday Inns and has been working with the mobility industry for 30 years. His love of all things mechanical started as a teenager working his '71 Olds, and his curiosity about how things work has never waned. Developing technical conferences for SAE has facilitated his great passion for helping the engineering community develop products that reduce fatalities and environmental impact. His future goal is to restore a '65 Riviera and build a custom Bobber. He has a degree from University of Michigan and is slowly working on a Master's in Public Administration.
Hyeyeon Lee is a Research Fellow within the Energy Materials Group at the University of Birmingham in the UK. Her expertise and passion lie in resource recovery and sustainable resource management. She earned her PhD in Environmental Chemistry from Cranfield University in 2022, where her research focused on the "Occurrence and distribution of organic compounds in landfill leachate and their influence on metal mobility and recovery." Her doctoral work involved devising innovative chemical interactions to increase metal recovery opportunities while concurrently remediating land. She is currently working on the recovery of valuable materials from spent-lithium ion batteries and is committed to pushing the boundaries of the circular economy.
Dr. Eli Leland is a Voltaiq co-founder and serves as the company’s Chief Technical Officer. Prior to Voltaiq, Eli worked at the CUNY Energy Institute as lead engineer on an ARPA-E energy storage and power conversion research project. Before CUNY, Dr. Leland worked at Trilogy Software, where he successfully deployed large-scale enterprise software systems to Fortune 500 companies. He was a Mirzayan Policy Fellow in Energy and Environmental Systems at the National Academies in Washington, DC. Eli has an MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley, and a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton.
Sonia holds a bachelor degree in Energy Engineering and a master degree in Power Engineering. Since bachelor time in Energy Engineering, she has been a sustainability advocate. Having been in utility scale battery energy storage industry for 3 years, Sonia first started in BESS Product Management; she then later switched to Sales Engineering, as she is passionate about combining engineering knowledge and business world.
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Engineer in Electrochemistry with PhD in Solid State Chemistry from Bordeaux University on Li-ion cathode materials. Joined Umicore Corporate R&D in 2002 as R&D Project Manager on battery materials. Moved to Rechargeable Battery Materials division in 2006, first as Product & Business Development Manager focusing on automotive and stationary programs, then responsible of venturing and technology strategy. Since 2019, in charge of longer-term battery technology developments within Umicore’s Battery New Business Incubator.
Weihan Li is leading a BMBF research group at RWTH Aachen University, where he received his Doctorate degree with the highest praise, summa cum laude, in 2021. During 2018-2021, he was team leader, project leader, and research associate at RWTH Aachen University. During 2016-2017, he was a research assistant at Active Adaptive Control Lab and Sloan Automotive Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He received his MS and BS in automotive engineering at RWTH Aachen University and Tongji University. He was with the Volkswagen AG, Porsche Engineering GmbH, and SAIC Volkswagen, in various electrical and mechanical engineering roles. He is involved in the development of digital twin for batteries with physics-based modeling and machine learning. His current research interests include model-based battery analytics and monitoring, machine learning for aging estimation and lifetime prediction, battery fault identification with big data analysis, and reinforcement learning for fast charging and energy management.
Pia Lindorf studied Applied Chemistry at the Technical University of Nuernberg where she received her Master of Science in 2018. Within this time, she did a half year internship and her Master thesis already at Nabaltec AG. Following her Master studies, she worked for one year as Head of Quality Control in a mining company that manufactures industrial minerals for polymer applications. In 2019, she returned to Nabaltec AG where she worked as Application Manager of Department R&D/Technical Service Cable & Polymer responsible for R&D projects and part of the technical service for thermoplastic and elastomer applications. Since October 2022 she is heading the R&D department for Coatings & Electronics within Nabaltec, where she is responsible for the raw material development for protective coatings in Lithium-Ion-Batteries.
Mr. Lu graduated from Department of Business Administration in National Cheng-chi University, Taiwan, and continued to acquire an MBA degree from National Sun Yat-sen University. His first job concerned with the optical film in China for two years, then came back Taiwan to serve Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) as an analyst in Industry, Science and Technology International Strategy Center (ISTI) until now. As a certified industrial analyst of the biggest think-tank in Taiwan, he is responsible for the research about Taiwan battery-related industry, including material, cell, pack and related applications. Not only handling the official government statistics about Taiwan battery industry, sometimes he also plays a role to provide consulting suggestions for Taiwan government and firms. From 2010 to June 2020, he served as the secretary-general of the Taiwan Battery Association.
Holds a Master in Chemical and Process Engineering from the Technical University of Graz. 2012: Joined AVL as Development Engineer for exhaust aftertreatment and developed to be the AVL Technical Expert for exhaust aftertreatment focusing on large engine applications. 2019: Became Global Sales Administration Manager to assist the executive board, enter new markets and take care of key customers. 2021: Started as Product Manager Hydrogen and Fuel Cell where he analysis the global market situation, defines and introduces products considering the different areas of application and manages R&D activities across business divisions.
Olivier is a Principal Analyst at Fastmarkets, based in London. Olivier's focus is on battery raw materials, in particular nickel, which involves fundamentals supply and demand analysis as well as price forecasting, which are all updated and published on a quarterly basis. Olivier has over a decade's experience in metals and mining analysis, with prior experience including aluminium, stainless steel, nickel and molybdenum analysis at various consultancies. Olivier holds a degree in Banking and International Finance from the City University in London.
Roland Matthé is Technical Fellow for Battery Systems and Manager for electrification architecture at Stellantis (Opel Automobile GmbH). Since 2018 his main subjects of work are battery refrubishment methode development, battery failure analysis, battery durability andsafety. From 2011 to 2018 he had been heading the battery system leadership team, overseeing the future strategy for automotive battery systems, research results and field experience from current battery systems. From 2007 to 2011 he had been leading the development of the VOLTec Lithium-Ion battery system for Opel Ampera and Chevrolet Volt at the General Motors Technical Center in Michigan, USA. Since 1997, he held various position in GM’s fuel cell team, leading system engineering group, fuel cell system component development and future fuel cell system architecture definition. After joining Adam Opel AG in 1989 he worked on electric vehicle development and battery integration for the Opel Impuls electric vehicles gaining experience with all types of automotive battery systems. Roland Matthé received his “Diplom Ingenieur” title (master’s degree) in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Darmstadt in 1989.
Ian is a committed technology developer with over 10 years of lithium-ion battery experience. Over that time, he has held diverse roles, ranging from fundamental materials research and product development to program management and business development. His primary focus is on cathode active materials, but he has additional expertise in battery formulation optimization, electrode design, and cell characterization and testing. Ian has B.S. and Ph.D degrees in Materials Science and Engineering, both from MIT.
A price and data analyst covering the lithium and graphite markets at Benchmark, a world-leading price reporting agency, Adam has over 3 years' experience working in the energy sector. The energy transition is a fascinating and fast-moving field, and naturally, market participants have a lot of burning questions about the price and availability of the raw materials powering it. These are the questions he strives to answer in his work, with a specific focus on lithium and graphite.
Professor Y. Shirley Meng received her Ph.D. in Advance Materials for Micro & Nano Systems from the Singapore-MIT Alliance in 2005, after which she worked as a postdoc research fellow and became a research scientist at MIT. Shirley currently holds the Zable Endowed Chair Professor in Energy Technologies and is Professor of NanoEngineering and Materials Science, University of California San Diego (UCSD). She is the founding Director of the Sustainable Power and Energy Center (2015-2020) and was named as inaugural director of the Institute of Materials Discovery and Design. Professor Meng received the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award in 2011, UCSD Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Collaboratories Award in 2013, C.W. Tobias Young Investigator Award of the Electrochemical Society (2016), International Coalition for Energy Storage and Innovation (ICESI) Inaugural Young Career Award (2018), American Chemical Society ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Young Investigator Award (2018), a Finalist for the Blavatnik National Award (2018), International Battery Associations Research Award (2019) and Royal Chemical Society Faraday’s Medal (2020). She is the author and co-author of more than 225 peer-reviewed journal articles, 2 book chapter and 5 issued patents. Professor Meng serves on the executive committee for battery division at the Electrochemical Society and she is the Editor-in-Chief for MRS Energy & Sustainability. She is an elected fellow of the Electrochemical Society (FECS) and fellow of the Materials Research Society (FMRS).
Penny Merian is Director of Go-To-Market Strategy for the Product Analytics group at NI, working to drive the success of NI’s data management and decisioning solutions. With a passion for unraveling the stories hidden within vast datasets, Penny is a seasoned professional renowned for her extensive experience and expertise in the evolving landscape of big data and analytics. She has a deep understanding of the intricacies involved in transforming raw data into actionable insights.
Ines Miller is leading the team of battery cells for P3 automotive in the field of E-Mobility. She has been involved in numerous projects with automotive OEMs, suppliers, chemical industry and investment banks mostly covering topics of Li-ion and Next-Gen batteries. Within P3 she is an expert for E-Mobility with focus on Li-ion and all-solid-state cells including technology and cost assessments. Before working for P3, Ines has gained her Master’s degree in Business Chemistry at the University of Ulm.
Since 2015, Victoria has served as a Conference Producer for Cambridge Enertech, with primary responsibilities for scientific conference program development within energy market sectors, with conferences based in the United States and Europe. She has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Linda Faye Nazar FRS FRSC OC is the Senior Canada Research Chair in Solid State Energy Materials and Distinguished University Research Professor of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo, Canada. She has been inducted into the Royal Society (London) in recognition of her work. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a Justus Liebig Visiting Professor in Germany. Professor Nazar’s research focuses on developing new materials that can store and deliver electrochemical energy, and on advancing next-generation rechargeable battery research and design. Her research program encompasses complex material synthesis; ex-situ and in-situ studies of battery materials involving X-ray/neutron diffraction; computation and X-ray/impedance/NMR spectroscopies, combined with fundamental electrochemistry used to examine the underlying processes in solids. She has co-authored > 300 publications garnering more than 75,000 citations (H index 128; Google Scholar). She is on the Highly Cited Research List (WoS) each year from 2014 - 2022. She has been a member of the Directorate of the USA Department of Energy’s Joint Center for Energy Storage Research since 2013. Prof. Nazar currently sits on the Advisory Councils for the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University, and the Israel National Research Centre for Electrochemical Propulsion. She is the Director of the Waterloo Institute of Technology’s International Scientific Advisory Board.
Christoph Neef is a senior scientist and project manager at Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in Karlsruhe Germany. His focus of work lies on the analysis of new technologies and emerging markets in the fields of energy storage, nano-materials and smart production. Christoph Neef did his PhD in the field of solid-state physics and Li-ion batteries (2012-2016). During his post-doc, he was manager of the laboratory for synthesis and crystal growth at the Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, Heidelberg (2016-2017) and worked on novel cathode materials for Li-ion batteries and respective synthesis techniques.
Dr. Jörn Neuhausen completed two courses of study at RWTH Aachen University - mechanical engineering and business administration. After graduating in 1997, he earned his doctorate at the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL). Jörn Neuhausen has been part of PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH since 2001. His consulting focus lays on the Automotive industry with strong emphasis on electric powertrains, business and technology strategy, cost optimization and reorganization of OEMs and Tier 1. Thereby he has profound experience across the entire battery value chain, from mining towards cell and battery development and recycling technologies.
Dr. Nowak studied Chemistry at the University of Münster and got his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry. After his doctorate, he joined the working group of Professor Winter at the MEET Battery Research Center at the University of Münster in 2009 as a postdoctoral researcher, where he established the Analytical department. From 2010-12, he was the Head of the Analytics and Recycling competence areas, and since 2012, he has held a position at the MEET Battery Research Center as Head of the Analytics and Environment division, which mainly focuses on electrolyte aging, transition metal migration and surface investigations, recycling and second life, as well as toxicological investigations.
Dr. Josu Olmos completed a BEng in Renewable Energy Engineering from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU, 2017), a MEng in Control in Smart Grids and Distributed Generation from the same university (UPV/EHU, 2018), and a PhD in Applied Engineering from Mondragon Unibertsitatea (MU, 2022). Since 2018, he has been working at the research centre Ikerlan (Basque Technology and Research Alliance), where he developed his PhD focused on the development of energy management strategies for heavy-duty applications. Since 2022, he has been a researcher in the area of Energy Storage and Management. His areas of expertise and research are the development of state and degradation algorithms for electrical storage systems and the development of energy management strategies (mainly for mobility applications).
Life for me has been nothing short of an adventure-from spending 10 years at sea offshore racing to mastering leadership in the telecommunications industry and navigating the intricacies of business. My expertise lies in crafting and executing comprehensive business strategies, overseeing product development, and orchestrating innovative marketing plans. I specialize in creating compelling narratives and identifying optimal channels to maximize product visibility and reach. Throughout my journey, I've successfully prioritized roadmaps, documented user stories, and spearheaded impactful product launches. In my current role at Skeleton Technologies, I am steering the ship toward strategic business development, aligning with the company's vision for the future.
Anne is a Chartered Metallurgical Engineer from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London. She has over 30 years’ experience in the natural resource sector and has been working in nickel and cobalt since 2003. Anne was with European Nickel from 2003 to 2010 as Group Technology Manager where she was the driving force behind the initial development of the heap leaching of Nickel Laterites. In 2010 Anne left European Nickel to co-found a company to further develop and commercialise nickel laterite heap leaching technology. After acquiring their first nickel laterite project in Brazil, she then co-founded Brazilian Nickel in 2013 to develop the Piaui Nickel project. She currently sits on its board as an executive Director. Anne has been involved in projects on over 40 different nickel laterites in 15 countries and is also a scientific associate of the Natural History Museum in London where she contributes to fundamental nickel and cobalt research.
Dr. Park leads Enevate’s R&D efforts. He is an expert in battery and surface/bulk chemistries, and novel battery manufacturing techniques. Ben has authored 45+ talks/publications, and has 100+ patents issued/filed. He holds a doctorate in mechanical & aerospace engineering from UC Irvine, MSEE from Purdue University, BSEE from Seoul National University.
Prof. Mauro Pasta (FRSC) is a Professor of Applied Electrochemistry in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. He currently serves as the Principal Investigator of the SOLBAT (solid-state batteries) project as part of The Faraday Institution. His research interests encompass electrochemistry and materials chemistry, with a primary focus on developing innovative materials for electrochemical energy storage. With expertise in battery chemistries beyond Li-ion, he has published 89 papers, with an h-index of 42 and over 14100 citations. Additionally, he holds 18 patents and patent applications. As a co-founder of three battery startup companies, Natron Energy, Cuberg and Project K, Prof. Pasta is dedicated to translating his research into real-world solutions.
Dr. Kristina Pfeifer is a development engineer in the Advanced Engineering Department at Daimler Truck AG Mercedes-Benz Trucks Europe. She studied Chemistry and completed her PhD in sodium-ion cells at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Since 2021, she holds the responsibility for the entire battery system of the GEN H2 fuel cell truck and manages sodium-ion battery activities, along with the development of sustainable future battery concepts for zero-emission trucks.
Christophe has built up considerable expertise in the area of batteries. He joined AVICENNE 26 years ago and spent 3 years in Japan analyzing the Japanese electronic, mobile & battery market. Christophe has acquired extensive experience in marketing, strategy analysis, technology and financial studies for the battery and power management fields. He developed the Battery market analysis for AVICENNE, which serves more than 220 customers worldwide. Christophe has published several annual surveys such as "The Rechargeable Battery Market". He is also the founder & chairman of Batteries - an international industry conference held in France since 1999. He is now Director at AVICENNE ENERGY. Globally, he has been involved in more than 300 projects for 200+ customers in the Battery value chain. Before joining AVICENNE, Christophe held a key position in FRANCE TELECOM's innovation division. He has a degree in Chemistry & an MBA in Innovation Management from Paris IX Dauphine. His mother tongue is French, and he speaks fluent English.
Christian has a unique skill set and extensive experience exclusively derived from the automotive technology, LiB, and LiB recycling sectors. Over the course of his 20-year career, he has been actively engaged in pioneering automotive electrification and battery recycling initiatives for Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen. Moreover, Christian has developed a deep understanding of battery raw materials projects on a global scale, collaborating with various stakeholders across the entire battery value chain. Christian currently heads the Neometals LiB Recycling business, incorporating the Primobius Joint Venture with the SMS Group. Primobius has a demonstration plant in Germany and is developing projects with Mercedes-Benz in Germany and Stelco Inc. in Canada.
With more than 25 years of experience in business consultancy and management of chemical and advanced materials business in Belgium, Morocco, and China, Fabrice gained strong experience on strategy, M&A, manufacturing, marketing, finance, and innovation on high-growth new technology business. Prior joining AVICENNE in 2019, Fabrice was Chief Innovation Officer of the Prayon group. Over 10 years, he was in charge of the global R&D and innovation strategy based on sustainable major trends and declined on nutrition, water, precision farming, rare elements recovery, and energy. One of his core focus was the development of cathode materials. In this field, he earned a strong expertise on the battery value chain and served as COO of Belife, a joint venture with Umicore and as a director of Prayon Pulead Technology, a Chinese-based LFP manufacturer. He holds a master's in chemical engineering, a postgraduate diploma in business administration, an executive degree in tax law, and an executive master's in management.
Dr. Bernhard Riegel completed his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart in 1994. Subsequently, he undertook several research stays, including at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, followed by a research stay at the University of Texas in Austin. From 1998 to 2000, he worked at the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research in Ulm, focusing on electrochemical storage technologies such as lead-acid and NiMH. Since 2001, he has been engaged in research and development at HOPPECKE Batterien GmbH & Co. KG. In 2003, he assumed the leadership of research and development for the entire HOPPECKE Group. In 2007, he played a pivotal role in establishing HOPPECKE Advanced Battery Technology GmbH (INTILION GmbH), introducing lithium-ion technology to the industrial battery market at HOPPECKE. Dr. Riegel serves as an advisor to Battery Research Germany (BMBF), Associate Delegate of the Battery European Partnership (BEPA), advisor to FFB Münster, and Task Force Innovation Leader at EUROBAT.
Alexander Roberts is Professor of Energy Storage within the Centre for eMobility and Clean Growth, Theme Lead for Energy Storage programmes and research at Coventry University, and twice a Faraday Institution Industrial Fellow. He has over 15 years’ experience engaging in energy storage research, working from materials discovery through to device development and design, and characterization. Since joining Coventry University in 2019, he has established a Centre of Excellence for Cell Prototyping, enabling the development of pouch and cylindrical cells from powders through to final device. His research interests currently include the relationship between materials properties and processing and their effects on device performance, and the improvement of cell design for new applications.
Christian Ruediger (40) is Managing Director & Founder of Chem4Batteries GmbH, a company which is transferring and applying Asian advanced battery technology into Europe, Americas, and India. Before starting his own business, Christian worked for almost 15 years in the battery value chain as M&A and Commercial Director for Johnson Matthey Battery Materials and Head of Business Development Battery Solutions for SGL Carbon. During his studies of economics at University of Essen and chemistry at University of Münster, he worked for BASF and Evonik for several years. His daily motivation is driven by building new battery materials and recycling businesses to enable the shift towards a greener world around us.
Jason Sappor is a Senior Analyst in the Metals and Mining Research Team at S&P Global Commodity Insights, based in London. His primary focus is the nickel market, which includes conducting nickel supply and demand analysis and nickel price forecasting, producing the monthly Nickel Commodity Briefing Service report, and writing timely research articles. Jason co-authored articles on the impact of COVID-19 on the industrial metals and presented the research team’s metals market forecasts in various webinars since joining the company in July 2018.Prior to joining S&P Global, Jason spent four years at CRU, where he gained exposure to the aluminum, nickel, stainless steel and molybdenum markets. He initially worked as an associate in the Citi Metals Research and Strategy team. Jason holds an MSc in Applicable Mathematics and a BSc in Mathematics and Economics, both from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Farzad Sarfarazi currently holds a role as a team lead within the Battery team at Accenture, where his work is centered on stationary battery systems. In this position, he collaborates on projects that aim to integrate these technologies into wider energy systems, with a focus on their economic and efficient deployment. With a background in energy system analysis and a focus on energy economics, Farzad has spent the past six years developing his expertise in modeling energy markets and examining innovative business models related to emerging technologies, including battery systems and sector-coupling technologies. His work is characterized by a deep understanding of market dynamics and a thoughtful approach towards technological innovation, balancing detailed analysis with real-world applicability.
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Dr Wasim Sarwar Dilov is Head of Research & Advanced Engineering at Rimac Technology, and is focused on creating industry leading battery and powertrain technology for the high performance automotive segment. He has worked in pioneering electrification technology for the past decade, in the automotive, motorsport, e-VTOL and commercial vehicle segments. He completed his PhD in Electrochemical Engineering at Imperial College London and has held senior roles in Jaguar Land Rover and Williams Advanced Engineering.
As part of NI's EV Offering Management team for battery production test, Paul Schaerfe is deeply committed to support EV battery manufacturers in getting their job done! An industrial engineer by trade, Paul drives platform and solution development to enable customers to successfully take on their current and future test challenges in this fast-paced EV market.
At the MEET Battery Research Center at Münster University, Falko Schappacher has been managing director since 2016. After attaining his doctorate degree (2008) in inorganic solid state chemistry, he gained many years of experience in different positions at the Münster University and the MEET Battery Research Center. Since he started his position at the MEET Battery Research Center, he initiated and managed several public and industry funded projects. He has been involved in more than 50 scientific publications and numerous conference presentations.
Dr. Falco Schneider is a research associate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM. His main interest lies in multiscale simulations for Li-ion batteries. After finishing his PhD on numerical methods for battery simulations in 2022 in the department for flow and material simulation, he continues his work on batteries as one of the developers of the Battery and Electrochemistry Simulation Tool BEST. Previously, he obtained a B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in applied Mathematics at the RPTU Kaiserslautern.
After graduating with a diploma in Mechanical Engineering/ Automotive Engineering at the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany and University of Bath, United Kingdom, Schöniger joined Volkswagen AG 2010 in the International Trainee Programme with projects focused on Electric Cars and Batteries all over the Volkswagen Group. After different positions within the Technical Training Department for xEVs and Batteries Schöniger was Technical Project Management Specialist with responsibilities for Battery Safety and High Voltage Safety. Starting in 2014, Schöniger held Different Management Positions within the General Secretary and Strategy Department. With the broad background of Electric Cars and Battery Systems and Cells, Schöniger joined the Center of Excellence for Battery Cells in 2018 as Head of Department of the Product Management Battery Cells and is since 2020 in charge of the worldwide Development Battery Cells within the Volkswagen Group.
Michael Schoenleber studied electrical engineering at the KIT, Germany, where he focused on electrochemistry and system theory. At the end of his studies, he developed state and parameter estimation algorithms for Battery Management Systems at the Research & Technology Center of Robert Bosch LLC in Palo Alto, USA. Afterwards he returned to KIT and obtained his PhD, focusing on low-frequency impedance characterization of Lithium-Ion cells. In 2017 he co-founded the Batemo GmbH, which is specialized on creating physical, customer and cell specific, validated battery models. Dr. Schoenleber was awarded with the Siemens Energy Award for being the best student of electrical engineering at KIT of his year and with the Freudenberg Award for the best PhD thesis at KIT in 2017. He is co-inventor of two patents in the field of battery state estimation.
2009 Degree in Chemistry from Dresden University of Technology, Germany 2013 PhD in Chemistry in the field of optical coatings for PV applications, TU Dresden 2013-2015 Research Associate at Fraunhofer IWS 2015-2023 Group Manager Chemical Coating Technology, Fraunhofer IWS, Focus on Process Development for Battery Electrode Coatings Present - Division Manager Particle Technology, Fraunhofer IWS
Kevin Shang is a senior research analyst in Wood Mackenzie’s Global Energy Storage team, focused on the energy storage supply chain and technology. Before that, he led Wood Mackenzie’s cathode and precursor materials market research. Kevin joined Wood Mackenzie in 2021 following the takeover of Roskill. While in Roskill, he was responsible for research and analysis of cathode materials, battery technology, and the lithium-ion battery supply chain. Kevin is a regular speaker at international conferences on battery technology and supply chains, while he also sits on the advisory board of the Battery Show North America. Before joining Roskill, Kevin worked at the BBC and Reuters TV, reporting on China-related matters and energy markets for the broadcaster’s international audience in both Chinese and English. Kevin obtained his PhD from the Department of Materials, University of Manchester.
Dr. Hauke Simon is an Director from the EYP Berlin office and the Lead of the EYP Battery Hub. He has more than 12 years of experience in consulting. He is the trusted advisor for enterprises along the entire battery value chain. Hauke is Chemist by education. He holds a PhD (Dr. rer. nat. from University of Münster), a Master of Science (focus on technical electrochemisty at TU Munich) and a Bachelor of Science (University of Göttingen) all in Chemistry. Prior to consulting, he focused on research on cathode material for lithium ion batteries at internationally renowned institutes among others in Munich, Singapore and Beijing.
Tina Singh is a Principal Engineer within Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs at Toyota Motor North America. Here she works on vehicle federal regulations in which automotive xEV batteries play a significant role. She brings 11 years of experience from environmental, health & safety, emergency response, petroleum engineering, environmental engineering and water treatment design, as well as soil and groundwater treatment.
Steve Sloop has pioneered comprehensive methods to improve safety and efficiency in recycling lithium-ion batteries and materials. These include deactivation of lithium-ion batteries to eliminate hazards in transportation and storage; electrolyte extraction; electrode harvesting and separation; and cathode-healing™, which is a direct method to reintroduce lithium, structure, and performance to scrap electrodes.
Dr. José Ricardo Sodré has more than 25 years of research experience on the application of biofuels to transport and power generation and over 10 years investigating energy consumption, impacts on the electrical grid, and related carbon emissions of electric vehicles. He is currently the Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering at Aston University. To date, he has authored over 75 journal articles and more than 125 conference papers.
Anna Stefanopoulou, is a professor of mechanical engineering at the William Clay Ford Professor of Technology at the University of Michigan. She taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara and at ETH, Zurich, and she was a technical specialist at Ford. She earned her diploma in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (91, NTUA, Athens) and her PhD in Electrical Engineering (96, UMICH, Ann Arbor). Her innovation in powertrain control technology has been documented in a book, 21 US patents, 400 publications (8 of which have received awards) on state estimation, model-based prediction, and multivariable control of dynamic electrochemical and thermomechanical processes in engines, fuel cells and batteries. She is a Fellow of the ASME (08), IEEE (09), and SAE (18) and she has received major society awards.
Dr. Dee Strand is a Senior Scientist at Wildcat Discovery Technologies. Dr. Strand has over twenty years of experience in materials research, development, and commercialization, primarily in the areas of energy storage and electronic applications. Prior to joining Wildcat in 2013, Dr. Strand served as a Research Fellow at Dow Chemical, where she was the technical lead in Dow Energy Materials, as well as the Principal Investigator on external research programs with universities and national labs on battery materials. Dr. Strand also has extensive experience in patent analysis and technical due diligence of new technologies. Dr. Strand completed her PhD in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, under the supervision of Professor John Schrag. Her PhD research focused on rheology and birefringence of polymeric solutions. Dr. Strand also holds a Master of Science degree in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from North Dakota State University.
Project manager of EV battery housing solutions, Takata has been working in development in the field of engineering plastics and composite materials to implement into various industries such as mobility, aerospace, medical, food electronics, and new energy industries since 2021, for providing solutions to replace metals. - In his current assignment, he is focusing on the EV powertrain segment to provide solutions for enhancing thermal safety. - Working on multi-functional materials like thermal spacer, thermoplastic composite, functional adhesive and additives for use in batteries.
Remus Teodorescu received a Dipl.Ing. degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnical University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, in 1989, Ph.D. degree in power electronics from the University of Galati, Romania, in 1994 and, Dr.HC in 2016 from Transilvania University of Brasov. In 1998, he joined the Department of Energy Technology at Aalborg University where he is currently a Full Professor. Between 2013 and 2017, he has been a Visiting Professor at Chalmers University. He is IEEE/PELS Fellow since 2012 for contributions to grid converters technology for renewable energy systems. In 2022 he became a Villum Investigator and leader of Center of Research for Smart Battery at Aalborg University. His current research areas are: Smart Battery, Li-Ion battery Health Management with AI, and Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC) for HVDC/FACTS.
Dr. Venkataraman Thangadurai is full professor of chemistry at the University of Calgary, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom. He received his BSc from Sacred Heart College in Tirupattur, India in 1989 and his MSc from Muthurangam Government Arts College in Vellore, India in 1991. He received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 1999 and did his PDF at the University of Kiel, Germany. He received a prestigious PDF fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany. Dr. Thangadurai received his Habilitation degree from the University of Kiel in 2004 and started his independent career in Calgary in 2005. He received the prestigious Keith Laidler Award from the Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) in 2016 for his outstanding contributions to physical chemistry. His current research activities include discovery of novel ceramic membranes and mixed ion and electron conductors for all-solid-state batteries, solid oxide cells, and electrochemical gas sensors.
As General Manager of SAE Europe, John Tintinalli is responsible for supporting the mission of SAE International as it relates to its European constituency. A native of Detroit with a background in software engineering, John has spent much of his career in automotive and now lives in the Netherlands. He holds a B.S. in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In his spare time, he enjoys fixing and making things.
Michael Tormoen is the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems Integration Technical Lead for Daimler Truck’s entrant into the SuperTruck 3 project. He is responsible for the technical requirements of a fuel cell and its supporting systems as applied to a North American long-haul truck. This third iteration of the SuperTruck project funded by the US Department of Energy is aimed to deliver the heavy truck of the future with a minimum of 600 miles of zero-emission loaded range. Prior to joining Daimler Truck in 2023, Michael was the technical lead for electric and electrified powertrain development programs with Roush, developing alternative energy propulsion solutions for a wide variety of vehicles and industries. He led electric vehicle systems integration programs in the commercial vehicle, fully autonomous, hydrogen fuel cell, and high-performance segments. Michael is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
Gabriel Torres is the Director of Product Management at Sionic Energy and has been a researcher in the field of lithium-ion batteries for 10 years. He has published over twenty patents regarding lithium-ion battery technology and has specialized in the topics of electrolytes, novel chemistries and abuse testing.
Pierre Tran-Van is a chemistry engineer (Chimie Paristech school, 1996) and PhD in materials science (Versailles University, 2000, funded by Corning). He was assistant professor at Versailles university and witnessed the new spark in electric vehicle interest whilst creating and coordinating a Master course on photovoltaics, fuel cells and batteries. He joined Renault in 2011 in the research division and was involved in academic collaborations and responsible for start-up screening. In 2016 he was team leader for battery research. Since 2020 he is senior electrochemistry expert. Expertise group is a cross-functional team that is responsible for reviewing technical progress during development and provides support to any cell level issue during research, development, industrialization and serial life.
Alwin Tuschkan works for AVL as a Project Manager at the IODP Department, the so-called Integrated and Open Development Platform. In this role, his mission is to improve the vehicle and powertrain development processes together with cross-department teams at customers and AVL. After studying Aeronautical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, in 2012 he joined the AUDI AG in Ingolstadt, Germany, where he worked in several positions. He started as a development engineer and project manager in the predevelopment of vehicle and mobility concepts. In 2015 he joined AUDIs Innovation Management Team and coordinated Audis predevelopment projects in the area of mobility concepts and vehicle architecture. In 2018 he joined the team of Powertrain Development and interconnected the Audi Powertrain Predevelopment and Research Topics within the VW Group and the VW Group Innovation. In 2021 he left Audi and joined AVL in Graz, Austria where he initiates and promotes several process innovation topics, such as the AVL Battery Life Cycle Management.
Tom Van Bellinghen joined Umicore in 2009 as the Marketing & Sales Director taking care of Umicore´s Rechargeable Battery Materials business. Working out of the Umicore HQ in Brussels, he divides his time between Belgium and Asia. In 2012 he became also responsible for raw material purchasing before becoming the VP Marketing and Sales in 2018. Since 2019 he’s focusing his time on managing the relationships with OEM’s worldwide and the global marketing responsibility for the Umicore rechargeable battery materials. Previously, Tom was a business Development Manager at Intel, and the Country Manager Benelux for Flir Systems. Tom Van Bellinghen holds a Master of Science degree in Electromechanical Engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven and obtained a degree in Business Administration from the Leuven Graduate School for Business Studies.
Dr. Anna Vanderbruggen is a mineral processing engineer who earned her degree from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie (ENSG) in France, and completed the EMerald Erasmus Mundus Masters program, focusing on georesources engineering. After working with primary resources, she shifted her focus to secondary materials in 2018 with lithium-ion battery recycling, creating her own research project with a main focus on graphite recovery. Her passion and dedication to this research field led her to pursue a PhD at the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg and Aalto University, where she successfully defended her dissertation in 2022. Her innovative method on graphite recycling from used lithium-ion batteries earned her the EIT Change Award 2022. Currently, Anna Vanderbruggen is a post-doctoral researcher at the GeoRessources laboratory at the University of Lorraine in France, continuing her work on battery recycling.
Dr. Vanheusden has over 20 years of experience building and directing multi-disciplinary teams from technical breakthrough to pilot-scale manufacturing, with a focus on time-to-market, quality, and cost. Prior to Lyten, Dr. Vanheusden was a Senior Manager at Tesla, where he developed materials for Model-3, Powerwall, and Solar Roof. He also held senior leadership roles at several cleantech startups, driving fast growth and market penetration towards successful acquisitions by Fortune 500 companies, such as Dupont and Cabot Corporation.
David Verner has more than three decades of experience working with national and international clients on major investments in diverse markets including advanced manufacturing, automotive, energy storage and FDA-regulated facilities. Most recently, he is providing executive leadership and oversight for multiple lithium-ion battery plants ranging from a 2GWh facility in a renovated existing building up to a 47GWh, 4,300,000 SF greenfield plant representing more than $4.5 billion in investment. Verner has spoken and written extensively about his expertise in battery plant design, lean design and construction, site selection and other topics. He has been published in outlets such as Battery Technology, Industry Week, Area Development and New Equipment Digest. He is a registered architect and executive vice president at Gresham Smith, an Architectural/Engineering firm whose more than1000 employees serve clients globally.
Electrical Engineer, 25 years of experience at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE; PhD thesis in the field of modeling and development of control strategies for fuel cell systems; from 2005 to 2010 Head of Group “Off-Grid Power Supply”; from 2011 to 2016 Head of Department “PV Off-Grid Solutions and Battery System Technology”; since 2017, Head of Department "Electrical Energy Storage" and Coordinator of Business Unit “Electrical Energy Storage”; Coordinator for Stationary Battery Storage at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE; Contact Person for Battery Systems at Fraunhofer Battery Alliance; Spokesman of R&D Advisory Board of German Energy Storage Systems Association (BVES); Technical Advisor of Working Group “Stationary Applications and Integration” of Batteries European Partnership Association / Batteries Europe; Member of Steering Committee of Batteries European Partnership Association / Batteries Europe.
Kurt Vollmacher is educated as fire officer and fire prevention engineer. 10 years ago, he had the idea (dream :-)) to generate crucial information in a uniform standardized way for first and second responders worldwide irrelevant of the used type of technology or means of transport. With 35 years of active duty at the fire services, he has seen a lot. It is extremely complicated to be aware of every new change. As the technical evolution goes quite fast, this is why a lot of responders are struggling to stay up to date. So, he started drawing at his home the draft plans of ISO 17840 parts 2, 3, 4 and the upgrade of part 1. In order to realize his dream, he went to become project leader at ISO of the ISO TC22 Road Vehicles Rescue information project. During this period, as a member of the SAE Hybrid and EV 1st and 2nd Responder Task Force, he has helped to create the published SAE recommendations J2990, J2990/2, J3108. Nowadays, Kurt is still working on the project in collaboration with UL until the worldwide uniform way of responder information is established.
Ilka is the Policy Manager of the industrial ecosystem of the EBA, named EBA250, with a strong focus on sustainability and supply chain topics. She has been instrumental in building up and managing the vast and complex network of the stakeholders in this initiative, as well as developing the set of recommendations that contributed to the design and content of the 43 actions that have been identified as necessary by the EBA, to make the EU a key player in the global battery market. The European Battery Alliance (EBA) was launched in October 2017 by European Commission Vice President Maros sefcovic. The purpose is to ensure that all Europeans benefit from safer traffic, cleaner vehicles and more sustainable technological solutions. All this achieved by creating a competitive and sustainable battery cell manufacturing value chain in Europe. By combining European cutting-edge competences, financial strength and a cross-industrial approach, a competitive and sustainable market has developed that has already exceeded its target of 250 billion in value by 2025. The industrial development programme of the European Battery Alliance is driven by EIT InnoEnergy. The network has grown into an open ecosystem of more than 800 stakeholders actively collaborating to build a strong and competitive European battery industry.
Dragoljub did his chemistry studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina followed by a Master of Science in advanced materials in Grenoble and Darmstadt as part of the ERASMUS Mundus program. At TU Darmstadt Dragoljub finished his Ph.D. in 2018 on silicon-based anode materials and continued his career as a postdoc in the battery field. In 2019 he joined Mercedes-Benz Car Group as an expert in silicon-based anodes and helped establish lab activities for cell development and testing. In 2020 he took responsibility as a project and technical lead for the development of a high energy cell. Dragoljub currently leads the anode expert group responsible for anode development @ Mercedes. Dragoljub successfully established technology partnerships on the subject of new silicon material with two world-leading material suppliers to support his anode development work. Apart from work, Dragoljub enjoys spending his free time with family (two sons and wife) and friends. He enjoys mountains, hiking, and biking. Furthermore, he likes farming (driving a tractor) on his parent’s farm in Bosnia. At Daimler Truck Dragoljub is responsible for the in-house development of Lithium-ion cells.
Dr.-Ing. Marcel Weil finished his Ph.D. in 2004 at the Technical University of Darmstadt (IWAR-Institute). Since 2007, he has been a scientific Group Leader in Systems Analysis and Constructive Technology Assessment (CTA) for Emerging Technologies at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and is a Principal Investigator for the German Helmholtz Technology, Innovation and Society program. Since 2011, he has headed a second working group at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm for Electrochemical Energy Storage (HIU), and also belongs to the Resources, Environment and Sustainability branch of KIT. Since 2019, Dr.-Ing. Weil has been a leading scientist of the new cluster of excellence for Post Lithium Storage (POLiS) and responsible for the topic sustainability. He has worked as a Research Topic Leader (2015-2020) for the Energy Storage and Grid program of the German Helmholtz Initiative, Energy System 2050, within the research topic of Life-Cycle-Oriented Sustainability Assessment. Since 2020, Dr.-Ing. Weil is heading up the new scientific unit at ITAS, Research for Sustainable Energy Technologies (RESET).
Mechanical engineering at Hochschule Kempten. Starting 1993 as electroplating engineer at Rimmel. 1999 - 2003 Head of electroplating and surface technologies at Wanzl. He founded 2004 Roland Weixler engineering for electronic and hybrid drives. In 2007 he founded KE-TEC GmbH for lithium-ion battery services, where he supports customers in ramp-up situations for cell and battery manufacturing in failure analysis process improvement, prototyping and testing. Due to his 20 years battery experiences Roland established an own test center for customized and standard abuse tests including in-house failure analysis.
Manuel has a passion for innovation and international collaborations, with areas of technical expertise that include batteries, materials science, and nanotechnology. Working in the lithium-ion battery industry, Manuel has gained extensive experience in lithium-ion battery R&D and technology commercialization, while being instrumental in taking technology from lab scale to pilot production ready. As Head of the Energy Division at AnteoTech his work is focused on enabling high silicon content anodes leading the development of the AnteoTech’s silicon anode program. With a Master of Engineering in Materials and a Master of Business in Entrepreneurship, Manuel is skilled at leading technology development as well as commercialization activities and has participated in several successful substantial capital raises. Previously, Manuel led and pioneered the development of super lightweight, metallized-polymer, current collector technology, for lithium-ion batteries and next generation lithium metal anodes.
Christian Wilke is a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mineral Processing of the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany. He holds a master degree in Waste Management from the RWTH Aachen University. Christian has worked for 7 years as a senior process engineer for the Kleemann GmbH focusing on the application of mobile crushers and screens in quarries worldwide. Currently he is concentrating on the mechanical recycling of lithium-ion batteries with a focus on the thermal pre-treatment and its influence on the sorting and classification processes.
Sheldon S. Williamson (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.E. (Hons.) degree in electrical engineering from the University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, in 1999, and the MS and PhD degrees (Hons.) in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. He is currently a professor with the Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering and the Director of Smart Transportation Electrification and Energy Research (STEER) Group, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada. His current research interests include advanced power electronics, electric energy storage systems, and motor drives for transportation electrification. He holds the prestigious NSERC Canada Research Chair in electric energy storage systems for transportation electrification.
Dr. Stefan Windisch-Kern holds a PhD in energy- and process-engineering and works as a battery development engineer at AVL List in Graz. Despite being responsible for the system integration of high voltage batteries in AVL’s development projects, Dr. Windisch-Kern is one of our experts for battery recycling and strives to expand our portfolio of engineering services in that regard.
Martin Winter holds a professorship for “Materials Science, Energy and Electrochemistry” at Muenster University, Germany. He is a Director of the MEET Battery Research Center at Muenster University and of the Helmholtz-Institute Muenster (HI MS) “Ionics in Energy Storage”, a branch of Forschungszentrum Jülich. Martin Winter is the spokesperson of German Battery Research. He holds several president and chairmen positions in scientific societies and is the recipient of more than 50 awards and recognitions.
Since 2014, Craig has served as Executive Director of Conferences for Cambridge Enertech, with primary responsibilities for scientific conference organization and program development within energy market sectors with conferences based in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Previously to joining CII, from its inception in 1998, Craig was the Founder and President of the Knowledge Foundation, a scientific conference and publishing company until it was acquired by CII in 2014. Additionally, Craig was a Director at IBC USA (now Informa), and has previous experience in conference development, publishing and techincal marketing.
Billy Wu is an Associate Professor (Reader) at Imperial College London, where he co-leads the Electrochemical Science and Engineering group. He works at the interface between fundamental science and engineering application of batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors. Cross-cutting activities include: materials development, microstructural/continuum modelling, thermal management, pack design, control, and techno-economics.
Xin has headed the global technical sales team of battery material business at BASF since 2021. He and his team are accountable for the global customer projects and developments programs, as well as innovation strategies and IP. Xin joined BASF in 2020 when he started as the Head of Global Manufacture Technology in the Catalyst Division. He was leading the technology development for battery materials. . Before BASF, he worked in different roles and with various responsibilities in battery-related industries, such as Umicore and Gotion. Xin got his PhD from Dalhousie University in Jeff Dahn's lab.
Marina is the Director, R&D and New Business Development at Livent Corporation. She started her career in 1995 and today her expertise in technology and markets covers lithium battery supply chain from lithium extraction to future energy storage devices. Marina has inventions in lithium-ion battery materials widely used commercially, including the cathode technology that has become the industry standard and is used in a vast majority of consumer electronics devices. Marina is currently a member-at-large for the ECS Battery Division, member of the advisory boards for the Battery500 consortium and Aichemist Metal Inc. Marina has over 100 patents granted in US and worldwide.
Khadija Yazda is the Product Manager of the High Voltage Battery Systems at Electrovaya and has been involved in various aspects of the business from battery manufacturing, engineering activities, and business development. She has 10 years' experience in Energy Technologies and project management. She attended ETH Zurich, McGill university, and University of Montpellier, France, where she received her doctorate in physics.
Dr. Jochen Zausch studied Physics at the University of Mainz (Germany) and earned his phd degree in the field of computational soft matter physics working with molecular dynamics methods. Afterwards, in 2009, he moved to the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics in Kaiserslautern to the department for Flow and Material Simulation where he started working on lithium ion battery modeling and the development of ITWM’s “Battery and Electrochemistry Simulation Tool BEST”. The Battery Modeling Group he is now heading is developing BEST even further to make it available in commercial software tools and to apply it in projects together with industrial and research partners. Besides his work on electrochemical modelling he has been active in recent years to adapt the department's competencies in complex rheology and structural mechanics simulation for cell production topics.
Jared joined SMM in 2020, with ~4 years experience in strategic consulting & market intelligence, and he especially focuses on the global new energy market. He has solid experience in new energy value chain, from upstream raw material to downstream EV/ESS & battery recycling. His expertise lays in the high-frequency market dynamics tracking, market sizing, transparency, & attractiveness assessment, leading companies benchmarking and operational excellence, market entry/growth strategy.
Changfu Zou is an Associate Professor in the Automatic Control research unit, Chalmers University of Tecnology, Sweden. He is leading the Energy Systems & Optimal Control team focusing on modeling and automatic control of energy storage systems, particularly lithium-ion batteries. Many of his works are in collaboration with industry partners, such as Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks, Polestar, Scania, and CEVT AB. As the project PI, he has received funding from the Swedish Research Council, European Commission, Swedish Energy Agency, Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education, Swedish Electromobility Center, etc. Specifically, he has hosted four researchers to achieve the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships, which are among Europe's most competitive and prestigious research and innovation fellowships. He currently serves as an associate editor/editorial board member for journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, and Cell Press journal iScience. He has been a recipient of awards, such as the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Best Vehicular Electronics Paper Award, the Scholarship of National Information and Communication Technology, Australia (NICTA), the Melbourne Research Scholarship, etc.
Mr. Clemens van Zeyl holds a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Science (BASc) and a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) and is a professional engineer (P.Eng.) licensed in Ontario, Canada. Mr. van Zeyl has over 40 years of extensive experience as a senior executive and engineer in several electrical engineering and technology companies. His executive experience includes roles with Fortune 500 companies such as GE and Shell. Mr. van Zeyl is a visionary in implementing and marketing advanced technological products in the industrial and energy sectors. In 2009, Mr. van Zeyl founded vZ Energy Inc. (www.vZ.energy), a consulting company that helps its clients navigate the Business, Technical, and Engineering challenges when growing their Clean Energy Business. His clients range worldwide, including the USA, Europe, Japan, India, and Australia. Mr. van Zeyl and Professor Christoph Weber of Fachhochschule (University of Applied Science) Kiel founded Heimdalytics GmbH in 2021. Heimdalytics' mission is to revolutionise the battery diagnostics and management industry by adding the measurement and analysis of impedance utilising artificial intelligence. By analysing impedance, along with other measured quantities, a battery’s state of health, state of charge, and internal temperature can be accurately calculated.
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