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This page contains links to all speaker and company presentations made at the NAATBatt 2020 meeting and the related MPSC Workshop on Military Batteries.  The page is organized based on the agendas of both the NAATBatt 2020 meeting and the workshop.  Speakers and companies which have provided a presentation for public distribution have a hyperlink embedded in their name.  Click on the hyperlink to see the speaker’s or company’s presentation.  Only presentations we have permission to post are included.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

NAATBatt-MPSC Workshop on Military Batteries

8:10 – 8:30 a.m.
Building a Lithium Ion Battery Supply Chain in the USA
Vivas Kumar
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Anticipated Battery Needs of the Military Services

Thomas Layne
USAF Research Labs, Wright Patterson

Eric Shields
U.S. Navy, DASN RDT&E

9:30 – 9:50 a.m.
Issues and Challenges of Becoming a Domestic Source for Military Batteries
Alan ElShafei
Navitas Systems

9:50 – 10:10 a.m.
Doing Business with the Defense Logistics Agency
Matt Hutchens
Defense Logistics Agency

10:30 – 11:50 a.m.
Issues and Potential Solutions for Domestic Production of Lithium-Ion Cells

Mark Matthews
EnerSys

John Warner
American Battery Solutions

Tom Byrd
Lockheed Martin

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Main Sessions and Member Presentations
1:00 – 1:10 p.m.
Welcome by President and Executive Director of NAATBatt
Joern Tinnemeyer
EnerSys

1:10 – 1:30 p.m.
Report of the Chief Science Officer of NAATBatt
M. Stanley Whittingham
SUNY at Binghamton

1:30 – 1:50 p.m.
Report of the Chief Technology Officer of NAATBatt
Robert Galyen
CATL

1:50 – 3:15 p.m.
Member Update Presentations – Group #1 
EnerSys
Digatron Power Electronics 
Salt River Project
Energy Storage Response Group
Indie Power Systems
Rolled-Ribbon Battery Company
Titan Advanced Battery Solutions
Sandia National Laboratories
Call2Recycle
ETAS
CATL
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PPG
NOHMs

4:00 – 4:20 p.m.
Market Report: ESS Markets in North America Forecast
Sam Jaffe
Cairn Energy Research Advisors

4:20 – 4:40 p.m.
Market Report: Industrial Batteries in North America Forecast
Michael Sanders
Avicenne Energy

4:40 – 5:00 p.m.
Market Report: Military Batteries Market Forecast
Shmuel de-Leon
Shmuel de-Leon Energy, Ltd.

5:00 – 6:20 p.m.
Member Update Presentations – Group #2 
ESAMTAC
Albemarle Corporation
DuPont
Amphenol Thermometrics
SVOLT
CAMX Power
Umicore
Soteria
CSA Group
Lithion Recycling
ARMOR Group 
LORD
UL

6:20 – 6:35 p.m.
The Most Interesting Things I Saw in Batteries in 2019
Shmuel de-Leon
Shmuel de-Leon Energy, Ltd.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

8:55 – 9:40 a.m.
Energy Materials Markets Forecasts: Lithium, Cobalt and Nickel

Austin Devaney
IHS Markit

Henrique Ribeiro
S&P Global Platts

9:40 – 11:05 a.m.
Member Update Presentations – Group #3 
Nuvation Energy
American Battery Solutions
Soltex
ForgeNano
Argonne National Laboratory
Snell & Wilmer
Durr MEGTECH
Ten-Nine Technologies
Li-Cycle Corp.
Arkema, Inc.
Webasto Charging Systems

11:30 – 1:00 p.m.
Member Update Presentations – Group #4 
State of Indiana
WeRecycleBatteries
Battery Resourcers
UniEnergy Technologies
ZAF Energy System
Jabil
Electric Applications Incorporated
Jakertech
NREL
Spiers New Technologies
Battery Innovation Center
Everledger
Salient Energy
Moses Lake Industries
SafeLi, LLC
American Battery Metals Corporation

2:15 – 3:00 p.m.
The State of Solid State Battery Technology in 2020

Steve Visco
Polyplus

Yuan Yang
Columbia University

3:00 – 3:45 p.m.
The Impact of Fast Charging on Lithium-Ion Battery Cell Design
Daniel Abraham
Argonne National Laboratory

4:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Battery Innovation Summit (Presentations by 10 Emerging Companies Invited by NAATBatt)
Idaho National Laboratory
Alpha-en
Kinetic Batteries
Feasible Inc.
South 8 Technologies
Brian Engle
OnTo Technology
University of Michigan
Battery Streak

5:15 – 6:00 p.m.
The Future of Electric Powered Flight

Ratnakumar Bugga
NASA

Pete Savagian
Ampaire

Thursday, February 13, 2020

9:35 – 10:25 a.m.
Potential Substitutes for Lithium-Ion Batteries in Motive Applications

Steve Clarke
QuanVerge Inc.

Yan Yao
University of Houston

10:45 – 12:35 a.m.
Improving the Safety of Lithium-Ion Battery Systems

Galen Ressler
General Motors

Robert Galyen
CATL

Manuel Rabl
EnerSys

Mike Canada
EnerDel

1:45 – 2:05 p.m.
Introduction to the DOE Battery Recycling Prize

Samuel Gillard
U.S. Department of Energy

2:05 – 3:15 p.m.
Prize Pitches
(5-minute presentations by the Phase 1 Award Winners)
NREL BRP Vouchers
Holman Parts Distribution
Store Packs Umicore
LiB IoT
Admiral Instruments
OnTo Technologies
Titan AES
Renewance
Team EVBs
Team Portables
SNT Laser Focused
RRCO
EEDD

3:15 – 3:55 p.m.
Regulation of Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling in California
Todd Coy & Bernie Kotlier
CalEPA Lithium-ion Car Battery Recycling Advisory Group