2023 Conference Materials
NAATBatt 2023 Recap
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Welcome by Executive Director and President of NAATBatt
Jim Greenberger
NAATBatt International
Renata Arsenault
Ford Motor Company
Report of the Chief Science Officer of NAATBatt
Stanley Whittingham
Report of the Chief Technology Officer of NAATBatt
Bob Galyen
Market Report: EV Markets in North America
Evelina Stoikou
Market Report: ESS Markets in North America
Chris Seiple
Market Report: Lithium Battery Cell and Cell Components Manufacturing in North America
Sam Jaffe
Market Report: Energy Materials Markets Outlook
Andrew Miller
Making Sense of the Opportunities in the Inflation Reduction Act
Member Update Presentations: Session 1A
Upstream Companies
Member Update Presentations: Session 1B
Downstream Companies
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Welcome by the Chairman of NAATBatt
Jeff Yambrick
Energy Supply Developers, LLC, CEO
NAATBatt Annual Members Meeting
The Upstream Lithium Battery Supply Chain Challenge in North America
Nick Giefer (Moderator)
Schenck Process, LLC, Executive Vice President
Abby Wulf
Securing our Energy Future (SAFE), VP
Austin Devaney
Linda Gaines
Roundtable: Who Will the Winners and Losers in the Battery Business be Five Years from Now?
Dirk Spiers (Moderator)
Spiers New Technologies
Kurt Kelty
Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.
Renata Arsenault
Ford Motor Company
Mark Caffarey
Umicore
Julie Blundren
New Energy Nexus
Denise Gray
LG Energy Solution Michigan
Member Update Presentations: Session 2A
Upstream Companies
Member Update Presentations: Session 2B
Downstream Companies
Breaking Down the Barriers to Commercialization of U.S. Battery Innovation
James Trevey (Moderator)
Sue Babinec
Argonne National Laboratory, Program Lead
Christina Lampe-Onnerud
Mike Fetcenko
Member Update Presentations: Session 3A
Upstream Companies
Battery Innovation Center Institute
Impossible Metals Inc.
Member Update Presentations: Session 3B
Downstream Companies
Addressing Safety Requirements in Lithium Battery Packaging and Logistics
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Welcome by President-Elect of NAATBatt
Polaris Industries Inc.
Developing Battery Charging and V2G Infrastructure
Michael Lew (Moderator)
Clearer Horizons
Margaret O’Riley
Electrada, Vice President, Business Development
Joern Tinnemeyer
EnerSys, Senior Vice President & CTO
Michael Paras
SAE International, Business Development Manager, Sustainable Mobility Solutions
Member Update Presentations: Session 4A
Upstream Companies - Track 1
Member Update Presentations: Session 4B
Upstream Companies - Track 2
Better Ways to Handle Black Mass
Renata Arsenault (Moderator)
Ford Motor Co.
Kraig Houser
Cirba Solutions, Process Technology Director
Sidd Subramani