Detailed Agenda

9:30 - 11:30 am
Community Chairs Meeting
12:00 p.m.
Golf
2:00 p.m.
Tennis/Pickle Ball
6:30 p.m.
Tournament Dinner
7:30 a.m.
Registration Opens
7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Exhibit Floor Set up
8:00 - 8:45 a.m.
Community Action Labs
Materials, Manufacturing & Qualification | From Materials to Market:
Overcoming Manufacturing and Qualification Challenges
Communities: Electrode Materials, Sodium, Zinc

Battery Markets & Emerging Applications | Where Are Battery Markets Headed?
Emerging Applications & Opportunities
Communities: ESS & Data Center, Military Batteries, Markets

U.S. Battery Policy | Building a Competitive U.S. Battery Industry:
Policy, Production, & Workforce
Communities: Manufacturing in NA, Equipment Makers, Workforce Development

8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Shmuel de Leon Energy Seminar I:
What’s New in Chinese Battery Technology
8:45 - 9:00 a.m.
Transition
9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Community Action Labs

Battery Lifecycle, Recycling, & Traceability | Closing the Battery Loop:
Advancing Recycling, Reuse & Traceability
Communities: Recycling, Second Life Use, Track & Trace

Battery Safety, Standards, & Cybersecurity | Balancing Innovation and Risk
Communities: Battery Safety, Policy & Regulatory, Cybersecurity

Improving Investability in Battery Supply Chains | Making Battery Supply Chains
Investable: Overcoming Financial & Market Barriers
Communities: Onshoring Battery Technology, Energy Materials, Battery Finance

 

9:45 - 10:00 a.m.
Transition
10:00 - 10:45 a.m.
Impact Sessions

 

Non-Lithium & Emerging Chemistries

Raimund Koerver, Factorial
Jon Parrella, TerraFlow Energy
Darren Tan, Unigrid Battery
Emily Dickens, Octet Scientific

Defense Batteries & Domestic Supply-Chain Security

Moderator: James Trevey, Forge Nano
Tom Greszler, Saft America
Mark Matthews, EnerSys

Heavy-Duty Truck, Rail, & Transit Electrification

Moderator: John Warner, American Battery Solutions
Roger Gerson, Cummins Research & Technology

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.
Transition
11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Impact Sessions
Battery Materials & the Missing Midstream (pCAM/CAM/AAM)

Andrew Muckstadt, NanoOne

Financing Battery Technology Today

Hansol Kim, BRICKS
Andreas Breiter, McKinsey

Mining Battery Materials in the U.S.
Noon - 12:45 p.m.
Welcome Meet and Greet Lunch
1:00 - 1:05 p.m.
Welcome Remarks of the NAATBatt Executive Director

Jim Greenberger, NAATBatt International

1:05 - 1:25 p.m.
Report of the Chief Technology Officer of NAATBatt

Bob Galyen, Galyen Energy

1:25 - 1:45 p.m.
Report of the Chief Science Officer of NAATBatt

Stan Whittingham, Binghamton University

1:45 - 2:05 p.m.
Market Report Keynote: Light and Heavy Duty EV Markets

Huiling Zhou, BloombergNEF

2:05 - 2:25 p.m.
Market Report Keynote: Energy Storage for Data Centers and the Grid

Michael Sanders, Avecinne Energy

2:25 - 2:45 p.m.
Market Report Keynote:  Robotics, Aerospace and Defense Applications

Ken Hoffman, Traubenbach Associates

2:45 - 3:15 p.m.
Opening of Exhibit Showcase and Networking Break
3:15 - 3:35 p.m.
Market Report Keynote:  Energy Materials Markets

Sam Adham, CRU Group

3:35 - 3:55 p.m.
Market Report Keynote:  Recycling and Second Life Battery Markets

Kyle Gordon, Roland Berger

3:55 - 4:00 pm
Transition
4:00 - 5:15  p.m.
Member Update Presentations
5:15 - 5:25  p.m.
Transition
5:25 - 5:45 p.m.
Keynote

David Hochshild, California Energy Commission

5:45 - 6:00  p.m.
NAATBatt 2027 Lifetime Achievement Awards
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Exhibit Reception
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Board of Directors Meeting and Dinner
 
Dinner on Your Own
              
7:30 - 8:20 a.m.
Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
7:30 - 8:20 a.m.
Breakfast Discussion

Cybersecurity in Batteries and ESS

Non-Lithium Battery Technologies

Robotics and Aerospace

Battery and ESS Safety

Financing the Battery Supply Chain  

8:20 - 8:25 a.m.
Welcome by President-Elect of NAATBatt

Katharina Gerber, Siemens

8:45 - 9:30 a.m.
Plenary Session: How EV OEM's are Navigating the Battery Supply Chain Gap

Bernardino (Dino) Ricci, Rivian
Ryan Anderson, Ford

9:30 - 9:40 a.m.
Transition
9:40 - 11:10 a.m.
Member Update Presentations
11:10 - 12:00 p.m.
Networking Break
12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Impact Sessions
Managing the Chinese Battery and Technology Supply Relationship

Manuel Spitzlay, A123

Digitalization & AI in Battery Manufacturing

Puneet Sinha, Siemens

Zihan Wang, Nvidia

12:45 - 1:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:45 - 3:00 p.m.
Member Update Presentations
3:00 - 3:10 p.m.
Transition
3:10 - 3:55 p.m.
Closing Roundtable: Anticipating the Future of Battery Technology

Venkat Srinivasan, Argonne National Laboratory

3:55 - 4:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks