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Workshop Presentations

2025 NAATBatt Sodium-Zinc Workshop

Workshop Recap

Presentations

Day One

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

9:45 - 10:10 a.m. The Market Opportunity for Zinc Battery Technology

Nathan Niese, Boston Consulting Group

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11:30 - 12:40 p.m. Commercialization Case Studies in Sodium Battery Technology

(5 minute presentations by companies commercializing sodium battery technology today)

Antonio Baclig, Inlyte Energy
Tyler Evans, Mana Battery
Giselle Cheung, Power NaP
Loren Martin, QuantumShield
Alexander Onz, Delfort Group
Rob Atkinson, Alsym Energy
Tim Vosburgh, Coulomb Technology
Hui Dong, Ingevity Corporation

2:00 - 3:10 p.m. From Mine to Megawatt; Unlocking the Zinc Supply Chain Advantage

Harsha Kolli, EverZinc
Daniel Fischer, Delfort Group
Emily Dickens, Octet Scientic
Heather Mulholland, Millipore Sigma

3:10 - 3:30 p.m. Keynote Address: Reducing Investment Risk for Energy Storage Financing

Richard Baxter, Mustang Prairie Energy

4:00 - 4:50 p.m. Advancing Zinc-Based Energy Storage: Academic and National Laboratory Research Frontiers Tim Lambert, Sandia National Laboratories

Sanja Tepavcevic, Argonne National Laboratory

Day Two

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

9:05 - 9:55 a.m. The Latest in Advanced Sodium-Ion Battery Materials and Anode-Less Sodium Batteries

Dhevathi Rajan, UL Research Institutes (no presentation)
Chris Johnson, Argonne National Laboratory
Xiaolin Li, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

9:55 - 10:45 a.m. Commercializing and Deploying Sodium Battery Technology

Erik Wu, UNIGRID Battery
Brandon Kelly, Peak Energy
Andrew Miraldi, Horien

11:15 - Noon Commercialization Case Studies in Zinc Battery Technology (10 minute presentations by companies commercializing zinc-based battery technology today)

Tod Higinbotham, ZincFive
Meir Weiner, Urban Electric Power
David Wilkins, AEsir Technologies

1:30 - 2:40 p.m. New Product Development: Advancing Zinc Battery Prototypes to Market-Ready Systems

David Harvey, e-Zinc
Michael Galluzzo, EnZinc
Glenn Austin Green, Gold Peak

2:40 – 3:40 p.m. From Model T to Tesla: A Fireside Chat on Automotive Innovation

Heather Platt, Mana Battery
Vineet Mehta, former Director of Battery Technology & Powertrain Architecture/Modeling at Tesla