45+ Talks from Leading OEMs & Battery Developers in 2027
Beyond the Pack: The Next Generation of Commercial Vehicle Battery Systems
John Warner, DM, Chief Customer Officer, American Battery Solutions
Industrial Experience with Europe's First LFP Pouch Cell in a Cell-to-Pack Architecture
Mohamed Taggougui, Expert Leader, Battery Cell, Ampere/Renault Group
Presentation to be Announced
Amprius Inc
Cell and Battery Design for Electric Aviation
William Huang, PhD, Cell Engineering Manager, Archer Aviation Inc.
From Cell to System: Can Small-Scale Tests Predict Pack-Level Thermal Runaway
Yesaswi Chilamkurti, PhD, High Voltage Battery R&D, BETA Technologies
CATL’s 21st-Century Lab: The Current State of Research on Interfacial Engineering
Samantha Hung, PhD, Senior Engineer, CATL
Enhancing Operational Safety of Lithium-ion Batteries in Heavy-Duty Applications through Reference Electrode Measurements
Dragoljub Vrankovic, PhD, Manager, Team Cell Technology, Daimler Truck
Presentation to be Announced
Electrovaya Corp
Commercializing Solid-State Batteries for AI-Enabled Medical and Consumer Electronics
Asma Sharafi, Chief Technology Office, Ensurge MicroPower
Dense Energy Empowers the Future
EVE Energy Co Ltd
Solid-State Battery Commercialization: Status and Challenges
Alvaro Masias, Supervisor, Cell Technology Research, Ford Motor Company
Engineering Battery Safety beyond Hardware: A Systems Approach to Risk Reduction
Bin Li, Staff System Safety Engineer, RESS & Thermal, General Motors
USABC: Advancing Automotive Battery Technologies
Meng Jiang, PhD, Staff Researcher, R&D, General Motors
Insights into Gas Generation in Battery Cells during Thermal Abuse
Vamakshi Yadav, Researcher, General Motors
FEA Modeling Applications of Medical Implant Battery Swelling and Management
Ke Chen, PhD, Principal R&D Engineer, Modeling and Analysis, Integer
BAIO Boost: AI-Predicted Battery Demand to Unleash PC Performance
Naoki Matsumura, Principal Engineer, Intel
Presentation to be Announced
Inventus Power
Launching Solid-State Batteries—Capable Batteries for Better Devices
Gregory Hitz, PhD, Founder & CTO, Ion Storage Systems
LG Energy Solution - Perspective on the Current Battery Landscape
Tim DeBastos, Managing Director, North American Battery Development, LG Energy Solution
Impact of AI on Notebook PC Batteries
Jeremy Carlson, Battery Technology Engineer, Lenovo
Cathode Active Materials: The Strategic Core of Performance, Cost, and Sustainability
Tom Van Bellinghen, Founder, Lithink
High Voltage Battery Integration for More-Electric Aircraft: Pitfalls and Key Design Points
Roger Brewer, Technical Fellow, Lockheed Martin Corp.
The Value of ESS Safety: A Quantitative Valuation of Cell Safety in ESS Systems
Sam Jaffe, Vice President, Business Development and Product, Mana Battery
Batteries for Medical Devices
Hui Ye, Senior Principal Scientist, Energy & Component Center, Medtronic Inc.
Battery Development for AI Glasses
Karthik Kadirvel, PhD, Director, Battery Engineering, Meta Platforms
Physics-Based Swelling Prediction for Consumer Electronics Batteries
Thanh-Son Sam Dao, PhD, Senior Battery Modeling Engineer, Microsoft
EIS in Data Centers: How Advanced State-of-Health Analysis Is Driving Next-Generation Battery Backup Systems
Seran Thirugnanam, Battery Algorithms Engineer, Microsoft
Direct Cathode Recycling of Li-ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles
Kulwinder Dhindsa, PhD, Battery Materials & Recycling, Nissan Tech Center North America Inc.
A Unified Machine-Learning Framework for Predicting Energy Yield and Classifying Failure Modes in Battery Thermal Runaway
Simran Kumari, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Materials Informatics, Nissan
Battery Qualification in Military Environments
Jeff McCollum, Staff Systems Architect, Northrop Grumman Corp.
From Factory Startup to High Yield: Lessons Learned Scaling Lithium-ion Cell Production for UAS
Tan Nguyen, PhD, Battery Cell Plant Director, Engineering, Packet Digital
Energy Solution Technologies for the AI Era: Expanding the Value of Advanced Battery Systems
Masato Fujikawa, Director, Energy R&D Center, Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd.
Beyond the Cell: How Sodium-ion Chemistry Enables a New Grid-Storage Architecture
Brandon Kelly, PhD, Chief Scientist, Peak Energy
Cheaper than LFP: Can Aqueous Lithium-Sulfur Break the Cost Floor for Stationary Storage?
Steven Visco, PhD, CEO & CTO, PolyPlus Battery
Enabling Next-Generation Lithium Batteries through an Upstream Supply-Chain Paradigm Shift
Tobias Glossmann, PhD, Chief Product Officer, Pure Lithium
Commercializing Lithium-Metal Battery Technology for Electric-Vehicle Applications
Alex Louli, PhD, Senior Applications Engineer, QuantumScape
Commercializing Organic Flow Batteries for the Grid and AI Applications
Meisam Bahari, PhD, CTO, Quino Energy
Lithium Rechargeable Batteries for PPEs (Personal Protection Equipment)
Han Wu, PhD, Director of Technology, Swatch Group, RENATA Batteries
From Factory Data to Factory Intelligence: Practical AI Applications in Battery Manufacturing
Katharina Gerber, Global Battery Industry Developer, Siemens
Unlocking Solid-State Electrolyte Performance and Chemistry through Particle Size Design
Amir Taqieddin, PhD, Principal Scientist, Solid Power
Beyond the Cell: Building BESS for the Future of the Grid
Sanjiv Malhotra, PhD, Founder & President & CEO, Sparkz Inc.
Evaluating Sodium-ion Batteries for Light-Duty Vehicles
Oliver Gross, MASc, Senior Fellow, Electrified Energy Technology, Stellantis
Presentation to be Announced
Tenpower Lithium Co Ltd
Metal Contamination in Dry Electrode Lithium-ion Batteries
Troy Hayes, PhD, Director of Quality, Tesla
Supporting OCV Drift of Si-Anode Cells in State-of-Charge and State-of-Health Indication Algorithms
Yevgen Barsukov, PhD, Head, Algorithm Development, Battery Power Systems, Texas Instruments, Inc
On Research Needs and Advancements for beyond Li-ion Batteries
Rana Mohtadi, PhD, Senior Principal Scientist, Materials Research, Toyota Research Institute of North America
Designing and Manufacturing High-Energy-Density 21700 Cells at Scale
Stefan Permien, CEO, UniverCell Holding GmbH
Enhancing Battery Safety in BESS Applications: Direction-Injection Fire Suppression in an Integrated Mitigation Strategy
Mark Ellis, Senior Vice President, Head of Battery (BESS) Technology, Volvo Energy
* As of 10/30/2026. See individual agenda pages for most up-to-date program details.