Yolande ABDELNOUR

Product Specialist for Atomic Spectroscopy, AGILENT

Yolande Abdelnour holds a Ph.D. in Chemical and Plasma Process Engineering from “Ecole Supérieure de Chimie” in Paris and “University of Paris Sorbonne”. She worked as a research engineer at “Photowatts” for 3 years and then joined Varian as European ICP-MS product specialist. Since 2010, she occupies within Agilent Technologies the position of Product Specialist for the Atomic Spectroscopy techniques including Atomic Absorption, Microwave Plasma, Inductively Coupled Plasma coupled to Optical Emission Spectroscopy, Single Quad and Triple Quad Mass Spectrometry.

• Title of his talk:
  Agilent Analytical solutions for Li-ion Battery Industry : Material testing and Safety

Martin ANDERLIND

CEO, Altris

Martin Anderlind joined Altris as CEO in September 2022. Martin’s career is centred around a mix of entrepreneurship, technology and societal transformation.

Martin joined Northvolt at its incorporation in 2016 and spent the first years building up the Business Development function (& Brand) and secured €13B in battery contracts with Scania, BMW, VW, ABB, Siemens and others in order to finance the Northvolt Labs facility in Västerås and the Northvolt Ett factory in Skellefteå. 2019 Martin switched to the role of Chief Talent (& Brand) Officer supporting the growth from 250 to 2500 employees in four countries across nine sites.

Prior to Northvolt he spent a year in Menlo Park, Silicon Valley digging into all things machine learning. 2003 to 2015 Martin co-founded and as CEO built Itrim in Sweden, Germany, USA and China to counter the growing obesity epidemic. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board. In 1995 Martin co-founded Internet consultancy Netsolutions which 1999 merged with Framtidsfabriken and IPO:ed as Framfab. Martin’s served in sales, marketing and PR roles, as manager and board member, including CEO of venture capital arm Framfab Innovation, until 2001.

Martin has served on the boards of Captive Finance Ltd. (sold to Fortis), QuickWise AB (sold to YouGov), Baby Björn AB and others. Martin has an MBA from Uppsala University and 2002 was a Visiting Fellow at MIT Sloan and Harvard Business School.

• Title of his talk:
  Scaling up Sodium Ion

Julia ANGELIN

Sales & Business development - Energy market, SCANTECH

• Title of his talk:
  End-to-end online measurement & tracking solution for gigafactories

Daniel ARONOV

CTO, STOREDOT

As CTO at StoreDot, Dr. Aronov oversees technological projects and initiatives, bringing invaluable knowledge and experience in the fields of micro-electronics and energy storage. His background includes positions as head of research at a semiconductor company, developing and manufacturing infrared detectors and laser diodes; senior engineer at an energy storage device company working alongside multidisciplinary teams in process development and optimization, and the transfer from development to a regulated manufacturing environment. Daniel holds a PhD with distinction in physical electronics, and a B.Sc. in electrical engineering, both from Tel Aviv University. His research focused on electron-induced surface energy changes and related property modifications at the nanoscale level in solid state materials used for microelectronic and biomedical applications.

• Title of his talk:
  Realistic View on Battery Roadmap for Mass Adoption of Electric Vehicles

Gaurav ASSAT

Strategic Project Manager – EV, Saint-Gobain

Dr. Gaurav Assat is based in Saint-Gobain’s headquarters in Paris, where he is coordinating the EV battery strategy for the different BUs of Saint-Gobain, aiming for continuously improving our offering of diverse materials technologies for the full batteries value-chain, ranging from solid-state electrolyte to pack-level components and beyond. Before joining Saint-Gobain, Gaurav did a PhD on high-energy cathode materials with Prof. Jean-Marie Tarascon at ‘Collège de France’ in Paris. For this work, he won the prestigious Prix Paul Caseau. His passion for battery technology initiated 9 years ago at the University of Texas at Austin, home of the Nobel prize in Li-ion batteries.

• Title of his talk:
  Saint-Gobain High Performing Solutions for Battery Packs

Christian BARRA

Chief Sales Officer, PCI

30 years of experience in machines tools Design and Sales departments

• Title of his talk:
  Battery trays machining solutions

Hervé BEUFFE

CEO, TIAMAT

After 20 years in Industry Management, Hervé Beuffe was appointed CEO of Tiamat in 2020, where he started as Industrial Director in 2019.

Mechanical Engineer from Arts et Métiers, his experience in the fields of industrialization and plant construction were identified as necessary skills to bring the technology from lab to market.

Having worked in major international and industrial organisations since 1999 (Crown Cork, Tarkett, Alcan packaging – Albéa), as Quality Manager, Continuous Improvement Manager, Technical Manager and Production Manager, he eventually led the project of raising a factory from greenfield for plastic extruxion/injection cosmetics packaging business.

Since 2019, he puts his industrial expertise to the development of Tiamat, to achieve the market entry of the technology.

• Title of his talk:
  Sodium-ion batteries for high power applications

Guillaume BLANC

E-mobility Director, FEV France SAS

Responsible for the topics e-mobility, e-drive and battery systems – application areas from innovation to series production, from development and assembly to testing and industrialization are part of Guillaume Blanc field of activity.

• Since 2021 E-mobility Director at FEV France SAS
• 2018-2020 E-mobility Department Manager at FEV France SAS with involvement in battery & e-drive controls design and calibration, system and mechanical design, functional safety and testing
• 2013-2018 Resident Engineering Business Manager at FEV France SAS, with development and coordination of ICE and HEV calibration teams
• 2014-2016 Design Release Engineer at FEV France SAS
• 2011-2016 CAE Simulation Leader at FEV France SAS
• 2008-2011 CAE Simulation Specialist at FEV France SAS
• 2006-2008 CAE Simulation Engineer at FEV Europe GmbH at Aachen

Ian BLANCHFLOWER

Sales: Division Microélectronique, ACCELONIX SAS

I am sales manager for micro-assembly processes equipment for ACCELONIX in France with 16 years’ experience. In this field our solutions cover component assembly from wafer back-end processes through die attach, wirebonding and encapsulation. Our clients are working in fine-assembly processes with scaled needs from detailed research to highly automated solutions for industrial production. Previously I was RF development engineer for 16 years - with posts Philips, Cellon in France, and Panasonic in UK and for mobile phones; and before then for GEC Marconi Research UK on optical communications systems. I have BA Honors degree in Physics from Oxford University in 1986, and PhD in Electronics from University College London 1993.

• Title of his talk:
  Accelonix industrial manufacturing processes for battery packs

Gery BONDUELLE

EVP Sales & Product Development, FEYR

Michele BONIZZATO

Sales Director & Product Manager, DIGATRON GROUP

Michele is the Sales Director & Product Manager at Digatron Systems, Italy. He was born in Italy and is an electronic engineer. Michele has worked within the battery industry for more than 20 years and has always being involved with battery manufacturing equipment. Michele is leading key projects ranging from cell prototyping pilot assembly equipment to full automated cell production and finishing plants.

• Title of his talk:
  Digatron Group and BatterieIngenieure solutions from cell assembly and testing to battery understanding

Franck BOUGON

Manager, ATLAS COPCO

20 years of passion dedicated to Industrial Vision in automotive industry

• Title of his talk:
  The most advanced technologies in tightening, assembly, vision and control to drive your production of electric batteries

Richard BOUVERET

CEO of the Batteries & Electric Buses Division of Bolloré Group, Blue Solutions

Chief Executive Officer of the Solid-State Batteries for e-Mobility (Blue Solutions) / Smart Grid (Blue Storage) and Electric Buses (Bluebus) Division of Bolloré Group

1990 – 1992: Bachelor’s degree, Mechanical and Production Engineering at “Institut Universitaire de Technologie”
1992 – 1995: Master’s degree in Metallurgy Engineering at “l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines” (Nancy)
2012 – 2012: Business Strategy course at INSEAD

CAREER

1995 – 1998: SOCOP Industries
1995 –1996: Industrial Strategy Director France
1996 –1998: Managing Director Lighting and Signalization Systems Turkey 
1998 – 2001: Rieter (Turkey) - Managing Director NVH and Triming Systems 
2001 – 2002: Raicam (Turkey) - Managing Director Clutch Systems 
2002 – 2018: Valeo
2002 –2005: China Division General Manager
2005 –2008: Turkey Division General Manager
2008 –2010: Friction Materials Product Line & Transmissions After-Market General Manager
2009 –2016: Head of M&A Powertrain Business Group
2016 –2018: Vice President Business Unit
2018 – 2022: Senior Vice President of ZF Group

Wolfgang BROSCHE

Sales Manager, AICHELIN Group

Valérie BUISSETTE

Head of Solid State Battery Activities, SOLVAY

Valérie Buissette is currently head of Solid State Battery activities in Solvay. After a PhD in material sciences, she started her carrier in Research & Innovation, focusing on the development of specialty materials in the field of semi-conductor industry, automotive, lighting & displays. She is involved in Solid State Battery since 2015.

• Title of his talk:
  Developing high performing Solid Electrolytes for a Solid State Battery value chain in Europe

Hélène BURLET

CEA (Battery 2030 +)

After a PhD degree in Materials Sciences at Ecole des Mines Paris, Dr Helene Burlet joined the Laboratory of Innovation for New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials (LITEN) at CEA- Grenoble. She has been for more than 20 years in charge of the development of materials and nanomaterials for energy devices. Appointed Deputy Director of Liten in 2018, she helped define the CEA’s strategy in the field of NTE before taking up the position of Deputy Scientific Director for Energy at CEA. She was recently appointed Scientific Director of the French Strategic Research Program on Hydrogen, and of French Strategic Research Program Batteries both with CNRS.

• Title of his talk:
  Long-term battery research activities in France

Vincent CALDEIRA

CTO, EASYL ZINC

Dr. Vincent CALDEIRA, the CTO of Easyl, has a Master degree in formulation and processes, and a PhD in electrochemistry from University Grenoble Alpes, done on the investigation of morphological understanding of zinc electrode behaviour. He has 9 years of experience in the domain of battery technologies with 7 especially on zinc-based batteries. He is the one at the origin of the development of the architectured electrode. He is inventor of 3 patents in the field of composite active materials and electrodes for rechargeable batteries. Leading a small team in a R&D lab, he is at the core of the fundamental research and development.

• Title of his talk:
  Recent developments

Douglas CAMPBELL

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Solid Power

Douglas Campbell is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Solid Power. The company has extensive partnerships with both BMW and Ford to jointly develop all-solid-state batteries. In October 2021, Solid Power announced a partnership with SK Innovation to produce Solid Power’s automotive-scale all-solid-state battery cells utilizing Solid Power’s sulfide-based solid electrolyte, proprietary cell designs and production processes. The company was initially funded by prominent investors including Hyundai, Volta Energy Technologies, Umicore, Sanoh, A123 Systems and Solvay.

In parallel with establishing Solid Power, he founded i2C Solutions, LLC (“i2C”), a thermal management company, and co-founded Roccor, LLC (“Roccor”), a component supplier for the small satellite industry. i2C and Roccor merged in 2015, with Roccor being the surviving entity. Mr. Campbell served as the Chief Executive Officer of Roccor until the end of 2018 and remained on its board of directors until the company was acquired in late 2020.

He began his career in advanced technology development at the Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM. Mr. Campbell holds a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering with a Structural Mechanics emphasis from the University of New Mexico.

• Title of his talk:
  The Road to a Solid-State-Powered Future: Updates on Automotive Qualification

Christopher CAMPION

Senior Technical Manager, SION POWER

Christopher Campion is a senior technical contributor at Sion Power, a leading lithium-metal battery developer. His specialty centers on reaction mechanisms and failure modes of lithium cells. Over the last two decades, Chris has continued to serve the lithium energy storage industry by investigating and developing IP-protected formulations and materials for optimizing cell performance. Before joining Sion Power, he worked with A123 Systems LLC as electrolyte lead and R&D manager. Dr. Campion earned his Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry by elucidating the thermal decomposition reactions of Li-ion battery electrolytes from the University of Rhode Island under Prof. Brett Lucht.

• Title of his talk:
  Eliminating Dendrites in Cells Utilizing Lithium-Metal Anodes

Vittorio CAPPELLO

Product Manager, Anton Paar GmbH

Vittorio studied chemistry at the University of Turin, Italy. He did his doctorate at TU Graz, Austria on synthetic inorganic chemistry. He did a post-doc at UBC (University of British Columbia) in Vancouver, Canada, working on synthetic co- polymers with possible pharmaceutical application. Once back to Austria, Vittorio started his industrial adventure in the automotive sector working in the field of exhaust gas after-treatment firstly and the analytics secondly. Three years ago, Vittorio joined Anton Paar as market development manager for density measurement and later as product manager for microwave digestion.

• Title of his talk:
  Microwave-assisted acid digestion for quality control in battery research and manufacturing

Lars CARLSTROM

CEO, ITALVOLT

Italvolt is building the largest and greenest Gigafactory in Europe.

With a capacity of 45 GWh by 2024, potentially rising up to 70 GWh, the factory will be built at former industrial site of the iconic Olivetti factory in the heart of Europe’s Motor Valley, Scarmagno in Italy.

The company plans to be a world leader in the circular economy, with a certified green supply chain about to set new standards for green manufacturing. https://www.italvolt.com/

Nicolas CHAMPAGNE

Thermal Fluids Specialist, TOTAL ENERGIES

Nicolas Champagne is currently leading a lab within Totalenergies where researches are focused on thermal management of various systems. Nicolas Champagne hold Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from University Paris Diderot and after several experiences in industry, he joined Total in 2013 as a research Scientist. His work led to the filing of more than 15 patents and was also published in several peer-reviewed publications.

• Title of his talk:
  Improving battery pack safety with an innovative thermal management system

Claude CHANSON

Corporate General Manager, RECHARGE

Claude Chanson is General Manager of the Recharge association. He has an engineering degree from Bordeaux Graduate School of Chemistry and Physics and a PhD in electrochemistry from the University of Bordeaux 1.

He joined the Saft Group in 1986 initially as an engineer in research and development and as project manager in the telecommunications and e-mobility sectors, before taking the posts of Division Technical Manager and Director for Li-ion technology. He has been with Recharge for ten years, representing the rechargeable battery industry’s interests at European bodies and international transport organisations, such as UNECE and ICAO.

He has been involved in several EU funded projects, either as a consortium member (such as ELIBAMA project- FP7 or Prosum- H2020), or as scientific adviser (such as SCRREEN, or SABATAIR – H2020).

He his expert in multiple Lithium and other batteries technologies, including R&D, manufacturing and recycling, as well as safety and in depth knowledge of batteries LCA.

• Title of his talk:
  Can “sustainability” really becomes the batteries industry competitiveness driver?

Maher CHEBBO

Managing Director Europe, ENVISION Digital – AESC

Background (former)
• Executive Board member of Accenta.ai (1.5 years)
• SVP at GE Global Digital Energy Solutions (3 years)
• General Manager Energy & Natural Resources for EMEA at SAP (21 years)
• Director of Software Engineering Utilities & Telecom at Cap Gemini (6 years)

Boards
• Non Executive Board member of Elisa, Leading Telecom Operator of Finland (Helsinki)
• Non Executive Board member of Accenta focusing on Buildings’ Low Carbon solutions (France)
• Member of the CEET, Committee of Engineers for Energy Transition (United Nations – Secretary General – New York)
• Chair of the Batteries Europe Digital task force (European Commission - Brussels)

Education
• Leading Global Businesses (Harvard Business School)
• PhD Energy MinesParisTech (Ecoles des Mines de Paris)
• Masters of Engineering ENSIAME in Mechanical, Energy, Automation and Information Technology (INSA-UPHF)
• Masters of Science in Images applied to Electronics (UPHF)

• Title of his talk:
  Focusing on Renewables, Smart Cities, eMobility and Carbon Management

Céline CLUZEL

Partner, Element Energy

Starting her career as a mechanical engineer, Celine gained 7 years’ experience in the automotive sector in France and the UK before taking an MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures from Imperial College London.

Celine leads the transport team in the London office of Element Energy, and has delivered numerous projects related to gas, electric and hydrogen vehicles, as well as studies on autonomous vehicles. Celine has developed detailed knowledge of technology cost & performance and consumer behaviour, that she combines with her expertise in refuelling infrastructure rollout strategies to provide fresh insights to this evolving sector. She has also led several authoritative studies on the topic of batteries, from use in vehicles to use in stationary applications and recycling. She regularly works for the UK Department for Transport, Transport Scotland, the European Climate Foundation as well as UK Local Authorities, French syndicats d’énergie and major EU cities.

• Title of his talk:
  Energy Storage requirements for a Net Zero economy

Laurent COLVEZ

Head of the Western Europe Project Finance Unit, EIB

Laurent Colvez is the Head of the Western Europe Project Finance Unit at EIB. Since he joined the EIB seven years ago, Laurent has been working on the structuring of project finance operations in various sectors (renewable energy, transport, social infrastructures). Previously, Laurent worked at Natixis in Paris and Credit Lyonnais in London on the origination and execution of advisory and arranging mandates for financing infrastructure and mining projects, mostly in the Europe, Middle East & Africa region

Giorgio CORBETTA

EU Affairs Director & Corporate Innovation Lead, EUROBAT

Gabriel COWLES

VP of Commercial Strategy and Finance, URBAN ELECTRIC POWER

Gabriel Cowles is the VP of Finance and Business Development at Urban Electric Power where he manages revenue generation, partnerships, and strategic initiatives. With 15 years of experience in the clean energy industry, Gabriel has successfully developed large-scale projects and initiatives in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy storage. Gabriel oversaw a comprehensive building decarbonization program for all New York State facilities while at the New York Power Authority and advised several of the largest electric utilities in the United States, including Con Edison and PSE&G, as a consultant with Willdan Energy Solutions. Gabriel has served as a moderator and speaker at various international events and has presented on clean energy topics directly to governmental delegations from Germany, Singapore, and the State of California, among others. Gabriel is a graduate of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

• Title of his talk:
  Deployment of UEP Energy Storage System

Jeff DAHN

Professor in the Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science and the Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University

Jeff Dahn obtained his B.Sc. from Dalhousie University (1978) and his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 1982. Dahn then worked at NRC (Canada) (82-85) and at Moli Energy (85-90) before taking up a faculty position at Simon Fraser University in 1990. He returned to Dalhousie in 1996. At Moli, he did pioneering work on lithium-ion batteries.

Dahn was appointed as the NSERC/3M Canada Industrial Research Chair in Materials for Advanced Batteries at Dalhousie University in 1996, a position that he held until 2016. In 2016, Dahn began a research partnership with Tesla as the NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair.

Dahn’s research has been recognized by numerous awards including a Governor General’s Innovation Award (2016) and the Gerhard Herzberg Gold Medal in Science and Engineering (2017), Canada’s top science prize. He is the only person to have been awarded both awards this far. Dahn is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Shmuel DE LEON

Shmuel De-Leon Energy

Shmuel is a leading international expert in the business of Power Sources. Prior to founding the company, Shmuel held for over 24 years various positions as a power sources, engineering and quality control team manager.

Shmuel holds a BSc. in mechanical engineering from Tel-Aviv University and an MBA in quality control and reliability engineering from the Technion Institute in Haifa as well as an Electronic Technician’s diploma.

Guillaume DE VERTHAMON

Market director, AIR LIQUIDE

Air Liquide is a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and health. Guillaume is in charge of the strategy and the marketing for the automotive market. He coordinates actions between battery ecosystem, R&D and operations to bring innovative added value solutions to customers. In an open innovation mode, Air Liquide aims at better understanding industrial gas impact on battery quality and sustainability. He graduated from EDHEC business school. He has experience in sales, marketing and strategy in both automotive and industrial gases business.

• Title of his talk:
  Industrial gases, A critical role, how to make it more sustainable?

Annelies DE WAEL

Dr. Annelies De Wael is convinced that clear and attractive science communication holds the key to a cleaner, more durable society. Therefore, she now works as a policy advisor at the department of Economics, Science and Innovation of the Flemish government, where she gets the opportunity to translate science to policy makers. The focus of her job lies on energy transition from a research and innovation perspective. She believes communication between scientists and government is essential to achieve a coherent (science) policy and tries to facilitate this. 

Prior to this job as a science policy advisor, she worked in academia. She obtained a PhD in physics at the University of Antwerp. Her research focused on developing statistical quantitative methods to reliably quantify nanomaterials at the atomic scale, based on electron microscopy imaging. During her PhD, she increasingly started seizing opportunities to learn more about science communication and to widen her view on the scientific field. Invaluable skills, that she still keeps up to date every day.

• Title of his talk:
  Long-term battery research activities in Flanders (Belgium)

Stefan DEBRUYNE

Director of Externals Affairs , SQM

Stefan Debruyne joined SQM in 2005 as Asia-Pacific sales director lithium and iodine. He witnessed firsthand the lithium-ion battery production boom in Asia and the emerging electrification of transportation in China.

In his present role as director of external affairs, he is focusing on the global EV battery value chain.

Prior to joining SQM in 2005, he held a variety of international commercial roles in different NYSE and NASDAQ listed companies.

Stefan Debruyne obtained his master in commercial engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium in 1997. He is also recently obtained an MBA from Vlerick Business School in Belgium.

Stella DEHERYAN

Application Manager, ENEOS Materials Europe Belgium BV

Dr. Stella Deheryan is currently working as Application Manager in ENEOS Materials Europe Belgium BV. Dr. Deheryan is responsible for application research focused on implementation of ENEOS binders and water based processing of different battery materials within EU region. She has previously worked as Product and Business Development Manager at Agfa-Gevaert and Application Manager/Engineer at JSR . She has completed her doctoral studies at imec/ KULeuven in the field of solid state batteries in 2015.

• Title of his talk:
  The importance of inactive materials for LiB Si containing anodes

Arnaud DELAILLE

Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, POWER UP

Graduated with a doctorate from the University of Paris 6 in 2006, specializing in electrochemistry, on BMS (Battery Management System) indicators for batteries used in autonomous photovoltaic systems. He worked as a Project Manager for 7 years at CEA-Liten, before being laboratory manager of the CEA- Liten laboratory dedicated to the characterization, modeling and management of different battery technologies. Co-founder in 2017 of the startup PowerUp, spin-off CEA-Liten, and Chief Operating Officer of PowerUp since 2019.

• Title of his talk:
  Energy Storage Batteries (Solar, Wind, Smart Grid)

Alexandre DOMINGET

Director of the Solid-State Program, Saft-Total

Graduated from Grenoble INP (Ph.D. in Electrochemistry), Alexandre Dominget has 15 years of experience in Research & Development activities for primary and secondary batteries. After several years in Saft and in Bosch Battery Systems working on different technologies such as primary Lithium and Li-ion, Alexandre took in 2018 the position of Electrochemistry Team Leader for Advanced Li -ion and Solid-State batteries in Saft Group. In Sep. 2022, Alexandre was appointed Director of the Solid-State Program, leading a dedicated team focused on preparing the battery of the future…

• Title of his talk:
  Solid State batteries: myth or reality ?

Chris DOORNBOS

President, CEO & Director, E3 Lithium

Chris is the CEO and Director of E3 Metals Corp, a company he founded and successfully listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV: ETMC). Chris a serial innovator and entrepreneur, an aviator and a founder of emerging ideas and technology. He is passionate about collaboration and progressing innovation. Chris has a broad range of experience in capital raising and M&A. At E3 Metals, Chris emphasizes risk management, developing and managing an exceptional technical team and well-strategized project generation; with a clear focus on developing and capturing value for shareholders.  Chris has successfullyled E 3 Metals from the foundation of a private company with a handful of permits to what is now a public company with a global scale lithium resource and an industry leading innovative extraction technology. Chris is also a Director of the Battery Metals Association of Canada and the Chair of the Canada ISO mirror committee for TC333 (lithium standards)

• Title of his talk:
  Creating a new, ethical, and environmentally friendly lithium jurisdiction in Canada

Klaus EBERHARDT

PhD, Exyte AG

Klaus is a proven technology leader with international experience in the global Battery Industry. He has an in depth knowledge of the worldwide battery market, the equipment supplier landscape as well as of the key requirements on how to design and construct cost effective factories. As the Technology Manager for the global Battery Factory business, Klaus supports the various Battery projects from Exyte with the focus of driving down costs for new Factories with innovative solutions and making sure that the most stringent Safety requirements are fulfilled. The scope of services encompasses Consulting such as Site evaluation, Building concept development, Cost estimates, Site Master Planning, Value Engineering, Benchmarking, Safety Concepts and Energy saving concepts followed by the Design and subsequent Construction of the Factories.

• Title of his talk:
  Smart Project Approach for the Design and Construction of GigaFactories in Europe

Kristina EDSTRÖM

Professor, Uppsala University

Kristina Edström, professor of inorganic chemistry at Uppsala University Sweden, coordinates the large-scale European research initiative BATTERY 2030+. She studies Li-ion batteries, Na-ion batteries, solid-state batteries, and other future battery chemistries. She leads the Ångström Advanced Battery Centre and the Swedish Battery Competence Center BASE. She has published more than 300 scientific papers and she is a trustee of both the Faraday Initiative UK and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Brice FIORENTINO

Business Development, Marketing & Innovation Manager, Enersens

Brice Fiorentino is the Business Development, Marketing & Innovation Manager of Enersens, a company specializing in high performance materials and products for thermal management, safety and increasing the energy density of batteries.

He has extensive experience in developing businesses for lead generation and exploring new market opportunities. He has built a solid network of key players in the battery market, in order to create partnerships with high added value. He is highly interested and motivated in creating and deploying innovations focused on key topics, such as nanotechnology, clean technology and energy efficiency. He has successfully developed Europe-wide projects and large-scale initiatives in key technology markets, such as the end of 2021, with the selection of the EN.MOTION project, a project for a total amount of €5.5M funded by the European Commission.

Before joining Enersens, he held various positions as international innovation project manager at CEA LITEN, at Imerys, but also at Solvay.

Brice Fiorentino holds a doctorate in materials science from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon in 2012.

• Title of his talk:
  The Ultimate Thermal Management Solution to Optimise Safety and Performance of Batteries

Yvonne FISCHER

Sales Manager BU Plasma & Heat Staking, bdtronic

Yvonne Fischer, holds a M.A. degree in business administration and linguistics, and is a VDE Sales Manager. She has more than 15 years of experience in sales for technical products. Yvonne joined bdtronic in 2012 and is responsible for sales of plasma and heat staking technologies worldwide.

• Title of his talk:
  Process solutions for heat staking applications in mass production for battery cells

Dimitri FLACHARD

Lithium-ion Battery Application Engineer, ALTEO

Dimitri Flachard received his Ph.D. (2020) for his research on the development of functional separators for LIBs under the supervision of Prof. Eric Drockenmuller (IMP) and Renaud Bouchet (LEPMI) at the University of Lyon. Then, he worked on electrode manufacturing and LIB prototype at the CEA (L2PC). He is currently working to improve specialty alumina for separator coating at the application laboratory of ALTEO.

• Title of his talk:
  Improving lithium ion battery performances and safety with specialty alumina

Peter FRISCHMANN

CEO & Co-Founder, SEPION Technologies

Following a lifelong passion to power cars with solar energy, Pete Frischmann has devoted the past 10 years to advanced materials R&D for breakthrough energy storage technologies. In 2015 he co-founded Sepion Technologies, a California Bay-Area Startup, to commercialize ion-selective membrane products he co-invented at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab that boost the energy density, safety, and lifetime of lithium batteries. His technical expertise in chemical self-assembly provides a unique vantage point to leverage innovative materials to solve long-standing battery problems.

Through the coaching of the prestigious Cyclotron Road Energy Technology Incubator (now Activate) and the NSF I-Corps program, Pete transitioned his focus from technical leadership to deeptech entrepreneurship placing him at the crossroads of technology and business development. He has grown Sepion from concept to Series A funded startup with 22 employees, co-invented 8 patents, and authored 26 peer-reviewed journal publications. He serves as the PI for Sepion’s DOE-STTR, ARPA-E IONICS, ARPA-E DAYS, ARPA-E SCALEUP, CEC BRIDGE, CEC RAMP, and CalSEED grants.

Prior to Sepion, he was a Project Scientist at Berkeley Lab, JCESR Postdoctoral Fellow at Berkeley Lab, an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Würzburg in Germany, and he holds a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of British Columbia and a B.Sc. in chemistry from Idaho State University.

Katja FRÖHLICH

Senior Research Engineer, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Katja Froehlich received her PhD in 2018 in Technical Chemistry from the Technical University of Vienna for combined studies on Ni-rich NMC cathode materials. Since 2021 she is Senior Research Engineer at the Austrian Institute of Technology and Thematic Coordinator since 2022 within the new Competence Unit named “Battery Technologies”. Her actual research field covers sustainable and efficient production methods for battery manufacturing with special focus on the Li-ion technology, as well as their increased lifetime and safety via Smart Cells development.

• Title of his talk:
  Sustainable and Smart Battery Manufacturing at the Austrian Institute of Technology

Guillaume GERBAUT

Technical Sales Manager Low Voltage Business Line, Von Roll

• Title of his talk:
  Next generation adhesives products for battery applications

Alexander GITIS

CEO, Safion

Dr.-Ing. Alexander Gitis received a PhD from RWTH Aachen University in the field of lithium-ion batteries. Subsequently, he worked as a post-doc and area coordinator at a DFG research group. During his career he managed numerous academic and industrial development projects.

In early 2019, he co-founded SAFION, which he has led as CEO since incorporation. Dr. Gitis has been working in the battery technology for more than 10 years and is an experienced speaker as well as an expert for diagnosis and quality assurance of lithium-ion batteries.

• Title of his talk:
  Sources of quality variation of lithium-ion batteries and consequences for the battery system manufactures”

Raf GOOSSENS

Founder & CEO, PEC CORP

Raf is the founder/CEO of PEC and has been working in the battery industry for over 30 Years. Raf has an impressive reference track from the very first battery testing and automation projects with Duracell and Panasonic in the early nineties to being a leading, global supplier in Cell manufacturing with leading players in the energy storage business. Raf was in involved in the design of the very first Lithium Ion factory at Samsung SDD (now SDI) in Cheonan Korea (1998) and has since then been working on basically all existing lithium-based chemistries and celle form factors with most leading battery makers and OEM’s. Raf holds a MSc, in Engineering, is married and has two sons.

• Title of his talk:
  Improved cell performance, maximum cell consistency and massive cost reduction in Giga factories.

Romain GOUTTEFANGEAS

Business Development Manager, BASF

Romain Gouttefangeas graduated in industrial and power engineering from both National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine and Mines Paristech in 2011. Until 2019 he worked for Saft in Asia where he held various positions in engineering and business development for railway, ESS and off-road applications of battery systems. 2019, he joined the battery materials business unit of BASF in a business development role at the headquarter in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The course of these assignments brought him in contact with a manifold of technical, applications and strategic related topics e.g., in the Battery, Renewables and Chemical industry. Since 2021, Romain Gouttefangeas is the Global Key Account Manager of the French battery cell makers and OEMs.

• Title of his talk:
  European cathode active material to power a net-zero future for E-mobility

Guilhem GRIMAUD

Leader Eco-Innovation, MTB Group

Guilhem GRIMAUD graduated in material engineering from the University of Technology of Troyes and holds a PhD from Arts & Métiers ParisTech since 2018 in Industrial Engineering science with the topic “Design of recycling pathways driven by the evaluation of process performance”. After working as an environmental assessment expert between 2014 and 2018, Guilhem GRIMAUD now leads the MTB Group’s Eco-Innovation Department. A transdisciplinary team, which deals with the development of new waste recycling routes, such as batteries or e-waste. The Eco-Innovation Department also supports manufacturers and industrial partners in the eco-design of their products as part of a design for recycling approach.

• Title of his talk:
  MTB Mechanical Processing of Manufacturing Scraps and LIBS: New Developments and Achievements

André GRONKE

Head of Global Engineering, Farasis Energy Europe GmbH

André Gronke is heading the European and US engineering for Farasis and is responsible for technology and engineering around battery modules, BMS and packs including simulation and digital twins. 

He has more than 10 years’ experience in battery development ranging from cell development, simulation, module and pack design, product and functional safety, reliability analysis and systems engineering.

He started his battery career with Daimler / Deutsche ACCUmotive and, in 8 years, moved through various technical and management positions within the company.

Before joining Farasis, André Gronke was heading the engineering in Europe for A123 Systems GmbH where he established a local engineering base to interface with European customers and run the application development.

Baptiste GULDNER

Managing Director FR, STEMMER IMAGING

For the last 15 years, Baptiste Guldner has been working closely with all type of industries on improving their production lines with machine vision.

His team provides core machine vision technologies to world-class machine builders, adding value as partners to accelerate industrial innovation cycles. We design cutting-edge Imaging subsystems and best-in-class software tools, enabling you to achieve 100% in-line quality inspection, robot guidance and raw materials usage optimization.

Baptiste Graduated from University Denis Diderot in Electronic Imaging, and has worked as a research engineer at INRIA before joining STEMMER IMAGING in 2004.

• Title of his talk:
  Machine Vision enables smart Battery Manufacturing

Klaus HAMACHER

Director New Business Development, BST GROUP

Over 33 years of worldwide cultural experience in the international business of optical inline quality assurance systems for web material production processes. More than two decades of experience in global sales and business development of new strategic markets and customers. Further focus on systematic development and implementation of large global customers into strategic key accounts. Today, global responsibility for the new business development for the BST, with focus on Rechargeable Battery, Fuel Cell, Printed Electronics and Solar manufacturing Industries.

• Title of his talk:
  Inline Quality Assurance - Proactive Defect Prevention Strategy in the Cell Production

Aurélie HELOIN

Specialist for the laboratory balances portfolio, Sartorius

After studying chemistry and several experiences in the pharmaceutical and chemical field, joined the Sartorius group more than 14 years ago to start as technical sales engineer and where she now has the position of application specialist for the laboratory balances portfolio. Sartorius provides solutions for several steps of the rechargeable battery manufacturing process, from material purity determination and in-process optimization to final release, with intuitive lab tools and integrated weighing solutions, further enhanced by multivariate data analytics.

Hélène HENDRICKX

Product & Process Development Manager, EverZinc

Materials and chemical engineer from the Universities of Liège (Belgium) and Trondheim (Norway). After 1,5 year of process engineering for the production plant of Pelt (Belgium), I am now responsible for the technical sales of battery materials, focusing on product and process development of zinc metal powders for current primary and emerging secondary applications.

Pierre HOFFMAN

Manager, ATLAS COPCO

• Title of his talk:
  The most advanced technologies in tightening, assembly, vision and control to drive your production of electric batteries

Luc HOVAN

Vice President Operational Excellence, NorthVolt

Iola HUGHES

Research Manager, Rho Motion

Iola is Research Manager at Rho Motion working on electric vehicle, energy stationary storage and battery market analysis, as well as modelling energy and commodity demand associated with the energy transition. Rho Motion, headquartered in London, offers the most comprehensive and well- informed forecasts and analysis for the energy transition. Iola holds an MSc in Geophysics from University College London (UCL).

• Title of his talk:
  Sizing up the battery demand from the stationary storage market

Andreas HUTTER

Vice-President, iBAT

Andreas Hutter studied at the Technical University of Munich and at the Stanford University. He graduated in 2001 with a PhD in Electrical Engineering, which he did in cooperation with BMW. Since then he is working at CSEM, an applied research center in Switzerland, where he is working in system design for energy systems since over 15 years. Andreas is one of the drivers behind CSEM’s Battery Innovation Hub, that was created in 2013. He currently leads the battery system innovation team, that provides innovative hard- and software solutions for battery systems. Andreas participated in several successful technology transfers to the industrial and he is also the initiator of iBAT, the Swiss Battery Association that represents academic and industrial players active in Switzerland, where he is currently serving as the Vice-President.

• Title of his talk:
  Long-term battery research activities in Switzerland

Viktor IRLE

Co-Founder, EV Volume

Viktor Irle has a Master’s degree in Management and Economics of Innovation, at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management.

• Title of his talk:
  The recent historical EV Sales and the battery demand in detail and the expectations for the short- and long-term future

Ali JAFFERI

Global Solution Architect, SCHNEIDER Electric

Jon JACOBS

Chief Marketing Officer, Solid Power

Jon Jacobs is Solid Power’s Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. Jacobs brings over 20 years of sales and management expertise, including experience with highly technical products and services requiring a value-selling approach. Most recently, Mr. Jacobs served as Vice President of Business Development at Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc. from November 2009 until October 2021. Prior to joining Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc. Mr. Jacobs served as the Global Director of Sales and Marketing for Material Sciences Corporation from May 2002 to November 2009. Before joining Material Sciences Corporation, Mr. Jacobs served in a series of successive marketing and product design positions. Mr. Jacobs holds an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, an M.S. in Engineering from Purdue University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Philippe JACQUES

EMIRI Managing Director & BEPA Secretary-General

Chemical Engineer graduated from the University of Louvain‐la‐Neuve, Belgium, Philippe JACQUES joined Solvay in 1988 in Brussels, Belgium, and moved to various Intellectual Property, R&D management and senior leadership roles. Since October 2018, he is part-time seconded as Managing Director of the Energy Materials Industrial Research Initiative (EMIRI) Association based in Brussels, to address the innovation‐related challenges ahead of the industry of advanced materials for clean and sustainable energy & mobility. Since end 2019, Philippe JACQUES is also acting as Secretary-General of BEPA, the Battery European Partnership Association.

EMIRI represents about 60 organisations (industry, research, and associations) active in advanced materials for clean energy & clean mobility technologies. The association contributes to industrial leadership of developers, producers and users of advanced materials for clean energy & clean mobility by shaping an appropriate innovation, manufacturing / industrial and energy policy framework at the European level.

Kurt KELTY

VP of Commercialization, Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.

Kurt Kelty is the VP of Commercialization at Sila where he leads Business Development, Sales, and Marketing for the Automotive market. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the battery industry, including 11 years at Tesla, where he most recently served as Senior Director of Battery Technology. There he was responsible for leading numerous key initiatives, including setting the company’s battery cell usage strategy, delivering the batteries implemented in the Roadster, Model S/X and Model 3, and leading partnerships and material sourcing efforts at the Gigafactory, among many others. Prior to Tesla, Kelty was Director of Business Development at Panasonic, where he founded the U.S. battery R&D lab.

Kelty holds a BA in Biology from Swarthmore College and a Master of Science from Stanford. He is the author of 16 patents.

• Title of his talk:
  Sila’s Drop-In Technology Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future

Kim Dana KREISKÖTHER

Innovation Battery Cells, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

Kim Kreisköther studied chemistry at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany and specialized in materials and nanotechnology in her Master's degree. During her doctoral research, she focused on electrode materials and took over the leadership of the electrochemistry group. Kim Kreisköther then worked at the institute for Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components at the RWTH Aachen University, where she heads the Battery Components & Recycling group. Since January 2022, she is part of the novel battery expert team at Henkel and is responsible for innovation in the area of safety-relevant solutions for battery systems.

• Title of his talk:
  Safe Battery System – Innovative Materials as a Key Factor for Future Battery Systems

Olivier KUENY

Senior Loan Officer in the Project & Structured Finance department, EIB

Olivier Kueny is a Senior Loan Officer in the Project & Structured Finance department at the EIB, where he is covering Project Finance activities notably in relation to renewables, EV Battery Gigafactories and Battery Energy Storage Systems in Western Europe. Previously, Olivier worked as Senior PPP Specialist at the Asian Development Bank in Manila advising Central Asian Governments on PPPs; Chief Investment Officer at AMEA Power in Dubai developing power projects in Africa and Asia; and Director in Project Finance at HSBC in Dubai and London. Before his MBA, he was an Operations Manager in an EDF nuclear power plant in France. Olivier has an MBA from London Business School and is an engineer from Mines ParisTech.

Claude LAPERIERE

Alliance Upcell President

Dominique LARRENDUCHE

Head of Low Voltage business Line-Technology, VON ROLL

Benoît LEMAIGNAN

Co-founder & CEO, Verkor

Benoit Lemaignan is the co-founder and CEO of Verkor, a new venture launched to accelerate the production capacity of low-carbon batteries in southern Europe, in collaboration with EIT InnoEnergy, Schneider Electric, Capgemini and the Groupe IDEC. Prior to the launch, EIT InnoEnergy brought Benoit on board to build synergies with the European Battery Alliance.

An aerospace engineer by training, Benoit is a serial entrepreneur. He previously founded and financed Waga Energy in 2015 and Aniah in 2019. He was also Managing Director of OSER ENR from 2015 to 2019 - a public-private partnership supporting the development of renewable projects. Earlier in his career, Benoit was a strategic advisor at Carbone 4 where his passion for energy and climate-related initiatives took root. From his time at Airbus, Benoit retains a strong drive for innovation and teamwork.

Dominik LEMBKE

Director Product Development, SVOLT

Dr. Dominik Lembke is Director Product Development at SVOLT Energy Technology Europe GmbH. Before joining SVOLT Europe in August 2021, he was the Head of BEV Battery Systems and Technical Project Manager HV Battery BEV at Porsche AG in Weissach. In this role, he was responsible, among other things, for the system integration of battery components as HV battery systems into the vehicle. Dominik Lembke holds a doctorate in science (Dr. sc. ETH) from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. He also holds degrees in physics from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and an MBA from Collège des Ingénieurs, Paris, Munich & Turin.

• Title of his talk:
  The crucial role of battery system integration

Fabien LEVAILLANT

Managing Director, Low Carbon Transition Group - BNP Paribas CIB

Fabien is a managing director within the Low Carbon Transition Group at BNP Paribas CIB. He has over 17 years of banking experience with a particular focus on advisory for power and energy transition assets, providing services to a wide range of clients including major utilities, infrastructure funds, industrials and start-ups. His recent relevant experience includes the financial advisory for Northvolt ($1.6bn debt) and for the 3 first French offshore wind projects developed by EDF Renewables, Enbridge and wpd (beyond €7bn debt overall). He is currently advising several industrials and car OEMs with respect to battery manufacturing and pCAM/CAM projects in the EMEA region, assisting on bankability, funding sources and execution processes.

Xiao LIN

CEO, Botree Cycling

Member of the National Technical Committee SAC/TC294 on Discarded or Disused Chemicals Disposal of Standardization Administration of China. Operation Agent of IEA HEV TCP Task 48 Battery Swapping, participant of IEA HEV Task 40 CRM4EV, Leaders in Innovation Fellowships Royal Academy of Engineering Funded by Newton Fund.

Working in novel separation and purification technologies for critical battery metals, revolutionary solution for battery recycling and materials regeneration. Finished 50+ research and commercial projects, granted prizes like national technology invention and national key practical technologies of environmental protection. Published 40 papers, been authorized 30+ patents, participated in the formulation of national standards, and been one of main writers of “Power battery blue book” (China) and “White book of power battery recycling” (China).

• Title of his talk:
  Revolutionary Recycling Solution and Asset Management for Lithium Batteries Based on Carbon Neutrality

Jordan LINDSAY

Sustainability Coordinator, MINVIRO

Jordan is a Sustainability Coordinator at Minviro, a UK-based life cycle assessment company that works within the raw material and battery industries to quantify and reduce environmental impact of key materials and products for decarbonisation. He is responsible for integrating raw material and battery production impact databases with Minviro’s technology solutions, research and development into new processes, technology and methodologies within the space, and company marketing and strategy. He recently completed his PhD in platinum-group element prospectivity using machine learning approaches, and has significant experience working with ore deposit geology, geochemistry and economic minerals prior to commencing his role with Minviro.

• Title of his talk:
  Shifting the lens - The growing contribution of battery supply chain environmental impacts

Jochen LUIK

Business Development Manager, Festo

In his role, Jochen Luik is responsible for Business Development in Electronics industry, with a strong focus on the Secondary Battery market.

Lukas LUTZ

Co-founder, Sphere Energy

• Title of his talk:
  The global challenge of performance characterization - time for a new standard in solid-state battery development

Helmut MACK

Vice President Special Innovation Projects, Evonik

Helmut Mack studied chemistry and holds a Ph.D. in metal-organic chemistry. After a post-doc in Israel he started working on silanes for Hüls AG in 1996. In 2004 he changed to construction chemicals (became BASF in 2006). In 2011 he joined Evonik and took over the applied technology for silanes in Asia Pacific. He started an Evonik new growth business dealing with specialty metal organics & oxides in 2013. His current focus is on performance additives for battery and electronic applications.

Grigori MARGUIN

High Voltage/ power battery for aerospace project leader, Airbus Defence and Space

Electrical engineer in Airbus for more than 20 years, I had the opportunity to work on several programs, and to work with our customers. Since covid crisis, my role is to develop a HV battery for the new city Airbus Next Gen.

• Title of his talk:
  Battery for future aerospace