Our speakers in 2022
Olivier AMIEL
Solid State Program Director, SAFT – TOTAL ENERGIES
Graduated from Bordeaux University (Ph.D. in Materials Science), Olivier Amiel worked as a post-doc Researcher in Japan from 1992 to 1994 before joining Saft in 1994 where he has been working in different positions for the past 25 years. After several years in R&D, developing Ni-MH batteries for power applications, Olivier took the position of General Manager of Saft in China between 2008 and 2011. He succeeded to double the production capacity of Zhuhai factory in 9 months and launched a customized Li-SOCl2 primary cell for the Chinese market in less than one year. From 2012 to 2015, Olivier Amiel has initiated the off-road vehicle activity of Saft with a major contract win for the first generation of Volvo electric and plug-in hybrid buses. In 2016, he has joined the Industrial Standby Division as Marketing Director and developed more particularly the Product Road Map of the Division with the addition of several new products such as Flex’ion (Li-ion) for Data Centers and the Intelligent Battery solution (Ni-Cd). In Sept. 2020, Olivier took the management of the Solid State Program for Saft Group, leading a dedicated team focused on preparing the battery of the future…
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Title of his talk:
Solid State batteries: myth or reality?
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.
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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.
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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
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Title of his talk:
Battery trays machining solutions
Jean-Baptiste BEHAGHEL
Sales, Program & Marketing Director, Blue Solutions - Bolloré
Blue Solutions, a subsidiary of the Bolloré Group, has been developing and manufacturing solid state batteries for over 25 years.
Jean-Baptiste Behaghel is the Marketing and Program Manager since 2016 within the company,
He is in charge of the development of LMP® solid batteries with the technical teams, of project management and strategic market analysis. He first joined the Bolloré Group in 2007 as a project manager in the transportation and logistics sectors. He graduated from CentraleSupélec Paris with a degree in Industrial Engineering.
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Title of his talk:
Discover GEN4: achieving the strategic roadmap to solid-state batteries for EVs and answering core OEM requirements
Andreas BERGFELT
Business Development Manager, ALTRIS
Andreas Bergfelt has a chemistry engineering background (KTH) and holds a PhD from Uppsala University (2018) in polymer chemistry (polymer electrolytes). He joined Altris as a business development manager in 2022. Altris goal is to enable Sodium-ion batteries to become the next big generation battery design.
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Title of his talk:
Cheap, green, and safe batteries for a sustainable tomorrow
Hervé BEUFFE
President, 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.
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Title of his talk:
Sodium-ion batteries for high power applications
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.
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Title of his talk:
Accelonix industrial manufacturing processes for battery packs
Franck BOUGON
Manager, ATLAS COPCO
20 years of passion dedicated to Industrial Vision in automotive industry
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Title of his talk:
The most advanced technologies in tightening, assembly, vision and control to drive your production of electric batteries
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.
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Title of his talk:
Developing high performing Solid Electrolytes for a Solid State Battery value chain in Europe
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.
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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.
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Title of his talk:
The Road to a Solid-State-Powered Future: Updates on Automotive Qualification
Kevin CAMPBELL
Digatron
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.
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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.
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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/
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.
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Title of his talk:
Can “sustainability” really becomes the batteries industry competitiveness driver?
Maher CHEBBO
Managing Director Europe, ENVISION Digital – AESC
Céline CLUZEL
Partner MENg MSc, 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Title of his talk:
Industrial gases, A critical role, how to make it more sustainable?
Stefan DEBRUYNE
Business Development Director, 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.
Chris DOORNBOS
President, CEO & Director, E3 Metals Corp.
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)
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Title of his talk:
Creating a new, ethical, and environmentally friendly lithium jurisdiction in Canada
Jean-Louis DOREY
CEO, Dorey Converting Systems
Jean-Louis Dorey has been the Chairman of the DOREY family company for 20 years. For the past 12 years, he has developed a partnership with Taiwan by creating the company called DCS (Dorey Converting Systems) which is specialized in high-tech production systems based on rotary die-cutting and laminating technology for the Battery, Electronics and Medical industries.
DCS has already delivered hundreds of systems for manufacturing of complex and highly accurate cutting and laminating multi-layers material, with rotary dies, different types of lasers, CCD cameras and intelligent tension control on sensitive material (aluminum, copper, silver, gold … thin foils).
Jean-Louis and his daughter Anne-Sophie (President of DCS’s sister company in USA) have built teams in Europe and USA which are able to conduct project studies with customers, perform laboratory tests on industrial equipment, offer on-site installation and training, and provide continuous support to our customers.
Projects have been developed in the battery industry with worldwide manufacturers, from design to industrial production, in partnerships aiming at creating new industrial processes for more efficiency, precision and quality for mass production and material savings.
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Title of his talk:
Large scale Roll to Roll production of L-Ion Cell pouches
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.
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Title of his talk:
Smart Project Approach for the Design and Construction of GigaFactories in Europe
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.
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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.
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Title of his talk:
Process solutions for heat staking applications in mass production for battery cells
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.
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Title of his talk:
Sustainable and Smart Battery Manufacturing at the Austrian Institute of Technology
Cristel GALBRUN-NOEL
Mobility segment president, Schneider Electric
Christel Galbrun-Noel is the Mobility Segment President for Schneider Electric taking care of Automotive, Transportation infrastructure and SemiConductor customers. She has spent most of her career in Automotive sector, in particular 18 years in key Executive and global positions in Renault Nissan Alliance, in Control and Finance then business development and Strategy assignments.
In 2018, she joined Schneider Electric, the global leader in Energy Management & Automation, to help address our customer’s challenges across the Automotive Industry and the new and fast evolving Mobility landscape.
She is focused on accompanying Mobility stakeholders in their Digitalization journey and their transformation towards Electrification, Autonomous Driving, Mobility providers and their Sustainability agenda.
She enlarged her responsibilities to Transportation infrastructures customers (railways, airports, e-bus, ports …) to help them address their large infrastructures upgrades and the interconnections between collective mobility and individual ones, with common challenges on sustainability, regulation, efficiency optimization through digitization. She is also responsible for SemiConductor segment, which industry is booming towards massive utilization of electronics, and is supporting her customers to optimize their process efficiency and sustainability footprint.
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Title of his talk:
How to optimize Gigafactories’ energy with hybrid AC/DC Power distribution?
Guillaume GERBAUT
Technical Sales Manager Low Voltage Business Line, Von Roll
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Title of his talk:
European cathode active material to power a net-zero future for E-mobility
Myriam GUEYE
Segment Marketing Manager for Applied Industries, SARTORIUS
Myriam Gueye has a background in chemistry and over 20 years of experience in Technical Sales and Support in major international companies. She was appointed Segment Marketing Manager for Applied Industries at Sartorius in 2021.
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.
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Title of his talk:
Designing a Successful Battery Production Process with Integrated Weighing Cells
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).
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Title of his talk:
Sizing up the battery demand from the stationary storage market
Matthew JAMES
President & CEO, Euro Manganese
Matt James is a highly experienced corporate executive in both established global industrials and small growth companies, with extensive experience in the natural resources, chemicals, and environmental services sectors. Matt has extensive experience in developing companies within the global natural resources industry. Previous executive roles include: Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Communications at Lynas Corporation, a specialty metals company; founding Managing Director of Rutila Resources; and Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Harsco Corporation. Matt received a B. Eng. (Hons) degree in Ceramic Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia and a Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering from Queens’ College at the University of Cambridge. He is a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Directors.
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Title of his talk:
Developing a New, Green and European Source of Battery-grade Manganese Products: The Chvaletice Manganese Project
Tom Einar JENSEN
CEO, FREYR
Tom Einar Jensen (born 1970) is Co-founder and CEO of FREYR Battery, a producer of clean battery solutions, since 2019. Mr. Jensen is also a Co- Founder and Partner at EDGE a global advisory, investment, and project development firm aiming to catalyse responsible solutions in the sustainability space. Prior to this, Mr. Jensen has served different senior management roles at Norsk Hydro, SYSTEMIQ and Joule Unlimited as well as the CEO role at Agrinos. Mr. Jensen has a master’s degree in business economics from Norwegian School of Economics and Administration in Bergen, Norway. Mr. Jensen is a Norwegian citizen.
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.
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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.
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Title of his talk:
Safe Battery System – Innovative Materials as a Key Factor for Future Battery Systems
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.
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Title of his talk:
The crucial role of battery system integration
Lukas LUTZ
Co-founder, Sphere Energy
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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
Guillermo MARTINEZ
Industrial Sector Lead - Europe, Turner & Townsend
Guillermo is an experienced professional who has taken part in several large-scale capital investment programs spanning across multiple areas in the Hi-tech & manufacturing sector, including Automotive, Logistics, Energy and Datacentres. As Turner & Townsend’s Europe battery sector lead, he federates the company’s capability across the battery sector for the European region.
As a highlight of his experience, Guillermo acted as Program Manager for a tier 1 automotive supplier, managing the client's global industrial portfolio across multiple regions including Europe, Americas, and APAC. This included program and project set up, process creation, reporting, project kick off and coordination, training and managing the delivery teams.
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Title of his talk:
Building production capacity in an uncertain economic context – Is your investment still affordable?
Quentin MAYEMBA
Research engineer, Siemens Digital Industries Software
Quentin Mayemba received the master’s degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering from INSA Lyon in 2021. To pursue this degree, he has been an intern at Berkeley Lab in 2020 and CEA in 2021 where he respectively applied sensitivity analysis to air quality and to a two-phase flow model.
Afterwards, he started an industrial PhD in the University of Lyon (Ampère lab), in partnership with IFPEN and Siemens. He currently works on his PhD project that aims at modelling battery aging thanks to artificial intelligence. His research interests include batteries, machine learning, and sensitivity analysis.
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Title of his talk:
Machine learning modelling of the state-of-health of Lithium-ion cells under calendar aging
Alexander MEISTER
Senior Consultant, P3
Before joining P3 Alexander Meister worked at BatterieIngenieure GmbH for 4 years in the field of battery testing and diagnostics for major OEMs. At P3, he is now an expert in low and high voltage battery systems for automotive and aviation applications (eVTOL). His projects encompass technical benchmarks, battery cell & system testing and battery pack development. Alexander Meister received his academic degree M. Sc. in Industrial Engineering - Electrical Power Engineering from RWTH Aachen University.
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Title of his talk:
Cell behavior at low temperatures and the importance of preconditioning
Nemanja MIKAC
CEO ElevenEs
Nemanja Mikać is the founder and the CEO of ElevenEs. Nemanja studied at Imperial College in London, where he completed his Master of Science in Advanced Chemical Engineering. He has more than 10 years of experience in aluminum converting, food and pharma packaging business. ElevenEs is the first European LFP large battery cell manufacturer with plans to build several Gigafactories in Europe. His main goal is to effectively empower people to explore the unknown, envision new possibilities and make ecological decisions.
Matthias OBERHOFER
Business Development E-Mobility, VISCOTEC
Matthias Oberhofer has been working with progressive cavity pump technology for over 5 years. He currently works for ViscoTec as a business developer for e-mobility and is responsible for the market development of specific dispensing applications. The main focus is on fully automated dispensing solutions for battery and electric motor manufacturing.
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Title of his talk:
Thermal management in e-mobility: process-safe dispensing of thermal interface materials
Odysseas PASCHOS
European Business Director, WildCat Discovery Technologies
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Title of his talk:
In-situ investigation of anode material contribution to cell dimensional changes
Rudy PASTUZAK
Battery Solution Experience Director, 3DS
- 20+ years experience in High-Tech Industry in technical, sales, sales management and strategy fields.
- Covered Semiconductors, Telecom, Broadcasting, EDA, MCAD, PLM, Batteries disciplines.
- Focusing on the battery business since last 6 years about strategy, product definition, go-to-market, sales support at Dassault Systèmes. Mostly around Battery Cell Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Digital Twin of Factories and LCA.
- Worked at companies such as Dassault Systèmes (10Y), Thomson Video Networks/Grass Valley (2Y), Cadence Design Systems (6Y), NXP/VLSI (5Y)...
- Graduated from ESEO EEE major in 1995
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Title of his talk:
Connect the Product/Process/Factory : the story of the Virtual Twin Experience of a Battery
David PELLETIER
Lead Scientist, Automotive Technology, SABIC
David Pelletier is a lead scientist with SABIC’s global Automotive Technology team. His focus today is on thermoplastic solutions for electric vehicles and he is specifically supporting as a project leader the application development in this field in Europe. His experience with SABIC crosses various components and systems of vehicles in structural applications, from tailgates to crash management applications. Before joining SABIC in 2015, he held various project management roles in the automotive industry, dealing with sub components development and industrialization at global tiers 1. He also served as a project manager in a world leader toolmaker in the packaging industry. He holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Sigma Clermont (formerly IFMA).
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Title of his talk:
Use of Thermoplastics in EV Battery Packs as a Fire Event Countermeasure Strategy
Christian PERRIER
Project director, EQUANS
Fellow chartered Engineer with +30years of expertise in the overall industrial activities, Christian Perrier demonstrates solid cross-cultural skills. He has held various positions in the high-tech industries such as medical device, diagnostics and microelectronics. Initially within the Clean and dry room activity as an end user, then maintenance and operations management to solutions provider to end customers. Dedicated to developing turnkey solutions for the Li-ion battery industry, Christian has shown good records in winning large scale projects across Europe.
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Title of his talk:
NMP recovery design optimization
Klaus PETERSON
Director Lithium Battery, EMEA Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V.
Christophe PILLOT
Director, Avicenne Energy
Christophe has built up considerable expertise in the area of battery market. He joined AVICENNE 25 years ago and spent 3 years in Japan making analysis on the Electronic, Mobile & Japanese battery market. Christophe gained large experience in marketing, strategy analysis, technology and financial studies for the battery and power management fields. He developed the battery market analysis for AVICENNE which counts more than 250 customers worldwide. Christophe published several annual surveys like "The rechargeable battery market 2019-2030". He is also the founder & chairman of Batteries congress in France since 1999. He is now Director of AVICENNE ENERGY.
Gérard QUOIRIN
PhD, Product Engineer, TotalEnergies
2004 – 2007 : Phd in material chemistry with a Lithium-ion battery specialty (LRCS Amiens, France)
2007 – 2009: research engineer at faculté polytechnique de Mons
2009 – 2014: responsible of battery development for electric and hybrid vehicle at Stellantis
2014 – 2020: Project Manager at Exide Technologies
2020 – now: battery specialist at TotalEnergies
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Title of his talk:
Immersion cooling of a battery in a commercial vehicle, a world first!
Christian ROOD
Founder/CEO, Leyden Jar
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Title of his talk:
Pure Silicon Anodes for Battery Technology with Energy Densities >1400Wh/L
Bertrand RUPIN
Head of Business Development Energy Storage, Ahlstrom-Munksjo France
2018 – Present: Head of Business Development Energy Storage Ahlstrom-Munksjo, France 2009 – 2017: Business/Product/Key Account Manager, Building NonWovens/Glass Ahlstrom-Munksjo, France 2004 – 2008: Sales and Marketing Manager Ahlstrom-Munksjo, USA 2000 – 2003: Product/Business Development Parchment Ahlstrom-Munksjo, France - Master Management of Technology and Innovation, Grenoble Ecole de Management, 2018 - Master of Science in paper making, Pagora, Grenoble, 1997 - Master of Science in analyze, control and manufacturing of materials, Aix-Marseille University III
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Title of his talk:
Ahlstrom-Munksjo FortiCell® : Performance of a thermally stable fiber based Li-ion battery separator
Jonathan SALLE
Engineer, Head of Batteries Expertise Center, CREPIM
Graduated as materials sciences engineer in 2019 from Polytech Lille (France). I joined CREPIM’s development department as project manager and practitioner engineer in 2020. I have worked on the study of the reaction to internal and external fire hazard of lithium-ion battery. According to the different international standard, I have contributed to the implementation of batteries fire reaction tests within CREPIM. I’m currently working on the development of battery material test method and on the development of the new test Hall of CREPIM dedicated to lithium-ion abuse tests. I’m also a member of CREPIM’s test development in which I’m in relation with our customers, with the mission of advising and providing them offers to perform fire tests according to international standards, allowing them to obtain certification on their products.
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Title of his talk:
Fire Safety: E-Mobility and qualification of battery safety performance
Frederic SCHUH
Component-responsible for battery cells applied in heavy-duty and medium-duty battery electric trucks, Daimler Truck AG
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Title of his talk:
Specification of lithium-ion battery cells for locally CO2-neutral commercial vehicles
Volker SCHUMAN
General Manager for Battery Sales, Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH
Volker joined Toshiba in 1999. Before moving to the battery division in 2021, he was responsible for the automotive systems marketing group and headed the automotive and industrial sales teams for semiconductors.
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Title of his talk:
The benefits of LTO batteries for heavy duty applications
Philipp SCHURIG
Leak Detection Business Development Manager, Pfeiffer Vacuum
Dr. Philipp Schurig is helping his customers to successfully solve their demanding leak detection challenges to reach the desired level of quality and security of their products or production processes. His deep scientific (Dr. Rer. Nat. in Nature Science) enables him to find the right approach and solution for a given complex problem. In addition, his M.B.A. helps to identify the optimum solution with the right balance between economic and ecological consequences. This was, and is, well appreciated by his customers and colleagues within the automotive industry.
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Title of his talk:
Safety and lifetime of batteries: tackling the tightness challenge
Nicolas SEBBAN
Lead Intelligent Equipment
Nicolas Sebban is the Key Account Director and French Representative of Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment (LEAD). LEAD is the world leader in Turnkey solution for LiB Equipment. Coming from China, LEAD is already supplying numerous projects in Europe and expending its European footprint with several local subsidiaries in France, Germany, Sweden…
Passionate by Automotive and Innovation, Nicolas has a background of Automotive engineering completed in France and has a Master in Management and economics of Innovation completed in Sweden. Nicolas Has accomplished most of his career in the business environment (Purchasing / Key Account Management) for the automotive industry at OEM or different Tier1. Nicolas has joined Lead in 2021 to put his passion into the challenge to grow the French subsidiary and develop southern European business.
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Title of his talk:
The new era of intelligent manufacturing under global new energy trend
