Speakers 2025

Jakub Kącki has been with UL Solutions for 20 years. He is the global Business Development Manager focused on battery business (portable, wearable, micromobility, battery cells), global market access and AI services within the Consumer, Medical and Information Technology division at UL Solutions. He works with internal and external stakeholders to drive the development of advisory, evaluation, testing, certification and regulatory services and programs for batteries, information technology equipment, consumer electronics, micromobility and more.

Viktor Irle is a marketing analyst. He founded E3 Volumes in 2015, ais a global market intelligence platform for the electric vehicle industry, which delivers consultancy services in the auto industry.

Mr. Luke Hu co-founded Electroder, a World Economic Forum Global Innovator specializing in enabling battery design and manufacturing. He is a steering committee member of Global Battery Alliance’s Battery Passport and Circularity Critical Material. Mr. Hu has been leading his team completing various cell development projects, developing advanced software tools, and building new manufacturing capacities. He has two decades of experience in manufacturing and technology, and held a variety of engineering and management roles in China, USA and Europe. Mr. Hu graduated from Cornell University and Beijing University of Technology.

Susanna Holappa is a Senior Scientist in Kemira R&I. She obtained her PhD degree in Polymer chemistry from University of Helsinki in 2005. She continued in academic research in the Aalto University in the field of colloid chemistry in papermaking applications. Since 2010 she has been working for Kemira. Her expertise area is polymer and polyelectrolyte development for several applications utilizing aqueous based polymers.

Markus Hackmann is the managing director of P3 and responsible for the area of e-mobility. After completing his engineering studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, he joined P3 in 2006 and has since been working on numerous projects in the field of e-mobility technology strategies, lithium-ion batteries and the charging of electric vehicles. Since a few years and with the breakthrough of electric mobility, numerous projects with utilities, grid operators have been added. Likewise, Markus and the P3 work with numerous investors on the topic of technical due diligence. The P3 e-mobility team currently consists of over 200 consulting [...]

Alex is a co-founder and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Echion Technologies Ltd. He is responsible for the technology vision, the industrialisation of Echion products and strategic development and direction of the business. Echion Technologies was spun out of the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge in 2017. Alex has been instrumental in the growth of the business from its early days.  He is excited by disruptive innovation and the challenge presented by the decarbonisation of transport and tackling climate change.  He is a keen implementer of rapid change and brings that energy and mindset to his role at Echion. [...]

As the CEO and Chairman, I am navigating the company through a period of rapid growth, always keeping a keen eye on both the strategic horizon and the immediate needs of her team. I am still frequently technical involved and committed as the initiator/sponsor of the HYCEMA project.

She has extensive experience in the optimisation of biotechnological processes and their application to the treatment of by-products and the removal of organic pollutants. She has worked for more than 15 years on the production of biogas from agri-food by- products through biomethanisation, both at the University and in the private sector. Since 2023, she has been a Researcher in Biohydrometallurgy in the Electrical Energy Storage Department of the CIIAE. The projects she is involved in aim to develop biological treatments to recover the critical metals present in end-of-life batteries, thus generating new raw materials that can be reintroduced into the [...]

Guillaume has started in Research & Development in 2005 at VonRoll France SA and then moved in 2020 to Application Engineering department, where he managed technical support to Sales Team. Since the acquisition of VonRoll by Elantas in August 2023, he became Technology Manager in the EMobility team, focusing on direct technical support to automotive customers from EMEA & South Asia regions. He has a strong background in formulation (Polyurethane, Epoxy,...) and support customers with technical recommendations, testing and implementation of appropriate processes for all Elantas resin ranges.

Ravi Gehlot is the Business Development Manager for Solid-State Battery Materials at Umicore. Prior to joining Umicore, he held roles at Sony and Murata, where he focused on material development, cell design, and program management of lithium ion batteries. Ravi has over 10 years of experience in the battery industry and holds a Master’s degree in Energy Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.