Speakers 2025

Guillaume Lecocq holds a PhD in Energetics, which was dedicated to CFD modeling of combustion in spark-ignition engines. He's been working in Ineris for more than 10 years, with an activity based on modeling and experimental campaigns with a focus on gas explosion.

Grégoire is a graduate of Ecole Normale Supérieure, with a physicist background. He then worked in the private sector in different positions spanning from innovation to marketing. He joined Imerys in 2013 as the Global Marketing Manager for the Calcium Carbonate division. In 2020, he had been asked to investigate the potential of the Beauvoir deposit as a credible source of lithium. Now in 2025, as the R&D lithium projects director, he is reflecting on the innovations that made it a reality.

Dr. Caroline Gaya has obtained after an Engineering degree in Energy Storage, a PhD in electrochemical engineering. Working for several years in aeronautical field as Thermal Project leader she has now joined Ineris as a project leader, conducting several research projects and supporting industrial clients along technical studies. She is now also involved in the office in charge of Emergency Response in France (CASU) and had participated to several post-accident studies involving batteries.

Elsa Briqueleur holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Montreal (Canada, UdeM). She has experience in electrochemistry and physicochemistry of inorganic materials for insertion batteries, as well as in electron transfer. Her professional experience has focused on the development of a photobattery (PhD) and on the recycling of graphite from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries (postdoctorate). This has allowed her to work with mild hydrometallurgy and the detailed physicochemistry of regenerated materials, as well as their performance in cells. She is currently a senior researcher in the Battery Raw Materials unit at Leitat, focusing on lithium recycling in the context of [...]

Philippe holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry and computing science from University of Bordeaux after what he joined Saft in 1991 and worked first as research scientist for rechargeable lithium and Li-ion. Then he moved as Li-ion Research manager from 1996 on Li-ion, managing several National, European and International R&D projects. From 2008, he led the Li-ion Unit for development, industrialization and production of NCA based cells. From 2012 to 2016, he was the Europe Development Manager of cylindrical Li-ion cells for Saft. then has been Deputy Director of the Corporate Incubator until 2018, when he led as Technical Director, focusing [...]

Javier Gazzarri is a Consulting Application Engineer at MathWorks, where he has worked for 15 years. Most of his work is on battery modeling and simulation, from cell- to system-level, parameter estimation for model correlation, impedance spectroscopy, battery management system algorithm development, thermal management, aging, state estimation, model reduction and artificial intelligence. Before joining MathWorks, Javier worked on fuel cell modeling at the National Research Council of Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), a master’s degree (inverse methods for sensor design), and a PhD degree (solid oxide fuel cell [...]

James Trevey Ph. D, CTO of Forge Nano, is an expert in Li-ion batteries and supply chain and a thought leader in materials science and technology scaling. In addition to being the President-Elect of NAATBatt he is the Founder and Vice President of the Military Power Sources Consortium (MPSC), and an Industry Lead of Li-Bridge, among numerous other advisory boards in the sustainability sector, where he is an active supporter and enabler of collaborative industry and government relations focused on domestic energy security.

Dr Benoit Chavillon holds a PhD in chemistry of materials and is working in energy fields since 15 years. He was research engineer for 10 years in primary and secondary battery and works on different subject as primary thionyl chloride cell, NiZn, LiS, Li-ion, supercapacitors and focused on different battery technology as gen 3 to 5. He is now leading the prototype and process development laboratory for battery cells at CEA, a group that works on R&D to increase the lifespan of cells, increase their performance and move towards the lowest possible environmental footprint.

Frank has a background in chemical engineering and for many years he was technically and commercially involved in the design and construction of process systems in the national and international oil and gas industry. Based on industry demands he continuously evaluated and developed new creative technologies and implemented them in the conservative oil and gas industry. Based on this experience he was able to find solutions for specific issues and he was able to acquire a distinctive and strong position in niche markets. In 2012 Frank decided to start his own company: ALTA GROUP. Inspired by the current climate issues, ALTA [...]

Eric Vanlathem holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Brussels University specializing in high temperature superconductors and has been with Dow Corning since 1994. His career transitioned from R&D to technical customer support across various markets including microelectronics and automotive, currently focusing on automotive electronics at Tiers 1 and emerging battery and e-motor markets for electric vehicles in Europe at Dow Silicones Belgium.