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PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
2019 Nobel Laureate
The Li Battery: From Its Origin to Enabling an An Unavoidable Challenge for Ni-Rich Positive
Electric Economy Electrode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
M. Stanley Whittingham, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Jeff Dahn, FRSC, PhD, Professor of Physics and Atmospheric
Professor, Member, National Academy of Engineering, Science, NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair,
Director, NECCES EFRC at Binghamton, SUNY at Binghamton Canada Research Chair, Dalhousie University
The New NFPA 855 Standard An Intrinsically Flexible Li-Ion

The Fast-Changing World Battery for Wearable Devices
for Installation of ESS
of Battery Applications
Celina Mikolajczak, Vice President, Avetik Harutyunyan, PhD, Chief
Bob Galyen, CTO, Contemporary Scientist and Research Director,
Battery Technology, Panasonic
Amperex Technology Ltd. (CATL) Materials Science, Honda
Energy of North America
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JULY 28-JULY 30, 2020
TUESDAY, JULY 28 WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
12:30 Shep Wolsky Battery Innovator Award 12:15 The Fast-Changing World of Battery Applications
Bob Galyen, CTO, Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd.
12:40 The Li Battery: From Its Origin to Enabling an (CATL)
Electric Economy
Today’s advanced battery technologies have enabled a
M. Stanley Whittingham, PhD, SUNY Distinguished myriad of new applications unthought of only a few decades ago.
Professor, Member, National Academy of Engineering, Let’s take a walk through the world of applications to see how this
2019 Director, NECCES EFRC at Binghamton, SUNY at Binghamton
NOBEL has transpired and where it will take us into the future. The enabling
LAUREATE 50 years ago, a rechargeable battery achieving an energy doctrines of the GOLDEN RULES of electrification will also be
density exceeding 100Wh/kg at room temperature was reviewed.
just a dream. Today, cells are exceeding 250Wh/kg. These
cells have revolutionized electronic devices, have made EVs feasible, 12:40 The New NFPA 855 Standard for Installation of
are dominating grid storage, and enabling renewable energy. Yet the ESS
components of these intercalation-based cells have not changed Celina Mikolajczak, Vice President, Battery Technology,
significantly since the 1990s, and the cells still do not exceed 25% Panasonic Energy of North America
of theoretical capacity. Some of the challenges that need to be
addressed to doubling the energy density will be discussed. 1:05 LIVE Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
1:05 An Unavoidable Challenge for Ni-Rich Positive 1:20 Refresh Break - View our Virtual Exhibit Hall
Electrode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
Jeff Dahn, FRSC, PhD, Professor of Physics and
THURSDAY, JULY 30
Atmospheric Science, NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial
Research Chair, Canada Research Chair, Dalhousie University
11:45 An Intrinsically Flexible Li-Ion Battery for
1:30 LIVE Q&A: Session Wrap-Up Wearable Devices
Avetik Harutyunyan, PhD, Chief Scientist and Research
1:45 Session Break - View our Virtual Exhibit Hall Director, Materials Science, Honda Research Institute
We demonstrate bendable, twistable, and foldable Li-ion rechargeable
pouch cell battery that approaches the ceiling of gravimetric
energy density imposed by the lithium storage material. Mentioned
performances become a possibility because of the elimination of
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12:10 PANEL DISCUSSION : Roadmap to 2030: Opportunities &

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Moderator:
Brian Barnett, PhD, President, Battery Perspectives
The prospects for lithium-ion are justifiably receiving major attention.
Projected growth rates are impressive and numerous market drivers
and trends (vehicle electrification, 5G, wearables, ESS, IoT, the cloud)
reinforce the potential for even higher growth. Responding to the
Corporate Sponsors: challenge, Li-ion technology has been steadily improving even as
costs have been decreasing. Requirements for even higher energy are
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JULY 29 & JULY 30, 2020
Nine tutorials will take place at the International Battery Seminar & Exhibit on Wednesday, July 29 and Thursday, July 30. The tutorials are designed
to be instructional, interactive and provide in-depth information on a specific topic. Tutorial themes include introductions for those new to the field,
as well as explanations on more technical aspects than time allows during our main conference programs that take place Tuesday – Thursday.
Instructors are drawn from industry and academics alike, many of whom are recognized authorities in their fields or have teaching experience.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 THURSDAY, JULY 30
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM 7:30 - 9:00 AM

TUT1: Materials Selection and Design for Batteries with High TUT12: The Rechargeable Battery Market: Value Chain and
Energy Density, Ultralong Cycle Life, Fast Charging, and Main Trends 2018-2028
Excellent Safety Michael Sanders, Senior Advisor, Avicenne Energy
Yi Cui, PhD, Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford
University 9:15 - 10:45 AM
2:00 - 3:30 PM TUT9: Improving the Energy Density of Batteries with Silicon-
Based Anodes
TUT3: Li-Ion Cell Design and Manufacturing: Processes, Dee Strand, PhD, CSO, Wildcat Discovery Technologies
Equipment, and Quality Control
James Kaschmitter, CEO, SpectraPower 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
4:00 - 5:30 PM TUT11: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) for the

Analysis of Battery Materials, Half Cells, and Full Cells
TUT5: Solid-State (Ceramic) Electrolyte Materials and Julia van Drunen, Area Marketing & Sales Manager, Metrohm Autolab
Interfaces in All-Solid-State Li Batteries
Venkataraman Thangadurai, PhD, Professor, Chemistry, University of 2:00 – 3:30 PM
Calgary
TUT14: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Batteries
6:00 - 7:30 PM Kandler Smith, PhD, Senior Engineer, Energy Storage, National
Renewable Energy Laboratory
TUT7: How to Qualify Your Battery Manufacturer to Prevent Cell
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Vidyu Challa, PhD, Consulting Manager, Ansys-DfR Solutions
July 28-30,TUT16:
2020 Battery Safety and Abuse Tolerance Validation
Shmuel De-Leon, CEO, Shmuel De-Leon Energy, Ltd.
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Advances in Chemical, Material, and Electrochemical Engineering DAYLIGHT TIME
TUESDAY, JULY 28 stabilize the cathode materials, and hence improve the cycle life and
fast charging, and are able to use low-cobalt cathodes (NMCs, LLS,
INCREASING ENERGY DENSITY: CATHODES LMO, etc.).
10:45 Enhancing Oxygen Stability in Low-Cobalt Layered Oxide

9:00 am FEATURED PRESENTATION:
Cathode Materials by Three-Dimensional Targeted Doping
Cobalt-Free Li-Excess Disordered Rocksalt
Huolin Xin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and
Cathodes with High Energy Density
Astronomy, University of California, Irvine
Gerbrand Ceder, PhD, Daniel M. Tellep Distinguished The price of cobalt, a key element within lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)
Professor of Engineering, University of California, for stability, has nearly tripled over the past few years. The reduction or
Berkeley; Senior Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab elimination of cobalt is essential for reducing cost and assuring supply
Recently discovered disordered rocksalt (DRX) compounds are of lithium-ion batteries. This talk will report on the development of a
dense cathodes with high energy density and present a cobalt novel three-dimensional (3D) doping approach that is poised to resolve
and nickel-free alternative to the layered NMC-style cathode some long-standing challenges in fundamental doping effects on high-
materials used in much of Li-ion technology. In addition, these Ni Co-free battery materials.
materials can be fluorinated through simple solid-state reactions
for enhanced safety, cyclability, and stability at high potential. 11:05 Next-Generation Vanadium Redox Flow Battery
This presentation will show performance and issues with this Frank Gibbard, PhD, CEO & CTO & Co-Founder, WattJoule Corp.
exciting new class of compounds. Advances over state-of-the-art vanadium redox flow battery include:
35% less vanadium for the same capacity; reduction in tank volume by
9:20 FEATURED PRESENTATION: Vanadium 50%; and reduction in cell area by up to 80% for the same power. The
Disulfide Flakes with Nanolayered Titanium DC battery platform is scalable and licensable, with a unique business
Disulfide Coating as Cathode Materials in model. Round-trip DC energy efficiency is 75% at 45°C, at an electrode
Lithium-Ion Batteries power density of 360 mW/cm2.
Nikhil Koratkar, PhD, Clark and Crossan Chair 11:25 LIVE Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and
Moderator: Dee Strand, PhD, CSO, R&D, Wildcat Discovery Technologies
Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Inc.
Unlike the vast majority of transition metal dichalcogenides Panelists:
which are semiconductors, vanadium disulfide is metallic and
Gerbrand Ceder, PhD, Daniel M. Tellep Distinguished Professor of
conductive. This makes it particularly promising as an electrode
Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; Senior Faculty Scientist,
material in lithium-ion batteries. However, vanadium disulfide
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
exhibits poor stability due to large Peierls distortion during
cycling. Here we report that vanadium disulfide can be rendered Frank Gibbard, PhD, CEO & CTO & Co-Founder, WattJoule Corp.
stable in a lithium-ion battery by conformally coating it with a Nikhil Koratkar, PhD, Clark and Crossan Chair Professor, Mechanical
titanium disulfide nanolayer. Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
9:40 Improvements to Disordered Rocksalt Li-Excess Cathode Anil Mane, PhD, Principal Materials Science Engineer, Applied Materials
Materials Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Dee Strand, PhD, CSO, R&D, Wildcat Discovery Technologies Inc. Huolin Xin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and
Disordered rocksalt Li-excess structures, such as Li3NbO4, have Astronomy, University of California, Irvine
been demonstrated to achieve capacities of greater than 300 mAh/g
reversible capacities at elevated temperatures. The high capacity is
11:55 Lunch Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
believed to be from reversible redox chemistry of the oxide anions.
This new class of high-energy cathode materials provides an 12:30 pm Shep Wolsky Battery Innovator Award
opportunity for a step change increase in cell-level energy density. We
will demonstrate material improvements which enable high specific 12:40 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
capacity and cycle life. The Li Battery: From Its Origin to Enabling an
Electric Economy
10:00 Coffee Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall M. Stanley Whittingham, PhD, SUNY Distinguished
Professor, Member, National Academy of
INCREASING ENERGY DENSITY: MATERIALS Engineering, Director, NECCES EFRC at Binghamton, SUNY at
Binghamton
10:25 Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Made Ultra-Thin Coatings
for Li-Ion Battery Components Fifty years ago, a rechargeable battery achieving an energy
density exceeding 100Wh/kg at room temperature was just a
Anil Mane, PhD, Principal Materials Science Engineer, Applied Materials
Division, Argonne National Laboratory dream. Today, cells are exceeding 250Wh/kg. These cells have
revolutionized electronic devices, have made EVs feasible, are
In this presentation, we will share the ALD coating approach and dominating grid storage and enabling renewable energy. Yet, the
results from ALD coating on battery components, such as cathode, components of these intercalation-based cells have not changed
anode, solid electrolyte, etc. By utilizing ultra-thin ALD coatings, we can significantly since the 1990s, and the cells still do not exceed 25%
of theoretical capacity.
1:05 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: An density is limited when layered oxides are used as cathodes because
Unavoidable Challenge for Ni-Rich Positive of strong K-K interaction in the layered structure. This presentation
Electrode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries will demonstrate how strong K-K interaction limits the energy density
of the K-layered oxides and why K-polyanion compounds have higher
energy density than the K-layered oxides.
Atmospheric Science, NSERC/Tesla Canada
Industrial Research Chair, Canada Research Chair, Dalhousie 3:20 Lithium Sulfur Battery Case Studies
University
Mark Crittenden, PhD, Head, Battery Development and Integration, OXIS
Energy
1:30 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
At half the weight of lithium-ion, lithium sulfur is seen by many as
the next-generation battery technology. Here presented will be: 1)
an overview of lithium sulfur; 2) strengths and weaknesses of the
technology for different applications; 3) case studies of batteries
developed and being developed for these applications; and 4) how
Moderator: Craig Wohlers, production of both the cell components and cells are being scaled up
Executive Director, Conferences, Cambridge Enertech and the associated timescales.
Panelists:
3:40 LIVE Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
M. Stanley Whittingham, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor,
Moderator: Dr. Austin Sendek, Founder/CEO at Aionics, Inc., and Visiting
Member, National Academy of Engineering, Director, NECCES EFRC
Scholar at Stanford University
at Binghamton, SUNY at Binghamton
Panelists:
Jeff Dahn, FRSC, PhD, Professor of Physics and Atmospheric
Nongnuch Artrith, PhD, Research Scientist, Chemical Engineering,
Science, NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair, Canada
Columbia University
Research Chair, Dalhousie University
Mark Crittenden, PhD, Head, Battery Development and Integration, OXIS
1:45 Session Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall Energy
Haegyeom Kim, PhD, Staff Scientist, Materials Sciences Division,
COMPREHENDING THE COMPLEXITIES OF LI-IONS: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
ALTERNATIVE MODELS AND MATERIALS 4:10 Happy Hour - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
2:00 Identification of 11 New Solid Lithium-Ion Conductors
4:45 Interactive Breakout Discussions
with Promise for Batteries Using Data Science Approaches
Dr. Austin Sendek, Founder/CEO at Aionics, Inc., and Visiting Scholar at BREAKOUT 1: Battery Raw Materials Supply Chain
Stanford University Robert M. Privette, Manager, Business Development, Rechargeable
We discover several new crystalline solid materials with fast single Battery Materials North America, Umicore USA Inc.
crystal Li-ion conductivity at room temperature, discovered through • Electrode raw material (e.g., Gr, Co, Ni, Li, Mn) sourcing
density functional theory simulations guided by machine learning- • Meeting demand with available supply
based methods. In this work, we perform a guided search of materials
space with a machine learning (ML)-based prediction model for • End-of-life battery recycling
material selection and density functional theory molecular dynamics
BREAKOUT 2: Safety for Manufacturing
(DFT-MD) simulations for calculating ionic conductivity.
Jody Leber, Senior Technologist, Energy Storage, CSA Group
2:20 Development of Machine Learning Models for the • How manufacturers can prepare to meet the new IEC 62133-2
Simulation of Complex Battery Materials with Non-Crystalline requirements without impacting delivery
Structures • How these regulations ensure safety
Nongnuch Artrith, PhD, Research Scientist, Chemical Engineering, • How this affects international trade
Columbia University
The properties of batteries are often determined by complex phases BREAKOUT 3: Solid-State Batteries – Key Technology
and interfaces that are challenging to investigate with experiments Approaches & Time-to-Market
or first-principles calculations. Simulations based on accurate and Pirmin Ulmann, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO, b-science.net
efficient machine-learning (ML) models trained on first-principles • Time-to-market in electronics, medical devices and EVs: Is safety or
data can provide insight into atomic-scale phenomena in such energy density the driving force?
phases. The current state-of-the-art ML models will be demonstrated • Advantages and disadvantages of solid electrolytes: oxides, sulfides,
for nanostructured amorphous LiSi alloys and amorphous LiPON phosphates, polymers, combinations
electrolytes.
• Power performance in EVs: Do solid-state batteries provide sufficient
2:40 Refresh Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall power? Will they be combined with supercapacitors?
3:00 Toward Low-Cost and High-Energy Batteries: K-Polyanion

Cathodes
Haegyeom Kim, PhD, Staff Scientist, Materials Sciences Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
K-ion batteries have recently emerged as an alternative energy storage
system because of their potential low cost. However, their energy
BREAKOUT 4: Finding the Gaps that Have Yet to Be Filled in an WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
Efficient Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Infrastructure
Jeffrey S. Spangenberger, Director, ReCell Center, Argonne National INCREASING ENERGY DENSITY: ANODES
Laboratory
• What are the top issues that are holding back the battery recycling 9:00 am KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Materials
industry? and Interface Design for the Next Generation
• How can collection of consumer electronics be increased? of Batteries
• Will manufacturers use recycled battery materials and how are they Yi Cui, PhD, Professor, Department of Materials
qualified? Science & Engineering, Stanford University
• What policy would help or hurt the battery recycling industry? I will present more than a decade of research to address the
• How can transportation costs be reduced? challenges of next generation of batteries: 1) materials design for
Li metal anodes and S cathodes; 2) interfacial design to enhance
BREAKOUT 5: Small Batteries, Big Potential? The Future of cycling efficiency; 3) nanocomposite solid electrolyte; and 4) a
Rechargeable Coin Cells and Pin Cells breakthrough tool of cryogenic electron microscopy applied to
John Wozniak, PhD, President, ESP Consulting battery materials research.
• What are the market trends for coin cells and pin cells?
9:20 High-Performance Li-Ion Cells with Silicon Nanowire
• What companies have found ways around the Varta coin cell
Anode
patents?
Ionel C. Stefan, PhD, CTO, Amprius Inc.
• Is there profitability in developing these cells?
The silicon nanowire anode technology addresses silicon swelling
• What are the challenges associated with the manufacturing of these by enabling silicon to expand and contract internally, in a very robust
cells? mechanical structure. As a result, over 1200 Wh/L and 400 Wh/kg
• What are the risks in using these small cells in wearable products? levels of energy density were achieved in lithium-ion cells with a cycle
life in the hundreds of cycles, enabling new devices and applications.
BREAKOUT 6: Surviving the Valley of Death – Transitioning
New Battery Technologies from R&D to Manufacturable, 9:40 Engineered Particles for the Development of
Commercially Viable Products High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries
James Kaschmitter, CEO, SpectraPower LLC Isaiah Oladeji, PhD, CTO, Sisom Thin Films
• How do we define “manufacturable” or “commercially viable”? Sisom and ULVAC are collaborating to develop engineered particles
• What attributes are important for a new battery technology to be that will enable the use of both Li and Si as stable anode materials
commercially viable? with more than 3000 mAh/g capacity. These engineered particles
• What do battery manufacturers want? can also be used in fabricating the cathode. The combination of
engineered particles based anode and engineered particles based
• How can a developer of a new battery technology anticipate these
cathode will lead to safe, high energy density, and long cycle life
requirements, including Quality Assurance requirements?
batteries needed for widespread adoption of consumer electronics
• What patent strategies should the developer employ during and electric vehicles.
development?
BREAKOUT 7: Approach to Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Moderator: Yi Cui, PhD, Professor, Department of Materials Science &
Judith Jeevarajan, PhD, Research Director Electrochemical Safety, Engineering, Stanford University
Electrochemical Safety, UL LLC
Panelists:
• Approaches to hazard analysis and risk assessment (FTA, FMEA,
Ionel C. Stefan, PhD, CTO, Amprius Inc.
fish bone, bow-tie, etc.)
Isaiah Oladeji, PhD, CTO, Sisom Thin Films
• Identification of hazards and risk
• Determination of probability and severity of risk 10:15 Coffee Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
• Is modeling a good approach to hazard analysis and risk
assessment? 10:30 Close of Next-Generation Battery Research Conference
• Mitigation of risks to reduce the severity and probability of hazards
5:45 Close of Day
JULY 28–29, 2020
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Global Supply Chain for Battery Raw Materials ALL TIMES

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Balancing Supply, Demand & Costs for Battery Materials DAYLIGHT TIME
TUESDAY, JULY 28 deposition (ALD) is a cost-leading alternative to wet and dry coatings
for modifying cathode powder surfaces. We will also touch on ALD
GLOBAL MARKET DEMAND FOR BATTERY RAW coatings for anodes.
MATERIALS 11:25 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up

Moderator: Andrew Miller, Product Director, Benchmark Mineral
9:00 am Impact of the xEV Market Growth on Lithium-Ion
Intelligence Ltd.
Batteries and Raw Materials Supply 2019-2030
Panelists:
Michael L. Sanders, Senior Advisor, Energy, Avicenne
Today less than 1% of the automotive market is Electric Vehicle.
With this very small market share, xEV already consume more than Chris Berry, Founder & President, House Mountain Partners
60% of the total Li-ion battery production, more than 40% of the Denis Sharypin, Head, Market Research, MMC Norilsk Nickel
cobalt production and more than 50% of the lithium production. With Jeremy Schrooten, PhD, Senior R&D Engineer & Tech Director, Energy
conservative xEV forecasts (5 million EV sold per year in 2025), the Group, Pyrotek Inc.
impact on the lithium-ion battery market and supply chain will be huge. Daniel Higgs, Business Development Manager, Business Development,
Forge Nano
9:20 Financing in Strategic Raw Material Supply Chains: The
Missing Link 11:55 Lunch Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
Chris Berry, Founder & President, House Mountain Partners
While many assume that electric vehicles will become ubiquitous in 12:30 pm Shep Wolsky Battery Innovator Award
the near future, the reality of this transition may be under threat. While
there is no structural shortage of critical raw materials such as lithium 12:40 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
or cobalt, the financing to build out the battery supply chain will easily The Li Battery: From Its Origin to Enabling an
run into the many billions of dollars. Electric Economy
9:40 LiB Material Trend Based on Growing xEV Market M. Stanley Whittingham, PhD, SUNY Distinguished
Sachiya Inagaki, Senior Executive Manager, Industrial Technology Unit,
Engineering, Director, NECCES EFRC at Binghamton, SUNY at
Yano Research Institute Ltd.
Binghamton
This presentation will be about a market trend of LiB major 4 materials
Fifty years ago, a rechargeable battery achieving an energy
such as cathode, anode, electrolyte, and separator. I will talk about
density exceeding 100Wh/kg at room temperature was just a
recent and future market trends as to these 4 major materials based
dream. Today, cells are exceeding 250Wh/kg. These cells have
on LiB and application market, especially xEV.
10:00 Coffee Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall dominating grid storage and enabling renewable energy. Yet, the
components of these intercalation-based cells have not changed
BATTERY RAW MATERIALS SUPPLY significantly since the 1990s, and the cells still do not exceed 25%
10:25 Ni Market Update 2020-2025 – Would It Be Enough Ni to
Feed the Growing Battery Market? 1:05 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: An
Denis Sharypin, Head, Market Research, MMC Norilsk Nickel Unavoidable Challenge for Ni-Rich Positive
The talk will focus on Ni demand projections by industry, update on Electrode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
Indonesian Ni projects. Possible impact of the Indonesian export ban Jeff Dahn, FRSC, PhD, Professor of Physics and
will be elaborated and the Ni incentive price for bringing additional Ni Atmospheric Science, NSERC/Tesla Canada
units to the market will be examined. Industrial Research Chair, Canada Research Chair, Dalhousie
University
10:45 North American Synthetic Anode Graphite
Jeremy Schrooten, PhD, Senior R&D Engineer & Tech Director, Energy
Group, Pyrotek Inc.
Pyrotek is a leader in battery-grade, synthetic graphite production,
and is the only North American supplier with 100% domestic material.
Updated information on production capabilities and material
performance will be presented.
11:05 ALD – A Cost-Leading Alternative to Wet and

Dry Coatings on Cathodes and Anodes – 20T/day
at <$0.50/kg
Daniel Higgs, Business Development Manager, Business Development,
Forge Nano
This presentation will share recent results from high-throughput
coating experiments and cost models showing that atomic layer
1:30 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up 4:45 Interactive Breakout Discussions - Please see Pages 5-6
or Page 11 for Details
5:45 Close of Day
Moderator: Craig Wohlers, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29

Executive Director, Conferences, Cambridge Enertech
Panelists: BATTERY RAW MATERIALS SUPPLY
9:20 am ReCell: Working to Make Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling
Profitable
Jeffrey S. Spangenberger, Director, ReCell Center, Argonne National
Jeff Dahn, FRSC, PhD, Professor of Physics and Atmospheric Laboratory
The ReCell center, an advanced battery recycling program funded by
the DOE’s Vehicle Technologies office, is working to develop, scale-up,
1:45 Session Break - View our Virtual Exhibit Hall and demonstrate recycle processes that reduce cost and increase
revenue to improve the economics of responsible end-of-life lithium-
2:40 Refresh Break - View our Virtual Exhibit Hall ion battery management. This presentation will provide a summary
of ReCell’s work to create a profitable battery recycling system as it
BATTERY RAW MATERIALS SUPPLY enters its second year.
3:00 Securing Supply Chain Foundations for the EV Revolution? 9:40 Treatment Strategies for Thrifting in Original
Andrew Miller, Product Director, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Ltd. Manufacturing
This presentation will address lithium-ion battery supply chain Steve E. Sloop, President, OnTo Technology LLC
dynamics: challenges & opportunities as well as raw material Cathode-healing direct methods show great promise for low-cost,
bottlenecks; lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel and financing the EV efficient material recovery and optimization in manufacturing and
supply chain; capital requirements to meet the EV demand of the recycling along the lithium-ion battery value-chain. Dr. Sloop will
coming decade. present recent developments in application and scale of the innovative
technology.
3:20 Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Market 2019-2020
Shmuel De-Leon, CEO, Shmuel De-Leon Energy Ltd. 10:00 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
The huge growth of the battery market requires the battery material Moderator: Shmuel De-Leon, CEO, Shmuel De-Leon Energy Ltd.
supply chain to grow significantly. Some materials like lithium, nickel, Panelists:
and cobalt may be in short supply. Recycling is necessary for bringing Jeffrey S. Spangenberger, Director, ReCell Center, Argonne National
used materials back to the supply chain and to maintain a green Laboratory
approach. In addition, this presentation will also review the current Steve E. Sloop, President, OnTo Technology LLC
market status.
10:15 Coffee Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
Moderator: Jeremy Schrooten, PhD, Senior R&D Engineer & Tech 10:30 Close of Global Supply Chain for Battery Raw Materials
Director, Energy Group, Pyrotek Inc. Conference
Panelists:
Andrew Miller, Product Director, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Ltd.
Shmuel De-Leon, CEO, Shmuel De-Leon Energy Ltd.
4:10 Happy Hour - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
JULY 29-30, 2020
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Delivering Higher Performance with Greater Efficiency DAYLIGHT TIME
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 12:40 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:

The New NFPA 855 Standard for Installation
LITHIUM-ION DEVELOPMENT AND of ESS
COMMERCIALIZATION Celina J. Mikolajczak, Vice President, Battery
Technology, Panasonic Energy of North America
10:30 am Soft Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries
María Martinez-Ibañez, PhD, Associate Researcher, Power Storage, 1:05 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
Batteries and Supercaps, CIC EnergiGUNE
Polymer electrolytes (PE) offer a promising solution to overcome
the safety issues arising from the highly flammable organic solvents
in conventional liquid batteries. In addition, the low density of PEs,
as compared to other solid electrolytes like garnet, achieves high Moderator: Craig Wohlers,
gravimetric energy density. In this presentation, the performance of Executive Director, Conferences, Cambridge Enertech
new flexible and highly conductive PEs will be provided.
Panelists:
10:50 Fluorinated Ether-Based Electrolytes – New Robert L. Galyen, CTO, Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd.
Opportunities for Li-S Batteries (CATL)
Quinton Meisner, PhD, Postdoctoral Appointee, Chemical Sciences and Celina J. Mikolajczak, Vice President, Battery Technology,
Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory Panasonic Energy of North America
Our group has dedicated a significant amount of effort to improve the
performance of lithium-sulfur batteries over the past several years. In 1:20 Refresh Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
this talk, I will touch on some of the discoveries our group has made
in the use of partially fluorinated ethers as electrolyte co-solvents and CHEMISTRIES AND MANUFACTURING
their effects on the Li-S battery chemistries. CONSIDERATIONS FOR FAST CHARGING
11:10 Bisalt Ether Electrolytes: A Pathway towards Lithium 1:30 Ultra-Fast Charge of Off-the-Shelf Li-Ion Batteries without
Metal Batteries with Ni-Rich Cathodes Reducing Cycle Life
Marshall Schroeder, PhD, Materials Engineer, Energy Storage Branch, Kostyantyn Khomutov, CEO, GBatteries
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
GBatteries is pioneering the only demonstrated technology that
The electrochemical performance and mechanistic effects of enables ultra-fast charging (50% capacity in 5 minutes and ~80-100%
incorporating two salts (LiFSI/LiTFSI) in an ether electrolyte in Li- capacity in 10 minutes) of Li-ion batteries without reducing cycle life
metal cells were investigated experimentally and via molecular scale and without changing the battery chemistry. GBatteries will present
modeling. These results provide new insight into how the bisalt effect an innovative way to charge Li-ion batteries using a smart pulse
can be leveraged for regulating the timescale, chemistry, and extent of charge approach as an alternative to CCCV, which reduces irreversible
interfacial reactions. chemical reactions and allows to achieve an ultra-fast charge.
11:30 LIVE Q&A: Session Wrap-Up 1:50 An In-Depth Investigation on How to Optimize the
Moderator: Marshall Schroeder, PhD, Materials Engineer, Energy Storage Chemistry and Manufacturing Parameters for the Fast
Branch, U.S. Army Research Laboratory Charging of Li-Ion Batteries
Panelists: Alexis Laforgue, PhD, Research Officer, Materials for Energy
María Martinez-Ibañez, PhD, Associate Researcher, Power Storage, Technologies, Automotive & Surface Transportation Research, National
Batteries and Supercaps, CIC EnergiGUNE Research Council of Canada
Quinton Meisner, PhD, Postdoctoral Appointee, Chemical Sciences and Building Li-ion batteries better suited for fast charging is key to the
Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory deployment of electric vehicles. The results of a four-year project,
including electrochemical testing and post-mortem analysis of both
11:45 Lunch Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall commercial and custom-built cells will be presented. These results
provide general guidance towards the selection of best chemistries
12:15 pm PLENARY KEYNOTE and manufacturing parameters to maximize the fast-charging abilities
PRESENTATION: The Fast-Changing World of of batteries, especially at low temperature.
Battery Applications
Robert L. Galyen, CTO, Contemporary Amperex
Moderator: Leon Shaw, PhD, MS, MEng, Rowe Family Endowed Chair
Technology Ltd. (CATL)
Professor in Sustainable Energy; Professor, Materials Science and
Today’s advanced battery technologies have enabled a myriad Engineering, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace
of new applications unthought of only a few decades ago. Let’s Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
take a walk through the world of applications to see how this has
Panelists:
transpired and where it will take us into the future. The enabling
doctrines of the GOLDEN RULES of electrification will also be Kostyantyn Khomutov, CEO, GBatteries
reviewed. Alexis Laforgue, PhD, Research Officer, Materials for Energy
Technologies, Automotive & Surface Transportation Research, National
Research Council of Canada
2:10 Session Break its R&D on testing and understanding new ways to improve energy
storage and lithium delivery. Livent’s printable lithium technology
2:45 Happy Hour - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall paves the way for commercialization of the next generation of
advanced lithium-ion and solid-state batteries.
3:15 Close of Day
THURSDAY, JULY 30 Moderator: Marina Yakovleva, MSc, MBA, Senior Global Commercial
Manager, New Product and Technology Development, Livent
MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION Panelists:
Chunmei Ban, PhD, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering,
TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOLID-STATE LIBs
University of Colorado Boulder
9:00 am Synchronized Electrospinning and Electrospraying Ilias Belharouak, PhD, Group Leader, Energy and Transportation Science
Technique for Manufacturing of All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Batteries Mark Hersam, PhD, Founder and President, Volexion, Inc.; Professor,
Chunmei Ban, PhD, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
University of Colorado Boulder
11:10 Lunch Break - View our Virtual Exhibit Hall
The complexity and expense of manufacturing all-solid-state batteries
have long hindered the development of large-scale all-solid-state
batteries for transportation and grid storage applications. Key issues
11:45 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
include electrolyte-electrode interfacial resistance, air and moisture An Intrinsically Flexible Li-Ion Battery for
stability, and mass production capabilities. This talk will discuss the Wearable Devices
existing manufacturing methods and present a new manufacturing Avetik R. Harutyunyan, PhD, Chief Scientist &
method which overcomes challenges in interfacial resistance and Research Director, Materials Science, Honda
scalability by using synchronized electrospinning and electrospraying. Research Institute USA Inc.
We demonstrate bendable, twistable, and foldable Li-ion
9:20 Materials and Manufacturing Advancement in Lithium-Ion rechargeable pouch cell battery that approaches the ceiling
and Solid-State Batteries of gravimetric energy density imposed by the lithium storage
Ilias Belharouak, PhD, Group Leader, Energy and Transportation Science material. Mentioned performances become a possibility because
Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory of the elimination of metal current collectors, binders, and
The DOE’s Battery Manufacturing Facility (BMF) at Oak Ridge National additives from the electrodes.
Laboratory (ORNL) has been very instrumental in expediting key
innovations in advanced battery materials research, manufacturing 12:10 pm Panel Discussion : Roadmap to 2030:
and cell prototyping that enable low-cost, high-energy, safer and long-
Opportunities & Illusions & Session Wrap-Up
life cells capable of fast charging. BMF provides the ability to analyze
every aspect of battery cell development, from raw materials and
electrode dispersion to finished product and performance testing and
diagnostics.
9:40 Coffee Break - View our Virtual Exhibit Hall

Moderator: Brian M. Barnett, PhD, President, Battery Perspectives
MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION Panelists:
TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOLID-STATE LIBs (CONT.) Avetik R. Harutyunyan, PhD, Chief Scientist & Research Director,
Materials Science, Honda Research Institute USA Inc.
10:00 Graphene-Enabled Coatings for High Energy Density
Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes Jianlin Li, PhD, Research Scientist, Energy & Transportation
Mark Hersam, PhD, Founder and President, Volexion, Inc.; Professor, Science, Oak Ridge National Lab
Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University Yevgen Barsukov, PhD, Head, Algorithm Development, Battery
Conformal graphene coatings are demonstrated on a variety of high Power Systems, Texas Instruments Inc.
energy density lithium-ion battery cathode materials using scalable Kamal Shah, Director, Platform Architecture Management, Client
solution processing. The chemical inertness of the graphene coatings Computing Group, Intel Corporation
mitigates surface degradation and minimizes the formation of
the solid electrolyte interphase, thus improving cycling stability. In John Wozniak, PhD, President, ESP Consulting
addition, the high electrical conductivity of graphene minimizes cell
1:00 ADDITIONAL LIVE Q&A FOR TUT12: The Rechargeable
impedance, resulting in enhanced high-rate performance.
Battery Market: Value Chain and Main Trends 2018-2028
10:20 Printable Lithium Technology for LIB and SSB Michael L. Sanders, Senior Advisor, Energy, Avicenne
Applications
1:05 Session Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
Marina Yakovleva, MSc, MBA, Senior Global Commercial Manager, New
Product and Technology Development, Livent
Livent has been supplying the Li-ion industry high-quality lithium
products, including carbonate, hydroxide, and metal since the 1950s.
To meet the world’s growing demand for portable electronics, electric
cars, and large-scale stationary storage facilities, Livent focuses
IMPROVEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS FOR BREAKOUT 2: Opportunities for Zinc-Based Aqueous Flow
ELECTRODE PERFORMANCE Batteries
Nian Liu, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Chemical & Biomolecular
1:15 FEATURED PRESENTATION: Silicon Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Micro-Reactor as a Fast-Charge and Long- BREAKOUT 3: Li-Ion NMC Fast Charging New Cells for
Cycle Life Anode for Li-Ion Batteries E-Mobility
Leon Shaw, PhD, MS, MEng, Rowe Family Endowed Shmuel De-Leon, CEO, Shmuel De-Leon Energy Ltd.
Chair Professor in Sustainable Energy; Professor,
• The needs for fast charging for E-Mobility
Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical,
Materials and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of • Current solution in the market
Technology • New fast charging Li-ion NMC cells under development
Applications of silicon as a high-performance anode material has
BREAKOUT 4: Interface Issues in Solid-State Batteries
been impeded by its low intrinsic conductivity and huge volume
expansion during lithiation. Here we report a new design of Si Alexis Laforgue, PhD, Research Officer, Materials for Energy
anodes that can provide Si anodes with high specific capacity Technologies, Automotive & Surface Transportation Research, National
(800 mAh/g) and ultrafast charge/discharge (at 8 A/g Si) with Research Council of Canada
long cycle life (1000 cycles) at the same time. • Issues at the lithium metal/electrolyte interface
• Issues at the cathode/electrolyte interface
1:35 Cracking the Chemistry on Next-Generation Lithium-Ion • Methods to properly investigate interfacial issues
Silicon Anodes
Gleb Yushin, PhD, CTO, Co-Founder, Sila Nanotechnologies; Professor, BREAKOUT 5: Battery Degradation and Safety
Georgia Institute of Technology Craig B. Arnold, Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
This talk will delve into the technical challenges with implementing Princeton University
novel conversion-type electrodes and will introduce an innovative drop- • How can local non-uniformities in battery construction and
in-replacement silicon-based anode powder that enables 20% more mechanical stress lead to accelerated decay and safety concerns?
energy today over state-of-the-art lithium-ion to power wearables, • What are the mechanisms that lead to the accelerated decay?
portable electronics, and electric vehicles. • What are methods of mitigating the effects in a real system?
1:55 LIVE Q&A: Session Wrap-Up BREAKOUT 6: What the Next Generation of Energy Storage
Moderator: Gleb Yushin, PhD, CTO, Co-Founder, Sila Nanotechnologies; Product Should Look Like
Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jason Zhang, Project Manager, Energy Storage, BYD America Corp.
Panelists:
• EV + storage
Leon Shaw, PhD, MS, MEng, Rowe Family Endowed Chair Professor
• Energy storage systems using repurposed/retired batteries from EV
in Sustainable Energy; Professor, Materials Science and Engineering,
Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, • More integration or more simplicity
Illinois Institute of Technology
3:30 Close of Lithium-Ion Development & Commercialization
2:10 Refresh Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall Conference
2:30 Interactive Breakout Discussions
BREAKOUT 1: Lithium-Ion versus Competing Alternative

Battery Technologies
Matthias Vetter, PhD, Department Head, Electrical Energy Storage,
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
• Demand for battery storage and international market developments,
e.g., behind-the-meter, before-the-meter, grid-scale
• Which market segments are dominated already and will be
dominated in the future by lithium-ion?
• Which market segments will offer chances for NaS, NaNiCl, redox-
flow, advanced lead-acid, etc.?
• TCO versus pure capex considerations
JULY 28–29, 2020
MANUFACTURING STREAM
High Performance Battery Manufacturing ALL TIMES

ARE EASTERN
Global Production of Safe, Efficient, Higher Energy Density Batteries DAYLIGHT TIME
TUESDAY, JULY 28 11:25 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up

Moderator: Ratnakumar Bugga, PhD, Principal Member Technical Staff,
INNOVATION AND DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Panelists:
9:00 am FEATURED PRESENTATION: Will Dongping Lu, PhD, Research Scientist, Electrochemical Materials &
Artificial Intelligence Help Address Battery Systems Group, Pacific Northwest National Lab
Issues? Rachid Yazami, PhD, School of Materials Science & Engineering,
Rachid Yazami, PhD, School of Materials Science Program Director, Energy Storage, Energy Research Institute, Nanyang
& Engineering, Program Director, Energy Storage, Technological University, Singapore; Founding Director, KVI PTE, Ltd.
Energy Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Yuan Gao, President & CEO, Pulead Technology Industry Co. Ltd.
Singapore; Founding Director, KVI PTE, Ltd. Zhillian Zhou, PhD, Global Technical Manager, Battery Cell Technologies,
The market demand, especially in the electric mobility application, PPG
put huge pressures on lithium-ion batteries, such as longer life, Ted Hoying, Director of Business Development, EVE Energy North
faster charging, safer and higher energy, and power density. There America Co Ltd
is a need for strong and universal algorithms to be used in battery
management with artificial intelligence tools to assess battery 11:55 Lunch Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
states (SOC, SOH and SOS) and safer fast charging protocols.
12:30 pm Shep Wolsky Battery Innovator Award
9:20 The Chinese EV Market and LIB Cathode Supply Chain
Yuan Gao, President & CEO, Pulead Technology Industry Co. Ltd. 12:40 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
During this talk, the current dynamics of the Chinese EV market, which The Li Battery: From Its Origin to Enabling an
accounts for more than 50% of the global EV market, will be updated Electric Economy
and, in particular, discussions will be given with regard to the cathode M. Stanley Whittingham, PhD, SUNY Distinguished
supply chain from an active player’s perspective. Professor, Member, National Academy of
9:40 Progress of Micro Electrochemical Power Binghamton
Technology for Wearable Devices
Fifty years ago, a rechargeable battery achieving an energy
Ted Hoying, Director of Business Development, EVE Energy North density exceeding 100Wh/kg at room temperature was just a
America Co Ltd dream. Today, cells are exceeding 250Wh/kg. These cells have
EVE Energy Co., Ltd. has developed a series of lithium-ion “bean cells”, revolutionized electronic devices, have made EVs feasible, are
which have unique cell designs and provide options to microelectronic dominating grid storage and enabling renewable energy. Yet, the
devices. These patented technologies will enhance true wireless components of these intercalation-based cells have not changed
stereo (TWS) headsets, capsule robotics, and implanted sensors. significantly since the 1990s, and the cells still do not exceed 25%
Detailed bean cell technology development, excellent test results, of theoretical capacity.
and fully automatic manufacturing processes will be presented. EVE
believes that lithium-ion batteries will expand the market for many
other microelectronic devices to come.
1:05 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: An
Unavoidable Challenge for Ni-Rich Positive
10:00 Coffee Break - View our Virtual Exhibit Hall Electrode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
10:45 Advancing High-Energy Lithium-Sulfur Battery from Atmospheric Science, NSERC/Tesla Canada
Liquid-Rich, Liquid-Lean, to All-Solid-State Industrial Research Chair, Canada Research Chair, Dalhousie
Dongping Lu, PhD, Research Scientist, Electrochemical Materials & University
Systems Group, Pacific Northwest National Lab
In this presentation, we will discuss critical scientific challenges of 1:30 Plenary Keynote Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
Li-S batteries at the materials and cell levels, and our new progress
Moderator: Craig Wohlers, Executive Director, Conferences,
in improving cell energy and cycling life by reducing the use of liquid
Cambridge Enertech
electrolyte from rich to lean and, ultimately, to all-solid-state batteries.
Panelists:
11:05 Improving Manufacturing Efficiencies and M. Stanley Whittingham, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor,
Safety for Lithium-Ion Batteries Member, National Academy of Engineering, Director, NECCES EFRC
Zhilian Zhou, PhD, Global Technical Manager, Battery Cell at Binghamton, SUNY at Binghamton
Technologies, PPG
1:45 Refresh Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
SAFETY IN CELL MANUFACTURING the environmental impact of batteries. This presentation explores
how anode materials with state-of the-art performance can be
2:00 Safe Li-Ion Battery Designs with Heat-Pipe Structures manufactured in a sustainable way.
Fabricated Using Additive Manufacturing
Ratnakumar Bugga, PhD, Principal Member Technical Staff, Jet 9:20 Imaging and Analysis of Li-Ion Battery in
Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Manufacturing and R&D
Zhao Liu, PhD, Business Development Manager, Thermo Fisher
2:20 Overcoming Key Challenges to Tab-to-Cell Connections Scientific
for Battery Pack Manufacturing In this presentation, we will discuss Thermo Fisher Scientific’s
Mark Boyle, PhD, Product Manager, Sales & Marketing, AMADA WELD analytical solutions for battery R&D and manufacturing. Topics
TECH INC. include: technical cleanliness study of battery materials via
Successful tab-to-cell connections determine the manufacturability automatic SEM/EDX; 2D/3D imaging analysis of battery via electron
of a battery pack. A number of challenges exist, including material microscopes; microCT; data visualization and analysis software;
selection, tolerances of fit-up, speed of assembly and monitoring to and thickness gauging measurement for electrode manufacturing
ensure that a successful weld joint was achieved. Proper equipment consistency.
and process development will determine the quality and throughput
that can be achieved. 9:40 Introduction to Neocarbonix: Binderless
Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
2:40 Refresh Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall Ben Cao, PhD, Research & Development Director, Nanoramic
Laboratories
3:00 Low Resistance Negative Electrodes for Fast Charging
Electrodes are limited in their electrochemical stability and electrical
Lithium-Ion Batteries performance by polymer binders. Nanoramic has developed an
Martin Ebner, PhD, CEO, Battrion AG alternate solution - Neocarbonix - an electrode platform technology
We present a novel fabrication technology that reduces the resistance that effectively replaces polymer binders and primers. Results have
of negative electrodes of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Fast charging of been demonstrated for both LIB cathodes and EDLC electrodes.
high energy density LIBs is limited by increased degradation brought Nanoramic’s Neocarbonix electrodes have significantly lower ESR,
about by lithium plating on the negative electrode. In this talk, we better C-rate capabilities, longer lifetime at high temperature, and
investigate how reduced negative electrode resistance leads to shorter greater active material thickness for improved energy density, while
charging time without compromising energy density, safety, and also retaining or improving specific capacity.
lifetime.
3:40 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up Moderator: Craig Wohlers, Executive Director, Conferences, Cambridge
Moderator: Yuan Gao, President & CEO, Pulead Technology Industry Co. Enertech
Ltd. Panelists:
Panelists: Bridget Catherine Deveney, Senior Manager, R&D, Carbon, Elkem Carbon
Mark Boyle, PhD, Product Manager, Sales & Marketing, AMADA WELD Ben Cao, PhD, Research & Development Director, Nanoramic
TECH INC. Laboratories
Martin Ebner, PhD, CEO, Battrion AG Zhao Liu, PhD, Business Development Manager, Thermo Fisher
Ratnakumar Bugga, PhD, Principal Member Technical Staff, Jet Scientific
Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
10:30 Close of High Performance Battery Manufacturing
4:45 Interactive Breakout Discussions - Please see Pages 5-6 Conference
5:45 Close of Day
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
ADVANCES IN CELL MANUFACTURING

9:00 am Sustainable Manufacturing of Anode Materials in a
Competitive Global Market
Bridget Catherine Deveney, Senior Manager, R&D, Carbon, Elkem Carbon
Lithium-ion batteries are at the center of the conversion to
sustainable electric transportation systems. But, the manufacturing
of battery materials is energy-intensive and can have significant
negative environmental impacts. Changing the energy sources and
manufacturing process for production of anode materials can reduce
JULY 28–29, 2020
APPLICATIONS STREAM
Advances in Automotive Battery Applications ALL TIMES

ARE EASTERN
Optimizing High-Performance Batteries for EVs DAYLIGHT TIME
TUESDAY, JULY 28 Ni cathode materials. This presentation will outline the opportunities
and limitations of various cell and material concepts from a car
OEM APPLICATION-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT manufacturer’s point of view.
11:05 Drive On-Time New Vehicle Launches,

9:00 am FEATURED PRESENTATION:
Maximize Performance, and Increase Margins
Charging of Lithium-Ion Batteries:
with Battery Intelligence
Infrastructure Considerations and Modeling
Tal Sholklapper, PhD, CEO and Co-Founder, Voltaiq
and Avoidance of Overcharge
With the rapidly approaching electrification of the global vehicle
Mark W. Verbrugge, PhD, Director, R&D Chemical & fleet, automotive OEMs and key suppliers of battery packs, cells, and
Materials Systems Lab, General Motors Company components are under tremendous pressure to launch more new
After a brief update on GM’s electrification initiatives, we overview product lines in tighter time frames than has ever been done before.
GM’s efforts towards creating an efficient and effective BEV Battery intelligence — the intelligent analysis that unlocks the potential
(battery electric vehicle) charging infrastructure in North America. of data that these organizations are already collecting today — is the
Following this, we examine: a) the utility of fast charging; and key to staying competitive in the electrified automotive landscape.
b) the modeling of cell overcharge. For the modeling work, we
add two new theoretical developments to published models to 11:25 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
address Li plating. Moderator: K.M. Abraham, PhD, Principal & President, E-KEM Sciences
Panelists:
9:20 Quest for Energy Density – Aspects of Li-Metal Anodes
Alvaro Masias, Senior Researcher, Ford Motor Company
Tobias Glossmann, Principal Systems Engineer, HV Battery Research
James McKinney, Battery Technology Engineer, BMW of North America
and Test Lab, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North
America Carrie R. Okma, Lithium Ion Cell Senior Tech Specialist, Electrified
Powertrain Propulsion Systems, FCA US LLC
Due to its well-known reactivity, any aspect of lithium metal must be
understood in detail and must be manageable, otherwise Li-metal will Tobias Glossmann, Principal Systems Engineer, HV Battery Research
not be suitable for a large market application. Mercedes-Benz R&D and Test Lab, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North
North America collaborates with leading experts performing research America
to carefully investigate all aspects of Li-metal. This talk highlights Mark W. Verbrugge, PhD, Director, R&D Chemical & Materials Systems
recent results and considerations. Lab, General Motors Company
Tal Sholklapper, PhD, CEO & Co-Founder, Voltaiq
9:40 Lithium-Ion and Beyond: Challenges to Integrating the
Next Generation of Battery Cell Technologies into FCA Vehicles 11:55 Lunch Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
Carrie R. Okma, Lithium Ion Cell Senior Tech Specialist, Electrified
Powertrain Propulsion Systems, FCA US LLC 12:30 pm Shep Wolsky Battery Innovator Award
Requirements for battery cells to be used in electric vehicles range
from the obvious to the subtle. A description of these requirements 12:40 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
will be provided, and then compared to the developmental status of The Li Battery: From Its Origin to Enabling an
a spectrum of next-generation lithium-ion and beyond lithium-ion Electric Economy
chemistries. M. Stanley Whittingham, PhD, SUNY Distinguished
10:25 Challenges of Lithium Metal Batteries for Automotive Binghamton
Applications Fifty years ago, a rechargeable battery achieving an energy
Alvaro Masias, Senior Researcher, Ford Motor Company density exceeding 100Wh/kg at room temperature was just a
dream. Today, cells are exceeding 250Wh/kg. These cells have
Most next-generation battery approaches rely on using lithium metal
anodes as the primary means of significantly improving energy
dominating grid storage and enabling renewable energy. Yet, the
density. However, lithium metal has a very limited track record in
components of these intercalation-based cells have not changed
automotive application batteries, and significant unknowns remain
significantly since the 1990s, and the cells still do not exceed 25%
regarding its potential mechanical, life, and safety performance.
10:45 Perspectives and Challenges of Next-Generation
Automotive Batteries 1:05 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: An
James McKinney, Battery Technology Engineer, BMW of North America Unavoidable Challenge for Ni-Rich Positive
To apply demanding automotive requirements to new battery Electrode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
technologies, BMW Group works with academic, national lab, and Jeff Dahn, FRSC, PhD, Professor of Physics and
industry partners to understand the impacts of each cell design Atmospheric Science, NSERC/Tesla Canada
decision. Some examples of recent innovation include advanced Industrial Research Chair, Canada Research Chair, Dalhousie
electrolytes, high-Si content anodes, all-solid-state systems, and high- University
1:30 Plenary Keynote Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up 3:40 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
Moderator: Tobias Glossmann, Principal Systems Engineer, HV Battery
Research and Test Lab, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development
North America
Panelists:
Moderator: Craig Wohlers, Samuel Gillard, Technology Development Manager, Battery R&D, U.S.
Executive Director, Conferences, Cambridge Enertech Department of Energy
Panelists: Kevin Konecky, Consultant, Battery & Energy Storage Systems,
Advanced Battery Systems Consulting
Member, National Academy of Engineering, Director, NECCES EFRC James Frith, PhD, Senior Associate, Energy Storage, Bloomberg LP
at Binghamton, SUNY at Binghamton Koji Ishiwa, Senior Expert, Strategic Planning Department, Toshiba Corp.
Research Chair, Dalhousie University 4:45 Interactive Breakout Discussions - Please see Pages 5-6
5:45 Close of Day
EV MARKET DEMAND
2:00 U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Battery Research WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
Programs and Objectives
Samuel Gillard, Technology Development Manager, Battery R&D, U.S. INNOVATION AND DESIGN IN NEXT-GENERATION
Department of Energy
TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS
This presentation provides an overview of the DOE vehicle
battery R&D portfolio and the research initiatives for accelerating 9:00 am Prospects for Practical Rechargeable Lithium Metal
commercialization. There will also be discussion on technology Anode Batteries
performance targets, future direction, and highlights of significant K.M. Abraham, PhD, Principal & President, E-KEM Sciences
breakthroughs and key findings resulting from VTO-funded R&D.
Practical rechargeable batteries with lithium metal anodes are the
holy grail of advanced power sources for mobile devices and electric
2:20 Increasing Battery Systems Performance and xEV
vehicles. This is because a lithium metal anode battery with a given
Industry Trends Analysis
cathode material can yield nearly twice the energy density of a lithium-
Kevin Konecky, Consultant, Battery & Energy Storage Systems, ion battery utilizing the same cathode material. This talk will make a
Advanced Battery Systems Consulting critical assessment of the prospects and limitations of such batteries.
Battery systems are complex systems with the battery cell as the
core technology of the system, but then integrated with multiple 9:20 Metallic Lithium Metal Anode for Ultra-High Energy
subsystems, including mechanical, thermal, and battery management Batteries for xEV and Aerospace Applications
systems (BMS). This presentation will look into the different Michael A. Fetcenko, Executive Chairman, Board of Directors, Sion
subsystems that contribute to the overall battery system performance Power Corp.
and opportunities for improvement in next-generation battery systems.
Sion Power has combined extensive experience with metallic lithium
anodes with high-energy, lithium-ion cathodes such as NCM, and
achieved 500 Wh/kg, 1000 Wh/L with 500 deep discharge cycles.
3:00 Is Scale Alone Enough to Bring Down Battery Costs? The company is producing 6 and 20 Ah cells and modules with
James Frith, PhD, Senior Associate, Energy Storage, Bloomberg LP outstanding independently verified safety results. Sion Power
continues to progress its technology roadmap to achieve 700 Wh/kg
Lithium-ion battery pack prices have fallen 80% since 2010, reaching
and 1400 Wh/L for aerospace applications.
an average of $176/kWh by 2018. We will share a detailed bottom-up
cost breakdown across different geographies and applications. We 9:40 Session Break
will provide a review of a number of different approaches to reducing
costs, such as substitution, scale, integration, and a range of design 10:00 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
and manufacturing improvements. Finally, we will review whether Moderator: Carrie R. Okma, Lithium Ion Cell Senior Tech Specialist,
certain applications will tolerate higher costs for greater performance. Electrified Powertrain Propulsion Systems, FCA US LLC
Panelists:
3:20 Rising to the Challenge: Rechargeable Battery SCib with
LTO Anode for Future Automotive Society K.M. Abraham, PhD, Principal & President, E-KEM Sciences
Koji Ishiwa, Senior Expert, Strategic Planning Department, Toshiba Corp. Michael A. Fetcenko, Executive Chairman, Board of Directors, Sion
Power Corp.
Toshiba started production of SCiB using LTO anode in 2008, and
has not only penetrated the world of automobile, industry and 10:15 Coffee Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
electric power, but also established high quality and reliability. In the
presentation, solutions by SCiB in low-voltage HEV as an example, and 10:30 Close of Advances in Automotive Battery Applications
proposals how SCiB can contribute to the future automotive society, Conference
will be explained.
JULY 29-30, 2020
APPLICATIONS STREAM
Grid-Scale Energy Storage ALL TIMES

ARE EASTERN
Engineering Battery Utility into the Grid DAYLIGHT TIME
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 12:15 pm PLENARY KEYNOTE

PRESENTATION: The Fast-Changing World of
TECHNO-ECONOMICS OF GRID INTEGRATION Battery Applications
10:30 am FEATURED PRESENTATION: Energy Technology Ltd. (CATL)
Storage for the Grid: Optimizing Far Beyond Today’s advanced battery technologies have enabled a myriad
Well-Established Transportation Paradigms of new applications unthought of only a few decades ago. Let’s
Susan Babinec, Program Lead, Stationary Storage, take a walk through the world of applications to see how this has
Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage transpired and where it will take us into the future. The enabling
Science (ACCESS), Argonne National Laboratory doctrines of the GOLDEN RULES of electrification will also be
The confluence of lower battery manufacturing costs and the reviewed.
increase of wind and PV power generation has given rise to a new
era of energy storage (ES) focused on the grid. This presentation 12:40 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
will discuss how techno-economic realities guide the future grid The New NFPA 855 Standard for Installation
storage solution space, including: shortcomings of EV-focused of ESS
Li-ion for grid deployment; Argonne’s ML/AI for battery lifecycle
Celina J. Mikolajczak, Vice President, Battery
evaluations; economics of longer duration storage; and the effect
of new chemistries.
10:50 Pricing Electrical Energy Storage as a Service for Power 1:05 Plenary Keynote Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
Transmission Congestion Relief
Juan Arteaga, Graduate Student Researcher, Schulich School of
Engineering, University of Calgary
We focus on pricing Energy Storage as a Service (ESaaS) for
Moderator: Craig Wohlers,
Transmission Congestion Relief (TCR). We study the case of a
merchant storage facility that competes in an electricity market
on a day-to-day basis. It also has the opportunity to provide a TCR Panelists:
service to a network operator under a long-term contract. We use a Robert L. Galyen, CTO, Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd.
hybrid cost-value customized pricing technique to determine a risk- (CATL)
constrained optimal price for ESaaS for TCR.
Celina J. Mikolajczak, Vice President, Battery Technology,
11:10 Battery Storage Integration into the Electric Grid Panasonic Energy of North America
Vivian Sultan, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, College of Business and Economics,
California State University, Los Angeles
This presentation will address the research question: “How can EXPLORING CHEMISTRIES FOR EVOLVING AND
we determine the optimal locations for energy storage for proper
integration into the electricity system?” I have developed a conceptual
INCREASING ENERGY STORAGE
framework for decision-making that caters to utilities for it considers 1:30 High-Power, Long-Cycle Life Prussian Blue Batteries for
the impacts of the energy storage placement on the grid, and the
Behind-the-Meter Applications
electric circuit capacity constraints. Additionally, I have built a
Colin Wessells, PhD, CEO, Natron Energy
prototype of Geographic Decision Support.
Datacenters, EV fast-charging stations, and other electricity customers
11:30 LIVE Q&A: Session Wrap-Up that have volatile loads are adopting behind-the-meter energy storage
Moderator: Kevin Fok, Director, Operations, LG Chem Michigan, Inc. to reduce electricity costs and maximize revenue generation. These
volatile loads are best managed with high-power batteries that may
Panelists:
cycle several times daily. This presentation introduces the Prussian
Juan Arteaga, Graduate Student Researcher, Schulich School of blue battery, which offers uniquely high power and long cycle life, and
Engineering, University of Calgary
describes the results of recent deployments of this technology for
Susan Babinec, Program Lead, Stationary Storage, Argonne behind-the-meter applications.
Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS), Argonne
National Laboratory 1:50 FORTELION (LFP): Ultra-Safe and Long-Life
Vivian Sultan, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, College of Business and Economics, Battery
California State University, Los Angeles John Roberts, Business Development Manager, ESS, muRata
With recent large-scale ESS battery fires, there is a renewed emphasis
on the safety of lithium-ion. The muRata FORTELION minimizes
these safety concerns and delivers a life expectancy of more than 15
years. These benefits are achieved with the FORTELION cathode, an
olivine-type, and iron phosphate chemistry that is extremely stable
in nature. This presentation will give an overview of FORTELION, efficiency and optimization. The unique dispatch and control from
including calendar life, cycle life, and UL9540A test results at the cell Apparent’s software + hardware energy management solution,
and module level. together with BYD’s proven LFP based ESS system, has completely
shifted the Solar + Energy Storage project paradigm.
2:10 Molecular- and Cell-Level Design of Zinc-Halogen
Aqueous Flow Batteries 10:20 Using Energy Storage for Resiliency
Nian Liu, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Philip Fischer, Channel Sales Director, NEC Energy Solutions
Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Among flow batteries, zinc-halogen aqueous flow batteries have the
advantages of high specific energy, and possible elimination of ion- Moderator: Susan Babinec, Program Lead, Stationary Storage, Argonne
exchange membrane. However, existing complexing agents still allow Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS), Argonne
severe self-discharge, and flow batteries have low volumetric power National Laboratory
density in general. In this talk, I will show a new tool to understand Panelists:
the effectiveness of complexing agents, pointing to future molecular Maggie Alexander, MSc, Director, Business Development, Apparent, Inc.
design and an innovative cell structure to enhance the volumetric Philip Fischer, Channel Sales Director, NEC Energy Solutions
power density.
Thomas D. Gregory, Owner and Consultant, Borealis Technology
Solutions LLC
Moderator: Nian Liu, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Chemical & Michael Liu, Director, Energy Storage, BYD America
Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Tom Stepien, CEO, Primus Power
Panelists:
Colin Wessells, PhD, CEO, Natron Energy
John Roberts, Business Development Manager, ESS, muRata 11:45 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
An Intrinsically Flexible Li-Ion Battery for
Wearable Devices
3:15 Close of Day Avetik R. Harutyunyan, PhD, Chief Scientist &
Research Director, Materials Science, Honda
Research Institute USA Inc.
THURSDAY, JULY 30
rechargeable pouch cell battery that approaches the ceiling
POWER PARTNERSHIPS of gravimetric energy density imposed by the lithium storage
9:00 am Technoeconomic Analysis of Synthetic Active Material material. Mentioned performances become a possibility because
of the elimination of metal current collectors, binders, and
Manufacture for Redox Flow Batteries
additives from the electrodes.
Thomas D. Gregory, Owner and Consultant, Borealis Technology
Solutions LLC
Aqueous-soluble organic and organometallic compounds are 12:10 pm Panel Discussion : Roadmap to 2030:
potentially attractive candidates as energy carriers for redox flow Opportunities & Illusions & Session Wrap-Up
batteries. Process options, plus cost and price estimates, for large-
scale manufacturing of two representatives of this class of materials,
sodium ferrocyanide and 2,6-anthraquinone disulfonate, will be
presented. Comparison with price targets set by the U.S. Department
of Energy for stationary electricity storage and cost-reduction
strategies for these and related active materials will be discussed. Moderator: Brian M. Barnett, PhD, President, Battery Perspectives
Panelists:
9:20 Grid Scale Storage: Where Does Flow Fit In?
Tom Stepien, CEO, Primus Power Avetik R. Harutyunyan, PhD, Chief Scientist & Research Director,
Flow batteries are generally recognized as the most technically
mature alternative to lithium ion for grid storage. This presentation Jianlin Li, PhD, Research Scientist, Energy & Transportation
explores: storage applications where flow is well suited, flow system Science, Oak Ridge National Lab
characteristics, and flow’s levelized cost of energy. Yevgen Barsukov, PhD, Head, Algorithm Development, Battery
Power Systems, Texas Instruments Inc.
John Wozniak, PhD, President, ESP Consulting
POWER PARTNERSHIPS (CONT.) Kamal Shah, Director, Platform Architecture Management, Client
Computing Group, Intel Corporation
10:00 CO-PRESENTATION: Grid-Connected Energy Storage
Systems 1:00 ADDITIONAL LIVE Q&A FOR TUT12: The Rechargeable
Michael Liu, Director, Energy Storage, BYD America Battery Market: Value Chain and Main Trends 2018-2028
Maggie Alexander, MSc, Director, Business Development, Apparent, Inc. Michael L. Sanders, Senior Advisor, Energy, Avicenne
BYD has Partnered with Apparent, Inc. on Multiple Intelligent Solar +
Storage projects, including the first two in Davis, CA and Lancaster, 1:05 Session Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
CA, that have resulted in game-changing outcomes related to energy
RECYCLING/REPURPOSING LIBs FOR THE GRID 1:55 LIVE Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
Moderator: Steve Tolen, President & CEO, Indie Power Systems, Inc.
1:15 Cradle-to-Grave Battery Technology: Secondary-Use Panelists:
Steve Tolen, President & CEO, Indie Power Systems, Inc.
The secondary-use of batteries can reduce the total cost of Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
ownership of EVs and improve the utilization of natural resources.
Secondary-use can range from OEM replacement packs to stationary 2:10 Refreshment Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
energy storage. This presentation covers the need for batteries
designed for secondary-use, methods for determining remaining 2:30 Interactive Breakout Discussion Groups - Please see
capacity (characterization), and applications for secondary use. Pages 5-6 or Page 11 for Details
The presentation addresses battery design and strategies that can
materially reduce the cost of secondary-use batteries. 3:30 Close of Grid-Scale Energy Storage Conference
1:35 Aging – Affecting Safety, Reliability and Performance of

Stationary Battery Storage
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Dependence on the application-specific ambient and operating
conditions, the quality of the used lithium-ion battery cells, and the
system design, aging mechanisms have a significant influence on
the safety, reliability, and performance of battery storage. Capacity
fade and increase of inner resistance of battery cells corresponding
increase of cooling demand, must be considered. This presentation
will provide current results of market available battery storage gained
in the laboratory and the field.
“ The International Battery Seminar & Exhibit is ground zero

for all things battery. This conference undoubtedly has the
highest concentration of knowledge in this category.
— James Feltman, Vice President, Tacmina USA
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CONFERENCE PARTNERS
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JULY 29-30, 2020
APPLICATIONS STREAM
Battery Power for Consumer Electronics ALL TIMES

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Innovation in Advanced Batteries for Portable Devices DAYLIGHT TIME
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 12:40 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:

INNOVATION & DESIGN IN NEXT-GEN CONSUMER of ESS
ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS Celina J. Mikolajczak, Vice President, Battery
10:30 am Battery Testing for Consumer Electronics:
Motivations and Methods 1:05 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
Walter van Schalkwijk, PhD, Principal Battery Scientist, Microsoft
Corporation
This presentation discusses the motivations and the testing methods
that support them. Most testing methods are common to all these
motivations, but the data are collected and used differently. This Moderator: Craig Wohlers,
presentation gives some clarity to the complexities of battery testing Executive Director, Conferences, Cambridge Enertech
and how resources can be efficiently used to achieve more with better
Panelists:
test planning.
Robert L. Galyen, CTO, Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd.
OEM APPLICATION-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT (CATL)
10:50 A Method to Enhance System Peak Power While Panasonic Energy of North America
Mitigating Battery Degradation
Naoki Matsumura, Senior Staff Engineer, Intel Corp. 1:20 Refresh Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
Many computing devices that use batteries can enhance system
performance by peak-power mode. In this mode, system extracts 1:30 Batteries for Medical Applications
higher current from a battery for a short period. While this makes Jack Guo, Director, Procurement Engineering, Philips Healthcare
computing speed faster, arbitrary peak power may cause battery Medical device applications have various unique needs for
degradation. This session talks about a method to enable peak power batteries. This brings challenges to battery design, medical device
mode while mitigating battery degradation. and application design, supply chain design and management,
and lifecycle management. This presentation will provide product
11:10 Connecting the Dots between Li-Ion Battery Technology, managers, medical solution and service architects, design engineers,
Supply Chain, and Portable Home Appliances and procurement leaders with an overview of the best practices of
Chiaying Lee, PhD, Principal Battery Engineer, R&D, SharkNinja design, supply chain management, data and lifecycle management,
Supply of Li-ion battery has turned to surplus since 2019 due to the and quality assurance.
production capacity expansion and EV subsidy facing out. Battery cell
manufacturers are seeking new customers and applications in order
1:50 Challenges of Wearable Batteries
to increase their cash flow. Portable home appliances become an Lawrence Pan, PhD, Principal Battery Engineer, California, Fitbit Inc.
attractive sector due to the exponential growth in demand and short The growing wearables market accounts for 100’s of millions of
payment terms. batteries each year. The small footprint of wearables and growing
customer expectations of them present unique challenges for battery
11:30 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up performance, design, manufacturing, and safety compared to larger
Moderator: John Wozniak, PhD, President, ESP Consulting secondary batteries found in phones, tablets, and laptops. We will
Panelists: discuss some limitations and advantages, as well as the advances
required to meet the demands of future wearables.
Corporation
2:10 Sponsored Presentation (Opportunity Available)
Naoki Matsumura, Senior Staff Engineer, Intel Corp.
Chiaying Lee, PhD, Principal Battery Engineer, R&D, SharkNinja 2:30 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
Moderator: Craig Wohlers, Executive Director, Conferences, Cambridge
11:45 Lunch Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall Enertech
Panelists:
12:15 pm PLENARY KEYNOTE Jack Guo, Director, Procurement Engineering, Philips Healthcare
Lawrence Pan, PhD, Principal Battery Engineer, California, Fitbit Inc.
Battery Applications
Robert L. Galyen, CTO, Contemporary Amperex 2:45 Happy Hour - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
Technology Ltd. (CATL)
3:15 Close of Day
Today’s advanced battery technologies have enabled a myriad
of new applications unthought of only a few decades ago. Let’s
transpired and where it will take us into the future. The enabling
doctrines of the GOLDEN RULES of electrification will also be
reviewed.
THURSDAY, JULY 30 12:10 pm Live Q&A: Roadmap to 2030: Opportunities &
Illusions & Session Wrap-Up
INNOVATION & DESIGN IN NEXT-GEN CONSUMER
ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS
9:00 am Battery Management for Pulsed Load Applications
Yevgen Barsukov, PhD, Head, Algorithm Development, Battery Power
Systems, Texas Instruments Inc. Moderator: Brian M. Barnett, PhD, President, Battery Perspectives
Prediction of remaining capacity is less meaningful than prediction of Panelists:
number of pulses. In addition, power tool applications have a series
Jianlin Li, PhD, Research Scientist, Energy & Transportation
of challenges related to the need of fast charging while achieving
Science, Oak Ridge National Lab
acceptable cycle life. This presentation covers the key aspects of
gauging and fast charging for highly intermittent load applications. Yevgen Barsukov, PhD, Head, Algorithm Development, Battery
Power Systems, Texas Instruments Inc.
9:20 Consumer Battery Opportunities: Beyond 3C Kamal Shah, Director, Platform Architecture Management, Client
John Wozniak, PhD, President, ESP Consulting Computing Group, Intel Corporation
Formerly niche battery applications have grown considerably since John Wozniak, PhD, President, ESP Consulting
2016 and continue to be a profitable space for those suppliers willing
and able to meet some extreme requirements. Two interesting product Avetik R. Harutyunyan, PhD, Chief Scientist & Research Director,
categories will be discussed in this presentation, each with its own Materials Science, Honda Research Institute USA Inc.
specific challenges.
1:00 ADDITIONAL LIVE Q&A FOR TUT12: The Rechargeable
9:40 Coffee Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall Battery Market: Value Chain and Main Trends 2018-2028
10:00 Electrolyte Wetting in Lithium-Ion Batteries
Jianlin Li, PhD, Research Scientist, Energy & Transportation Science, Oak 1:05 Session Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
Ridge National Lab
This talk will include: 1) determining the electrolyte imbibition rate in INNOVATION & DESIGN IN NEXT-GEN CONSUMER
LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2 cathodes, graphite anodes, and separators; ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS
2) processing effect on electrolyte wetting; and 3) how the pores are
filled with electrolytes. 1:15 Four Pillars of Materials Considerations
10:20 Towards Comprehending Fast Charging of Lithium Ion Corporation
Batteries As EV and Grid applications grow and dwarf the consumer electronics,
Kamal Shah, Director, Platform Architecture Management, Client light industrial and medical appliance industries in the use of batteries,
Computing Group, Intel Corporation the criticality of materials becomes more important. Critical does
This talk will overview results of fast charging using several different not mean scarce. Beyond this are the needs for materials that are
protocols. For each protocol, questions such as how long does it ethically derived, and used sustainably, which requires a measure of
take to charge and to what state of the charge the cells get to will recycling. Where possible, battery materials and or battery use should
be answered. Once a particular protocol is identified to be the most be directed towards carbon abatement strategies.
optimal, further experiments can be done to understand impact on
safety and aging. 1:55 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
Moderator: Craig Wohlers, Executive Director, Conferences, Cambridge
10:55 Lunch Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall Enertech
Panelists:
11:45 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Walter van Schalkwijk, PhD, Principal Battery Scientist, Microsoft
An Intrinsically Flexible Li-Ion Battery for Corporation
Wearable Devices
Avetik R. Harutyunyan, PhD, Chief Scientist &
Research Director, Materials Science, Honda 2:30 Interactive Breakout Discussions - Please see Pages 5-6
Research Institute USA Inc.
rechargeable pouch cell battery that approaches the ceiling 3:30 Close of Battery Power for Consumer Electronics
of gravimetric energy density imposed by the lithium storage Conference
material. Mentioned performances become a possibility because
of the elimination of metal current collectors, binders, and
JULY 28–29, 2020
ENGINEERING STREAM
Battery Safety ALL TIMES

ARE EASTERN
Battery Testing and Regulations DAYLIGHT TIME
TUESDAY, JULY 28 11:05 Functional Safety of Embedded Systems and

Software Used In Battery Management Systems
REGULATORY UPDATES Nicholas Alexiades, Business Development Manager-Global
Strategy, Energy & Power Technologies Division, UL
Functional Safety is relied upon to maintain safe operating conditions
9:00 am Getting Ready to Meet the New IEC 62133-2 Changes for energy storage energy space, whether it be through the use of an
Jody Leber, Senior Technologist, Energy Storage, CSA Group Battery Management System, a charging station, inverters, and other
IEC 62133-2 is changing. This presentation will summarize control systems make correct and safe decisions. We will summarize
the changes and how manufacturers can prepare to meet the functional safety and how it impacts these products.
requirements without impacting product delivery. Along with managing
the changes, we will discuss how IEC 62133-2 is being implemented
globally to ensure cells and batteries are able to cross borders with no Moderator: Jody Leber, Senior Technologist, Energy Storage, CSA Group
restrictions. Panelists:
Terry Poland, Principal Dangerous Goods Instructor & Technical
9:20 Lithium Battery Transport Update – Regulatory Updates Consultant
for 2020 Eric C Darcy, PhD, Battery Technical Discipline Lead, Power Systems,
James E. Powell, President & Founder, Consulting, Transportation NASA Johnson Space Center
Development Group LLC Casey Jones, Graduate Research Asst, Aeronautics & Astronautics,
The transport rules for lithium batteries are ever-changing. There are Purdue Univ
new developments in 2020, including a new Lithium Battery Test report Dean D. MacNeil, Senior Research Officer, National Research Council
and new restrictions by carriers. Canada
9:40 Lesson learned from PPR testing of 160 Wh/kg high Nicholas Alexiades, Business Development Manager-Global Strategy,
Energy & Power Technologies Division, UL
power/voltage battery
Eric C Darcy, PhD, Battery Technical Discipline Lead, Power Systems, 11:55 Lunch Break- View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
NASA Johnson Space Center
10:00 Coffee Break- View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall 12:30 pm Shep Wolsky Battery Innovator Award
SAFETY TESTING 12:40 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:

The Li Battery: From Its Origin to Enabling an
10:25 Importance of Full-System-Level Tests for Evaluating Electric Economy
Thermal Propagation Behavior M. Stanley Whittingham, PhD, SUNY Distinguished
Dean D. MacNeil, Senior Research Officer, National Research Council Professor, Member, National Academy of
Canada Engineering, Director, NECCES EFRC at Binghamton, SUNY at
Over the course of the last several years, the National Research Binghamton
Council of Canada has been active in researching thermal runaway Fifty years ago, a rechargeable battery achieving an energy
and thermal propagation dynamics for lithium-ion batteries. During density exceeding 100Wh/kg at room temperature was just a
our investigations of various commercial electric vehicle cells, dream. Today, cells are exceeding 250Wh/kg. These cells have
modules, battery packs and vehicles, it has been clear that any chosen revolutionized electronic devices, have made EVs feasible, are
safety testing methodology needs to investigate the full system to dominating grid storage and enabling renewable energy. Yet, the
understand the potential realistic response towards these events. components of these intercalation-based cells have not changed
significantly since the 1990s, and the cells still do not exceed 25%
10:45 Dynamic Nail Penetration Tests of Lithium-Ion of theoretical capacity.
Batteriesfor Extreme Environment Abuse Simulation
Casey Jones, Graduate Research Asst, Aeronautics & Astronautics,
1:05 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: An
Purdue Univ
Unavoidable Challenge for Ni-Rich Positive
While current testing is still beneficial towards obtaining
Electrode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
useful information, it is not specific enough to generate data
for technological improvements that can have a major impact Jeff Dahn, FRSC, PhD, Professor of Physics and
on the safety of battery design. This work proposes extending Atmospheric Science, NSERC/Tesla Canada
these standards to obtain specific information that pertains to how Industrial Research Chair, Canada Research Chair, Dalhousie
pouch cell Li-ion batteries respond to penetrations using a drop University
hammer test with a nail.
1:30 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up explosion, which is typically due to three primary causes: Overcharge,
internal short or external heat. SafeCore is activated by current.
voltage or temperature thresholds.

Moderator: Dean D. MacNeil, Senior Research Officer, National Research
Moderator: Craig Wohlers,
Council Canada
Panelists:
Panelists:
Shriram Santhanagopalan, Lead Battery Safety, Transportation &
M. Stanley Whittingham, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Hydrogen Systems Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Alexander Roberts, Associate Professor, FTC, Coventry University
Kevin C. Marr, PhD, Research Engineer, Mechanical Engineering,
Jeff Dahn, FRSC, PhD, Professor of Physics and Atmospheric University of Texas Austin
Jenna King, CEO, Amionx
4:10 Virtual Happy Hour- View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
1:45 Session Break- View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
4:45 Interactive Breakout Discussions - Please see Pages 5-6
SAFETY TESTING & TRAINING or Page 11 for Details
2:00 Cell Level Considerations for Next Generation Battery 5:45 Close of Day
Management
Shriram Santhanagopalan, Lead Battery Safety, Transportation &
Hydrogen Systems Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
As lithium-ion batteries enter the next phase of innovation, we need
to factor in newer chemistries (e.g., high nickel cathodes), process SAFELY INCREASING BATTERY LIFE
changes (e.g., use of recycled materials) and larger scales of
9:00 am Investigation into Active-Mode Modulation of Parallel-
deployment (e.g., battery packs for heavy duty trucks or stationary
installations) when designing quality evaluation criteria as well as Cell Battery Currents for Increased Battery Life and Safety
management strategies. Traditional data-driven approaches often face Brett M. Huhman, PhD, Senior Research Engineer, Plasma Physics, US
limitations and need a critical examination in the context of battery Naval Research Laboratory
safety. It has been established that batteries using hard-bused connections
are inherently unstable at high discharge rates. This paper evaluates
2:20 Evaluating Battery Safety Using a Complimentary the feasibility of using MOSFETs in the active mode to modulate
Experimental/Computational Framework the current from each battery string in a 19S4P array using Simulink
Kevin C. Marr, PhD, Research Engineer, Mechanical Engineering, and active feedback mechanisms. Discussion will include model
University of Texas Austin development, results, and a path forward for experimental validation.
Significant growth in energy storage, automotive and other vehicles
9:20 New Innovations and Techniques for Fractional Thermal
industries are expected to drive Lithium-ion battery demand. For
these large multi-cell battery systems, extensive safety testing Runaway Calorimetry (FTRC)
becomes logistically challenging and prohibitively expensive. Applying William Q. Walker, PhD, Aerospace Technologist, NASA-Johnson Space
computational and analytical methods to compliment experimental Center
safety testing can significantly streamline the safety evaluation
process. Demonstration of such an evaluation framework will be
9:40 Latest Methods For Leak Testing Batteries
presented using an exemplar energy storage rack as case study. Thomas Schwoerer, President, LTA, ZELTWANGER Leak Testing &
Automation LP
2:40 Refresh Break- View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall Leak testing is a crucial and safety-relevant aspect - whether battery
cells, modules and full packs! ZELTWANGER is a pioneer in this field,
DESIGNING SAFER BATTERIES with over 10 years experience, and operates as a holistic partner
for premium manufacturers worldwide. Our systems have unique
3:00 Progress on in-situ Instrumentation for Cell Safety and benefits, and cover the full spectrum from instrumentations to semi- or
Performance Mapping fully automated work stations. This presentation will explain crucial
Alexander Roberts, Associate Professor, FTC, Coventry University technical considerations and our industrial solutions to it.
The inclusion of sensors inside a cell offers valuable insight into
electrochemical and thermal behaviour not possible from external 10:00 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
measurement, with potential for greater understanding and extending Moderator: Brett M. Huhman, PhD, Senior Research Engineer, Plasma
safe operation limits particularly under higher current application. Physics, US Naval Research Laboratory
This work will detail advances in implementation at both cylindrical Panelists:
and pouch format, with variations between in-situ and ex-situ William Q. Walker, PhD, Aerospace Technologist, NASA-Johnson Space
measurements discussed in light of accepted cell operational limits. Center
Thomas Schwoerer, President, LTA, ZELTWANGER Leak Testing &
3:20 Enabling the Next Generation of Batteries
Automation LP
through Safety
Jenna King, CEO, Amionx 10:15 Coffee Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
SafeCore is a transformative technology that acts like a fuse to
prevent lithium-ion batteries from being the source of a fire or an 10:30 Close of Battery Safety Conference
JULY 29-30, 2020
ENGINEERING STREAM
Battery Management Systems ALL TIMES

ARE EASTERN
Engineering Reliability and Robustness DAYLIGHT TIME
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 12:15 pm PLENARY KEYNOTE

USING BMS TO IMPROVE SAFETY Battery Applications
10:30 am Effects of Local Phenomena on Battery Degradation Technology Ltd. (CATL)
and Safety
Today’s advanced battery technologies have enabled a myriad
Craig B. Arnold, Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, of new applications unthought of only a few decades ago. Let’s
Princeton University
Here we discuss effects in Li-ion batteries in which local transpired and where it will take us into the future. The enabling
nonuniformities in battery construction or mechanical stress can doctrines of the GOLDEN RULES of electrification will also be
couple into the electrochemical processes of the system and lead reviewed.
to accelerated decay and safety concerns. We present the relevant
mechanisms and discuss methods of mitigating these effects in real
systems. 12:40 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
10:50 A Frequency Response Interpretation of Transfer of ESS
Function Models for Porous-Electrode Lithium-Ion Cell Internal Celina J. Mikolajczak, Vice President, Battery
Variables Technology, Panasonic Energy of North America
Gregory L. Plett, PhD, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering,
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs 1:05 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
Frequency responses computed from transfer functions convey
important information about system dynamic behavior. Applied
to batteries, we normally consider electrochemical impedance
spectroscopy (EIS), a spectral characterization of cell output
voltage to input current. This talk expands the standard analysis Moderator: Craig Wohlers,
by first presenting a full-order (pseudo-2D) model incorporating a Executive Director, Conferences, Cambridge Enertech
double-layer effect and then derives closed-form transfer functions
Panelists:
enabling the calculation of individual frequency responses for internal
electrochemical variables. Robert L. Galyen, CTO, Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd.
(CATL)
11:10 A Model Predictive Control (MPC) Approach to Power
Limit Estimation Using a Coupled Electro-Thermal Empirical Panasonic Energy of North America
Model and a Nonlinear Kalman Filter
Scott Trimboli, PhD, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer 1:20 Refresh Break - View our Virtual Exhibit Hall
Engineering, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Electric vehicle energy storage systems using lithium-ion batteries IMPROVING SOH AND SOC
require constant monitoring to ensure safe and reliable performance.
Limits on applied current, cell voltage and temperature are essential 1:30 The Scalability of Accelerating Rate Calorimetry (ARC)
to meeting these objectives. This presentation describes a novel with State of Charge and Capacity
application of model predictive control and a sigma-point Kalman Joshua Lamb, PhD, Principal Member, Technical Staff, Advanced Power
filter to produce optimal estimates of charge/discharge power, which Sources R&D, Sandia National Laboratories
adhere to constraints on key problem variables to ensure safe and This work examines the results of accelerating rate calorimetry testing
efficient operation. on different lithium-ion cathode chemistries, different formats (18650,
pouch, large-format cylindrical), and states of charge to understand
11:30 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up how ARC results are impacted by both energy density and total energy.
Moderator: Craig B. Arnold, Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Also studied is how thermal runaway is impacted by energy in general,
Engineering, Princeton University looking at both the total energy release during thermal runaway, as
Panelists: well as the peak heating rates observed.
Gregory L. Plett, PhD, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering,
1:50 Physics-Based Battery Management Systems for Medical
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Devices
Scott Trimboli, PhD, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer
Sergio Mendoza, PhD, Senior Associate & Battery Specialist, Materials &
Engineering, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Corrosion Engineering, Exponent
11:45 Lunch Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall Increased demand for reliable portable medical devices operating for
extended periods on a single charge is a great fit for lithium primary
and lithium-ion (rechargeable) battery technologies, including larger
power energy densities, low self-discharge rates, form factors, and
chemistry compatibility. This requires active battery management to
prevent cell overcharge, overdischarge, and temperature operation, 10:20 Battery Module/Pack Testing: Current Challenges &
estimate its state of charge, track its state of health and electrical Opportunities
balancing of cells in strings. Martin M.Weiss, Product Director, Battery & Power Electronic Test
Systems Promotion, NH Research Inc.
2:10 Mitigating Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation through a
Battery module/pack testing is critical across all stages of battery
Novel Fast-Charging Strategy: A Jointed Experimental and
R&D and production, but traditional methods of battery testing are
Simulation Effort an extremely time-consuming and costly challenge. Today, testing
Lin Liu, PhD, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of requires more flexibility and scalability to meet the growing demands
Kansas of electrification and high performance. This presentation will equip
The lithium-ion battery degrades over time, which compromises its battery manufacturers with cutting-edge technologies, trends, and test
electrochemical performance and mechanical integrity, and eventually solutions for battery module/pack testing.
battery safety. An enhanced fast-charging strategy can overcome
these limitations. This work proposes a novel fast-charging strategy to 10:40 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up
charge lithium-ion batteries safely. This strategy contains a voltage- Moderator: Judith Jeevarajan, PhD, Research Director Electrochemical
spectrum-based charging current profile, which is optimized through Safety, Electrochemical Safety, UL LLC
an optimization framework with physics-based battery models and a Panelists:
genetic algorithm.
Martin M.Weiss, Product Director, Battery & Power Electronic Test
Systems Promotion, NH Research Inc.
2:30 Session Wrap-Up
Moderator: Joshua Lamb, PhD, Principal Member, Technical Staff, Bapiraju Surampudi, Staff Engineer, Electric Powertrains, Southwest
Advanced Power Sources R&D, Sandia National Laboratories Research Institute
Panelists: 11:10 Lunch Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall
Sergio Mendoza, PhD, Senior Associate & Battery Specialist, Materials &
Corrosion Engineering, Exponent 11:45 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Lin Liu, PhD, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of An Intrinsically Flexible Li-Ion Battery for
Kansas Wearable Devices
2:45 Happy Hour - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall Avetik R. Harutyunyan, PhD, Chief Scientist &
Research Director, Materials Science, Honda
3:15 Close of Day Research Institute USA Inc.
rechargeable pouch cell battery that approaches the ceiling
THURSDAY, JULY 30 of gravimetric energy density imposed by the lithium storage
material. Mentioned performances become a possibility because
PREVENTING DEGRADATION of the elimination of metal current collectors, binders, and
9:00 am Trends in Safety with State of Charge for Lithium-Ion
Cells and Batteries
Judith Jeevarajan, PhD, Research Director Electrochemical Safety, 12:10 pm Panel Discussion : Roadmap to 2030:
Electrochemical Safety, UL LLC Opportunities & Illusions & Session Wrap-Up
The trends observed in safety with states of charge for cells and
battery designs will be presented.
9:20 Insights into Fire Propagation in NMC 21700 Cell Modules

With and Without Immersive Cooling
Bapiraju Surampudi, Staff Engineer, Electric Powertrains, Southwest Moderator: Brian M. Barnett, PhD, President, Battery Perspectives
Research Institute Panelists:
The effectiveness of immersive cooling is demonstrated in this Jianlin Li, PhD, Research Scientist, Energy & Transportation
work using AmpCool™ from Engineered Fluids as an example. Science, Oak Ridge National Lab
9PS1 modules were tested when a single cell was subjected to nail
penetration. The propagation of fire and thresholds of inception and Yevgen Barsukov, PhD, Head, Algorithm Development, Battery
end were flagged by analyzing the voltage and temperature patterns Power Systems, Texas Instruments Inc.
with and without the presence of the immersive coolant. Kamal Shah, Director, Platform Architecture Management, Client
Computing Group, Intel Corporation
John Wozniak, PhD, President, ESP Consulting
CHARGING & TESTING Avetik R. Harutyunyan, PhD, Chief Scientist & Research Director,
10:00 Coding the Intuition: A Data-Driven Approach to Probe
the Stability of Dialkoxy Benzene-Based Catholyte Molecules 1:00 ADDITIONAL LIVE Q&A FOR TUT12: The Rechargeable
for Nonaqueous Redox Flow Batteries Battery Market: Value Chain and Main Trends 2018-2028
Lu Zhang, PhD, Chemist, Electrochemical Energy Storage, Argonne Michael L. Sanders, Senior Advisor, Energy, Avicenne
National Laboratory
2:30 Interactive Breakout Discussions - Please see Pages 5-6

3:30 Close of Battery Management Systems Conference
2:10 Mitigating Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation through a

Novel Fast-Charging Strategy: A Jointed Experimental and
Simulation Effort
Lin Liu, PhD, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of
Kansas
The lithium-ion battery degrades over time, which compromises its
electrochemical performance and mechanical integrity, and eventually
battery safety. An enhanced fast-charging strategy can overcome
these limitations. This work proposes a novel fast-charging strategy to
charge lithium-ion batteries safely. This strategy contains a voltage-
spectrum-based charging current profile, which is optimized through
an optimization framework with physics-based battery models and a
genetic algorithm.
“ One of the most impressive conferences

I have attended. It perfectly combined
the perspective from both academic and
industry. — Qianye Huang, University of Warwick
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July 28–30, 2020

STAY VIRTUALLY CONNECTED TO THE GLOBAL BATTERY ECOSYSTEM

Next-Generation Battery High Performance Battery Advances in Automotive Battery Safety

The New NFPA 855 Standard An Intrinsically Flexible Li-Ion

TUESDAY, JULY 28 WEDNESDAY, JULY 29

12:10 PANEL DISCUSSION : Roadmap to 2030: Opportunities &

1:05 Session Break - View our Virtual Exhibit Hall

Corporate Support Sponsor:

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 THURSDAY, JULY 30

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM 7:30 - 9:00 AM

4:00 - 5:30 PM TUT11: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) for the

Next-Generation Battery Research

High Performance Battery Manufacturing

Grid-Scale Energy Storage

Next-Generation Battery Research ALL TIMES

10:45 Enhancing Oxygen Stability in Low-Cobalt Layered Oxide

3:00 Toward Low-Cost and High-Energy Batteries: K-Polyanion

5:45 Close of Day

Global Supply Chain for Battery Raw Materials ALL TIMES

MATERIALS 11:25 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up

11:05 ALD – A Cost-Leading Alternative to Wet and

5:45 Close of Day

Moderator: Craig Wohlers, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29

4:10 Happy Hour - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall

Lithium-Ion Development & Commercialization ALL TIMES

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 12:40 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:

9:40 Coffee Break - View our Virtual Exhibit Hall

2:30 Interactive Breakout Discussions

BREAKOUT 1: Lithium-Ion versus Competing Alternative

High Performance Battery Manufacturing ALL TIMES

TUESDAY, JULY 28 11:25 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up

1:45 Refresh Break - View Our Virtual Exhibit Hall

5:45 Close of Day

ADVANCES IN CELL MANUFACTURING

Advances in Automotive Battery Applications ALL TIMES

11:05 Drive On-Time New Vehicle Launches,

Grid-Scale Energy Storage ALL TIMES

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 12:15 pm PLENARY KEYNOTE

1:35 Aging – Affecting Safety, Reliability and Performance of

“ The International Battery Seminar & Exhibit is ground zero

Battery Power for Consumer Electronics ALL TIMES

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 12:40 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:

Battery Safety ALL TIMES

TUESDAY, JULY 28 11:05 Functional Safety of Embedded Systems and

SAFETY TESTING 12:40 PLENARY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:

3:40 Live Q&A: Session Wrap-Up

Battery Management Systems ALL TIMES

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 12:15 pm PLENARY KEYNOTE

9:20 Insights into Fire Propagation in NMC 21700 Cell Modules

2:30 Interactive Breakout Discussions - Please see Pages 5-6

3:30 Close of Battery Management Systems Conference

2:10 Mitigating Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation through a

“ One of the most impressive conferences

SAMPLE LIST OF 2019 DELEGATES

2019 SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

Advance Registration Rate Until July 24 $1,299 $1,099