DAY-BY-DAY SCHEDULE

Conference Agenda

Monday, February 17, 2025

Additional Registration Required for All Monday Events

11:00 a.m.

Golf Check-In and Box Lunch

12:00 p.m.

Golf Tournament – Shot Gun Start

1:00 p.m.

Tennis Tournament

3:00 p.m.

Pickleball Tournament 

7:00 – 9:30 p.m.

Tournament Dinner

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

7:00 a.m.

Ascend Elements Runners Meet Up

7:30 a.m.

Registration Opens

7:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Exhibit Floor Set up

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Second Life Use Committee

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Markets Committee

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Zinc Battery Committee

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Military Batteries Committee

9:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Shmuel de Leon Energy Seminar: What’s New in Chinese Battery Technology

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Recycling Committee

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Education Committee

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Policy and Regulatory Committee

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Lithium Battery Safety Committee

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Track and Trace Committee

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Onshoring Battery Technology Committee

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Electrode Materials Committee

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Equipment Makers Committee

11:00 - Noon

Sodium Battery Committee

11:00 - Noon

Manufacturing in NA Committee

11:00 - Noon

Energy Materials Committee

11:00 - Noon

Battery Finance Committee

Noon - 1:00 p.m.

Welcome Meet and Greet

1:00 p.m.

Opening of NAATBatt 2024

1:00 - 1:05 p.m.

Welcome Remarks of the NAATBatt Executive Director

Jim Greenberger, NAATBatt International

1:05 - 1:10 p.m.

Welcome Remarks of Terrawatt Sponsor

1:10 - 1:30 p.m.

Report of the Chief Technology Officer of NAATBatt

Bob Galyen, Galyen Energy

1:30 - 1:50 p.m.

Report of the Chief Science Officer of NAATBatt

Stanley Whittingham, Binghamton University (SUNY)

1:50 - 2:10 p.m.

Market Report: EV Markets in North America

Evelina Stoikou, BloombergNEF

2:10 - 2:30 p.m.

Market Report: Data Center-Driven ESS Markets in North America

Dexter He, McKinsey & Co.

2:30 - 2:50 p.m.

Market Report: Energy Materials Extraction and Processing

Andrew Saucer, Fastmarkets

2:50 - 3:30 p.m.

Opening of Exhibit Showcase and Networking Break

3:30 - 3:50 p.m.

Market Report: The Market for Lithium Battery Cells and Cell Components in North America

Michael Sanders, Avicenne Energy

3:50 - 4:10 p.m.

Market Report: Lithium Battery Recycling and Second Life Markets

Kyle Gordon, Roland Berger

4:20 - 5:50 p.m.

Member Update Presentations (Upstream): Session 1A

4:20 - 5:50 p.m.

Member Update Presentations (Downstream): Session 1B

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Opening Reception

7:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Opening Dinner

Sponsored by: Renewance

7:15 - 9:30 p.m.

Board of Directors Meeting and Dinner

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

7:00 AM

Ascend Elements Runners Meet Up

7:30 - 8:20 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:20 - 8:25 a.m.

Welcome by the Chairman of NAATBatt

8:25 - 8:35 a.m.

Reports by Breakfast Discussion Leaders

8:35 - 8:45 a.m.

NAATBatt Annual Members Meeting

8:45 - 9:45 a.m.

Panel: The Economics of the Battery Supply Chain in North America

Speakers:
Frank Nikolic, CRU
Nathan Niese, Boston Consulting Group
Andy Roehr, Baker Tilly
Ben Steinberg, Venn Strategies

9:45 - 10:25 a.m.

Networking Break

10:30 - 12:15 p.m.

Member Update Presentations (Upstream): Session 2A

10:30 - 12:15 p.m.

Member Update Presentations (Downstream): Session 2B

12:20 - 1:45 p.m.

Lunch

1:45 - 2:45 p.m.

Panel: Next Generation Batteries

Speakers:

  • Vince Sprenkle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Bob Galyen, Galyen Energy
  • Sam Jaffe, 1019 Technologies
  • Alex Holland, IDTechEX

2:55 - 4:10 p.m.

Member Update Presentations (Upstream): Session 3A

2:55 - 4:10 p.m.

Member Update Presentations (Downstream): Session 3B

4:10 - 4:50 p.m.

Networking Break

4:50 - 5:40 p.m.

Panel: What Would a Moonshot Look Like in the U.S. Battery Industry?

Speakers:

  • Bob Galyen, Galyen Energy
  • Stanley Whittingham, SUNY Binghamton
  • David Howell, SMI

5:40 - 5:50 p.m.

Welcome Remarks by the President of NAATBatt

Brian Engle, Amphenol

5:50 - 6:15 p.m.

Keynote Speaker

Kurt Kelty, General Motors

6:15 - 6:35 p.m.

Lifetime Achievement Award Presentations

6:35 - 6:40 p.m.

Remarks by Annual Dinner Sponsor

6:40 - 7:30 p.m.

Networking Reception

7:30 - 8:45 p.m.

NAATBatt Annual Dinner

Thursday, February 20, 2025

7:00 AM

Ascend Elements Runners Meet Up

7:30 - 8:20 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:20 - 8:25 a.m.

Welcome by President-Elect of NAATBatt

David Klanecky, Cirba Solutions

8:25 - 8:35 a.m.

Reports by Breakfast Discussion Leaders

8:35 - 9:25 a.m.

Panel: Government Programs Supporting the Battery Industry in North America an Overview

Moderator:

  • Dan Lee, Plante Moran
Speakers:
  • Steven Boyd, U.S. Department of Energy, MESC
  • Kiroko Kawai, U.S. Department of Energy, Loan Program Office
  • Mohamed Kamaludeen, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity
  • Eric Shields, U.S. Department of Defense, Industrial Base Policy Office
  • Jennifer Hiscock, Natural Resources Canada, Office of Energy R&D
  • David Roberts, Li-Bridge

9:35 - 11:05 a.m.

Member Update Presentations (Upstream): Session 4A

9:35 - 11:05 a.m.

Member Update Presentations (Downstream): Session 4B

11:05 - 11:40 am

Networking Break

11:40 - 1:00 pm

Member Update Presentations (Upstream): Session 5A

11:40 - 1:00 pm

Member Update Presentations (Downstream): Session 5B

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Lunch

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Panel: The Role of Large Data and AI in the Battery Industry

Moderator:

  • Joe LoGrasso, JL Energy Advisors
Speakers:
  • Richard Ahlfeld, Monolith AI
  • Ma (Alex) Lin (invited), CATL
  • Dee Strand, Wildcat Discovery
  • Shawn Murphy, Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
  • Arif Sarwat, NextNRG

3:40 - 4:40 p.m.

Member Update Presentations (Upstream): Session 6A

3:40 - 4:40 p.m.

Member Update Presentations (Downstream): Session 6B

4:40 - 6:00 p.m.

Closing Reception