2024

At Panasonic Corporation of North America, Devin Horne serves as Manager for Battery Public Policy, where he supports Panasonic’s battery policy priorities across the company, including EV, commercial and industrial batteries, and primary cell manufacturing. Prior to joining Panasonic, Devin served at the U.S. Department of Commerce for six years, where he helped to establish…

Bernie Kotlier directs development and delivery of sustainable energy programs, education and training for the National Electrical Contractors Association and the IBEW in California including energy efficiency, photovoltaics, zero net energy buildings, electric vehicles, battery energy storage and micro-grids. Bernie has served on the California Public Utilities Commission Advisory Committee on Energy Efficiency Workforce Development…

Peter Fitzmaurice is the Product Director responsible for Fastmarkets’ research and analytics and leads the product development for this portfolio. Peter has a particular interest in battery raw materials and has been responsible for developing a portfolio of products in the renewable energy space.  Peter led the commissioning and launch of the Battery Raw Material…

Joern Tinnemeyer is Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President of EnerSys.  Enersys is the global leader in industrial energy storage systems.  Joern is responsible for global engineering, global quality, and technology development.  Joern studied applied mathematics and electrical engineering at the University of Toronto and holds a MSc in Astronautics and Space Engineering.  His…

Jim Greenberger is the Executive Director of NAATBatt International, the trade association for advanced battery technology in North America.  Jim founded NAATBatt in 2007 to promote the development, commercialization and manufacture of high capacity advanced batteries in the United States.  Today NAATBatt International has more than 360 corporate and institutional members including major automobile manufacturers,…

Erik D. Spoerke, Ph.D. (Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2003) is the Energy Storage Materials Lead in Sandia National Laboratories’ Grid Energy Storage Program and a Principal R&D Materials Scientist in the Energy Storage Technologies and Systems Department at Sandia. He recently served on the U.S. DOE Energy Storage Grand Challenge National Laboratory Coordination…

David Roberts serves as LiBridge’s Director, helping advance the public private partnership’s mission to help develop a robust U.S. supply chaing. As an initiative of Argonne National Labs and sponsorship from the DOE, LiBridge facilitates collaboration between the federal government and the battery industry to achieve this mission. David also helps lead Applied Research Institute…

Vanessa is a Senior Energy Storage Analyst at Wood Mackenzie, focusing on US grid-scale battery storage. She is responsible for analysis of the US energy storage market, policy, and regulatory dynamics shaping the growth of the industry. Before joining Wood Mackenzie in 2021, Vanessa was a battery storage analyst specializing in downstream revenue analytics and…

Sumreen is the COO and co-founder of Moment Energy, North America’s leading EV battery repurposing company creating clean, affordable, and reliable battery energy storage systems (BESS) by repurposing EV batteries. Moment Energy is the first facility in North America and second facility in the world to have earned UL 1974: the Standard for EV Battery…

Robert Hess is a Vice Chair within Newmark’s Global Corporate Services 1,000-person, multi-service platform.  He is a preeminent, sought-after service provider and respected leader in corporate location strategy and site selection. He has conducted over 350 assignments in North America and 20+ international markets.    Mr. Hess is an accomplished speaker, author and often quoted…