2024

Ken Hoffman is a Senior Expert for McKinsey’s Basic Materials Institute (BMI). He Co- leads the Firm’s EV Battery Material Research Group and has worked on over 50 EV value chain client projects. His team looks at the impact on raw materials due to the rapid development of advanced battery technologies. He has co-written articles…

Ilka von Dalwigk works as Policy and Market Intelligence Manager at EIT InnoEnergy with the industrial development programme of the EBA with a strong focus on sustainability and supply chain topics. She has been instrumental in building up and managing the vast and complex network of the stakeholders in this initiative, as well as developing…

Freeman Hall, CEO & Co‐Founder, B2U Storage Solutions Inc.  B2U Storage Solutions uses patented EPS technology to reuse EV batteries in large‐scale energy storage systems without incurring repurposing costs.  Mr. Hall spun off B2U from Solar Electric Solutions in 2019.  SES had developed 100 MW of PV across 11 project sites in California since 2008. Mr. Hall led the…

Dr. Wesley Henderson is the Lead for the Battery Workforce Task Group (BG-5) for the Federal Consortium for Advanced Batteries (FCAB) – an all-federal grouping of several hundred senior participants from 16 federal agencies focused upon advancing U.S. battery/EV manufacturing. Dr. Henderson received his Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Minnesota…

David Ventola is a Business Development Director for the Clean Technology Systems division at Dürr Systems, Inc. Since 2011, David has promoted Dürr products for LiB electrode manufacturing. David holds a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA. David spent most of his career in the roll to roll coating & converting industry…

Dr. Jim Craner is an occupational and environmental medicine physician based in Reno, Nevada. He received a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Princeton University, a Doctorate of Medicine from Harvard Medical School, and Master of Public Health degree from Rutgers University; and completed residencies and board cerficaons in Internal Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University…

Celina leads the battery engineering team at Lyten in commercializing and manufacturing the first North American-based lithium-sulfur cell technology at scale. Having been a battery technology executive at some of the top companies in the industry, such as Tesla, Panasonic, Uber, and Quantumscape, Celina has unparalleled experience and knowledge in the highly sophisticated areas of…

Betony Jones serves as Labor Advisor to the Secretary of Energy and Director of the Office of Energy Jobs. In this role, she shapes U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) policy to prioritize job creation and economic equity within the clean energy sector. Jones’ career began in the Clinton White House, where she tackled climate science…

Bennett Resnik is a Senior Vice President in the Critical Infrastructure Practice at Venn Strategies, a Washington, DC based government affairs consulting firm. He also serves as the spokesperson for the U.S. Battery Machine Builders, a coalition to strengthen the American-made battery machines and equipment supply chain. With a background in energy and environmental law…

Abby leads the American Battery Materials Initiative (ABMI), the White House-led, Department of Energy-coordinated, interagency effort to secure the minerals and materials needed to meet electric vehicle (EV) and broader electrification goals. Prior leading ABMI, Abby was the founding Director of SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, a Washington, DC-based nonpartisan nonprofit that focused on…