2024

Joe LoGrasso has led development of advanced propulsion and battery energy storage systems for 33 years. Joe is currently Vice President-Battery Systems Engineering & Strategy for the power sports leader, Polaris. He was Sr. Manager at Stellantis leading the development and launch of multiple battery systems and was also Director at XALT Energy leading battery…

Renata Arsenault is Ford Motor Co.’s Technical Expert for Advanced Battery Recycling.  Based at Ford Ion Park, Ford’s new Battery Center of Excellence, she has been interfacing closely with battery suppliers, recyclers and other industry members since 2006.  She is involved in multiple facets of Sustainability at Ford, spanning battery recycling, 2nd use, LCA, strategic…

Sam Jaffe is the senior director of business development for Addionics, an Israel-based company making porous current collectors. Jaffe was previously the head of battery research at E Source, the company which purchased Cairn ERA, a consulting and research firm he founded in 2015. He had previously worked at consulting firms such as Navigant (now…

Dirk Spiers is the founder and CEO of Spiers New Technologies (SNT). He is a pioneer and market leader in the repair, remanufacturing and refurbishment of advanced EV battery packs and pre-treatment recycling. SNT has been awarded General Motor’s Supplier of the Year 2021 and Overdrive award for 2021. His experience in remanufacturing, battery, solar…

Nathan Niese is a Partner based in the Chicago office of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He currently serves as BCG’s global lead for the electric vehicle and energy storage topics. Nathan also co-leads BCG’s support of the Li-Bridge public-private alliance. He earned his PhD in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering from the University of…

Andrew Miller holds the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Ltd (Benchmark), a London-based market intelligence, consultancy and price reporting agency specializing in energy transition supply chains.  Andrew oversees Benchmark’s supply chain research and analysis, which stretches from long-term forecasting of supply, demand, costs, and pricing, through to sustainability assessments and…

Evelina Stoikou is a Senior Associate at BloombergNEF in New York, covering energy storage technologies and the lithium battery supply chain. Her research provides insights on the upstream battery value chain including technology, prices, markets and policies. She leads the company’s research on battery prices and costs, battery startups, and policy landscape in North America.…

Robert (Bob) L. Galyen, age 68, is recognized as one of the top executives in the battery energy storage world and within scientific/engineering-based communities. He is a highly sought-after public speaker as a subject matter expert in batteries. His positions as CTO of CATL (the world’s largest battery manufacturer), past Chairman of SAE International Battery…

Stan Whittingham is a SUNY distinguished professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering at Binghamton U. and an honorary Fellow of New College, Oxford. He is the 2019 Chemistry Nobel Laureate for the discovery of lithium rechargeable batteries, the Medaglia Galvani awardee of the Italian Chemical Society and the 2023 VinFutures Grand Prize co-winner…