2024

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 Managing Director and Partner at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He currently serves as BCG’s global lead for the electric vehicle and energy storage topics. Nathan is based in Chicago.

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.…

Bob Galyen is recognized as a top international executive in the battery energy storage market and one of the most sought-after battery experts in the world.  His 48 years’ experience developed over 21 years at GM, 4 years at Delphi, 3 years at Magna International E- Car as President, 8 years as CTO of CATL,…

Stan Whittingham is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering at Binghamton University. Following his D Phil at Oxford University, he was a research associate in Materials S&E at Stanford University. This was followed by 16 years in the energy industry, before returning to academia at Binghamton. He developed the materials chemistry…