Monday, February 17, 2025
Additional Registration Required for All Monday Events
Golf Check-In and Box Lunch
Golf Tournament – Shot Gun Start
Tennis Tournament
Pickleball Tournament
Tournament Dinner
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Ascend Elements Runners Meet Up
Exhibit Floor Set up
Registration Opens
Markets Committee
Military Batteries Committee
Second Life Use Committee
Zinc Battery Committee
Education Committee
Lithium Battery Safety Committee
Policy and Regulatory Committee
Recycling Committee
Shmuel de Leon Energy Seminar: What’s New in Chinese Battery Technology
Electrode Materials Committee
Equipment Makers Committee
Onshoring Battery Technology Committee
Track and Trace Committee
Battery Finance Committee
Energy Materials Committee
Manufacturing in NA Committee
Sodium Battery Committee
Welcome Meet and Greet
Opening of NAATBatt 2025
Welcome Remarks of the NAATBatt Executive Director
Jim Greenberger, NAATBatt International
Welcome Remarks of Gigawatt Sponsor
Joern Tinnemeyer, EnerSys
Report of the Acting Chief Technology Officer of NAATBatt
Brian Engle, Amphenol
Report of the Chief Science Officer of NAATBatt
Stanley Whittingham, Binghamton University (SUNY)
Market Report: EV Markets and Recharging Infrastructure in North America
Evelina Stoikou, BloombergNEF
Market Report: Data Center-Driven ESS Markets in North America
Dexter He, McKinsey & Co.
Market Report: Energy Materials Extraction and Processing
Amy Bennett, Fastmarkets
Opening of Exhibit Showcase and Networking Break
Market Report: The Market for Lithium Battery Cells and Cell Components in North America
Michael Sanders, Avicenne Energy
Market Report: Lithium Battery Recycling and Second Life Markets
Kyle Gordon, Roland Berger
Member Update Presentations (Upstream): Session 1A
- Precision Roll Grinders
- Alabama Power Company
- AM Batteries
- KATOP Automation Co., Ltd.
- Avery Dennison
- Maccor, Inc.
- Abbott Furnace
- Digatron Power Electronics Inc.
- SIMBA Chain
- Rockwell Automation
- Orbia
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Schneider Electric
- Warner Norcross
- TerraVolta Resources
- Huntsman Inc.
- Coperion Process Solutions, LLC
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Plante Moran
- Ten-Nine Technologies
Member Update Presentations (Downstream): Session 1B
- EnerSys
- Cirba Solutions
- Airgas, an Air Liquide company
- Stryten Energy
- Blue Solutions
- CA LMCC IBEW-NECA
- Amphenol.com
- Natron Energy
- DuPont
- Dow
- Customized Energy Solutions
- Siemens DISW
- Waygate Technologies
- TRUMPF, Inc
- QAD Inc
- Forge Nano
- American Battery Solutions
- Renewance, Inc.
- Honeywell International
- Ecobat
Opening Reception
Opening Dinner
Sponsored by: Renewance
Board of Directors Meeting and Dinner
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Ascend Elements Runners Meet Up
Breakfast Table Discussion Sessions
Table #1 (Lanier A): Commercializing Innovation in the Battery Supply Chain
Table #2 (Lanier B): Market and Technology Trends in Grid Scale Energy Storage
Table #3 (Allendale A): The Evolution of the Battery Pack Design
Table #4 (Seminole B): Next-Generation Chemistries: the Challenges of Scaling Production
Table #5 (Seminole B): EOL Battery Regulations
Sponsored By:
- Forge Nano
- Rho Motion/Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- American Battery Solutions
- ThermoFisher
- Cirba Solutions
Welcome by the Chairman of NAATBatt
Joe LoGrasso, JL Energy Advisors
Reports by Breakfast Discussion Leaders
NAATBatt Annual Members Meeting
James Greenberger, NAATBatt International
Panel: The Economics of the Battery Supply Chain in North America
Moderator:
- Rob Bellile, Baker Tilly
- Sam Adham, CRU
- Nathan Niese, Boston Consulting Group
- Andy Roehr, Baker Tilly
- Ben Steinberg, Venn Strategies
Networking Break
Member Update Presentations (Upstream): Session 2A
- Aquatech
- Battery Innovation Center
- Circulor
- Naknor Technology Co., Ltd.
- Jiangsu Hongyun Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd
- Nth Cycle
- Alabama Mobility and Power Center - The University of Alabama
- Brueckner Group USA, Inc.
- UnitX, Inc.
- United Steelworkers
- Octet Scientific, Inc.
- Festo Corporation
- Nano One Materials Corp
- Epsilon Advanced Materials Pvt Ltd
- Leke Services
- COnovate, Inc.
- International Zinc Association
- Turner Construction Company
- Trane Commercial
- BST North America
- Linova Energy
- TDA Research, Inc.
- KTON
Member Update Presentations (Downstream): Session 2B
- Mettler-Toledo Process Analytics
- Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
- Circunomics GmbH
- Forsee Power
- Ambri LLC
- South 8 Technologies
- Photon Automation, Inc.
- Pestana Solutions
- Abel + Imray LLP
- 555 Real Estate Development
- Gresham Smith
- ElectraMet
- Durr Systems, Inc.
- ZincFive
- P3-Group
- Voltaiq
- Dolav USA
- Butzel
- Automotive Recyclers Association
- AEsir Technologies
- Dukosi
- Duesenfeld GmbH
- Blue Whale Materials
Lunch
Women in Batteries Networking Lunch
Panel: Next Generation Batteries
Moderator:
- Cristina Parades, SC Nexus
- Vince Sprenkle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Ken Hoffman, McKinsey & Company
- Sam Jaffe, 1019 Technologies
- Alex Holland, IDTechEX
Member Update Presentations (Upstream): Session 3A
- CSA Group
- ReElement Technologies
- Ratel Consulting LLC
- Titan Lithium
- BlueStone Advisors, LLC
- Snell & Wilmer LLP
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Nickel Institute
- NY-BEST
- UL Research Institutes | Electrochemical Safety
- Kustan GmbH / ESEMA
- Synthomer
- Spraying Systems Co.
- Arkema
- PEC NV
- TWAICE
Member Update Presentations (Downstream): Session 3B
- Moment Energy
- ReJoule
- Lithion Technologies Inc
- Nuvation Energy
- Arbin Instruments
- Sherwin-Williams
- AIAG
- AMOS Mfg.
- Prieto Battery, Inc.
- Natron Energy
- XC TECHNOLOGY
- Coulomb Technology
- Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC
- Element
- Donaldson Company
- NASA
Networking Break
Panel: What Would a Moonshot Look Like in the U.S. Battery Industry?
Moderator:
- Steve LeVine, The Electric
- Stanley Whittingham, SUNY Binghamton
- Craig Rigby, Clarios
- David Howell, SMI
- Joern Tinnemeyer, EnerSys
Welcome Remarks by the President of NAATBatt
Brian Engle, Amphenol
Keynote Speaker
Kurt Kelty, General Motors
Lifetime Achievement Award Presentations
Awardees: Shirley Meng, University of Chicago/Argonne National Laboratory Kurt Kelty, General Motors
Networking Reception
Welcome by Annual Dinner Sponsor
Andreas Bareid, QAD
NAATBatt Annual Dinner
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Ascend Elements Runners Meet Up
Breakfast Table Discussion Sessions
Table #1 (Lanier A): Solid State Battery Technology
Table #2 (Lanier B): Managing the Challenges of Second Life Battery Applications
Table #3 (Allendale A): Scaling Energy: Myths, Microgrids and The Race for Resilience
Table #4 (Allendale B): Improving Lithium Battery Recycling Efficiency
Table #5 (Seminole B): Tariffs, Free Trade and the Battery Supply Chain
– (Osceola Promenade): Continental Breakfast
Sponsored By:
- Blue Solutions
- Moment Energy
- Stryten
- Ford Motor Co.
- Cleantech Strategies
Welcome by President-Elect of NAATBatt
David Klanecky, Cirba Solutions
Reports by Breakfast Discussion Leaders
Panel: Government Programs Supporting the Battery Industry in North America an Overview
Moderator:
- Dan Lee, Plante Moran
- John Soper, Georgia Department of Commerce
- Cristina Paredes, South Carolina Department of Commerce
- Jo-Elsa Jordan, Virginia Economic Development Partnership
- Veronica Crock, Alabama Department of Commerce
- 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
Member Update Presentations (Upstream): Session 4A
- International Battery Metals
- RGP Northwest Ohio
- Bitrode Corporation
- Princeton NuEnergy
- Momentum Technologies, Inc.
- Vianode
- Avident Advisors, (A Jones Walker LLP affiliate)
- NSF IUCRC CEPS
- Wirtz Manufacturing
- Lyten
- ONEJOON Inc.
- NETZSCH Pumps NA LLC
- Intecells
- Ascend Elements, Inc.
- Anguil Environmental Systems, Inc.
- LiNK Battery Technology Inc.
- 6K Inc.
- C-BATT
Member Update Presentations (Downstream): Session 4B
- Call2Recycle, Inc.
- BBB Industries
- Enpower Greentech Inc.
- Currents
- Li-Cycle
- Higher Wire Inc.
- Baker Tilly
- InnoEnergy
- PSA BDP
- Exponent Inc.
- Stryten Energy
- Airtronics LLC
- B2U Storage Solutions Inc
- FLEXOO GmbH
- Exponent Failure Analysis
- Total Energies
- Körber Technologies
- Cable Management LLC
- Call2Recycle Canada
Networking Break
Member Update Presentations (Upstream): Session 5A
- IBTS
- Ascend Elements
- Georgia Department of Economic Development
- Department of Defense Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering OUSD (R&E)
- Lava Blue Ltd
- Aqua Metals
- ESEMA- Sorfin Yoshimura New Energy
- DeltaMod Tech
- BATT Coalition
- Hatch
- Green Li-ion
- National Research Council Canada
- Bechtel Manufacturing & Technology
Lunch
Panel: The Role of Large Data and AI in the Battery Industry
Moderator:
- Joe LoGrasso, JL Energy Advisors
- Richard Ahlfeld, Monolith AI
- Shawn Murphy, Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
- Arif Sarwat, NextNRG
- John Flood, Siemens
- Jard van Ingen, GetFocus
(Optional) Li-Bridge – SAE International Track and Trace Standards Committee Meeting
Frank Menchaca, Li-Bridge