2020 Presentations
NAATBatt ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
NAATBatt-MPSC Workshop on Military Batteries
8:10 – 8:30 a.m.
Building a Lithium Ion Battery Supply Chain in the USA
Vivas Kumar
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Anticipated Battery Needs of the Military Services
Thomas Layne
USAF Research Labs, Wright Patterson
Eric Shields
U.S. Navy, DASN RDT&E
9:30 – 9:50 a.m.
Issues and Challenges of Becoming a Domestic Source for Military Batteries
Alan ElShafei
Navitas Systems
9:50 – 10:10 a.m.
Doing Business with the Defense Logistics Agency
Matt Hutchens
Defense Logistics Agency
10:30 – 11:50 a.m.
Issues and Potential Solutions for Domestic Production of Lithium-Ion Cells
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Main Sessions and Member Presentations
1:00 – 1:10 p.m.
Welcome by President and Executive Director of NAATBatt
Joern Tinnemeyer
EnerSys
1:10 – 1:30 p.m.
Report of the Chief Science Officer of NAATBatt
M. Stanley Whittingham
SUNY at Binghamton
1:30 – 1:50 p.m.
Report of the Chief Technology Officer of NAATBatt
Robert Galyen
CATL
1:50 – 3:15 p.m.
Member Update Presentations – Group #1
4:00 – 4:20 p.m.
Market Report: ESS Markets in North America Forecast
Sam Jaffe
Cairn Energy Research Advisors
4:20 – 4:40 p.m.
Market Report: Industrial Batteries in North America Forecast
Michael Sanders
Avicenne Energy
4:40 – 5:00 p.m.
Market Report: Military Batteries Market Forecast
Shmuel de-Leon
Shmuel de-Leon Energy, Ltd.
5:00 – 6:20 p.m.
Member Update Presentations – Group #2
6:20 – 6:35 p.m.
The Most Interesting Things I Saw in Batteries in 2019
Shmuel de-Leon
Shmuel de-Leon Energy, Ltd.
Wednesday, February 12
8:55 – 9:40 a.m.
Energy Materials Markets Forecasts: Lithium, Cobalt and Nickel
Austin Devaney
IHS Markit
Henrique Ribeiro
S&P Global Platts
9:40 – 11:05 a.m.
Member Update Presentations – Group #3
11:30 – 1:00 p.m.
Member Update Presentations – Group #4
2:15 – 3:00 p.m.
The State of Solid State Battery Technology in 2020
Steve Visco
Polyplus
Yuan Yang
Columbia University
3:00 – 3:45 p.m.
The Impact of Fast Charging on Lithium-Ion Battery Cell Design
Daniel Abraham
Argonne National Laboratory
4:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Battery Innovation Summit (Presentations by 10 Emerging Companies Invited by NAATBatt)
5:15 – 6:00 p.m.
The Future of Electric Powered Flight
Ratnakumar Bugga
NASA
Pete Savagian
Ampaire
Thursday, February 13, 2020
9:35 – 10:25 a.m.
Potential Substitutes for Lithium-Ion Batteries in Motive Applications
Steve Clarke
QuanVerge Inc.
Yan Yao
University of Houston
10:45 – 12:35 a.m.
Improving the Safety of Lithium-Ion Battery Systems
1:45 – 2:05 p.m.
Introduction to the DOE Battery Recycling Prize
Samuel Gillard
U.S. Department of Energy
2:05 – 3:15 p.m.
Prize Pitches
(5-minute presentations by the Phase 1 Award Winners)
NREL BRP Vouchers
Holman Parts Distribution
Store Packs Umicore
LiB IoT
Admiral Instruments
OnTo Technologies
Titan AES
Renewance
Team EVBs
Team Portables
SNT Laser Focused
RRCO
EEDD
3:15 – 3:55 p.m.
Regulation of Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling in California
Todd Coy & Bernie Kotlier
CalEPA Lithium-ion Car Battery Recycling Advisory Group