Speaker Spotlight
Each of our featured speakers is a trailblazer in their field, selected for their ability to provide leading insights and drive meaningful conversations. Their diverse experiences and accomplishments contribute to a more comprehensive and dynamic experience for our audience.
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Welcome to our Speaker Spotlight, where we shine a light on the inspiring voices that are shaping the future of the advanced battery and H/EV industries. Learn more about our featured speakers’ accomplishments including white papers, published articles, recorded interviews, reading recommendations, and much more.
Check back weekly for newly featured speakers and their latest work. We’re excited to bring you closer to the experts who are at the forefront of the industry, and to share their insights with you.
Featured This Week
Nika
Ptushkina
Technical Product Manager,
PDF Solutions
Recent Work:
- Diversity at the Heart of Battery Innovation
Take Charge Podcast · Jun 25, 2024
Podcast to discuss the Women in Batteries movement and the importance of diversity in the battery industry. - My Journey as a Woman in Batteries: A Quest for Diversity & Empowerment
Battery Technology · Mar 6, 2024
“As the managing director of Volta Foundation's Women in Batteries, I share my journey as a woman in the battery field in this guest editorial.”
Women in Batteries Need to Stand Together
The director of Volta Foundation's Women in Batteries organization shares what she's learned.
“As the managing director of Volta Foundation's Women in Batteries, I share my journey as a woman in the battery field in this guest editorial.”
2023 Battery Report
Amir
Tirosh
CEO, StoreDot
Recent Work:
- Charging a Polestar 5 in 10 Minutes: how it was done, and what's next for XFC technology (a blog article- case study): View
- Unleashing the power of regenerative braking with XFC technology (a blog post): View
- Utilizing existing battery cells production lines to speed-up time to market and cut EV battery costs (a blog post): View
- StoreDot Accelerates EV adoption: 10-Minute Charging of Large Prismatic Batteries Now a Reality (press release): View
- StoreDot signs strategic manufacturing agreement with EVE Energy, taking a huge step towards commercialization and mass production of extreme fast charging batteries (press release): View
Dr. John
Warner
Chief Customer Officer,
American Battery Solutions
Handbook of Lithium-ion Battery Pack Design:
The 2nd Edition of Dr. John Warner’s Handbook of Lithium-ion Battery Pack Design was published this year!
Click the link below to visit the publisher’s website and explore book descriptions:
The Handbook of Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Design - 2nd Edition | Elsevier Shop
Interview Article:
Emilie
Bodoin
Founder & Chief Executive Officer,
Pure Lithium Corporation
Featured Written Articles:
- FMF24_Newsleter_Pure Lithium
- Hotter Commodities: Lithium metal to make traditional batteries obsolete, Pure Lithium CEO says
Recorded Presentations/Interviews:
- Emilie Bodoin presenting Pure Lithium at Benchmark Giga 2024 — Brine to battery: a vertically integrated lithium metal battery company
- Emilie at the 2024 Future Mineral Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Emilie discusses how geopolitics complicates the global supply chain and how Pure Lithium’s Brine to Battery™ technology addresses this pain point, which allows us to create financially viable next-generation lithium metal batteries
Jens
Conzen
Vice President for the Midwest
US, Jensen Hughes
Insights and Publication:
Jens is vice president and technical leader in industrial and process safety. He is well-known for devising customized solutions for first-of-a-kind projects, developing new solutions, optimizing equipment and process safety. Fluent and fully proficient in English and German, he has managed projects both in North America and Europe.
Insights
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Mark
Suski
Market Leader, Jensen Hughes
Insights and Publication:
Mark's experience includes consulting, designing, and testing a wide range of fire protection systems. In his current role, he is a consultant providing our clients with the proper protection strategy for a specific hazard, a systems designer creating bid documents, and a third-party approving authority for a variety of systems and protected hazards.
Insights
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Ben
Steinberg
Executive Vice President and
Co-Chair of the Critical
Infrastructure Practice,
Venn Strategies
Rashid
Farahati
Director of the Engineering,
Schaeffler Group
Publication:
- Co-author for an article in the Journal of Power Sources titled Time-resolved impedance spectroscopy analysis of aging in sulfide-based all-solid-state battery full-cells using a distribution of relaxation times technique, published on January 31, 2024.
- Panelist in a panel discussion at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo (ACT Expo) on May 20, 2024. The Expo event had 12,000 attendees.
- Promoted to Vice President of Schaeffer Engineering in February 2024.
- Contributed expertise on "North American EV battery production" in Design World’s 2024 annual “Trends” issue in March.
Adam
Wozniak
Senior Managing Director of
Sustainability, Bamberger Amco
Polymers – a Ravago Company
Publication:
Published Works & Conference Engagements:
- Plastics Business Magazine: Authored "Empowering a Transformative Pathway to Sustainability - Understanding Sustainable Technologies."
- PDM Conference (Clearwater, FL): Speaker on "Pathway to Sustainability for the Packaging Industry."
- NPE 2024 (Orlando, FL): Speaker on "Defining Sustainable Polymer Technologies for the Packaging Industry."
- "Blue Polymers- Value Chain Collaboration Transforming Circularity"
- "Building the Future: Empowering Sustainable Material Design in the Building and Construction Market"
- MetaTech EV Infrastructure Conference: Speaker on "Building a Pathway to Sustainable Design for EV Infrastructure."
- Sustainiacs Podcast: Guest on "The Chemistry Between Polymers and People - Building a Pathway to Sustainability."
Industry Leadership & Advocacy:
- Actively involved in industry leadership as a member of the Plastics Industry Recycling Committee.
- Serves on the Steering Committee for the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC).
- Advocates for sustainable material design and collaborative value chain efforts, including leading initiatives at Bamberger Amco Polymers, Ravago and Blue Polymers that drive circularity and carbon reduction.
Laura
Wagner
EV Battery Sustainability &
Recycling Manager,
General Motors
Women in Batteries Interview: Laura Wagner, EV Battery and Recycling Manager at General Motors
Marja
Vilkman
Principal Scientist, VTT Technical
Research Centre of Finland
Publication:
Rod
Zastrow
CEO, Bye Aerospace
The eFlyer 2 Program
Bye Aerospace developed and made operational the first-ever eFlyer 2 all-electric conventional takeoff and landing aircraft (eCTOL) flight simulator in early 2024. The simulated eFlyer 2 performance was developed through a third party and Laminar Research, a leading flight simulation software developer of the widely acclaimed XPlane flight simulation software. The result of Bye Aerospace’s efforts was to bring to life the exacting looks and forecast performance of their eFlyer 2 design.
*See photo of the flight simulator in use at our facilities in Englewood (Denver), Colorado.
DOWNLOAD: eFlyer 2 Initial Build Press Release (09-04-2024)
Bye Aerospace recently (September) initiated the fabrication and assembly of eFlyer 2 Serial Number 0001. This full-scale aircraft represents the years of innovative and hard work by the Bye Aerospace team in helping the FAA develop the electric propulsion rules in Part 23, Amendment 64 certification rules. They are now in execution mode in starting to build the structure an all-composite design we developed in-house with the aid of Siemens NX software. The team intend to later integrate the necessary systems to make it airworthy and fly.
*Please view press release for additional photos.
» Attend Rod’s session on Overview of All Electric Fixed Wing on Thursday, October 10 at 2:30 p.m.
Bob
Zollo
Solution Architect,
Keysight Technologies
Articles published in 2024:
Webinars in 2024:
» Attend Bob’s session on Digital Twins for Battery Design and Test on Tuesday, October 8 at 4:30 p.m.
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