2025年暫定アジェンダ
The Battery Venture, Innovation & Partnering conference will be held in conjunction with the 42nd Annual International Battery Seminar & Exhibit, a successful and established technical event of 2,000+ delegates.
In recent years, it has become increasingly difficult for battery start-ups to raise cash and find alternative sources of capital, a stark change from just a few years ago. The trend toward LFP and lower cost batteries coming out of China, the slowdown of the EV market, and political uncertainty all add to the challenges in the financial markets.
It’s never been more critical to bring together leading battery innovators—CEOs/founders, early and late-stage investors, with corporate executives from both the battery and the automotive side, to discuss what the future of financing and innovation looks like for batteries, and what companies need to do to survive and thrive, particularly in the US.
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Talk Title to be Announced
Janet Lin, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Mobility Energy, Business Division, Panasonic, ENERGY Co., Ltd.
Beyond the Spark: The Future of Early-Stage Battery & Climate Ventures
Anil Achyuta, Investment Managing Director, TDK Ventures Inc.
Rajesh Swaminathan, Partner, Khosla Ventures
Scott Walbrun, Principal, BMW i Ventures
Allison Hinckley, Senior Principal, Overture Ventures
Late-Stage Investment—Scaling to Success
Michal Wolkin, Former Director, GM Ventures; Board Member; Professor, Reichman University
Jeff Johnson, General Partner, B Capital
Mike DeLucia, Vice President & Sector Lead, Private Climate Investing, Wellington Management
Kojo Ako-Asare, Managing Director, Decarbonization Partners | a BlackRock & Temasek JV
Emmanuel Lagarrigue, Partner & Global Co-Head of Climate, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Beyond Late-Stage Investing in Batteries
Nathan Niese, Managing Director, Partner, Electrification & Climate Change, Boston Consulting Group
Emmanuel Lagarrigue, Partner & Global Co-Head of Climate, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Overview from the DOE
Matthew Lefler, Technology Deployment Manager, DOE Manufacturing & Energy Supply Chains Office (MESC)
How to Build a Domestic Battery Supply Chain in US and Scale Lithium
Prachi Vakharia, ARPA-I : Strategic Advisor for Innovations & Infrastructure, US Federal Government
Annie Liu, Chief Commercial & Strategy Officer, Mangrove Lithium
Kunal Sinha, Global Head, Recycling, Glencore
Erez Ichilov, Founder, Cedrus Arbor LLC
Jacob Matly, Head, Battery Cell Manufacturing, Hatch Ltd.
David Christiansen, Senior Science and Technology Business Analyst, Office of Strategic Capital, DOD
Roundtable Discussions are informal, moderated discussions, allowing participants to exchange ideas and experiences and develop future collaborations around a focused topic. Each discussion will be led by a facilitator who keeps
the discussion on track and the group engaged. To get the most out of this format, please come prepared to share examples from your work, be a part of a collective, problem-solving session, and participate in active idea sharing.
Sodium-ion Batteries for ESS
Katherine He, Investor, TDK Ventures Inc.
Meeting the Growing Demand for Energy Storage Systems (ESS)
Marc Kolb, Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Kyle Teamey, Managing Partner, Planetary Health, RA Capital
Cameron Dales, Co-Founder, Peak Energy
Dong-Su Kim, CEO, LG Technology Ventures
Emilie Bodoin, Founder & CEO, Pure Lithium
Looking Back on Past Success & Looking Forward to the Future with Denise Gray
Michal Wolkin, Former Director, GM Ventures; Board Member; Professor, Reichman University
Denise Gray, CEO, DKTN Consulting LLC
EV Market Review—What Is the Impact on the Battery Market
Drew Prekop, Director, Global Industrial Investment Banking Group, Baird
Hansol Kim, Managing Partner, Bricks Capital Management
Chirranjeevi Balaji Gopal, PhD, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Product & Engineering, Mitra Chem
Aruna Ramsamy, Managing Director, Just Climate
Pam Fletcher, CEO, Sion Power Corporation
Emerging Technologies & the Need to Continue to Invest in Innovation
Chris Claxton, Principal, Volta Energy Technologies
Josh Stiling, Investment Director, Anzu Partners
Robert Ashcraft, Investment Director, Samsung Ventures
John Busbee, CEO, Xerion Advanced Battery Corp.
Dan Blondal, Founder & CEO, Nano One Materials
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