Program of events

5-9 September
2022

2:00
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5:00
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CBI MEETINGS
CBI General Assembly
BATTERY ACADEMY
CBI Battery Academy
SPEAKERS
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Professor, University of Bath
Paper: The Basics of Batteries
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Focus Consulting
Paper: Market and Applications for Lead Batteries
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Senior Technical Manager, Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI)
Paper: How Lead Batteries are Made and How Crystallization Takes Part
9:00
AM
1:00
PM
CBI MEETINGS
CBI Technical Meeting
BATTERY ACADEMY
CBI Battery Academy
SPEAKERS
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Focus Consulting
Paper: Lead batteries in stationary applications
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Technical Expert Battery & Energy Storage Technology, Ford Research & Innovation Center
Paper: Lead batteries in automotive applications: Understand your application
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Global Lead Technologies
Paper: Metallurgical Considerations for Lead Batteries
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Consultant
Paper: “Oxygen Cycle” beyond textbook knowledge: What to consider in partial-state-of-charge operation
Session break for lunch
2:00
PM
5:00
PM
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Lead Batteries and the EV Revolution
SPEAKERS
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Focus Consulting
Paper: Market uptake of EVs, PHEVs and HEVs
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Technical Expert Battery & Energy Storage Technology, Ford Research & Innovation Center
Paper: Shifts in automotive battery requirements
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Senior Technical Manager, Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI)
Paper: Technical developments for micro-hybrid applications
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Senior Adviser, The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd
Paper: Evolution of technical standards for SLI, EFB and AGM batteries for engine starting and micro-hybrid applications
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Model Based Software Engineer, Forvia (Hella)
Paper: Battery diagnostics and and operating strategy
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Director Automotive Battery Application Engineering, East Penn Manufacturing Co.
Paper: Changing Requirements for auxiliary batteries (including functional safety)
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Director OE Homologations & Requirement Analysis – R&D EMEA, Exide Group
Paper: Technical standards for 12 V auxiliary batteries (IEC 60095-8)
6:00
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8:00
PM
NETWORKING EVENT
Welcome Reception
9:00
AM
10:45
AM
Session 1: Markets and Trends
SPEAKERS
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Managing Director, ILA
Paper: Opening Address
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President/CEO, East Penn Manufacturing Co. Inc.
Paper: North American view of lead batteries – Key to unlocking energy storage solutions
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Senior Advisor, Avicenne
Paper: The rechargeable battery market worldwide
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Commodity Analyst, CRU
Paper: Evolution rather than revolution – time for battery metal lead to show resilience as ICE age draws to an end
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10:30
AM
5:3o
PM
ELBC EXPO
Expo Open
Session break for lunch
11:15
AM
12:30
PM
Session 1: Markets and Trends
SPEAKERS
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Chairman, MAC Engineering and Equipment Co., Inc
Paper: Women in the global battery industry
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Director, Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI)
Paper: Positive energy: CBI’s roadmap charts path to new generation of batteries
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Director of Economics and Environment, International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG)
Paper: The Impact of Government Policies on Lead Battery and Lead Metal Use in China
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Paper: Presentation of International Lead Award
Session break for lunch
1:30
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2:55
PM
RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH SESSION 4
Session 2: Key Innovations in the Industry
SPEAKERS
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Material Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
Paper: Lead battery science research program overview at Argonne National Laboratory
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Technical Manager, Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI)
Paper: CBI technical program: improving energy storage system and automotive batteries
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Director, ITEMM
Paper: CBI targets – A guideline for product development in automotive and ESS applications
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1:30
PM
2:40
PM
RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH SESSIONS 2 & 3
Session 4: Suppliers Forum
SPEAKERS
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R&D Manager, Microporous
Paper: High performance PE separator for deep-cycle battery applications
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Chief Scientist, Holllingsworth & Vose Company
Paper: PowerFill™ –AGM separator for VRLA batteries
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Consultant, PENOX GmbH
Paper: Red Lead Plus1 (RL+) – A new innovative Red Lead – Combining the advantage of tetrabasic seeding with red lead
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President, Wirtz Manufacturing
Paper: Innovations in thin pure lead and lead-tin grid and Plate Production Technology
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Vice-President – Technology, Abertax Technologies Limited
Paper: Economic manufacturing process for VRLA batteries in gel technology – Gel Circulation System
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Paper: CX® SMART; the new solution tailored by Engitec Technologies for regional ULAB Recyclers
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Global Business Leader, W. L. Gore & Associates
Paper: Meeting EFB challenges – reducing water loss while increasing DCA
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Chief Executive Officer, Abertax Technologies Limited
Paper: Optimisation of battery fleet operations through AMC monitoring
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Session break for lunch
3:25
PM
4:15
PM
RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH SESSIONS 2 & 3
Session 4 continued: Suppliers Forum
SPEAKERS
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Technical Market Manager, Evonik Industries
Paper: AEROXIDE® fumed metal oxides in electrodes for lead acid batteries – New pore formation additives
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Vice President Sales, CMWTEC
Paper: Innovative multiple quality test machine in the production line
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Marketing Manager, CAM Srl
Paper: CAM Innovation FASTMELT: the first induction melting oven for grid production
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CEO, Mate Gauge
Paper: Inline Insights – hot takes on lead-acid battery production quality
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VP, Sales and Marketing, Digatron Group, Germany
Paper: Digatron-Group; Solutions for testing and production
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3:25
PM
4:05
PM
RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH SESSION 4
Session 3: How Lead is Powering Industry
SPEAKERS
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EnerSys, United States
Paper: Maintenance free thin plate VRLA developments for motive power applications
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Product Manager Motive Power, Exide Technologies GmbH
Paper: Pro-active protection of your assets: Battery Fleet Management
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4:00
PM
5:30
PM
NETWORKING EVENT
Women in the Global Battery Industry Networking Event
4:25
PM
5:00
PM
PANEL
Threats and Opportunities for Industrial Lead Batteries
SPEAKERS
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Director, Focus Consulting
Paper: Panelist
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Director, CHR Metals
Paper: Panelist
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Director Research & Development, HOPPECKE Batterien GmbH & Co. KG
Paper: Panelist
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Chief Technology Officer, C&D Technologies
Paper: Panelist
Session break for lunch
9:00
AM
5.00
PM
ELBC EXPO
Expo Open
9:00
AM
10:30
AM
Session 5: Market and Trends
SPEAKERS
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President/CEO, Exide Group
Paper: Seize market opportunities, manage change and secure progress
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President, Energy Solutions Division, Hollingsworth & Vose
Paper: Industrial lead battery global market trends & forecast
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Chair, Gridtential Energy/Silicon Joule Technology
Paper: Global transportation battery forecast to 2027 – plus 3 good and bad policies for our planet
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Session break for lunch
11:00
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12:15
PM
Session 5: Markets and Trends
SPEAKERS
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Director, CHR Metals
Paper: Continuing role for lead batteries in China’s e-bike market
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Senior Technical Manager, Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI)
Paper: CBI technical roadmap: driving innovation across the industry
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Secretary General, European Association for the Storage of Energy
Paper: How energy storage targets will accelerate the rollout of battery solutions
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Session break for lunch
1:20
PM
3:00
PM
RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH SESSION 8
Session 6: Opportunities for Lead Batteries in Energy Storage Systems
SPEAKERS
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Research and Innovation Manager, CBI
Paper: Lead battery ESS for sustainable energy projects
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CEO, ArcActive
Paper: ArcActive Carbon Fibre based electrodes for AGM lifetime extension
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President, Electric Applications Incorporated
Paper: EV fast charger lead battery back-up: challenges and opportunities
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CEO/Founder, Advanced Battery Concepts
Paper: Advantages of advanced bipolar lead batteries for long duration energy storage
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RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH SESSION 6
Session 8: Towards Robust PSOC Operations
SPEAKERS
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Independent Consultant
Paper: Oxygen reduction promoting Ostwald ripening of lead sulphate at negative electrode surface
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Chief Scientific Officer, WaveTech Group Inc.
Paper: Influence of Crystal Control Technology® on the operation of lead batteries
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Graduate Research Scientist, TU Berlin
Paper: The influence of the external surface area of tailored carbons on EIS
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R&D Manager, Borregaard USA
Paper: Assessment of carbon black-organic expander interactions on capacity, dynamic charge acceptance, cold cranking and partial state of charge life in lead batteries
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Session break for lunch
3:20
PM
4:30
PM
RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH SESSION 9
Session 7: Lead Carbon Electrodes for Automotive and ESS Batteries
SPEAKERS
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Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC
Paper: Investigations on the effect of carbon surface functional groups on electrochemical behavior of lead-carbon electrodes
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Independent Consultant
Paper: Lead – carbon interactions: improving charge acceptance while reducing water loss
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Research Scientist, Exide Group
Paper: Carbon nanomaterial compounds as negative active material enhancers
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RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH SESSION 9
Session 9: Innovations in Battery and Power Management
SPEAKERS
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Chief Technology Officer, ENTEK International LLC
Paper: The role of silica in separator technology
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Graduate Research Scientist, TU Berlin
Paper: VRLA battery state of health estimation using a stress factor-based machine-learning algorithm
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Professor, University of Malta
Paper: A DC hybrid micro CHP with battery backup using lead-acid batteries
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4:30
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5:00
PM
PANEL
Ensuring Lead Batteries play a Role in Future ESS Systems
SPEAKERS
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Senior Technical Manager, Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI)
Paper: Panelist
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CEO, ArcActive
Paper: Panelist
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CEO/Founder, Advanced Battery Concepts
Paper: Panelist
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Director Research & Development, HOPPECKE Batterien GmbH & Co. KG
Paper: Panelist
Session break for lunch
7:30
PM
10:00
PM
NETWORKING EVENT
Gala Dinner
9:00
AM
10:40
AM
RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH SESSION 12
Session 10: Automotive Product and Test Development
SPEAKERS
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Technical Expert Battery & Energy Storage Technology, Ford Research & Innovation Center
Paper: High-temperature endurance test for automotive 12V batteries
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The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd
Paper: Development of new additive for positive active material and application to enhanced flooded batteries for micro-HEVs
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Director of Engineering EMEA, Clarios
Paper: CLARIOS AGM xEV batteries. The new product line to meet future power net requirements for vehicle applications
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Chair TC 21X WG3, CENELEC
Paper: Progress in development of test procedures for European Standards of EN 50342 family – new version of Micro Hybrid Test (MHT)
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RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH SESSION 10
Session 12: Innovative Components for Lead Battery Systems
SPEAKERS
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CEng FIET, Loughborough University
Paper: Lead acid battolysers – the pathway to low cost green hydrogen?
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R&D engineer at the Laboratory for Electrochemical Storage, CEA Liten
Paper: Cyclic ageing of titanium-supported lead dioxide electrodes for bipolar battery applications
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Technical Manager EMEA, Hammond Group
Paper: A novel performance additive to reduce electrolyte stratification in lead batteries: Gravity-GuardTM
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Battery Additives Manager, PENOX Gmbh
Paper: Contributions towards a higher energy efficiency in formation of lead-acid batteries
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Session break for lunch
11:05
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12:25
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RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH SESSION 13
Session 11: Pushing the boundaries of Science – What’s next for lead batteries?
SPEAKERS
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Chief Technology Officer, Black Diamond Structures
Paper: New applications of MOLECULAR REBAR ® – Auxillary power for eVehicles, advanced automotive and deep cycle/forklift
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East Penn Manufacturing
Paper: Minicell design to accelerate lead battery research
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PhD Physics Student, Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón, CSIC-U. Zaragoza
Paper: In-operando neutron diffraction studies of the charge/discharge processes inside the positive electrodes of commercial batteries
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RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH SESSION 11
Session 13: Automotive Batteries for Functional Safety
SPEAKERS
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EMEA Flooded Systems Design Lead, Clarios
Paper: Internal short circuits in automotive lead batteries for safety applications, Part 1: robustness of batteries
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Engineer, Robert Bosch GmbH
Paper: Internal short circuits in automotive lead batteries for safety applications, Part 2: predicting battery failure
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Research Scientist, RWTH Aachen University
Paper: Verification of state-of-function algorithms for functional safety of lead batteries  
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12:25
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1:15
PM
PANEL
Future of Lead Batteries for Automotive Applications
SPEAKERS
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Research and Innovation Manager, Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI)
Paper: Panelist
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CEO, ArcActive
Paper: Panelist
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Vice President Industry and Governmental Relations EMEA, Clarios
Paper: Panelist
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Senior Advisor, The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd.
Paper: Panelist
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CTO, East Penn Manufacturing Co.
Paper: Panelist
Session break for lunch