Schedule of Events

Schedule subject to change.

Saturday, April 22

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration Desk Open   
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
President's Reception  (by invitation only)

Sunday, April 23

9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Registration Desk Open  
10:30 a.m.
Shuttles depart for Golf Tournament 
11:30 a.m.
Golf Tournament - Shotgun Start | Shawnee Golf Course
Sponsored by ENTEK
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Opening Reception
Sponsored by BCI Supplier Members

Monday, April 24

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration Desk Open
7:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Morning Coffee
8:45 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks: A Bright Future for Domestic Battery Manufacturing | Chris Pruitt – BCI President, CEO and President, East Penn Manufacturing Co. 
9:05 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Keynote Presentation: A Sober Look at the Energy Transition | Robert Bryce – Author, Journalist, Film Producer and Host of the Power Hungry Podcast
9:50 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
BCI Innovation Award Presentation
10:20 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:50 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
BCI Regulatory and Advocacy Update | Roger Miksad - BCI Executive Vice President
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Keynote Presentation: Long Term Outlook for Low Voltage Automotive Batteries | James Martin - Associate Director, Consulting, S&P Global
12:15 p.m. –  12:45 p.m.
Meet the Experts
12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
BCI Power Mart Expo (Lunch and Cocktails)
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Power Hour Reception and BCI Poster Research Showcase
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Women in the Global Battery Industry (WGBI) Networking Reception (open to potential WGBI members)
Sponsored by Hollingsworth & Vose / C&D Technologies and Trojan Battery Company

Tuesday, April 25

7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Registration Desk Open
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Morning Coffee
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
BCI Amplify Award Presentation
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Keynote Presentation: Re-Imagining the World of Work – Strategies for Adjusting to a New Normal | Claudia St. John – Founder and President, Affinity HR Group, Inc.
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
How Industrial Batteries Enable Automation | Andy Fisher
10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:50 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.
Time for Lead to Re-Energize its Resilience - The Changing North American Landscape for Battery Metal Lead and its Global 'Green'Role' | Neil Hawkes, CRU
11:25 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Flow Batteries: An Overview of the Technology, Its Applications and the State of the Industry in the U.S.  | Scott Childers - Vice President, Essential Power, Stryten Energy
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch on Own
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
From Irrelevant to Irrefutable: Being a Voice for an Industry that Can't Be Ignored | Joel Brady - Director, Marketing Communications, East Penn Manufacturing, Co. & Melissa Floyd - Vice President, Communications, Digital Marketing, Stryten Energy
1:30 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
North America Industrial Lead Battery Trends and Forecast | Nick Starita - President of the Energy Solutions Division, Hollingsworth & Vose Co. 
1:30 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
Flow Battery Technologies: With or Without Metal as Active Species in the Electrolyte | Brian Berland - Senior Director, VRFB Products, Stryten Energy | Ben Kaun - President, CMBlue Energy | Matt Walz - VP Business Development, Invinity Energy Systems | Russ Weed (Moderator) - President, CleanTech Strategies 
2:15 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Solutions to Battery Fires in our Waste & Recycling Streams | Ryan Fogelman - Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Fire Rover
2:15 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Poster Research Showcase Awardee Presentations
3:00 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
North American Transportation Market Update and Forecast | Rebecca Conway - Executive Director, Marketing & Technical Services, Clarios
3:00 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
Supplier Showcase - Separator and Additives Innovation and Advances
3:45 p.m. – 4:25 p.m.
Mining for Lead in a Post Mining Age for Lead Supply | Christopher Galbraith - Zinc and Lead Market Research, Teck Metals
3:45 p.m. – 4:25 p.m
Perspectives on our Industry from Venture Start Ups to Industry Leadership | Mike Judd - Stryten Energy, John Barton - Gridtential Energy, Dr. Tim Ellis (moderator)
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Closing Reception
 
 

Wednesday, April 26

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Honoring Quarter Century Club Members (By Invitation)
9:00 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Power Electronics Integration with Batteries | Michael Starke - Electrical Engineering System Integrator, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
9:40 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Design of Superior Expander Molecules for Advanced Lead Batteries | Cora Lind-Kovacs - Professor, Associate Chair, The University of Toledo
9:40 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Storage Innovations 2030 | Patrick Balducci - Manager, Power Systems and Markets Research Group, Argonne National Laboratory
10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:40 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
LBRSP: A Model for Collaboration Between the Lead Battery Industry and DOE National Labs | Tim Fister - Materials Scientist, Chemical Science and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory
10:40 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Opportunities for Storing Energy One Electron at a Time | George Brilmyer, Ph.D, Batt-Tek Consulting, LLC
11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
How American Electric Power Meets the Needs of New and Existing Customers | Isaac Rhoades - Manager, American Electric Power
11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Barite Nucleation and Growth from Fundamental Perspective | Andrew Stack - Senior R&D Staff Member and Group Leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory