The Knowledge Foundation has 2 upcoming key battery industry events conveniently located in Las Vegas, NV. Lithium Battery Power 2012 will take place December 4-5, 2012. Battery Safety 2012 will be taking place December 6-7, 2012. The Advanced Registration Discount expires for both events on Friday October 5, 2012.
Participating Organizations to date:
3M Company
Advance Battery Technology
AIST
Altenergymag.com
Argonne National Laboratory
Atomic and Alternative Energy Commission of France
Battery Power
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
BioLogic USA
Buhler, Inc.
Charged Magazine
Chilworth Technology
Eaglepicher Medical Power LLC
EC Power LLC
Electrochem Solutions, Inc.
Element Materials Technology
Esacpsa
ETP, Inc.
EV Hub
Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology
Frost & Sullivan
GFS Chemicals, Inc
Global Automotive
GN Resound A/S
HEL Ltd
Heritage International
Honda R&D Americas
INTI
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kobelco Research Inst., Inc.
KRI Inc.
LaunchPoint Energy and Power
LEAP, LLC
Lithium Battery Engineering, LLC
MTI Corp
MTI Corporation
Nanocomp Technologies, LLC
Nanyang Technological University
NASA Johnson Space Center
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Netzsch Instruments North America, LLC
Newcastle University
nGimat, LLC
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Panacis, Inc.
Paper Battery Company
PCTEST
Pike Research
Renault-Nissan
Rochester Institute of Technology
Shmuel De-Leon Energy, Ltd
Sony Corporation
SouthWest Electronic Energy
Southwest Research Institute
SW ELECTRONIC ENERGY CORP
TIAX LLC
Toyo Systems
Toyohashi University of Technology
Transportation Development Group
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
UNC – Chapel Hill
University of California – Davis
University of Delaware
University of Maryland
wildcat Discovery Tech
Yardney Technical Products
ZPower LLC
Lithium Battery Power 2012
Recent significant innovations within lithium-ion batteries have propelled the technology into a position in the marketplace far exceeding recent market survey results. Breakthroughs in new battery chemistries, novel electrode and electrolyte materials, system integration for a vast array of mobile and portable applications, from micro medical devices to high-energy/high-power automotive, have paved the roadmap for an emerging market with unlimited potential.
- New chemistries & materials to increase energy & decrease cost
- Meeting the EV challenge: cycle life, power & energy, cost and safety
- Advanced materials for improved electrode & electrolyte performance
- Application driven lithium ion battery development
- Advanced technology for greater safety, reliability and performance
- From novel materials and components to systems design and integration
- Role of nanotechnology in improving power and energy density
Lithium Battery Power Program
-Vishal Sapru, Frost & Sullivan
-Kai-Christian Möller, PhD, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology, Germany
-Steven Kaye, PhD, Wildcat Discovery Technology
-Brian Barnett, PhD, TIAX LLC
-Ji-Guang (Jason) Zhang, PhD, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
-Malgorzata (Maggie) Gulbinska, PhD, Yardney Technical Products
-Andrew F. Burke, PhD, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California-Davis
-Shreefal Mehta, PhD, Paper Battery Company
-Qingliu Wu, PhD, Argonne National Laboratory
-Alejandro A. Franco, Prof Dr, Atomic and Alternative Energy Commission of France
-Larry Thomas, Primet Precision Materials, Inc.
-Hua Cheng, PhD, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
-Rachid Yazami, PhD, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
-Brian J. Landi, PhD, Rochester Institute of Technology
-David S. Lashmore, PhD, Nanocomp Technologies Inc.
-Yunhua Yu, PhD, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
-Judith Jeevarajan, PhD, NASA Johnson Space Center
-Michael D. Eskra, Eskra Technical Products, Inc.
-Wei He, University of Maryland
-Steve Carkner, Panacis, Inc.
Battery Safety 2012
Widely publicized safety incidents and recalls of lithium-ion batteries have raised legitimate concerns regarding lithium-ion battery safety. Battery Safety 2012 is conveniently timed with Lithium Battery Power 2012, and will address these concerns by exploring the following topics:
- Application specific battery safety issues affecting battery performance
- Major battery degradation and reliability factors
- Battery management systems
- Commercial cells evaluation and failure analysis
- Advances in testing techniques and protocols
- High throughput testing, automation and modeling for better safety
- Standardization and regulatory issues
Battery Safety Program
-Brian J. Landi, PhD, Rochester Institute of Technology
-Zonghai Chen, PhD, Argonne National Laboratory
-Malgorzata (Maggie) Gulbinska, PhD, Yardney Technical Products
-David G. Miller, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane
-Rachid Yazami, PhD, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
-Alvin Wu, Underwriters Laboratories Taiwan Co., Ltd., Underwriters Laboratories
-Sheng S. Zhang, PhD, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
-Judith Jeevarajan, PhD, NASA – Johnson Space Center
-Hans J. Seifert, PhD, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
-Ajay Prasad, PhD, University of Delaware
-Andrew J. Manning, Lithium Battery Engineering, LLC
-Larry J. Yount, LaunchPoint Energy and Power – LEAP LLC
-Karl Vestin, Lithium Balance A/S, Danmark
-Christian E. Shaffer, PhD, EC Power LLC
- Brian M. Barnett, PhD, TIAX, LLC
-Nicholas Williard, CALCE – University of Maryland
-Saburo Tanaka, PhD, Toyohashi University of Technology, National University Corporation
-James E. Powell, Transportation Development Group
-Erik J. Spek, PEng, TÜV SÜD Canada
-Swati Umbrajkar, PhD, Chilworth Technology, a DEKRA Company
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