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Previous delegate job titles have included:

• Account Manager
• Applications Development Engineer
• Automotive Trade Sector Advisor
• Customer Director
• Director of Overseas Development
• Doctoral Researchers
• Economists
• Head of Automotive Market Development
• Industry Liaison Officers
• OEM Programme Managers
• Principal Engineer
• Regional Director
• Senior Manager
• Senior Researcher
• Strategy & Business Development Director
• Technical Information Officer
• Technical Programme Managers
• Technical Sales Manager

Latest Speaker Updates

Please check back daily as we are currently updating our confirmed speakers for this event!

Trevor Power (confirmed)
Manage Director
ZEmotive

Trevor is a Veteran of the UK's electric vehicle industry, having been one of the directors who created Modec as an independent venture in 2004. With a brief that covered both marketing and technology strategy, Trevor had to deal with the core challenges that confront every EV manufacturer: sourcing reliable, cost effective components and systems; configuring these into a compelling customer proposition; and winning acceptance of the EV paradigm by customers. Having left Modec in 2008, Trevor returned to the world of electric drives last year with ZEmotive, an electric drive consultancy. He has a broad understanding of the industry and its issues, a good network of contacts and an interest in a number of development projects.

Ian Goodman (confirmed)
Director
LiFeBATT

Please check back as we are currently updating this speaker's biography! For more information on LiFeBATT, please visit their website

Professor John R. Owen (confirmed)
School of Chemistry - University of Southampton
Co-Founder - Nanotecture PLC

John Owen obtained his first degree in Chemistry from Imperial College, London, where he also studied for his Ph.D. in Organic Electro-optic Crystals under the late E.A.D. White.John is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Power Sources. He chaired the Batteries and Supercapacitors symposium of the International Society of Electrochemistry meeting in 2006. Last year he gave invited lectures on nanomaterials and high throughput techniques for battery discovery at international meetings in Germany, Canada, and Australia and a series of lectures in China. He is a co-founder of Nanotecture PLC, a spin-out company of the University.

Dr. James Miners (confirmed)
Business Development Manager, Energy Storage Solutions
Dow Chemical Europe GmbH

James has set-up and managed three fuel cell and battery companies, including a fuel cell research center in France. James has a PhD in Physics from the University of Warwick and worked as a researcher for 5 years at the Max Planck Society in Berlin, Germany.

Nick Ford (confirmed)
Senior Automotive Consultant
Frost and Sullivan

Nick has worked closely with business planning functions, providing strategy guidance and market development support throughout his career. In his previous role he was Product Planning Director at TRW with global responsibility for their £3 billion automotive steering business providing strategy guidance for their electric steering products.Nick has 13 years of automotive experience preceded by 23 years in Aerospace and Defence at British Aerospace and Lucas. As well as holding senior management positions in these corporations, Nick has been MD of EMM Computers, a technology start up company which exceeded $ 1 million turnover in its first year of operation.

Dr. Christian Rosenkranz (confirmed)
EUROBAT Representative, The Association of European Storage Battery Manufacturers
Director Global Business Development & EU Gov't Affairs
Johnson Controls SAFT Advanced Power Solutions

Dr. Christian Rosenkranz is in charge of Global Business Development & EU Governmental Affairs for the Joint Venture Johnson Controls – Saft. The joint venture was been established in January 2006 as an entity for the development, production and sales of advanced battery technology (NiMH and Li-Ion ) for hybrid- and electric vehicles.Christian Rosenkranz has a PhD in chemistry with a dissertation and thesis in electro chemistry and has studied in Hannover and London Imperial College. He will be representing EUROBAT. EUROBAT is the unified voice of the European automotive and industrial battery industry based in Brussels, Belgium.

Event Summary

Advanced battery technology is the fastest growing technical field being addressed in electric vehicle development today. It has become the foundation of electric vehicles which defines vehicle cost, range, performance and design characteristics. During this growth, lithium battery technology has quickly become the predominant chemistry among OEMs and suppliers due to its significant advantages in volumetric power and energy. The recent rapid developments behind lithium batteries have provided promising and dynamic achievements in capacity and vehicle range. Researchers now predict that future lithium technology and chemistries have the potential for energy values upwards of 3,000W/kg, allowing for lighter and more powerful system solutions. With this extraordinary momentum and rapidly growing sector, it will be essential to understand the roadmap and outlook for lithium batteries as this technology continues to shape the future development of the automotive industry.

This one-day conference will provide an opportunity to explore some of the key issues and potential breakthroughs in lithium battery development. In addition, the day will provide an engaging forum for business representatives, product developers and industry stakeholders from around the world to exchange new ideas, understand the latest energy storage advancements and consider the future challenges and potentials for lithium battery technology in electric vehicle applications. Through a series of presentations from leading figures in the automotive, lithium and energy storage industries, participants will have the opportunity to gain a thorough understanding of key industry and development issues.