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Keynote speakers
Professor Sir Stanley Whittingham
Position - Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering, Binghamton University
Stan Whittingham is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering at Binghamton University. Following his D Phil at Oxford University, he was a research associate in Materials S&E at Stanford University. This ... Read more
Professor Shirley Meng
Position - Professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
Dr. Y. Shirley Meng is The Liew Family Professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. She serves as the Chief Scientist of the Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) at Argonne ... Read more
Professor Paul Monks
Position - Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)
Professor Paul Monks CB is the Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). As CSA, he delivers independent and impartial science and engineering advice to Ministers and policy makers across the ... Read more
Dave Rawlins
Position - Head of Engineering - Heavy Industry
Dave Rawlins, Head of Engineering - Heavy Industry at Fortescue Zero, is a chartered engineer with more than three decades of industry product development experience. Having graduated from Imperial College in London with a Mechanical ... Read more
Dr Reza Younesi
Position - Co-Founder of Altris AB and Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University
Reza Younesi is an Associate Professor at Uppsala University in Sweden, and Co-Founder of ALTRIS AB, Europe's sodium-ion battery developer - https://www.altris.se/. Reza worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Technical University of Denmark ... Read more
Invited speakers
Dr Gyen Ming Angel
Position - Director of Ventre Building, Prosemino
Dr Gyen Ming Angel is the Director of Venture Building at Prosemino, the first venture studio with its own chemistry labs built for climate tech. Prosemino co-founds and scales net-zero startups focused on electrochemical energy and materials ... Read more
Dr Jerry Barker
Position - Founder & CEO, Redoxion
Jerry Barker received a PhD in solid state electrochemistry from the University of Exeter. Jerry was co-founder and CTO at Faradion Limited, a UK-based start-up commercializing Na-ion battery technology. Previously Jerry was Chief Scientist and ... Read more
Dr Jonathan Buston
Position - Principal Scientist, Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Jonathan is a Chartered Chemist within the HazMat Team (which covers batteries, explosives and releases and reaction hazards of nasty chemicals) at the Health and Safety Executive’s Science Labs based in Buxton. Jonathan leads the work in the ... Read more
Dr Julius Butime
Position - Dean and Senior Lecturer, Strathmore University
Eng. Dr. Julius Butime is an internationally experienced Engineer with over 14 years’ experience in Engineering Education. His key competences include Spectrum Management, Computer Vision, Wireless communication, and Curriculum development. He ... Read more
Dr Carmen Cavallo
Position - Senior Research Scientist, R&D, FAAM
Carmen Cavallo, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist in R&D at FAAM, where she directs the Advanced Characterization Section. With nearly a decade of expertise in lithium-ion technology, Carmen is at the cutting edge of battery cell ... Read more
Dr Sam Cooper
Position - Reader in Artificial Intelligence for Materials Design in the Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London
Sam is a Reader in Artificial Intelligence for Materials Design in the Dyson School of Design Engineering and Imperial College London and leader of the Tools for Learning, Design, and Research (TLDR) group. His work is primarily focused on the ... Read more
Dr Hieu Duong
Position - Chief Manufacturing Officer, AM Batteries
Hieu Duong is the Chief Manufacturing Officer at AM Batteries. Duong is an interdisciplinary engineer with over 20 years of experience in technology development and industrialization. With a Ph.D. in Chemistry from UCLA, he advanced membrane ... Read more
Professor Martin Freer
Position - Chief Executive Officer, The Faraday Institution
Professor Martin Freer joined the Faraday Institution as CEO in September 2024. Professor Freer is a nuclear physicist. Between 2015 and 2024 he served as the Director of the Birmingham Energy Institute (BEI) at the University of Birmingham, ... Read more
Professor Nuria Garcia-Araez
Position - Professor in Chemistry, University of Southampton
Nuria Garcia-Araez obtained her first-class degree in Chemistry in 2002 at the University of Alicante (Spain), where she also got her Ph.D. (cum laude) in 2007 in the field of single-crystal electrochemistry under the supervision of Prof. Juan ... Read more
Dr Gareth Hartley
Position - Head of Lithium-Sulfur, Gelion
As the Head of Lithium-Sulfur and Solid-State Batteries at Gelion, Gareth leads next-generation battery research and development. He coordinates international R&D collaborations with teams in Australia and the UK. Previously, he was ... Read more
Professor Louise Horsfall
Position - Chair of Sustainable Biotechnology, University of Edinburgh
Professor Louise Horsfall, Chair of Sustainable Biotechnology at the University of Edinburgh, is interested in applying synthetic biology to improve the sustainability of biological processes and products. She was a founding member of the ... Read more
Dr Rob House
Position - Associate Professor of Materials, University of Oxford
Robert House is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials, Fellow of ZERO Institute at Oxford and Non-Tutorial Fellow of Keble College. He holds a Research Fellowship with the Royal Academy of Engineering and affiliations with the ... Read more
Professor John Irvine
Position - School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews
John Irvine is Professor of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews. He has established a significant international research profile investigating fundamental electrochemistry, solid-state chemistry and materials science, addressing critical ... Read more
Bozorg Khanbaei
Position - Policy Officer, BEPA (Batteries European Partnership Association)
Bozorg Khanbaei is the Policy Officer for BEPA, representing the battery stakeholders in the Batt4EU Partnership, providing the R&I funding needed to build a globally competitive and sustainable battery value chain in Europe. Before his ... Read more
Robert Llewellyn
Position - Founder, Fully Charged
Robert Llewellyn is the Founder of the Fully Charged Show, a YouTube series in which he discusses the contemporary electric vehicle scene, the future of transport and renewable energy tech from solar panels to battery storage and alternative ... Read more
Professor Serena Margadonna
Position - Chair in Materials Engineering, Swansea University
Serena Margadonna is Chair in Materials Engineering and Head of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Swansea University. Earlier in her career, she held academic positions at Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Oslo, building recognised ... Read more
Dr Alice Merryweather
Position - Founder and Applications Lead, Illumion
Dr. Alice Merryweather is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of illumion, a start-up dedicated to transforming battery research through advanced optical microscopy. During her PhD at the University of Cambridge, Alice developed a novel ... Read more
Dr Hadi Moztarzadeh
Position - Head of Technology Trends, Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC)
Dr Hadi Moztarzadeh is a technology innovation specialist, with over 20 years’ experience in both academia and industry. At the APC, he oversees a portfolio of insights and foresights and technology strategy as well as the Automotive Council ... Read more
Dr Evi Petavratzi
Position - Principal Mineral Commodity Specialist, British Geological Society (BGS)
Dr Evi Petavratzi is a Principal Mineral Commodity Specialist at the British Geological Survey (BGS), with over 15 years of working experience. Her work is in the field of critical raw materials and sustainable and responsible supply, both from ... Read more
Tim Powell
Position - Automotive Sector Lead, STFC
Tim Powell, with a background of physics-based modelling and software engineering, leads the STFC Hartree Centre’s involvement in the Automotive industry with the aim of accelerating the adoption of High-Performance Computing (HPC), Artificial ... Read more
Rebecca Schapira
Position - Deputy Director for Advanced Manufacturing, Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
Rebecca has led the work on the Industrial Strategy’s Advanced Manufacturing Sector Plan. In addition to taking a wide strategic view across the whole Manufacturing landscape, she is also the Department’s lead on Battery policy and Electronic ... Read more
Dr Mike Thomas
Position - Centre of Excellence Lead, Morgan Advanced Materials
R&D Manager for the Global development centre for Thermal Division in Morgan Advanced Materials Plc. Read more
Dr. Ulderico Ulissi
Position - Head of Overseas Tech & Startup Cooperation, CATL
Dr. Ulderico Ulissi heads oversea startup sourcing and technical due diligence for CATL. Before that, he worked in consulting and market research. He held technical roles at Nissan Motor, where he was the European technical lead for research in ... Read more
Dr W. Dhammika Widanage
Position - Head of Battery Modelling
Dhammika Widanage is Head of Battery Modelling at Breathe, where he leads the battery modelling strategy and simulation product development. He joined Breathe in April 2024. Previously, he was a Reader at WMG, University of Warwick, where he ... Read more
Invited chairs
Dr Thomas Bartlett
Position - Deputy Challenge Director, Faraday Battery Challenge, Innovate UK UKRI
Thomas joined Innovate UK in 2020 and is now the Deputy Challenge Director for the £610 million Faraday Battery Challenge (FBC), the UK government’s flagship battery innovation programme. The FBC is working to develop a resilient and globally ... Read more
Professor Paul Anderson
Position - Professor of Strategic Elements and Materials Sustainability at University of Birmingham, Co-Director of the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and Critical Materials and PI of ReLiB Project
Session Chair: Active Materials & Supply Chain | Tuesday 9 September 2025 - 14:00-16:00 - The Theatre, First Floor Paul Anderson is Professor of Strategic Elements and Materials Sustainability and the Co-Director of the Birmingham Centre ... Read more
Dr Elizabeth Driscoll
Position - Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
Session Chair: Advances in Recycling & Reuse | Tuesday 9 September 2025 - 14:00-16:00 - The Studio, Upper Foyer, Ground Floor Dr Elizabeth (Lizzie) Driscoll is a research fellow within the Energy Materials Group chaired by Prof. Emma ... Read more
Ian Ellerington
Position - Technology Transfer Director, The Faraday Institution
Session Chair: Industry Keynote Talk with Dr Reza Younesi, Altris AB | Wednesday 10 September 2025 - 14:00-14:40 - The Theatre, First Floor Session Chair: From Innovation to Market | Wednesday 10 September 2025 - 14:40-16:00 - The Theatre, ... Read more
Dr Valentina Gentili
Position - Battery Innovation Programme Director, Innovate UK
Session Chair: Academic Keynote Talk from Professor Shirley Meng, University of Chicago | Wednesday 10 September 2025 - 09:00-09:50 - The Theatre, First Floor Dr Valentina Gentili is a senior executive with over 20 years of experience in ... Read more
Professor Patrick Grant
Position - Vesuvius Chair of Materials and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Oxford and PI of Nextrode Project, Faraday Institution
Session Chair: Electrode Manufacturing | Wednesday 10 September - 10:30-12:30 - Woods Scawen, Upper Foyer, Ground Floor Patrick's research takes place at the interface between advanced materials and manufacturing. Particular applications ... Read more
Dr Georgina Gregory
Position - Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow, University of Oxford
Session Chair: New Battery Chemistries & Interfaces | Thursday 11 September 2025 - 10:00-12:00 - The Theatre, First Floor Dr Georgina Gregory is a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow and Junior Research Fellow in Chemistry at Wadham ... Read more
Professor Emma Kendrick
Position - Professor of Energy Materials, University of Birmingham
Session Chair: Maximising Academic-Industry Collaboration | Thursday 11 September 2025 - 10:00-11:30 - The Studio, Upper Foyer, Ground Floor Professor Emma Kendrick, CChem FIMMM FRSC FIMMM is Chair of Energy Materials, in the School of ... Read more
Dr Mel Loveridge
Position - Associate Professor of Electrochemical Materials, WMG – University of Warwick
Session Chair: Battery Safety & Abuse | Tuesday 9 September 2025 - 14:00-16:00 - The Studio, Upper Foyer, Ground Floor Dr Melanie Loveridge is a materials chemist with a proven background in new materials development and characterisation ... Read more
Professor James Marco
Position - Professor of Battery Systems and Head of the Battery Systems Research Group, WMG – University of Warwick
Session Chair: Battery Modelling | Tuesday 9 September 2025 - 14:00-16:00 - Woods Scawen, Upper Foyer, Ground Floor James Marco is a Chartered Engineer and Professor with nearly 25 years' experience leading collaborative research across ... Read more
Dr Gabriel Perez
Position - Instrument Scientist, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Session Chair: Advanced Characterisation & Degradation | Thursday 11 September 2025 - 10:00-12:00 - Woods-Scawen, Upper Foyer, Ground Floor Gabriel is an Instrument Scientist at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source who works within the ... Read more
Professor Louis Piper
Position - Professor of Battery Innovation at WMG - University of Warwick; PI of FutureCat Project and CO-PI of Degradation Project, Faraday Institution
Session Chair: Academic Keynote Talk from Professor Sir Stanley Whittingham, Binghamton University | Tuesday 9 September 2025 - 10:30-11:20 - The Theatre, First Floor Louis Piper is Professor of Battery Innovation and heads the Battery ... Read more
Professor Venkataraman Thangadurai
Position - Chair in Energy, University of St. Andrews
Session Chair: New Battery Chemistries & Interfaces (1) | Wednesday 10 September 2025 - 10:30-12:30 - The Theatre, First Floor Prof. Venkataraman Thangadurai is a newly appointed professor and Chair in Energy in the School of Chemistry, ... Read more
Selected speakers
Dr Gerard Bree
Position - Assistant Professor, WMG - University of Warwick
Selected Talk | New Battery Chemistries & Interfaces (1) | Wednesday 10th September 2025 - 10:30 - 12:30 - The Theatre, First Floor Gerard Bree is an Assistant Professor in the Battery Materials and Cells group at WMG in the ... Read more
Lou Cooper
Position - PhD student, University of Birmingham
Selected Talk | Advances in Recyling & Reuse | Wednesday 10 September 2025, 10:30-12:30 - The Studio, Ground Floor Lou is a third-year PhD student in the Anderson Group at the University of Birmingham, researching novel processes for ... Read more
Dr Edmund Dickinson
Position - Head of Electrochemistry, About:Energy Ltd
Selected Talk | Battery Modelling | Tuesday 9th September 2025 – 14:00 -16:00 – Woods Scawen, Upper Foyer, Ground Floor Edmund Dickinson is the Head of Electrochemistry at About:Energy, a battery data and modelling startup. His role defines ... Read more
Dr Juliane Fiates
Position - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Newcastle University
Selected Talk | New Battery Chemistries & Interfaces (1) | Wednesday 10th September 2025 – 10:30 – 12:30 – The Theatre, First Floor Dr Juliane Fiates is a Faraday Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Newcastle University. She earned her PhD ... Read more
Marveh Forghani
Position - Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
Selected Talk | Electrode Manufacturing | Wednesday 10 September 2025, 10:30-12:30 - Woods-Scawen, Ground Floor Marveh is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. She obtained her PhD in ... Read more
Malene Fumany
Position - PhD Researcher, King's College London
Selected Talk | Active Materials & Supply Chain Session | Tuesday 9th September 2025 – 14:00 -16:00 – The Theatre, First Floor Malene Fumany is undertaking her PhD under the supervision of Dr Laura Lander at King’s College London in the ... Read more
Begum Gulsoy
Position - Lead Engineer, WMG, University Of Warwick
Selected Talk | Battery Safety & Abuse | Tuesday 9th September 2025 – 14:00 -16:00 - The Studio, Upper Foyer, Ground Floor Begum Gulsoy is a Lead Engineer in the Cell Instrumentation Team at WMG, University of Warwick. She obtained her ... Read more
Roksana Jackowska
Position - Phd Researcher, University Of Birmingham
Selected Talk | Battery Modelling | Tuesday 9th September 2025 – 14:00 -16:00 – Woods Scawen, Upper Foyer, Ground Floor Roksana Jackowska is a final-year PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham, working under the supervision of ... Read more
Dr Chengge Jiao
Position - Staff Scientist, Thermofisher Scientific
Selected Talk | Advanced Characterisation & Degradation | Thursday 11 September 2025, 10;00-12:00 - Woods-Scawen, Ground Floor Dr. Chengge Jiao is a staff scientist in application development at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Eindhoven, the ... Read more
Prof. Lee Johnson
Position - Professor, University of Nottingham
Selected Talk | New Battery Chemistries & Interfaces (1) | Wednesday 10th September 2025 - 10:30 - 12:30 - The Theatre, First Floor Lee Johnson received his PhD in physical chemistry and electrochemistry at the University of Nottingham. ... Read more
Dr Evangelos Kallitsis
Selected Talk | Active Materials & Supply Chain Session | Tuesday 9th September 2025 – 14:00 -16:00 – The Theatre, First Floor Dr Evangelos Kallitsis is a postdoctoral researcher in the Electrochemical Science and Engineering group at ... Read more
Stiven Lopez Guzman
Position - PhD student, University of the Basque Country and CICenergiGUNE
Selected Talk | Advances in Recyling & Reuse | Wednesday 10 September 2025, 10:30-12:30 - The Studio, Ground Floor Stiven Lopez Guzman is a third-year PhD student at the University of the Basque Country and CICenergiGUNE. His doctoral ... Read more
Dr Kit McColl
Position - Postdoctoral Research Associate, University Of Bath, UK
Selected Talk | Battery Modelling | Tuesday 9th September 2025 – 14:00 -16:00 – Woods Scawen, Upper Foyer, Ground Floor Kit McColl is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Bath, working on the Faraday Institution CATMAT ... Read more
Dr Kirstie Mccombie
Position - Research Fellow, University of Warwick
Selected Talk | Advances in Recyling & Reuse | Wednesday 10 September 2025, 10:30-12:30 - The Studio, Ground Floor Kirstie McCombie is a Research Fellow at WMG, University of Warwick, specializing in the direct recycling of cathode ... Read more
Dr Ashok Menon
Position - Assistant Professor, University of Warwick
Selected Talk | Advanced Characterisation & Degradation | Thursday 11 September 2025, 10;00-12:00 - Woods-Scawen, Ground Floor Dr. Ashok S. Menon is a research-focused Assistant Professor at WMG, University of Warwick. He is also the ... Read more
Dr Beth Murdock
Position - Material Scientist, Redoxion
Selected Talk | Active Materials & Supply Chain Session | Tuesday 9th September 2025 - 14:00 -16:00 - The Theatre, First Floor Dr. Beth Murdock is a Battery Materials Scientist specializing in synthesis and advanced characterization. She ... Read more
Tú Nguyen
Position - PhD researcher, Hasselt University and Flemish Institute of Technological Research (VITO)
Selected Talk | Electrode Manufacturing | Wednesday 10 September 2025, 10:30-12:30 – Woods-Scawen, Ground Floor Tú Nguyen is a PhD researcher at Hasselt University and Flemish Institute of Technological Research (VITO), where she focuses on ... Read more
Dr Marcin Orzech
Position - Senior Research Officer, Swansea University
Selected Talk | Active Materials & Supply Chain Session | Tuesday 9th September 2025 – 14:00 -16:00 – The Theatre, First Floor Marcin Orzech is a Senior Research Officer at Swansea University. He holds an EngD in Materials and ... Read more
Elliott Read
Position - Lead Engineer (Cell Safety), University Of Warwick
Selected Talk | Battery Safety & Abuse | Tuesday 9th September 2025 – 14:00 -16:00 – The Studio, Upper Foyer, Ground Floor Elliott is a Lead Engineer at WMG, University of Warwick, specialising in lithium-ion cell safety and abuse ... Read more
Haijun Ruan
Position - Assistant Professor, Coventry University
Selected Talk | Advanced Characterisation & Degradation | Thursday 11 September 2025, 10;00-12:00 - Woods-Scawen, Ground Floor Haijun Ruan is an Assistant Professor of AI4Batteries at Coventry University. Prior to this, he was a Research ... Read more
Prof. Darren Walsh
Position - Professor Of Chemistry, University Of Nottingham
Selected Talk | New Battery Chemistries & Interfaces (2) | Thursday 11 September 2025, 10:00-12:00 - The Theatre, First Floor Darren Walsh obtained his PhD from Dublin City University, before undertaking a postdoctoral position at the ... Read more
Dr Ashley Willow
Position - Senior Lecturer, Swansea University’
Selected Talk | New Battery Chemistries & Interfaces (2) | Thursday 11 September 2025, 10;00-12:00 - The Theatre, First Floor Dr Ashley Willow is a Senior Lecturer at Swansea University’s department of Chemical Engineering. His research ... Read more
Dr Eric Woillez
Position - Research-Engineer, CEA
Selected Talk | Battery Modelling | Tuesday 9th September 2025 – 14:00 -16:00 – Woods Scawen, Upper Foyer, Ground Floor Eric Woillez is a research engineer in the Energy and Hydrogen Department at CEA Grenoble. He graduated from the École ... Read more
Dr Mark Wootton
Position - Research Associate In Li-ion Battery Safety, University Of Sheffield
Selected Talk | Battery Safety & Abuse | Tuesday 9th September 2025 – 14:00 -16:00 – The Studio, Upper Foyer, Ground Floor Mark holds the position of Research Associate in Li-ion Battery Safety in the Department of Chemical, Materials, ... Read more
Dr Jake Yang
Position - Lecturer Of Physical Chemistry, University Of Leicester
Selected Talk | Advances in Recyling & Reuse | Wednesday 10 September 2025, 10:30-12:30 - The Studio, Ground Floor Jake earned his MChem and DPhil in electrochemistry at Oxford before founding his Leicester research group in 2023. His ... Read more
Kanyapat Yiamsawat
Position - PhD researcher, University of Oxford
Selected Talk | New Battery Chemistries & Interfaces (2) | Thursday 11 September 2025, 10;00-12:00 - The Theatre, First Floor I am Kanyapat Yiamsawat, a PhD researcher at the University of Oxford, working within the Charlotte Williams ... Read more
Dr Wei Yu
Position - Assistant Professor, Tohoku University
Selected Talk | Advanced Characterisation & Degradation | Thursday 11 September 2025, 10;00-12:00 - Woods-Scawen, Ground Floor Wei Yu received his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Tsinghua University (China) in 2018, ... Read more
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