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GE Global Research Battery Technology Symposium

Agenda

Wednesday October 22
 
5:30 p.m. Participant Registration
GE Global Research Main Lobby
 
6:00 p.m. Opening Reception
Gallery
 
7:00 p.m. Dinner
Gallery
 
8:00 p.m. Keynote Address, Sven Thesen, Utility Operations & Sustainability Strategy, Better Place - A Scalable Model for Sustainable Transportation
 
Thursday October 23
 
Session 1: Battery Trends & Technologies
Session Chair: Glen Merfeld, GE Global Research
Steinmetz Auditorium
 
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
 
8:00 a.m. Welcome & Introduction, Mark Little, Senior Vice President and Director, GE Global Research. presentation
 
8:20 a.m. World Demands & Market Needs for Energy Storage: "A New Paradigm of Power," John Mizroch, Acting Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
 
9:00 a.m. Economics/Emerging Business Opportunities in Energy Storage, Dickon Pinner, Partner, Co-founder of CleanTech Practice at McKinsey & Co. presentation
 
9:30 a.m. Market Trends for Battery Technologies, Craig Irwin , Vice President, Energy Storage and Efficiency, Merriman Curhan Ford. presentation
 
10:00 a.m. Break
 
10:15 a.m. Battery Technologies for Transportation and Stationary Applications, Gary Henriksen, Manager, Electrochemical Energy Storage, Argonne National Laboratory
 
10:45 a.m. The Frontiers of Advanced Battery Research, Professor M. Stanley Whittingham, Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering Director, Binghamton University. presentation
 
11:15 a.m. PANEL: Current State and Future of Battery Technologies
 
Moderator: Steven Ashley, Technology Editor, Scientific American Magazine
Panelists: Dave Vieau, A123Systems
Dr. David Hodgson, CEO, Plurion Ltd.
Giuseppe Lodi, Research and Technologies Director, FIAMM
Richard Doisneau, Chief Technology Officer, Saft
Michael Metzger, Sales Executive, MES-DEA
 
12:30 p.m. LUNCH
Main Gallery
 
1:30 - 4:00 p.m. **Concurrent Afternoon Sessions on Transportation and Stationary**
 
Session 2: Battery Enabled Electrification of Transportation
Session Chair: Glen Merfeld, GE Global Research
Steinmetz Auditorium
 
1:30 p.m. The Hybridization of Transportation, Sanjay Rishi, Vice President and Global Automotive Industry Leader for IBM. presentation
 
2:00 p.m. Military Needs for Hybrids, EVs, and Power Stability in the Battlefield, Dr. Grace Bochenek, Director, U.S. Army TARDEC. presentation
 
2:30 p.m. Vehicle Systems Integration with Hybrid and Electric Drives, Karina Morley, Global Vice President- Control and Electronics, Ricardo. presentation
 
3:00 p.m. Hybrid Locomotive, OHV, and Marine Tugs, Raj Rajiyah, General Manager of Advanced Technologies, GE Transportation. presentation
 
3:30 p.m. State of Battery Performance and Projected Automotive Needs, Robert M. Spotnitz, Founder and CTO of the American Lithium Energy Corporation. presentation
 
Session 3: Grid-Interconnected Energy Storage Applications
Session Chair: Juan de Bedout, GE Global Research
Lyceum Auditorium
 
1:30 p.m. U.S. Department of Energy Activity in Grid-Interconnected Energy Storage, Imre Gyuk, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy. presentation
 
1:55 p.m. Energy Storage Solutions in Existing Power Markets, Chris Shelton, Director of Energy Storage Development, AES. presentation
 
2:20 p.m. American Electric Power (AEP) Plans for Distribution Interconnected Storage, Larry Dickerman, Director, Distribution Engineering Services, American Electric Power
 
2:45 p.m. DTE Experience and Desired Technical Capabilities for Grid Interconnected Storage, Hawk Asgeirsson, Manager Power Systems Technologies, DTE Energy. presentation
 
3:10 p.m. Grid and Off-Grid Energy Storage Applications, Abbas Akhil, Electric Utility Projects, Sandia National Labs. presentation
 
3:35 p.m. Industry Perspective on Trends in the UPS Market, Silvio Colombi, Systems Manager, GE Digital Energy. presentation
 
4:00 p.m. Break
 
     Session 2 and Session 3 Converge
 
4:15 p.m. PANEL: Future of Hybrid and Electric Transportation
 
Moderator: Jennifer Bogo, Senior Editor, Popular Mechanics
Panelists: Jan-Olaf Willums, President and CEO, TH!NK
Mike Iden, General Director, Locomotive Engineering, Union Pacific
Lou Rhodes, Vice President, Advanced Vehicle Engineering and President of ENVI, Chrysler
Dan Funcannon, Manager of Vehicle Development, Komatsu
 
5:30 p.m. Recap of Concurrent Sessions
Steinmetz Auditorium
 
5:45 p.m. Closing Reception
Main Gallery