Ryoji KANNO, He graduated from Graduate School of Science, Osaka University in March 1980, and earned Doctor of Science in 1983, He worked in Mie University (1980 -1989) as Assistant Professor and in Kobe University (1989-2000) as Associate Professor. He moved to

Kristin Persson obtained her Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden in 2001. She is currently a Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at UC Berkeley with a joint appointment as Faculty Senior Scientist at the

Dr. Jie Xiao is currently a Battelle Fellow and leads Battery Materials & System Group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). She is also a PNNL-University of Washington distinguished faculty fellow. Dr. Xiao’s research spans from fundamental research, battery materials scaleup and

Luc Hovan is Operational Excellence Vice President at Northvolt AB. Luc came to Sweden in 2017 to join Northvolt start-up as Purchasing Director after a 30-year global career in automotive industry including 20 years in Japan, 10 years between France, USA and

Jürgen Janek holds a chair for Physical Chemistry at Justus-Liebig University in Giessen (Germany) and is scientific director of BELLA (Batteries and Electrochemistry Laboratory), a joint lab of BASF SE and KIT in Karlsruhe/Germany. He is also Founding Director of the Center for

Michael Makepeace Thackeray is a materials chemist who has contributed significantly to advancing battery science and technology over a distinguished 46-year career. At the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa (1973-1994), Thackeray was a Group Leader in the

Kisuk Kang is a professor of materials science and engineering at Seoul National University (SNU), where he received his B.Sc. He completed his Ph.D. and postdoctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a professor at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute

Professor at UQAMs School of Management Science (ESG), Corinne Gendron is specialized in sustainable development, social and environmental responsibility, innovation and economic governance. Since 2002, she chairs the research group in Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development (CRSDD) where she directed several multidisciplinary

Dr. Stefano Passerini is working on the development of materials and systems for electrochemical energy storage for almost 30 years. Following his PhD in chemistry from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” he worked as a senior scientist at the University of Minnesota,

Dave Howell is the Acting Director and Principal Deputy Director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC). MESC is responsible for strengthening and securing manufacturing and energy supply chains needed to modernize the nation’s energy infrastructure and support