Thursday, October 23

09:00 AM - 03:00 PM   

Nevada Tech Hub’s all-consortium meeting

Plenary conferences

This event brings together battery industry, workforce development, and government organizations to provide updates and discussion on Nevada’s battery ecosystem, discover opportunities for collaboration, network, and more.

For registration please, follow the link:  https://nevada.formstack.com/forms/nevadatechhub_all_consortium_registration

04:30 PM - 07:00 PM    Joe Crowley Student Union Great Room (Room 402)

Joint Networking Mixer

Networking

Sponsored by Agilent Technologies - Connecting both events, we invite you to a joint networking mixer, which will take place in the Joe Crowley Student Union Great Room (Room 402)

Friday, October 24

08:30 AM - 02:00 PM   

Upcell North America Launch Event

Networking

09:00 AM - 09:10 AM   

Welcome Note

Plenary conferences

Claude LAPERIERE- Upcell Alliance, President

09:10 AM - 09:30 AM   

Upcell Strategy and Updates

Plenary conferences

Nina CARRETERO- Upcell Alliance, Secretary General

09:30 AM - 09:45 AM   

Battery Market Overview and Project Trends

Plenary conferences

OCO Global

Abby VARAS- OCO Global, North America Advisory Manager

09:45 AM - 10:00 AM   

Challenges and Opportunities Building Batteries in the US

Plenary conferences

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM   

Charles Ross & Son Company Introduction

Plenary conferences

Ken LANGHORN- Charles Ross & Son Company, Vice President Sales

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM   

SAFT - Projects and Plans

Plenary conferences

Loïc LAPORTE- Saft, Corporate Director of Processes and Equipment Purchases

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM   

The Path to Manufacturing Leadership – Start with Innovation, Not Imitation

Plenary conferences

Richard CHLEBOSKI- 24M, CFO and COO

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM   

Coffee Break

Networking

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM   

Re:Build Manufacturing: Accelerating U.S. Battery Innovation from Concept to Production

Plenary conferences

Cindy HEREDIA- Re:Build Manufacturing, Market Lead, Electrification

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM   

Redefining Battery Manufacturing: From Nonflammable Chemistries to Scalable Solutions

Plenary conferences

North America faces an urgent challenge: competing on the global stage of battery manufacturing requires leapfrog technologies, not incremental gains. Yet most efforts to date have struggled to balance scalability, cost, and innovation. Dragonfly Energy has pioneered an aerosol-based dry electrode process that is both effective and efficient, reducing factory footprint while opening exciting new pathways to nonflammable solid-state solutions. In this session, Dr. Denis Phares will share how these advancements are redefining what’s possible in North American battery manufacturing and why they matter for manufacturers, investors, and policymakers.

Denis PHARES- Dragonfly Energy, CEO

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM   

Upcell Turnkey Solutions & Together

Plenary conferences

Giacomo DEL PANTA- Comau, Global VP Business

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM   

American Battery Factory (ABF) - endeavoring to be a premier US-based LFP prismatic cell manufacturer to power a historic shift in U.S. energy infrastructure 

Plenary conferences

John KEM- ABF, President

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM   

Panel Discusion: International Collaboration Through Consortium Building

Panel discussion

Claude LAPERIERE- Upcell Alliance, President Giacomo DEL PANTA- Comau, Global VP Business Raju HINGORANI- JACOBS, Sr. Director - Projects and Technology Alec FALZONE- Honeywell, Americas Battery Industry Leader Carlos SANDOVAL- Blue Solutions, Strategic Purchasing Director

01:30 PM - 01:45 PM   

FISAIR - Solutions for lithium batteries

Plenary conferences

Pascual ESPERON- Fisair, Application Engineer Manager

01:45 PM - 02:00 PM   

Farewell and Upcell Award

Plenary conferences

Claude LAPERIERE- Upcell Alliance, President

02:30 PM - 05:30 PM   

Dragonfly Energy Facility Visit and Networking BBQ

Networking