Conference Overview

Sam Adham

Head of Battery Materials at CRU

Dr. Lawrence Alger

Head of Engineering at Bristol Superlight

Ruth Nic Aoidh

Director of Vehicle Programmes at JLR

Roger Atkins

Founder and Managing Director at Electric Vehicles Outlook

Jonathan Audric

Senior Materials Science Engineer – Battery Systems Advance Concepts and Research at JLR

Gian Avignone

Global Head of Automotive Partnerships at Chargepoint

Dr. Daniel Benchetrite

Battery Management Systems Director at Valeo

Michael Briggs

Partner at Shoosmiths

Dr. Rowena Brugge

R&D Manager at Nyobolt

Kevin Brundish

CEO & Director at LionVolt

Eugenie de By

Global HS & DG Manager at CEVA Logistics

Dr. Diogo Vieira Carvahlo

Innovation Lead - Batteries at UKRI Faraday Battery Challenge (Delivered by Innovate UK)

Dr. Jennifer Channell

Commercial & Partnerships Lead at Anaphite

Sean Chiang

Business Development Manager at Xing Mobility

Jake Conway

Head of Systems Integration at Williams Grand Prix Technologies

Dr. Mickey Crozier

Chief Engineer - Component Manufacturing Technology at The Manufacturing Technology Centre

Elspeth Dorrian

Electrical Engineer at MAHLE Powertrain

George Edwardes

Technical Director at The Fire Protection Association

Ian Ellerington

Director of Technology Transfer at The Faraday Institution

Dr. Jake Entwistle

Lead Engineer - Li-ion Battery Recycling Pilot Plant at Altilium Clean Technology

Dr. Mathais Eydner

Product Manager Battery Testing at Weiss Technik

Juliet Flamank

Programme Director at Green Finance Institute

Professor Martin Freer

CEO at Faraday Institution

Dr. James Frith

Principal at Volta Energy Technologies

Blaze Gardener

Manager - Deep Tech in Energy & Electrification at Strativ Group

Iva Garfitt

Head of Data Science, at Agratas

Lukas Gazda

Company Director at BMZ Innovation Group

Tim Gilbert

IP Director at Swindell & Peason

Stephen Green

Manufacturing & Project Management Business Coach at SMPM Consulting Limited

Jon Hall

Head of Research and Advanced Engineering at MAHLE Powertrain

Tony Harper

Founder & Director at Tony Harper Consultancy Services

Gareth Hartley

Head of Lithium-Sulfur and Solid-State Batteries at Gelion

Julian Hetherington

Automotive Transformation Director at Advanced Propulsion Centre

Will Hill

Story Consultant and Co-Founder at Stronger Stories

Catherine Horne

Battery Scheme Manager at Recycling Lives Services

Dr. Padmeya Indurkar

Modeling and Simulation Industry Consultant at Dassault Systèmes

Pranav Jaswani

Technology Analyst at IDTechEx

Dr. Simon Jones

Chief Engineer - Energy Innovation Centre at WMG

David Keating

Sales & Marketing Director at Echion Technologies

Dr. Quirin Kellner

Chief Engineer - E-mobility at FEV UK

Kevin Kelly

Director at Siemens Advanta

Marius Koestler

VP AI for Batteries at Monolith AI

Anna Krajinksa

Director at T&E UK

Pooja Kumari

Senior Cell Design Engineer at JLR

David Leah

Senior Automotive Analyst at CRU Group

Michael Loadman

UK & European Patent Attorney at Swindell & Pearson

Tobias Lucas

Project Manager at Forze Hydrogen Racing

Marco De Luna

Lead Product Manager - Battery Value Chain at Stellantis

Dr. Le Anh Ma

Business Development Manager, Battery Division at ABB

AJ Marsh

Head of Compliance Schemes at Recycling Lives Services

Puneet Mathur

Chief Engineer - Data Driven Calibration Optimisation at Horiba Mira

Dr. Dorota Matras

Materials Scientist at UKBIC

Mark McNally

Managing Director at RAVMAC

Richard Middup

UKIN Audit & Technical Support Partner & DGSA at CEVA Logistics

Dr. Neelam Mughal

Knowledge Transfer Manager ‑ Advanced Materials at Innovate UK Business Connect

Prof. Jacqui Murray

Director of South Wales at High Value Manufacturing Catapult

Andrew Nicholls

Head of Conversions at S Jones Containers

Professor Isobel Sheldon OBE

Global CEO at Western CAM Inc

Olatomiwa Olajide

Research Analyst at Rho Motion

Rachel Ong

Energy Storage Consultant at CRU

Dr Cristiana Pace

Founder and CEO / Ambassador at Enovation Consulting / Silverstone Technology Cluster

Dr. Andy Palmer

Chair at Inobat

Stephen Parker

VP of Global Sales at Arbin Instruments - Europe

Dr. Allan Paterson

Head of Battery Development at Fortescue Zero

John Poli

Director of Manufacturing Engineering at UKBIC

Graeme Purdy

CEO at Ilika

Nikki Rimmington

Head of Strategy at Volklec

Sebastian Brückmann

Head of Battery Engineering at Hofer Powertrain UK

Chantal Shearing

VP Product at TUAL

Pritti Shoker

Battery - Manufacturing Skills Pathway Project Manager at University College Birmingham

Alexander Thompson

Battery Materials Manager at EMR Group

Selin Tur

Managing Director & Chief Technology Officer at Williams Grand Prix Technologies

Aaron Wade

Business Development Lead; Project Director - Battery Pub at Gaussion; Volta Foundation

Harry Warren

Senior Associate at Shoosmiths

Sarah Weingust

Investment Manager at Mountside Ventures

Bill Williams

Global Director ‑ Business Development ‑ EV Battery at Baltimore Aircoil

Dr. Bahareh Yazdani

Global Head of Batteries - Technical Authority at Ricardo

Dr. Faezeh Zarinkhat

Scientist - Applications Group at Teraview