The Battery Conference

THE BATTERY CONFERENCE

The Battery Conference 2019(TBC 2019)

Overview

Event name The Battery Conference 2019 (TBC 2019)
Date October 17(Thu) - 18(Fri), 2019
Venue / Scale Coex Conference Room 401
Organizer Korea Battery Industry Association
Host Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Sponsor LG Chem, Samsung SDI, SK Innovation, L&F, EcoPro BM, POSCO Chemical, Baker Hughes, Seoul Metropolitan City
Key Participants Those related to the battery industry from industry, academia, research, and government
Official language Korean and English (simultaneous interpretation provided)

Overview

Composition and Details

(Program) A total of 10 sections including 6 sections for each major application field (including panel discussions) and special keynote and special presentation sections, and 19 presentation topics

The program consists of a total of 8 sections: Special Keynote (2), Special Presentation (2), Charger Market (3), Electric Vehicle (3), Raw Materials and Materials Market (3), Battery Recycling/Reuse (3), Efficiency Improvement (3), and ESS (3)
Inviting 22 Korean and international experts (7 Koreans (31%), 15 foreigners (69%)) as speakers and 4 moderators

(Section presentation format) 30 minutes per speaker (including Q&A)

(Panel discussion format) Representative panelists make a presentation for 20 minutes on the topic of electric vehicle battery reuse and recycling, followed by a 40-minute discussion based on the presentation

Program

Time	10/17(Thu) Day 1	10/18(Fri) Day 2
10:00	Special Presentation	Special Presentation (Shmuel De-Leon)
Subtopic	Charger Market	Battery Recycling
10:30	What is the Future of the Japanese Charger Market? (Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.)Makoto Dave Yoshida	Panel Discussion (KBIA, Sungeel Hitech, Fraunhofer, Kookmin University)
11:00	Importance of Education for High Voltage Safety and Countermeasures (EV All) CEO Hukyung Lee
11:30	Keynote Speech: Battery Market (President of LG Chem and Chairman of KBIA) Jonghyun Kim	Keynote Speech: Cathode Materials, Anode Materials (POSCO Chemical) Dohyung Kim
12:00	Lunch
Subtopic	Electric vehicles	Efficiency improvement
14:00	China's Electric Bus Revolution Kicks Off - Recent Market Trends and Technology Developments (ITRI) Mark Lu	How Much Have All-Solid-State Batteries Been Developed? - All-Solid-State Batteries Recharge Electric Vehicles (Solidpowerbattery) (Solidpowerbattery) Doug Cambell
14:30	Why the UK Takes the Plunge into Electric Vehicles? - The Electric Vehicle Cell Production Market in the UK (The Faraday Institution) Neil Morris	How Much can Battery Performance Do? - Battery Efficiency Improvement and Smart Additives (Evonik) Daniel Esken
15:00	Can Japanese Electric Vehicles Beat Hybrids? - The Future of Lithium-ion Batteries, 2020+ (Fuji-Keizai) Tsuyoshi Nishimura	How to Reduce Manufacturing Costs in a Smart Way? (Rockwell Automation) - 배터리산업을 위한 첨단 스마트 공장 William J Sarver
15:30	Break for networking
Subtopic	Raw Materials and Materials Market ESS	ESS
16:00	Can We Handle Explosive Demand for Battery Materials? Measures to Resolve Imbalance between Supply and Demand of Secondary Battery Materials (Cairn ERA) Sam Jaffe	The Era of Energy Transition and the Fourth Industrial Revolution - The Role of Korean ESS (Seoul National University) Professor Seungil Moon
16:30	Development of Cathode Materials for High Output/High Capacity - LNMO Spinel Technology for High Voltage (Haldor Topsoe) Jonathan Højberg	How Much will the ESS Market Grow? - Current Status of the US ESS Market (Navigant Consult) William Tokash
17:00	Can Korea’s Cathode Materials Be Self-sufficient? - BMR’s Geumam Graphite Project (BMR) Ian Pringle	Why the World is Paying Attention to the European ESS Market - The Value of the European ESS Market (BCG) Sebastian Wolf

Event Results

Participant Analysis

(Attendee) A total of 376 people attended for 2 days from industry, academia, research, media, and relevant organizations

(Percentage of foreigners) Of the total 376 attendees, Koreans and foreigners account for 339 (90%) and 37 (10%), respectively

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