Speakers Profiles
Learn more about the speakers and experts that will contribute to the agenda of the Future Battery Forum 2022
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Dirk Abendroth
CEO, CUSTOMCELLS Group
Dr. Dirk Abendroth began working at BMW in 2004. Most recently, Abendroth was Head of Powertrain BMW before moving to electric car manufacturer Byton as Executive Vice President in 2016. In January 2019, Continental AG appointed Abendroth to CTO of Automotive. In July 2021, he became CTO at Team Global. Since May 2022 Dirk Abendroth is CEO of the CUSTOMCELLS Group.
Gunther Ackermann
CEO, Lambda Technology GmbH
In 2000, Gunther Ackermann - CEO, founded Lambda Technology GmbH. Today's patented systems consist of a combination of air and radiation technology that are digitally controlled. The modular structure allows IR as well as NIR emitters to be used. The combination of the individual elements makes the system one of the most sustainable drying technologies WW.
Siyamend Al Barazi
Head of unit Mineral Economics, German Mineral Resources Agency DERA at BGR
Siyamend Al Barazi has been working for the German Mineral Resources Agency (DERA) since 2011. He is head of unit “Mineral Economics” and has 15 years’ experience in exploration, consulting and project management. Before he joined DERA he worked as an exploration geologist in Canada and Australia. He holds a master’s degree in Geology of the Freie Universität of Berlin.
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Dr. Stefan Bergold
General Manager, Farasis Energy Europe GmbH
Dr. Stefan Bergold, General Manager of Farasis Energy Europe GmbH, has more than 15 years experience in the field of powertrain development. Prior to joining Farasis, he worked as Vice President Sales at AKASOL AG. Stefan completed his studies and doctorate in electrical engineering at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany. He is also Member of the Board of Siro Energy.
Dr. Wolfgang Bernhart
Senior Partner - Global Head Advanced Technology Center Automotive & Industrials, Roland Berger GmbH
Dr. Bernhart is a trusted advisor to CEOs, CTOs and COOs, combining technology expertise, strategic thinking, and pragmatism to long-lasting business results. In over 100 LiB related projects, he has worked with many global OEMs, the most important cell suppliers, cathode and anode suppliers incl. solide-state and silcon players, recycling companies, mines and refineries.
Jeldrik Borch
Key Account Manager Automotive, FlexLink Systems GmbH
Jeldrik started his career as Sales Engineer at Bosch Rexroth AG in 2007. During his career, he held several roles as Key Account and Business Development Manager at Robert Bosch GmbH and flex Ltd. After returning from a 3-year-term in Asia, he joined FlexLink in June 22. Together with his customers, he helps to find automated production flow solutions for the battery industry.
Pascal Boulanger
Founder, CTO & COO, NAWA Technologies
Dr. Christopher Brown
Executive Director of Materials Discovery, Schrödinger
Dr. Brown is the Executive Director of Material Discovery at Schrödinger. He is an expert in organic electronics and Organic Light Emitting Devices having led teams in materials discovery, photographic science, inkjet printing, photochemistry, process engineering, quantum computing and biochemistry with 36 US patents and numerous publications and presentations.
Philipp Brunotte
Co-Founder, LiBCycle GmbH
Philipp Brunotte completed his master's degree in mechanical engineering & management in Munich. His professional background includes strategy consulting at Bain & Company & Accenture & M&A and restructuring in private equity at Callista Private Equity. In 2021, he founded the company LiBCycle GmbH.
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Ellen Carey
Vice President of Global Policy and Public Affairs, Circulor
Ellen has dedicated her career to advocating for clean technologies—running successful campaigns for technologies such as electric vehicles and renewable energy that shape market dynamics and create new business opportunity. She has held senior positions at Samsung, Audi of America, and the American Wind Energy Association, working internationally across policy, communications, and corporate development.
Lars Carlstrom
Founder and CEO, Italvolt
Christoph Certain
Manager Public Affairs, JET H2 Energy Germany GmbH
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Stefan Debruyne
Director of External Affairs, SQM
Stefan Debruyne is Director of External Affairs at SQM, focusing on SQM’s engagement with all stakeholders of the global EV battery value chain. He joined SQM in 2005 as lithium and iodine Sales Director Asia-Pacific. He witnessed firsthand the boom in lithium-ion battery production in Asia and the emerging electrification of transportation in China. He earned a master's degree in commercial engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) in 1997 and an Executive MBA from Vlerick Business School in Belgium in 2021. Prior to joining SQM in 2005, he held a variety of international commercial roles in different listed companies.
Dr. Fabian Duffner
Associate Partner Mobility - Advanced Technologies, Porsche Consulting GmbH
Dr. Fabian Duffner leads the global Competence Center Battery at Porsche Consulting. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Chemistry from the University of Münster in which the optimization and industrialization of (post-)lithium-ion batteries was focused. Throughout the last decade, he worked on various strategic projects along the entire battery value chain.
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Christian Eckert
Director Sustainability & Environment / Managing Director Section Batteries, ZVEI e.V.
Dr. Simon Engelke
Founder & Chair, Battery Associates
Dr. Simon Engelke is the Founder & Chair of Battery Associates. Simon completed his Ph.D. on Lithium-ion batteries at the University of Cambridge. He is the recipient of multiple awards including the Trinity Bradfield Prize and Cambridge University Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Simon has been invited to speak at various events including the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) and Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. He served as Co-Curator of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Strategic Intelligence for Future of Energy and Batteries and as Fellow of the WEF Global Future Council on Energy Technologies.
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Prof. Dr. Dieter Flämig
CEO and Vice President of the INFRAMobility-Dianba Supervisory Board
Flämig, born in 1950 was State Secretary to the Governing Mayor in 1992 and now heads the infrastructure platform INFRANEU. Fläming is member of the Expert Panel of APA NOVA Bucharest as well as CEO of a Joint Venture with CPI and Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Berliner Stadtwerke. In 2019, he founded the 50:50 Joint Venture INFRAMobility-Dianba GmbH with his business partner Li and is now Vice president.
Sarah Fleischer
Co-founder & CEO, tozero GmbH
Sarah Fleischer is the Co-Founder and CEO of tozero, a lithium-ion battery recycling startup that aims to recover all critical materials such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and graphite. Formerly, Sarah led commercial strategy and partnerships at Germany's unicorn, Forto. Prior to that, she was an advisor to the Luxembourg Space Agency, where she launched the EUR 120 million early.
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Dr. Mario Gehrlein
Managing Director, E-Lyte Innovations GmbH
Mario Gehrlein, PhD studied Industrial Engineering (B.Eng.) at the DHBW in Mannheim and Chemical Engineering (M.Sc.) at the University of Applied Sciences in Mannheim. He graduated with a PhD in the field of International Business, Management and Marketing at the University of Gloucestershire in the UK. Since September 2022, Mario Gehrlein is managing director (CEO) at E-Lyte.
Martyn Gill
Director of International Sales, Infor
A Manufacturing Quality & Metrologist Specialist by trade, Martyn joined Lighthouse Systems in 2016, an industry-recognised vendor of manufacturing execution system, to lead the commercial development of MES across EMEA. Since the acquisition of Lighthouse by Infor, Martyn is International Sales Director, promoting INFOR MES in EMEA and beyond.
Sebastian Gries
Product Manager Gluing and Battery Assembly, Dürr Systems AG
Sebastian Gries is mechanical engineer as well as Product Manager at Dürr Systems AG. He is responsible for the product portfolio of high viscous liquid dispense systems, such as adhesive, sealing, dampening or thermal conductivity.
Dr. Dominique Gross
Founder and Managing Director, Intelligent Energy System Services GmbH
Dr. Dominique Gross is founder and Managing Director of Intelligent Energy System Services GmbH, a cross-sectoral green-tech consulting firm located in Ludwigsburg, Germany and two main shareholders MHP and TransnetBW. IE2S supports its customers in the strategic and technical orientation of projects, products and services towards a sustainable digital ecosystem.
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Dirk Harbecke
Chairman of the Board & Founder, Rock Tech Lithium
Dirk Harbecke is an international manager, entrepreneur and investor. Among others, he worked for BCG and was co-founder and CEO of ADC African Development Corporation AG, which developed into a leading pan-African financial services provider under his direction. Harbecke completed his MBA studies at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Dr. Heiner Heimes
Chief Executive Engineer, PEM of RWTH Aachen
Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Heiner Hans Heimes studied mechanical engineering with a focus on production engineering at RWTH Aachen University. He was head of the Electromobility Laboratory (eLab) at RWTH Aachen University, before taking on the role of managing chief engineer of the Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM).
Dr. Ellen Hertle
Research Engineer, Wölfle GmbH
Dr. Ellen Hertle works in the research & development department at Wölfle. Together with the dynamic team, she focuses on the topics of electrification, thermal management and climate comfort, especially for commercial vehicles and mobile machinery. Prior to Wölfle, she studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University and completed her Ph.D. in thermodynamics in Erlangen.
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Felix Jordan
Business Development Manager, Elisa IndustrlQ
Felix is a technology enthusiast who started his career in 2014 as a project manager at RWTH Aachen university. In 2017, he was the program manager to kickstart the digitalisation of RWTH Aachen’s battery manufacturing lab “eLAB”. He stayed committed to battery manufacturing when he joined Elisa IndustrIQ in 2018 and helps cell manufacturers to improve production performance.
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Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies
CEO & Co-founder, ACCURE Battery Intelligence GmbH
Dr. Kairies is a scientist and entrepreneur focusing on innovative battery energy storage solutions. He worked as a battery researcher and consultant in Germany, Singapore, and California. Since 2020, he is CEO of ACCURE, a battery analytics solution provider that helps companies in improving their batteries’ safety and longevity to reduce risk, increase value and sustainability.
Dr. Uwe Keller
Head of Battery Development, Mercedes-Benz AG
From 1994 to 1996, Dr. Uwe Keller has worked for Robert Bosch GmbH, Systems- & SW-Engineering Diesel Systems. Since 2000, he is working for Daimler/Mercedes-Benz AG with the following positions: Engineering Fuel Cell Systems, Manager Powertrain Electronics & SW, Senior Manager Powertrain Calibration, Projekt Leader Hybrid Powertrain, Director Drivetrain & Transmission Development, Director Automated Driving, Director Battery Development.
Otto Kivi
Senior Specialist Business Development Lignode, Stora Enso
Fredrika Klarén
Global Head of Sustainability, Polestar
Fredrika Klarén joined Polestar in April 2020 to drive the company’s sustainability ambitions forward through four strategic focus areas: climate-neutrality, circularity, transparency and inclusion. She is a firm believer in the role of business as a catalyst for sustainable development and has held sustainability positions over the past decade at IKEA and KappAhl.
Stefan Koller
Managing Director, VARTA Innovation GmbH
Stefan Koller has studied industrial chemistry at Graz University of Technology from 2001 - 2006, followed by his doctoral studies from 2007 - 2009. From 2007 - 20011, he worked as an assistant professor at the Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials at Graz University of Technology and then continued as the Head of the Lithium Ion Battery Research Group at the Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials. Since 20009, Stefan Koller is Managing Director at VARTA Micro Innovation GmbH.
Dr. Max Kory
Co-founder & COO, Battrion AG
Dr. Max Kory received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, a Master of Science in Chemistry, and a PhD in Polymer Chemistry, with distinction, from ETH Zurich. He is currently leading operational, partnership, and business development activities as the COO of Battrion AG, which he co-founded in 2015.
Prof. Julia Kowal
Professor for Electrical Energy Storage Technology, TU Berlin
Carola Krause
Head of Battery Solutions EMEA, TES – Sustainable Battery Solutions
Carola Krause is the Head of Battery Solutions and Service Delivery EMEA at TES- Sustainable Battery Solutions. She joined TES in 2020, has over 25 years of experience in the logistics industry and in particular the reverse supply chain. Throughout this time she held various management positions and has been responsible for different industry segments of corporate accounts. Her main scope of responsibility has consistently been on end-of-life solutions in reverse logistics supply chains.
Dr. Nastaran Krawczyk
CTO, CMBlu Energy AG
Dr. Nastaran Krawczyk has more than 12 years of experience in the R&D of batteries. She is a chemist with a Ph.D. in the field of lithium ion batteries. She is one of the first employees of CMBlu and developed the Solid-Flow Battery with the team from the very beginning.
Dr. Horst Kreuter
CEO, Vulcan Energy Resources GmbH
Dr Kreuter is a geologist and holds a Ph.D. in Soil Mechanics from Karlsruhe University. He was a co-founder of the first geothermal development company in Germany in 1999. In 2005 he founded GeoT, developing projects worldwide. In 2018 he co-founded Vulcan Energy Resources, a company to extract Zero Carbon Lithium for batteries from geothermal brines in the Upper Rhine Graben.
Vaneet Kumar
Vice President European R&D Center, SVOLT Energy Technology Ltd.
Vaneet Kumar has been associated with SVOLT since 2014 and held different leading positions since then. He has about 20 years of total industry experience in the automotive, defence and energy sector and over twelve years of expertise in EVs and lithium-ion battery development. Vaneet has worked in key global automotive markets in India, Japan, South Korea, China and Germany.
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Dr. Christian Lange
Head of R&D, Wacker Neuson Produktion GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Christian Lange joined Wacker Neuson in 2020 as Head of Research and Development. Previously, he was founder and Managing Partner of Ergoneers GmbH, a manufacturer and supplier of measurement and analysis soft- and hardware for the global automotive industry.
Michael Leipold
Director Business Unit Plastics and Metals, Herrmann Ultraschall
From 2007 - 2009, Michael Leipold was working as Director Business Unit Handling Systems at Conductix Wampfler AG. Then, we was working at Sepro Robotique as International Sales Director until he became Sales Director at Magnetic AutoControl for 5 years. Since 2015, he is Director Business Unit PLASTICS + METALS at Herrmann Ultraschall.
Andreas Letsch
Director Competence Center Factory Automation Battery, Bosch Rexroth AG
Andreas Letsch has doctorate at the Institute for Beam Tools, University of Stuttgart, in the field of laser-based manufacturing technologies, and is still connected to the IFSW through a teaching assignment. From 2006 to 2007, he has been the group leader for laser technology at Manz AG and since the end of 2007 he is working at Bosch as Project Manager manufacturing technology photovoltaics and Project Manager high-voltage battery. He is also responsible for technology innovation management in mechanical engineering and he is customer manager battery Campus Feuerbach and Business-Owner Battery in the industrial technology division. Since the beginning of 2022, Andreas Letsch is responsible for the Center-of-Competence Factory Automation at Bosch Rexroth.
Matthew Lumsden
CEO, Connected Energy
Matthew is the founder and CEO of Connected Energy, a company that has designed and commercialised battery energy storage solutions using second life EV batteries. Combining the worlds of energy storage, electric vehicles and the circular economy, the company is bringing their world leading E-STOR technology to businesses across the UK and Europe.
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Roberto García Martínez
CEO, Eurobattery Minerals AB
Roberto García Martínez has 25+ years of experience as a senior executive in mineral exploration and in the development of projects worldwide. He has contributed successfully to build up several thriving companies from early project development stages to production. Today he is the CEO of the Swedish mining company Eurobattery Minerals.
Johannes Metten
Senior Manager, FlexFactory GmbH
Johannes Metten worked his whole career in the consulting business, focusing on Automotive and Manufacturing. At FlexFactory he is responsible for Business Development with a special focus on flexible battery cell production. Prior to his work experience, he studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University with a major in production engineering.
Nemanja Mikac
CEO, ElevenEs
Kai Alexander Müller
Chief Financial Officer, PowerCo SE
As Chief Financial Officer, Kai Alexander Müller is responsible for Controlling & Accounting, Treasury, and Investor Relations, among other things. Müller was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1990. After finishing high school in Brunei, he attended the University of Oxford, graduating with a master of engineering degree in materials, economics and management. He held various positions at Berenberg and the Bank of America before becoming the Head of Automotive Equity at Barclays in London. Müller helped carrying out several IPOs. At the beginning of 2022, Müller joined the Volkswagen Group as CFO of the Battery division.
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Elisabeth Nilsson
Head of Operations Management, PowerCo SE
As Head of Operations Management, PowerCo, Elisabeth Nilsson is responsible for the long and short term strategic initiatives within operations, the central PMO for Operations, target achievement of the roll-out projects of the planned cell factories in Europe. Furthermore, Elisabeth is active in developing the eco-system around battery cell production covering e.g. partnership and strategic collaborations. Within Volkswagen and PowerCo Elisabeth plays a central executional and strategic role within Operations.
Elisabeth was born in 1994 in Västerås Sweden and attended the Bs.Sc and Ms.Sc program in Chemical Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, majoring in Electrochemistry. Asides studies, Elisabeth supported research work at Stanford University, USA and Paul Scherrer Institut Switzerland. Elisabeth has previously worked at ABB (Now Hitachi Energy) and McKinsey and Company before coming to Volkswagen in 2021.
Hege Marie Norheim
EVP Corporate Public Affairs and Sustainability, FREYR Battery
Norheim has held executive roles at Norsk Hydro and Equinor, serving as Chief Sustainability Officer and SVP Reserves & Field Development amongst other roles. Prior to this she was Senior Advisor in the Office of the Prime Minister of Norway and State Secretary to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance. Ms. Norheim holds an M.Sc. in Economics and Bus Adm.
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Dr. Grzegorz Ombach
Head of Disruptive R&T, Airbus
Ombach is passionate about managing technological innovation from an idea to broad market adoption. His combination of technology, leadership and commercial expertise together with a truly global outlook, having worked across Europe, the USA and China, puts him in a solid position to drive international market success for high-tech innovations.
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Casper Peeters
CEO, E-Magy
Casper Peeters is CEO of E-magy, an advanced material specialist which creates nano-porous silicon for advanced Li-ion batteries. He advises and invests in other fast-growing companies that make the world smarter and more sustainable. Previously he was CEO of Xsens, a 3D motion tracking company which he co-founded and sold to Silicon Valley icon Fairchild Semiconductor in 2014.
Dr. Vincent Pluvinage
CEO, OneD Battery Sciences, Inc.
Pluvinage studied Applied Physics before getting his Ph.D. in Bioengineering. An inventor on more than one hundred patents, Vincent is a serial entrepreneur and, since 2013, the CEO of OneD Battery Sciences. For the past decade, OneD has perfected its SINANODE silicon technology platform to improve the performance of EVs while lowering costs.
Thomas Poetz
Business Development, Lambda Technology GmbH
Graeme Purdy
CEO, Ilika PLC.
Graeme Purdy was appointed to head up Ilika in May 2004. He led the company through two successful rounds of venture funding before floating the company on AIM in 2010. Prior to joining Ilika, Purdy was Chief Operating Officer at a high-technology company in the Netherlands and before that he worked for Shell. He holds a Masters from Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD.
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Patrick Reich
Head of Global Sales, Zeltwanger
After studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen, Patrick Reich completed his academic career with a Master's in Technology Management from the University of Stuttgart. Before being responsible for the Global Sales of ZELTWANGER, he was responsible for the industry management in the field of e-mobility.
Dr. Bernhard Riegel
Director Research & Development, Hoppecke Batterien GmbH & Co. KG.
Dr. Bernhard Riegel is responsible for research and development of the entire HOPPECKE group for alkaline, lithium and lead-acid batteries. Dr. Riegel, is an Advisory Board member of Battery Research Germany (BMBF), Associate Delegate of BEPA for battery manufacturers (Battery European Partnership), Advisory Board member of FFB Münster and Task Force Innovation Leader EUROBAT.
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Artur Scheibe
Research Associate, Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components RWTH (PEM)
Artur Scheibe studied mechanical engineering & business administration at RWTH Aachen University, specializing in the fields of Automotive Engineering and Corporate Development and Strategy. Since 2021 he is working as a research associate at the Dept. of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM).
Dr. Arndt Schlosser
CTO & CSO, IBU-tec advanced materials AG
Dr. Arndt Schlosser is operating as Chief Sales Officer of IBU-tec AG as of May 2020 and as managing director for BNT Chemicals GmbH (2022). He graduated from Justus von Liebig University in Giessen with a diploma in chemistry and received his doctorate in physical chemistry. Before joining IBU-tec, he was active at Wacker Chemie for > 20 years in different management positions.
Manfred Schmidt
Commercial VP, Battery Supply for EMEA, Li-Cycle
Manfred Schmidt is the VP, Global Accounts for Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (EMEA).
Focused on the EMEA markets, Manfred oversees Li-Cycle’s battery supply customer team, as well as existing and new battery supply customer relationships, and execution of its business development strategy. Additionally, he supports Li-Cycle’s execution of its global expansion as the company.
Dr. Hannes Schmüser
Member of the Board of Management, Dürr Systems AG
Recently joined the Dürr Systems AG as Member of the Board of Management and in charge of the business growth of the global electrode manufacturing activities; demonstrated leadership experience in mechanical and plant engineering industries as well as background as senior management consultant; Ph. D. focused on industrial globalization from Technical University of Darmstadt.
Alexander Schultz-Storz
Director Innovation & Collaboration, Panasonic Industry Europe GmbH
Alexander Schultz-Storz studied mechanical engineering and gained his experience by working for various companies like Mann+Hummel, Hitami Automotive and Panasonic Automotive. Currently Schultz-Storz is the Director Innovation and Collaboration at PANASONIC INDUSTRY.
Thore Sekkenes
EBA250 Programme Director, Industry - European Battery Alliance, EIT InnoEnergy
Thore Sekkenes has 30 years of experience at management positions in system business related to electric power conversion within ABB and Bombardier Transportation. Thore then joined EIT InnoEnergy in February 2019 to lead the EBA250 initiative with the responsibility to develop the European battery industry.
Nils Steinbrecher
Managing Director, TES Sustainable Battery Solutions GmbH
Master of Science, Business Administration with Electrical Engineering (Wirtschaftsingenieur). Managing Sustainable Battery Solutions GmbH and business development in APAC and EMEA. Earlier responsible for VDE APAC Battery Testing and Services. Building something big and sustainable with a team energizes me. Our children, grandchildren need us to make the planet a better place.
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Anders Teigland
CTO, Tio Tech
Anders is the hard-working, structured and creative CEO of TioTech, with deep knowledge of nanotechnology. Anders is a market-oriented technology-enthusiast with a strong passion for innovation and business development, always looking for possibilities to make technology profitable and beneficial to society.
Alexander Teufl
Global Technical Expert Resins, Von Roll
With more than 8 Years’ experience in the field of adhesives and potting components in the automotive, industrial and rolling stock business the focus of Teufl is to give disruptive technical solutions to simplify processes and to make the end-products better.
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Cem Ünlübayir
Research Associate Battery System Design and Vehicle Integration, Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives of RWTH Aachen (ISEA)
Cem Ünlübayir, M.Sc., studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen University. Since February 2018, he is working at the Institute of Power Electronics and Electrical Drives at RWTH Aachen University. His research focuses on the study of energy management of electrified hybrid powertrains.
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Dr. Lars Ole Valøen
CTO, Corvus Energy AS
Dr. Lars Ole Valoen joined Corvus Energy as part of the acquisition & one of the founders of Grenland Energy in 2019. Dr. Valoen started his battery work in 1995. Most of the time in industrial battery development: Materials research, battery cell development, battery testing & modeling, automotive battery systems, and since 2012 exclusively concentrating on maritime battery system.
Dr. Andreas Viehmann
Head of Innovation Area Drive and Storage Technologies, EDAG Engineering GmbH
Andreas Viehmann is head of the Innovation Area “Drive and Storage Technologies” at EDAG Group. In his position, he is responsible for the innovation management in the area of drives and energy storage for battery electric and fuel cell vehicles. Prior to his work at EDAG, he completed his doctorate in the area of electrified powertrains at Technical University of Darmstadt.
Ilka von Dalwigk
Policy Manager, European Battery Alliance, EIT InnoEnergy
Ilka von Dalwigk is a senior technology and policy expert working with the industrial development programme of the European Battery Alliance – EBA250 – with a strong focus on sustainability and supply chain topics. With 10+ years experience in the energy transition, she has acquired in-depth knowledge of major research and policy issues covering the entire battery value chain.
Simon Voß
Managing Director, E-Mobility Lab of RWTH Aachen University
Currently, Simon Voß is the Managing Director of eLab RWTH Aachen. In his past, he developed CELLFAB: pilot production line for battery pouch cells. Furthermore, he funded a 3D printing startup to 3D-pring Si-based battery anodes, was Bluebook Trainee at the European Commission in the field of batttery technologies and has a background in mechanical engineering, sustainable energy and battery technology.
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Lucas Wagner
Expert for sustainable investment projects, TÜV Süd Industrie Service GmbH
Lucas Wagner owns a Bachelor's Degree in "Environmental Management" and a Master's Degree in "Renewable Energy". He worked as an expert for biogas plants before he started to work for TÜV SÜD as Project Manager for energy projects. He became a Business Developm. Manager for stationary battery systems (BESS) quickly. Now he is a senior expert for sustainable investment projects.
Bernd Weckenmann
Vice President Procurement & Supply Chain Management, ElringKlinger AG
Bernd Weckenmann has a Degree in electrical engineering and gained over 26 years experience at leading positions in Procurement & SCM for various companies in the automotive supply industry. Weckenmann joined ElringKlinger AG in 2016 as the Vice President Purchasing. Furthermore he is a Member of the Supervisory Board of ElringKlinger AG since 2021.
Dr. Saskia Wessel
Divison Director Product and Production Technology, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Production FFB
Studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University, completed her PhD in battery safety at RWTH Aachen University and since 2020 has been division director at Fraunhofer FFB for Product and Production Technology, since 2022 she has also been a member of the Supervisory Board of Aumann AG.
Dr. Colin Wessells
CEO, Natron Energy
Colin Wessells holds his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering. As the CEO of Natron Wessells builded the company with over 120 employees and launched the world’s first Prussian blue/sodium-ion battery products.
Michael Wurmser
Founder, Norge Mining LTD
An astute economist and entrepreneur, Michael will advise on the finances and strategic direction of Norge Mining. He’s worked for Citibank Zurich, and has held a prestigious array of senior positions at multinational financial institutions in New York and Frankfurt. He’s previously been mandated by various governments, finance ministries and state banks to help settle sovereign debts. Over the years, Michael has advised on structure financing for companies in the natural resources, commodities and mining sectors in Russia, the Middle East and Mongolia.
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Alexander Yu Li
CEO, INFRAMobility-Dianba GmbH
Dipl.- Ing. Alexander Yu Li is co-founder and CEO of INFRAMobility-Dianba GmbH. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Berlin and is co-founder of INFRAWIND Eurasia and the energy joint venture with China Power International in Germany.
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Ulrich Zimmer
Senior Vice President - Production Powertrain, MAN Truck & Bus SE
Ulrich Zimmer is the Senior Vice President of Production Powertrain since 2017. Zimmer gained a lot experience as the Director of Production Engines, Head of Product Platform Management as well as various management functions in global manufacturing engineering.