Dive deep into the realms of batteries with our expert-taught sessions, shaping the future one lecture at a time. Stay tuned for the electrifying topics awaiting you this fall.
Summary of Topics Covered in the Course
Battery Market Trends / Battery Critical Minerals (Li, Ni, Co, etc...)
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Battery Critical Minerals / Battery Cell Design (chemistries, components, degradation, etc...)
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Battery Cell Design / Battery Components (anode, cathode, electrolyte, etc...)
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Battery Components / Battery Manufacturing (production line, quality control, etc...)
Battery Manufacturing / Battery Integration BMS
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Battery Integration BMS
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Battery Application (BESS, Maritime, Space, etc...)
Battery Application / Battery End Of Life (EOL)
Battery End Of Life (EOL) / Battery Investment
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Battery Investment / Battery Policy
Course Topics Covered in the Past
1) Clean-tech finance: "Who wants a faster horse?" Living in an age of disruption
Taught by: Gerard Reid, Co-founder of Alexa Capital
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2) Customizing Lithium-Ion Cells - From The First Material Tests to Series Production
Taught by: Matthias Fesser, Business Development Manager at CUSTOMCELLS
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3) Li-Ion Battery Basics: A non-chemist application centered approach
Taught by: Claudius Jehle, CEO at volytica diagnostics
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4) "Why you need to write a Battery Biography"
Taught by: Veronika Wright, Founder of Electrified Veronika
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5) Battery End-Of-Life Management and Policies
Taught by: Bhavya Jha, EoL Policy & EU Regulations Specialist
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6) Factory line performance and precision engineering
Taught by: Mariano Sydney Rubio, Former Automobile Engineer at SEAT
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7) Data and optimisation in manufacturing
Taught by: Marc Jansen, Product Director at Decoded
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8) Energy storage: a key enabler for the energy transition
Taught by: Maxine Ghavi, Head of Grid Edge Solutions at Hitachi ABB Power Grids
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9) Electric Mobility: Strategic Perspectives on Batteries
Taught by: Srinath Rengarajan, Global Head of Automotive Research at Oliver Wyman
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10) Career transition in the energy storage sector
Taught by: Claudia Vergueiro Massei, CEO at Siemens Oman
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11) Customizing Lithium-Ion Cells - From The First Material Tests to Series Production
Taught by: Matthias Fesser, Business Development Manager at CUSTOMCELLS
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12) "The Critical Role of Storage in our World - key questions and discussion points”
Taught by: Gerard Reid, Co-founder of Alexa Capital
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13) “Batteries from scratch - Understanding lithium ion batteries from the materials up”
Taught by: Dr Sam Cooper, Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London
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14) “SOH - Li-Ion-Battery Basics, A non-chemist application-centered"
Taught by: Claudius Jehle, CEO volytica diagnostics
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15) “Electrical interconnection and energy storage as key technologies for enabling the future energy system”
Taught by: Dr. Gerhard Salge, CTO Hitachi ABB Power Grids
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16) “Hot N Cold Batteries - Overview of battery thermal management system’s designs and concepts”
Taught by: Katherine Kan, Co-Founder Rovilus
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17) “Batteries for Energy Access”
Taught by; Harini Hewa Dewage, Energy Storage and Off-Grid Sector Consultant
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18) “End-of-life management of lithium-ion batteries today and in the future”
Taught by: Hans Eric Melin, Managing Director at Circular Energy Storage
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19) “Digital Twin in Battery Manufacturing”
Taught by: Claudia Vergueiro Massei, CEO Siemens Oman
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20) “Battery and Energy Storage Safety Codes and Standards"
Taught by: Ryan Franks, Senior Mechanical Engineer for Battery Reliability Testing and Industrial Acceptance at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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21) "Battery usage in electric vehicles"
Taught by: Lisset Urrutia, Head of Research & Development at SVOLT Europe
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22) "Green Batteries through Computational Life Cycle Engineering"
Taught by: Dr. Felipe Cerdas, Head of Research Department Life Cycle Engineering at Technische Universität Braunschweig
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23) "Overview on Lithium Ion Battery Anode Technology"
Taugh by: Jill Pestana, Director of Technical Program Management at Electric Goddess and previously Senior Staff Scientist at Enevate Corporation
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24) "Towards an electrified and sustainable future: Overview of Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Materials"
Taught by : Christian Rüdiger, Director Of Strategic Partnerships & Government Affairs - Battery Materials EV at Johnson Matthey
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25) "Mass Customisation: How energy storage deployments will scale 100K in the space of 20 years"
Taught by: Dr. Marek Kubik, Managing Director at Fluence Energy
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26) "Studying battery behaviour using EIS"
Taught by: Mariam Awara, COO at Pulsenics
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27) "Helping manufacturers to achieve net-zero"
Taught by: Douglas Johnson-Poensgen, CEO at Circulor
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28) "Energy storage technologies in the power system"
Taught by: Pilar Gonzalez, Innovation Manager at Iberdrola Venture Capital
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29) "Battery Giga Manufacturing"
Taught by: Claudia Vergueiro Massei, Head of Executive Office and Transformation Digital Industries
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30) "Battery Industrialisation - How to setup a battery cell production”
Taught by: Benedikt Konersmann, Team Lead E-Mobility Industrialisation at P3
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31) "Common Misconceptions about Batteries"
Taught by: Claudius Jehle, CEO at volytica diagnostics
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32) "Batteries and the UK Ecosystem"
Taught by: Jacqui Murray, Deputy Director - Faraday Battery Challenge at InnovateUK
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33) "Lithium-mining and Sustainability"
Taught by: Jeremy Wrathall’s and Dr. Rebecca Paisley, CEO and Exploration Geochemist at Cornish Lithium Ltd
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34) "Green cell manufacturing"
Taught by : Katja Fröhlich, Thematic Coordinator at Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
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35) "From Cell to Pack and Back"
Taught by: Joachim Doehner, Director Sales at KUKA
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36) "Battery policy and battery passport"
Taught by Tilmann Vahle, Co-Lead Mobility Platform at SYSTEMIQ
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37) "Battery modelling and control"
Taught by: Prof. David Howey, Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford
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38) "Stationary Batteries"
Taught by: Dr. Maggie Teliska, Innovation at Enel Green Power
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39) "Price Declines"
Taught by: Dr. James Frith, Principal at Volta Energy Technologies
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40) "The Future of Energy"
Taught by: Gerard Reid, Co-Founder at Alexa Capital
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41) "Battery Misconceptions - Reloaded"​
Taught by: Claudius Jehle, CEO at volytica diagnostics
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42) "Responsible sourcing cobalt"
Taught by: Anne-Marie Fleury, Director Cobalt at Glencore
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43) "High Power cells"
Taught by: Fergal Harrington-Beatty, Head of EVs at AMTE Power
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44) "How to set up a battery factory"
Taught by: Nemanja Mikac, CEO at ElevenEs
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45) "Second life batteries"
Taught by: Jon Asin, Co-founder & CEO of Beeplanet
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46) "Battery Packs"
Taught by: Hakan Yilmaz, Manager Business Development - eMobility Europe Manager at ABB
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47) "Solid-state lithium-metal batteries"
Taught by: Jordi Sastre, Senior Battery Engineer at QuantumScape
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48) "European battery policy: how regulation can make Europe world's leader in green batteries"
Taught by: Julia Poliscanova, eMobility lead at Transport & Environment
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49) "Charging Infrastructure V2G"
Taught by: Claire Miller, Director of Technology &
Innovation Director at Octopus Electric
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50) "Battery Investments in the New Economic Cycle"
Taught by: Katherine He, Co-founder Battery Bits - Energy investment at TDK Ventures
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51) "Lithium-Ion (EV) battery market and supply chain"
Taught by: Wolfgang Bernhart, Senior Partner at Roland Berger
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52) "U.S. Battery Programs, Policies, and Funding Opportunities"
Taught by: Emma Bishop, Assistant Vice President at Venn Strategies
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53) "Lithium-ion Battery Cell, Module & pack design for integration"
Taught by: Wenzel Prochazka, Senior Product Manager Battery Systems at AVL
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54) "Using advanced techniques to investigate batteries during cycling"
Taught by: Claire Villevieille, Research Director at CNRS
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55) "Sodium-Ion battery cells"
Taught by: Fergal Harrington-Beatty, Head of EVs at AMTE Power
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56) "Insights into High Performance Battery Systems"
Taught by: Wasim Sarwar Dilov, Head of Research and Advanced Engineering at Rimac Automobili
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57) "Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and Net Zero Electricity"
Taught by: Patricia Darez, Managing Director at 350renewables
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58) "Battery manufacturing pilot plant from real to digital space"
Taught by: Elixabete Ayerbe Olano, Team Leader at CIDETEC Energy Storage
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59) "Battery Recycling: Recovery of Critical Energy Materials"
Taught by: Teija Mortvedt, Former Chemical Process Engineer at Tesla
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60) "Tracking the disruptive battery industry and its opportunities for Europe"
Taught by: Evan Horetsky, Partner at McKinsey & Company
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61) " The Lithium-Ion Battery Value Chain &
Strategies"
Taught by: Celine Büchel & Theresa Haisch, COnsultants at Roland Berger
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62) "Mining and Brine Extraction for Battery
Minerals – How it Works and Why it Lags
Behind Demand"
Taught by: Tommi Valkonen, Strategy Manager at Sandvik
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63) "Life Cycle Analysis: A Case Study from Cobalt"
Taught by: Tom Fairlie, Senior Sustainability Manager at Cobalt Institute
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64) "Future-Proofing Cathode Active Material Manufacturing"
Taught by: Virginia Klausmeier, President & CEO of Sylvatex
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65) "Understanding How to Build & Run Battery
MegaFactories"
Taught by: Fergal Harrington-Beatty, Head of Sales at AMTE Power
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66) "Battery Integration & BMS & Thermal Runaway"
Taught by: Wenzel Prochazka, Senior Product Manager Battery Systems at AVL
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67) "Maritime Electrification and Zero-Emissions Vessels"
Taught by: Carlos Freire, Marine Battery Expert & Senior Onboard Electronics Consultant
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68) "Challenges and Opportunities in Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling"
Taught by: Mark Strauss, R&D Chemical Engineer at Aqua Metals
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69) "Investing and Finance Needs for the Battery Sector"
Taught by: Ian Laurent, Managing Technical Director at BNP Paribas
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70) "How the Energy Transition Moves Our World"
Taught by: Gerard Reid, Co-Founder and Partner at Alexa Capital
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71) "Battery Market Trends"
Taught by: Evelina Stoikou, Senior Associate, Energy Storage at BloombergNEF
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72) "Responsible Sourcing of Cobalt"
Taught by: Susannah McLaren, Head of Responsible Sourcing & Sustainability at Cobalt Institute
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73) "A Deep Dive into Lithium-Ion Battery Cell Components"
Taught by: Sheida Isikli, BatteryMBA Course Co-Ordinator & Battery Expert at Battery Associates
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74) "The Solid-State Battery, from a Beacon of Hope to a Game Changer"
Taught by: Xiaohan Wu, Senior Expert at Porsche Consulting
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75) "Factory Planning Beyond Manufacturing"
Taught by: Kathleen Wagner, Interim Manager at Protafo Interim Performance
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76) "BESS Business"
Taught by: John O’Toole, Director of UK Asset Management at Amp Energy
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77) "Batteries in Aerospace"
Taught by: Kush Sutaria, Battery Engineer at Axiom Space
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78) "Opportunities and Challenges in Li-Ion Battery Recycling"
Taught by: Max Hickey, Business Development Manager at Li-Cycle
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79) "EU Policy, Gigafactories and the Critical Raw Materials Act"
Taught by: Julia Poliscanova, Senior Director, Vehicles & Emobility at T&E
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80) "Investing in Batteries"
Taught by: Yair Shacked, Founder of GIGADAYS
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81) "Battery Market Trends"
Taught by: Nathan Niese, Partner, Global lead for EV & Energy Storage at BCG
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82) "Battery Cell Design Improvements"
Taught by: Senior Research Associate at University of Cambridge
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83) "The journey to decarbonisation: Biomining a clean-tech solution"
Taught by: Dr. Homayoun, Senior Research Fellow - Critical Minerals Consultant
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84) "Battery Anode Production & Innovation"
Taught by: Dr. Heinrich Badenhorst, CSO at CarbonScape
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85) "Innovations in Cell Manufacturing Quality Management"
Taught by: Alicja Gos, Senior Engineer at Liminal and Nicolina Nanni, Head of Product at Liminal
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86) "An Overview of the Battery & BMS Systems"
Taught by: Bahareh Yazdani, Global Head of Batteries at Ricardo and Gary Bumfrey, Principal Engineer at Ricardo
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87) "An Overview of the Battery & BMS Systems"
Taught by: Lee Byung Kon, Manager, Business Development, Cylindrical Batteries at LG Energy Solution
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88) "Electrification in Leisure Boats
Taught by: Carlos Freire, Marine Batteries & Onboard Electronics Management
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89) "Battery Recycling: A Key Enabler for Sustainable Electric Mobility"
Taught by: Benedicte Robertz, Program lead LCA at Umicore and Bart Verrecht, Manager Battery Recycling at Umicore
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90) "Scaling Investment in Battery Supply Chains"
Taught by: Lauren Pamma, Director at Green Finance Institute
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91) "Trends in Battery Raw Materials Supply Chains"
Taught by: Alex Laugharne, Principal Consultant at CRU
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92) "Critical Raw Materials in the EU for EV Batteries"
Taught by: Miguel J. Galindo, CEO of Galesk Consultancy SLU
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93) "Battery Cell Design"
Taught by: Dr. Johannes Wandt, Battery Cell Technology at BMW Group & Associate Professor UiA (Norway)
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94) "Lithium, Batteries and Action. The Solid State Battery"
Taught by: Prof. Dr. Jennifer Rupp, Professor at TUM, Associate Professor at MIT
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95) "Drivers in Battery Cell Production"
Taught by: Chris Taylor, Director Operations at 24M Technologies
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96) "Battery Integration 101"
Taught by: Murray Schofield, Co-Founder of Raeon
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97) "Unlock the full potential of batteries by Predictive Analytics"
Taught by: Dr. Georg Angenendt, CTO & Co-Founder at ACCURE Battery Intelligence
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98) "Battery Energy Storage Solutions"
Taught by: Raafe Khan, Global Director at Visteon Corporation
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99) "Battery Logistics Aftermarket"
Taught by: Achim Glass, SVP Global Head of Business Dev Automotive + New Mobility, at Kuehne + Nagel
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100) "Battery Policy Manager and Investment"
Taught by: Ilka von Dalwigk, Policy Manager at InnoEnergy
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101) Battery Market Trends and Critical Minerals
Taught by: Nina Neubauer, Senior Consultant at Deloitte
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102) Managing ESG risks and impacts in the battery supply chain
Taught by: Vicente Vicuña, Project Director at RCS Globa
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103) Battery Cell Design + Li-Sulfur batteries
Taught by: Dr. Abdul-Rahman Raji, CTO at Zeta Energy Corporation
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104) Aerospace Application Batteries and Alternative Batteries Sodium-ion & LIAB
Taught by: Dr. Michelle Lynch, Founder & CEO Enabled Future Limited
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105) Enabling battery quality at scale with computed tomography scanning
Taught by: Dr. Peter Attia, Cofounder and CTO, Glimpse
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106) Battery Manufacturing Steps, Challenges and Latest trends
Taught by: Aditya Prasad, Former Battery Manufacturing Rivian & Tesla & Apple
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107) Prediction of cell life and aging in virtual environment
Taught by: Luke Hu, Co-Founder & Electroder
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108) Battery Recycling Solutions
Taught by: Lukas Brandl, COO at BLC The Battery Lifecycle Company
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109) Practical Considerations for Battery Management Systems (BMS)
Taught by: Raafe Khan, Global Director at Visteon Corporation
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110) The Nordic Battery Value Chain
Taught by: Jessica Olsson, Head of Energy & Transport Europe
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111) Battery Critical Minerals Market
Taught by: Lester Kemp Chief Operating Officer at Technology Minerals Plc
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112) Building a battery sustainable value chain with battery passport
Taught by: Anna Zhuravleva & Antonia Roehm, Project Director at RCS Global Group
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113) Li-Ion Battery Cell Design and High-Valent Batteries
Taught by: Prof. Dr. Rosa Palacin, Institut Ciencia Materials de Barcelona
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114) Battery Anode from Natural Biomass-derived and Synthetic Graphite latest trends
Taught by: Dr. Shantanu Mitra CEO and Founder Farad Power
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115) Battery Cell Manufacturing latest trends
Taught by: Guillermo Hernandez, Production Manager AESC Former General Manager Panasonic
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116) Battery Testing for Certification Characterization of Performance and Safety
Taught by: Dr. Dhevathi Rajan, Research UL Research Institutes
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117) High performance battery integration & EV charging systems deployment
Taught by: Stephanie Medeiros, Emobility Global Accounts at ABB
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118) Battery circularity and End-of-life uncertainties
Taught by: Nina Neubauer, Senior Consultant at Deloitte
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119) IP battery patents & industrial oppositions trends
Taught by: Callum McGuinn, European patent attorney at Mewburn Ellis LLP
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120) Latest trends in securing investment in BESS projects
Taught by: Mark Mirek, Senior Managing Director Brown & Brown
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