Professor Bing Joe Hwang received his PhD degree in chemical engineering from the National Cheng Kung University in 1987. He is currently the Chair Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech). His

Dong Joon Ihmis leading the research development of cathode materials and their qualification programs at applications for Rechargeable Battery Materials Business Unit within Umicore. He has been the managing director of Umicore Korea Limited for seven years before taking up current responsibility

Dr. Donghai Wang is a Professor at the Pennsylvania State University serving at Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Intercollege Materials Science and Engineering Program. He is an ardent researcher responsible for the execution of a multitude of grants, oversight of

Dr. Dongwook Lee received his Ph.D. in macromolecular science and engineering at University of Michigan and B.S in materials science and engineering at Seoul National University. He has worked on the development of display-related materials and processes for 20 years with more than 170

With more than 25 years of experience in business consultancy and management of chemical and advanced materials business in Belgium, Morocco and China, Fabrice gained strong experience on strategy, M&A, manufacturing, marketing, finance and innovation on high growth new technology business. Prior

Prof. Feng Wu has been working at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) since 1982 after graduation. Prof. Wu is the director of Green Energy Research Institute and the vice president of China Battery Industry Association. His research interests are the new electrode

Dr. Gao Liu is the Group Leader of the Applied Energy Materials Group in the Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, specialized in materials and energy storage R&D. Dr. Liu has led research projects for the U.S. Department

Jeff Sakamoto joined UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering faculty in 2024 with joint appointments in the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Departments. He has 25 years of experience studying and translating electrochemical materials into energy storage technologies. Prior to joining the UCSB faculty,

Prof. Rupp’s research broadly encompasses solid state materials for sustainable energy storage and conversion. Her research on batteries is currently centered on designing novel classes of Li solid state conductors, inventing cheap battery solid state synthesis routes for new hybrid and solid