Arumugam Manthiram is currently the George T. and Gladys H. Abell Endowed Chair of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin). He was the Director of the Texas Materials Institute and the Materials Science and Engineering Program at UT-Austin for

Yuri Nakayama is a principal researcher at Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. working on the new business creation as well as R&D of the next-generation batteries. He used to be a distinguished researcher and project manager at Sony Corporation. 22+ years R&D experience

Kang Xu has been doing researches on electrolyte materials and interphasial chemistry for electrochemical devices. He has been recognized multiple times by Awards both inside and outside of Department of Defense. He has published over 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals, written/edited 3 chapters/books,

Jeonghun Seo is the head of battery system design at Hyundai Motor.

Dr. Takada earned his B.S. and M.S. from Osaka University in 1984 and 1986, respectively, and his Ph.D. from Osaka City University in 1991. He joined Matsushita Electric Industrial (now Panasonic) in 1986 and moved to National Institute for Research in Inorganic

Maeng-Eun Lee is a battery expert with over 15 years of experience. She joined VinES in 2022 as the director of Materials and Simulation Center. In this role, she is responsible for managing the development and implementation of advanced materials and battery

Zeng Shizhe is chief engineer at NIO

Jakub is currently in charge of Thermal and Module Technology Team at VinES. VinES is an energy solutions company from Vietnam, which designs, develops and manufactures innovative battery solutions for EV’s (automotive, e-scooter), as well as energy storage systems (BESS). VinES is