Seminar Series London 29 Nov

29 Nov 2023, London, UK

LOCATION

The Royal Society, London

DATE

29 November 2023

TOPICS EXPLORED

EV Battery Landscape, Battery Technology, Energy Stationary Storage, Charging & Infrastructure, Battery Recycling, Financing the Energy Transition

Agenda

29TH NOVEMBER

8:30am-9am – Welcome delegates

9am-10am – Session 1: The evolution of the EV and battery market in 2024

Host: Adam Panayi, Managing Director at Rho Motion

Speakers:
Will Roberts, Automotive Research Lead at Rho Motion
Balázs Szilágyi, Corporate Public Affairs Manager at CATL

10am-11am – Session 2: Material Progress: How battery technology and raw material supply shape each other

Host: Victoria Hugill, Research Analyst at Rho Motion

Speakers:
Jean de La Verpilliere, Co-Founder & CEO at Echion Technologies
Nick Dunkley, Head Of Market Development at Birla Carbon
George Heppel, Head of Commercial and Market Analysis – Battery Metals at BASF

11am-11:30am – Coffee break

11:30am-1pm – Session 3: Black mass and end of life strategies

Host: Edward Keith, Consultant at Rho Motion

Speakers:
Mina Ha, Senior Research Analyst at Rho Motion
Henning Flaig, Vice President Commercial – Batteries at Norsk Hydro
Guillermo Espiga, VP Head of Business Development at Nth Cycle

1pm-2pm – Lunch & Networking

2pm-2:45pm – Session 4 (Panel): Capital allocation for the new energy economy

Host: Colin Hamilton, Managing Director & Commodities Analyst at BMO Capital Markets

Speakers:
Nishant Das, Executive Director – Project & Export Finance, Europe & Americas at Standard Chartered
William Labat-Labourdette, Managing Director, Transition Minerals, Metals & Batteries at BNP Paribas
Mathieu Zeisser, Executive Director at Santander

2:45pm-3:30pm – Session 5: The Rho Motion Energy Matrix

Speakers:

Shan Tomouk, Senior Research Analyst at Rho Motion
Jeanne Buée, Research Analyst at Rho Motion

3:30pm-4pm – Coffee break

4pm-5:30pm – Session 6: Supporting renewable roll-out through ESS

Host: Ilka von Dalwigk, Policy Manager at EIT InnoEnergy

Speakers:
Iola Hughes, Research Manager at Rho Motion
Teddy Szemberg O’Connor, Advanced Battery Software Manager at Rimac Energy
Michael Kilcoyne, Senior Growth Associate UK & Ireland at Fluence

Speakers

Previous Speakers

” I thought that the program was put together excellently – the topics were interesting and all of the topics in each session were very complementary. The presentations were very engaging and I enjoyed the conversations during the sessions. The allocated time and spaces for networking ensured that interactions with other participants were very fruitful”

Sharon Booyens, PhD

Manager, Market Intelligence: Carbon
Sasol Chemicals