Building the U.S. Battery Industry for Electric Drive Vehicles:
Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
A Symposium Organized by
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences
in cooperation with
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Agenda
26-27 July 2010
Schoolcraft College VisTaTech Center
18600 Haggerty Road
Livonia, Michigan
| Day 1: Monday, 26 July 2010 | |
| 9:00AM Welcome | |
| Greg Main, Michigan Economic Development Corporation | |
| Opening Remarks | |
| The Honorable Carl Levin, U.S. Senate (D-Michigan) Sridhar Kota, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy | |
| The Honorable Jennifer Granholm, State of Michigan (via video) | |
| 9:40AM | Overview of NAS Study: Building the Battery Industry for Electric Vehicles |
| Mary Good, University of Arkansas at Little Rock | |
| 9:50AM | Panel I: The Federal Outlook for the U.S. Battery Industry |
| Moderator: Charles Wessner, The National Academies | |
| The Department of Energy Perspective | |
| Patrick Davis, U.S. Department of Energy | |
| The Army Perspectives | |
| John Pellegrino, U.S. Army Research Laboratory | |
| Grace Bochenek, U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Research, | |
| Development, and Engineering Center | |
| 10:45AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:00AM | Panel II: The State of Battery R&D and Manufacturing in the U.S. |
| Moderator: Ralph Brodd, Kentucky-Argonne National Battery Manufacturing R&D Center | |
| The Battery Industry Perspective | |
| Jason Forcier, A123 | |
| Mohamed Alamgir, Compact Power | |
| The Automotive Industry Perspective | |
| Nancy Gioia, Ford | |
| The University Perspective | |
| Ann Marie Sastry, University of Michigan and Sakti3 | |
| 12:30PM | Luncheon Address |
| The Honorable Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Senate (D-Michigan) | |
| 1:30PM | Panel III: Strengthening the Supply Chain |
| Moderator: Jim Greenberger, National Alliance for Advanced Technology Batteries | |
| Defining the Supply Chain: Gaps and Opportunities | |
| Michael Reed, Magna | |
| Battery Manufacturer Perspective | |
| Tom Watson, Johnson Controls | |
| Battery Materials Availability and Recycling | |
| Linda Gaines, Argonne National Lab | |
| 2:30PM | Coffee Break |
| 2:45PM | Panel IV: Market Drivers: Creating Demand for Electric |
| Vehicles | |
| Moderator: Robert Kruse, EV Consulting | |
| Incentives for the Electric Vehicle Market | |
| Daniel Sperling, University of California, Davis | |
| The Industry Perspective: Transforming the Automotive Industry | |
| Gary Smyth, General Motors | |
| Early Adoption of Hybrid Vehicles | |
| Bill Van Amburg, CALSTART | |
| 4:00PM | Panel V: Building the Battery Workforce |
| Moderator: Bill Harris, Science Foundation Arizona | |
| Workforce Needs and Opportunities | |
| Robert Kamischke, EnerDel | |
| Technical Training and Workforce Development | |
| Simon Ng, Wayne State University | |
| Day 2 – Tuesday, 27 July 2010 | |
| 9:00AM Welcome and Introduction | |
| Andy Levin, Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth | |
| Mary Good, University of Arkansas at Little Rock | |
| 9:15AM | Panel VI, A: Federal and State Programs to Support the Battery Industry |
| Moderator: Charles Wessner, The National Academies | |
| The Department of Energy Battery R&D Program and Goals | |
| David Howell, U.S. Department of Energy | |
| Department of Defense Battery R&D Programs and Goals | |
| Sonya Zanardelli, U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center | |
| The Kentucky-Argonne National Battery Manufacturing R&D Center | |
| Ralph Brodd, Kentucky-Argonne National Battery Manufacturing R&D Center | |
| 10:30AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:45AM | Panel VI, B: Federal and State Programs to Support the Battery Industry |
| Moderator: Sujai Shivakumar, The National Academies | |
| The Department of Commerce and the Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership | |
| David Stieren, Manufacturing Extension Partnership | |
| Michigan Investments in Batteries and Electric Vehicles | |
| Eric Shreffler, MEDC | |
| 11:30AM | Roundtable: What Have We Learned and Next Steps |
| Moderator: Mary Good, University of Arkansas at Little Rock | |
| Bill Harris, Science Foundation Arizona | |
| Les Alexander, A123 | |
| Gary Krause, Michigan Economic Development Corporation |