• Energy Storage Landscape in USA and India
• BESS deployment status and growth of Energy Storage deployment in both the countries (US and India)​
• Key drivers for Energy Storage deployment​
• Review of US Energy Storage Programs – Lessons Learnt/ Best Practices from US deployment experience.​

• Welcome Remarks : Dr. Imre Gyuk, Director of Energy Storage Research, Office of Electricity, US Department of Energy (DOE)​
• Contest Setting​
  • Eric Hsieh, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Storage, Office of Electricity (OE), US Department of Energy (DOE) ​
  • Shri Ghanshyam Prasad, Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of Power​
  • Shri Dinesh Jagdale, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government Of India*​
• USA Market Overview : TBD*​
• India Market Overview : Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, President, IESA
• Panel Discussion (60 minutes)​
  • Moderator: Dr. Imre Gyuk, Director of Energy Storage Research, Office of Electricity, US Department of Energy (DOE)​
  • Mike Gravely, Research Program Manager, California Energy Commission (CEC)​
  • William Acker, Executive Director, New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST)​
  • Dr. Bharath Reddy, Additional General Manager, Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI)​
  • Mr. V V Sivakumar, General Manager - Renewable Energy, NTPC​
  • ESS Developers*
• Vote of thanks: Mr Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, IESA​

• Policy & regulatory action to enable storage.
• Best Practices / Marketing models to support ES deployments.
• State and central-level policies to drive energy storage adoption in the USA and India.

• Welcome Remarks : Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, IESA (5 mins)​
• Panel Discussion : Best Practices / Marketing models to support ES deployments (45 minutes)​
  
  • Moderator: Dr. Imre Gyuk, Director of Energy Storage Research, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)
  • Jai Prakash Shivahare, IAS, Managing Director, GUVNL
  • Sanskriti Dubey, Senior Manager, Market Growth & Communications, Fluence India
  • Ketan Chitnis - Business Head - Advanced Cells - L&T
  • Q&A (10 minutes)
• Panel Discussion : Policy & regulatory action to enable storage (45 minutes)
  
  • Moderator: Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, President, IESA
  • Ramana Reddy, IRPS, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, NREDCAP
  • Michael Hill, Energy Industry Analyst, Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  • Jim Zolnierek, Chief - Public Utilities Bureau, Illinois Commerce Commission
  • Q&A (10 minutes)
• Vote of thanks : Elena Thomas-Kerr, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy. Energy (5 minutes)

• US, India Energy Storage Project Opportunities
• Current Projects and Tender Overview
• Overview of the installed projects (mini-grid, RE Integration, Commercial-Industrial applications, etc.)

• Welcome Remarks : Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, President, IESA (2-3 mins)
• Context Setting: Dr. Imre Gyuk, Director of Energy Storage Research, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) (5 minutes)
• US energy storage Market & project Overview. (10 minutes each)
  • Kirk Shields, Director of Development, Green Mountain Power, VT
  • Clay Koplin, Chief Executive Officer, Cordova Electric Cooperative, AK
  • Jim Glass, Senior Manager, Smart Grid Development, EPB Chattanooga, TN
  • Waylon Clark, Demonstration Projects Team Lead, Sandia National Laboratories, NM
• India energy storage Market & Project Overview (10 minutes each)
  • Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, IESA
  • Hiren Praveen Shah, Founder, Executive Director & CEO - Replus Engitech
  • Nitesh Bhutada, Co-Founder and Director, Newen System
  • Sanjeev Narula, CEO - Critical Power, Exicom Tele-Systems*
  • Ayush Misra, Co-Founder & CEO, Ampere Hour Energy*
• Panel Discussion Among all the Speakers & Q&A session with audience (30minutes)
• Vote of thanks: Elena Thomas-Kerr, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy (2-3 minutes)
• Key Participants:
  • Relevant Indian energy departments and associated entities, (Government officials, Civil societies, Industries)
  • US-DOE, US companies, National Labs, National Associations

Innovative Battery Technologies

• Current and projected track of non-Lithium-Ion technologies
• Flow batteries
• Sodium/ Zinc and earth-abundant technologies
• Air-based batteries
• Field Deployments
• Future R&D Improvements:  Solid State, sodium intercalation only

• Welcome Remarks: Rahul Walawalkar, President, IESA. MD, CES India (5 mins)
• Presentations from the USA (60 minutes)
  • Moderator: Imre Gyuk, Chief Scientist, Energy Storage, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) (5 minutes)
  • Matt Harper: Chief Commercial Officer, Invinity Energy Systems (IES) (12 minutes)
  • Sanjoy Banerjee: Founder and Executive Chairman, Urban Electric Power (12 minutes)
  • Ray Kubis: Chairman, Gridential Energy Inc (12 minutes)
  • Daniel Friebel: Director of R&D, Natron Energy (12 minutes)
  • Q&A- 10 minutes
• Presentations from India (45 minutes)
  • Moderator: Netra Walawalkar, VP, India Markets, CES & IESA (5 minutes)
  • Ramesha: Director, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI) (12 minutes)
  • Sarika Phadke-Kelkar: Sr. System Lead, KPIT Technologies (12 minutes)
  • Q&A- 10 minutes
• Vote of Thanks: Elena Thomas-Kerr, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy. Energy (5 minutes)
• Key Participants:
  • Relevant Indian energy departments and associated entities, (Government officials, Civil societies, Industries)
  • US-DOE, US companies, National Labs, National Associations

Thermal Storage

• Thermal storage technologies
• Applications & use cases
• Case Studies and future roadmap

• Welcome Remarks : Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, IESA (2-3 mins)
• Special Address : Dr. Imre Gyuk, Chief Scientist, Energy Storage, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) (4-5 mins)
• Presentations & Moderated Discussion (75 minutes – each speaker-10 minutes + 15 minutes Q&A)
  • Moderator: Dr. Erik D. Spoerke, Energy Storage Materials Lead, Energy Storage Technologies & Systems, Sandia National Laboratories
  • Scott McNally, Vice President, Development at Redox Blox
  • Tian J. Ong, Manager- Strategic Initiatives and R&D, Malta
  • Nick Soncrant, Head of Business Development, Antora Energy
  • Dr. Dibakar Rakshit, Associate Professor, IIT Delhi
  • Vishnu Sasidharan, VP and BD, Climate Technologies, Pluss Advanced Technologies Pvt Ltd.
  • Dr. Nitin Goel, Founder, InfiCold
• Closing Remarks: Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, President, IESA. MD, CES India (4-5 mins)
• Vote of Thanks: Elena Thomas-Kerr, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy. Energy (2-3 minutes)

• Key Participants:
  • Relevant Indian energy departments and associated entities, (Government officials, Civil societies, Industries)
  • US-DOE, US companies, National Labs, National Associations

Industry cooperation on Energy Storage

• Market Potential
• Role of industry associations and activities
• Bilateral partnerships and collaboration
• Industry Wishlist and standpoints
• Key challenges and opportunities

• Welcome Remarks – Elena Thomas-Kerr, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy (5 mins)
• Presentation by Individual Organisation followed by Discussion.
  • Moderator: Dr. Imre Gyuk, Chief Scientist, Energy Storage, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (5-8 minutes)
  • Jim Greenberger, Executive Director, NAATBatt International (12-15 mins)
  • Josef Daniels - Ivad, Manager, International Zinc Association (12-15 mins)
  • Roger Miksad, Executive VP., Battery Council International (12-15 mins)
  • Julia Souder, CEO, LDES Council (12-15 mins)
  • Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, President, IESA (12-15 mins)
  • Invest India*
  • Q&A - 15 minutes
• Vote of Thanks: Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, IESA (5 minutes)
  
  
• Key Participants:
  • Relevant Indian energy departments and associated entities, (Government officials, Civil societies, Industries)
  • US-DOE, US companies, National Labs, National Associations

• Energy Storage Analytics

• Welcome Remarks – Elena Thomas-Kerr, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy (5 mins)
• Presentation by Individual Organisation followed by Discussion.
  • Moderator: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (5 minutes)
  • Di Wu, Chief Research Engineer & Team Leader, Optimization and Control group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) (12-15 mins)
  • Dr. Atri Bera, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Energy Storage Technology and Systems Department, Sandia National Laboratories (12-15 mins)
  • Patrick Balducci, Group Manager, Power Systems and Markets Research Group, CEESA, Argonne National Laboratory (12-15 mins)
  • Moderator: Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, President, IESA (5 minutes)
  • Nehal Divekar, Director, Emerging Technologies, Customized Energy Solutions (12-15 mins)
  • Vineet Dravid, Founder and CEO, Oorja Energy (12-15 mins)
  • Q&A- 15 minutes
• Vote of Thanks: Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, IESA (5 minutes)

• Key Participants:
  
  • Relevant Indian energy departments and associated entities, (Government officials, Civil societies, Industries)
  • US-DOE, US companies, National Labs, National Associations

• Energy Storage Safety and Security

• Welcome Remarks– Elena Thomas-Kerr, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy (5 mins)
• Opening Remarks: Dr. Imre Gyuk, Chief Scientist, Energy Storage, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (5 minutes)
• Theme Talk: Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, President, IESA (5 minutes)
• Presentation by Individual Organisation followed by Discussion
  • Moderator: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (5 minutes)
  • Matthew Paiss, Technical Advisor, Battery Materials & Systems group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
  • Loraine Torres-Castro, PhD, Battery Safety Lead & Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
  • Judy Jeevarajan, Ph.D., VP, Exec. Director, Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI), UL Research Institutes
  • Ram Ganti, Technical Leader & Security Researcher & Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
  • Q&A- 15 minutes

• Vote of Thanks: Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, IESA (5 minutes)
• Key Participants:
  • Relevant Indian energy departments and associated entities, (Government officials, Civil societies, Industries)
  • US-DOE, US companies, National Labs, National Associations

• Pumped Hydro Storage

• Welcome Remarks-Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, IESA (5 mins)
• Opening Remarks: Imre Gyuk, Chief Scientist, Energy Storage, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (5 minutes)
• Indian Pumped Hydro Storage Market Overview
  • Moderator: Rahul Walawalkar, President, IESA (5 minutes)
  • Ashok Kumar, Director (Hydro-I), Ministry of Power (10-12 minutes)
  • Vivek Shrivastava, Executive Director, Renewables, NHPC (10-12 minutes)
  • Prasad Joshi, Vice President, Greenko (10-12 minutes)
• The USA Pumped Hydro Storage Market &Technologies
  • Moderator: Sam Bockenhauer,  Acting Director for Storage Analysis, DOE Office of Electricity, US-DOE (5-6 minutes)
  • Curt Jawdy, Senior Manager of Operational Research and Support, Innovation and Research, Tennessee Valley Authority (10-12 minutes)
  • Ushakar Jha, P.E., Vice President, Project Engineering, Rye Development, LLC (10-12 minutes)
  • Q&A- 15 minutes

• Battery Recycling

• Welcome Remarks – Elena Thomas-Kerr, Senior Advisor, Office of Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy (5 minutes)
• Opening Remarks: Imre Gyuk, Chief Scientist, Energy Storage, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (5 minutes)
• Battery Recycling Market Overview
• Overview Presentation: Bhupesh Verma, Manger, IBMSCC & IRRC, IESA (10 minutes)
• Panel Presentation
  • Moderator: Rahul Walawalkar, President, IESA (5 minutes)
  • Rajat Verma, Founder and CEO, LOHUM Cleantech (12 minutes)
  • Gaurav Dolwani, CEO & Founder, LICO Materials (12 minutes)
  • Utkarsh Singh, Co-founder and CEO of BatX Energies (12 minutes)
• The USA Battery Recycling Market &Technologies
  • Jeffrey Spangenberger, Group Leader, Materials Recycling, Argonne National Laboratory (12 minutes)
  • Erik D. Spoerke, Energy Storage Materials Lead, Energy Storage Technologies & Systems, Sandia National Laboratories (12 minutes)
• Q&A- 15 minutes
• Vote of Thanks: Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, IESA (5 mins)
• Key Participants:
  • Relevant Indian energy departments and associated entities, (Government officials, Civil societies, Industries)
  • US-DOE, US companies, National Labs, National Associations

• Battery Second Life

• Welcome Remarks–Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, President, IESA (5 minutes)
• Opening Remarks: Dr. Imre Gyuk, Chief Scientist, Energy Storage, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (5 minutes)
• Indian Second-Life Battery Market Overview
  • Moderator: Bhupesh Verma, Manager, IBMSCC & IRRC, IESA (10 minutes)
  • Shreya Sikarwar, Assistant Manager - Battery Recycling, IESA (10 minutes)
  • Darshan Virupaksh, Co-Founder, Nunam (10 minutes)
• The USA Second Life Battery Market &Technologies
  • Moderator: Dr. Erik D. Spoerke, Energy Storage Materials Lead, Energy Storage Technologies & Systems, Sandia National Laboratories (10 minutes)
  • Donald Karner, President, Electric Applications Incorporated (10 minutes)
  • Freeman Hall, President, B2U Storage Solutions, Inc. (10 minutes)
  • Trevor Warren, Founder and CEO, Higherwire (10 minutes)
• Q&A- 10 minutes