AGENDA
September 18, 2025
9:00am - 9:05am
WELCOME - Gao Liu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
9:05am - 9:15am
DOE COMMENTS - Changwon Suh, DOE Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies Office
9:15am - 9:35am
PROJECT INTRO & OBJECTIVES - Sue Babinec, Argonne National Laboratory
Pilot Line for Emerging Energy Storage Technologies (PILETS)
9:35am - 10:10am
MARKET SURVEY & LI-ION PILOT LINE STUDY RESULTS - Dave Sanders, Avicenne
10:10am-10:45am
PANEL 1 - Mature Entrepreneurs' Experiences
Host: Sue Babinec, Argonne National Laboratory
Panelists:
Sanjoy Banerjee, Urban Electric Power
Billy Woodford, Form Energy
10:45am - 11:00am
BREAK
11:00am - 12:00pm
PANEL 2 - CA/WEST COAST PILOT LINES - CA Needs and New Initiatives
Host: Alecia Ward, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Panelists:
Brenna Teigler, Electrochemical Foundry
Juchen Guo, UC Riverside
Devin MacKenzie, UW Clean Energy Institute
Anthony Ng, California Energy Commission
12:00pm - 12:30pm
WORKING LUNCH:
NatLab SMEs Summary of Initial 1-on-1s:
Zn - Sanja Tepavcevic, Argonne National Laboratory
PBAcid - Tim Fister, Argonne National Laboratory
Flow Cells - David Reed, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Membranes - Yuepeng Zhang, Argonne National Laboratory
Solid State - Sue Babinec, Argonne National Laboratory &
Gao Liu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
12:30 pm - 1:15pm
PANEL 3 - Early-stage Entrepreneurs' Experiences
Host: Sue Babinec, Argonne National Laboratory
Panelists
Peter Frischmann, Sepion Technologies
Giovanni Damato, CMBlu Energy Inc.
Alison Armstrong, Inlyte Energy
1:15pm - 1:45pm
PILOT-LINE SURVEY: Responses Thus Far from Survey Sent in Advance of Stanford Workshop
1:45pm - 2:00pm
PILOT WORKFORCE: Project Description & Status - Meridith Brouzas - Argonne National Laboratory
2:00pm - 3:15pm
BREAKOUT SESSION: Group Discussion of Issues, Solutions, and How to Synergize
3:15pm - 3:30pm
BREAK
3:30pm - 4:00pm
BREAKOUT SESSION - READ OUTS
4:00pm - 4:15pm
FURTHER DISCUSSION: Suggestions for Next Steps and Follow-up
4:15pm - 4:20pm
THANK YOU AND FOLLOW-UP
4:20pm
ADJOURN