08:00     Registration and welcome coffee

08:30     Welcome & Conference Opening

Theme: Energy Outlook: A view to 2020

Keynote Address

09:00   Addressing today’s energy storage challenges 

09:45   Emerging energy generation technologies from renewable sources

10:30   Networking Coffee Break

11:00   Identifying the next break-through energy storage technology 

11:45   Smart grid - Modernizing the power grids to increase reliability, efficiency and safety  

12:15   Lunch Break

Theme: Collaborative Partnerships

 14:00    Enhancing battery innovation through successful vehicle development partnerships and collaboration

 14:45     From concept to shelf: driving new product development along the energy storage value chain

15:30     Networking Coffee Break

Theme: Biofuels, Biogas and Sustainability

16:00    The next generation of biofuels: evaluating game changing technologies beyond ethanol

16:45    Biomass and Electricity: fossil fuel substitution and grid injection technologies

17:30    Closing remarks from Chairperson

18:00    Networking Reception

08:00    Welcome Coffee

08:30    Welcome, Recap of Day 1 & Overview of Day 2

Theme: Electric Vehicles

 09:00   Developing low-cost, safe and efficient batteries for new generation electric vehicles  

09:45    Developing an integrated electric drive train that exceeds current vehicle standards

10:30    Networking Coffee Break

11:00    Implementing a revolutionary EV grid: Growth projection of EV adoption

11:45    Breakthroughs in Nanotechnology for EV’s: advances in Li-Ion battery nanotechnology

12:30    Lunch Break

Theme: Investment and Financing

14:00    What do investors look for? Alternative energy stock/project valuations

14:45     Government funding: identifying the right funding sources from State and Federal levels

15:30     Networking Coffee Break

Theme: Government Policy, Standards & Regulations

16:00    Successful innovation under regulatory constraints: what is the current status of legislation?

16:45    The Path Forward for Charged2020: Shaping the future of energy generation, storage and smart-grid technologies

17:30     Closing remarks from conference Chairperson