
LITHIUMSAFE:
BATTERY SAFETY WORKSHOP

Every time a hoverboard, e-bike or consumer electronic device catches fire, people delay their conversion from ICE to EV, from utility power to solar & storage. To mobilize the industry, Soteria is organizing a conference to foster an open dialogue about safety in lithium-ion batteries. The agenda will combine company perspectives on safety with panel discussions on the safety problem, approaches to solve it, and how testing and certification can be used to ensure public safety. Through a wide variety of perspectives and deep discussion, the conference hopes to focus a dialogue on improving the industry, which will in turn grow the battery industry.

FOSTERING AN OPEN DIALOGUE
ON BATTERY SAFETY
2025 AGENDA AT A GLANCE
Workshop Day #1
Workshop Day #2
Demo Day & Thermal Panels
Safety in E-Mobility
Join us for live safety demos, panels on thermal runaway, recycling safety and keynotes perspectives.
A look at automotive and micro-mobility safety with a highlight on first responder perspectives.
WORKSHOP
FORMAT
Technical Presentations
Focused Panel Discussions
Invited speakers will present market data, best practices, cutting-edge technology, and other ways to improve battery safety.
Panelists will discuss implications of safety on the market, strategies to achieve safety, and the degree of safety achievable.
Company Perspectives
Companies will share their perspective on battery safety and how they contribute to improving the industry. Interested in presenting?

John Warner
Chief Customer Officer
American Battery Solutions

John Orlando
Supervising Fire Marshal
New York Fire Department

Eric Darcy
Battery Discipline Lead
NASA JSC

Bradley Willard
Engineering Manager & Battery SME
Zebra Technologies

Stefan Hogg
Strategic Account Manager
Cirba Solutions

Chris Turner
Chief Technology Officer
Inventus Power

Brian Engle
Director, Business Development
Amphenol

Raghavender Tumala
Electrification Safety
General Motors

William Mustain
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
University of South Carolina

Paul Rilett
General Manager
Element

Loraine Torres-Castro
Battery Safety Lead
Sandia National Laboratories

Ryan Spray
Principal Scientist
Exponent

Ronald Meeks
Marketing Manager
Commercial Metals Company

Andrew Hanna
Head of Product & Brand
Safire Technology Group

Jiangfeng "Jeff" Zhang
Associate Professor
Clemson University

Stefanie Shaw
Technical Executive
Electric Power Research Institute

Anthony Bombik
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (BATT CAVE)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Ron Hughes
Vice President of Sales
Lighting Resources

Nathan Ellis
Assistant State Fire Marshal
SC State Fire

Foelke Purr
Transatlantic Project Coordinator
Fraunhofer USA

Patrick Hanley
Head of Government Affairs
Viridi Parente

Marlen Valverde
Business Development Manager
H.B. Fuller

Steve Cummings
Director of the Sensors Business
Nexceris

Rob Bedenbaugh
Director of Engineering Support
SC DOT

Brian Morin
Chief Executive Officer
Soteria Battery Innovation Group

Xinyu Huang
Professor
University of South Carolina

Farid Ismayilzada
Chief Strategy Officer
Elven Technologies

Dennis Rainwater
Key Account Manager & Business Development, Automotive
Sensirion

Fred Lee
Chief Executive Officer
KTON

Barbara Hughes
Technical Lead
Forge Nano

Andrew Laib
Engineering Technician
Safe Laboratories & Engineering Corp

Mike Christenberry
Chief Marketing Officer
Carbon Conversion Group

Greg Tooley
Battalion Chief
Orange County Fire Authority

Jimmy DeChant
HazMat Specialist
Colorado Springs Fire Department

Patrick Fowler
Partner
Snell & Wilmer

Alyssia Bostrom
Director of New Market Development
DOLAV

Will Walker
CTO
KULR Technology

Phil Challinor
Brigade Fire Chief
Proterra

Ashwin Pitts
Test Engineer
Soteria Battery Innovation Group

Ryo Tamaki
VP of Products
South 8 Technologies

Steve Richey
COO, CPO, CMO
Promo Logic

Gordon Renshaw
Director of New Business Development
Columbia Vehicle Group

Patrick Durham
Owner
StasheD Training

Brian Austin
Chief of Training
Greenville City Fire Department
2024 SPEAKERS & PANELISTS
