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May 6th, 2026: EverZinc Plant Tour & Reception


1:30 PM to 5 PM : EverZinc Plant Tour

Pickup & Dropoff – AC Hotels Nashville Downtown 

EverZinc Clarksville Plant

480 International Blvd, Clarksville, Tennessee 37040, United States

6:00 PM : Reception

RTB!(Roof Top Bar) , AC Hotels Nashville Downtown

May 7th: Main Conference


8:00 – 9:00 : Welcome to R-Zinc

8:00 – 9:00 : Registration + Breakfast

9:00 – 9:20 : Arnaud de Weert, Harsha Kolli - EverZinc

9:20 – 9:30 : Opening Remarks by ZBI

Dr. Josef Daniel Ivad, IZA, ZBI

9:30 - 11:00 : Session 1: Manufacturing and Scaling

Lead: Peter de Vries

9:30 – 9:50 Scaling with Lead Acid Lines Nick Hennen ESEMA
9:50 – 10:10 De-Risking Scale Up Through Partnerships Ben DeWys Hitachi America
10:10 – 10:30 Pilot Lines for Scaling Dr. Sanja Tepavcevic Argonne, DOE
10:30 – 11:00 Panel – Manufacturing & Scaling Lead: Harsha Kolli (EverZinc); Panelists : Nick Hennen (ESEMA), Ben DeWys (Hitachi America), Sanja Tepavcevic (Argonne, DOE), Katharina Gerber (Siemens)

11:00 - 11:15 : Break

11:15 – 12:35 : Session 2: Zinc Battery Developers

Lead: Pascal Verbiest

11:15 – 11:35 Zinc Air Batteries Vincent Dujardin AZA Battery
11:35 – 11:55 Path to Deploy NiZn Batteries for Critical Infrastructure and Defense Dr. Michael Galuzzo Enzinc
11:55 – 12:15 Additives for Zinc Rechargeable Batteries Jean-Luc Caldini Easyl Zinc
12:15 – 12:35 Collaboration for a Zinc Future Glenn Austin Green GP Energy Tech

12:35 - 13:50 : Lunch

13:50 – 14:30 : Session 3: Zinc Battery Developers

Lead: Paul Williams

13:50 - 14:10 Commercial Deployment of Rechargeable Alkaline Zn-MnO2 Batteries Dr. Jinchao Huang UEP
14:10 - 14:30 Ni-Zn Batteries for Data Centers and Beyond Jim Dietz ZincFive

14:30 – 15:10 : Session 4: Zinc Battery Use Cases

Lead: David Graf

14:30 – 14:50 The Evolving World of LDES Technology and Use-Cases Dr. Luke McLaughlin LDES Consortium
14:50 – 15:10 Zinc Battery Use Cases and Execution Risk Reduction Raafe Khan Camelot Energy
15:10 – 15:40 Panel – Zinc Use Cases Lead: Harsha Kolli (EverZinc); Panelists : Dr. Jinchao Huang (UEP), Raafe Khan (Camelot Energy), Jim Dietz (ZincFive), Emily Dickens (Octet Scientific)

15:40 – 16:00 : Break

16:00 – 17:10 : Session 5: Zinc Innovations

Lead: Harsha Kolli

16:00 – 16:20 Advancing Zinc-Based Energy Storage: Academic and National Laboratory Research Frontiers Dr. Timothy Lambert Sandia National Labs
16:20 – 16:40 Accelerating Zinc Batteries with Agentic AI and Autonomous Labs Dr. Jonathan Schraf SES AI
16:40 – 17:00 Aqueous Zinc Battery Work by ORNL Dr. Bin Li ORNL
17:00 – 17:10 Closing Remarks Arnaud de Weert EverZinc

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