Hybrid Event
  • Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2022
  • Event Highlights

    Behind The Scenes

    About The Event

    TDK Ventures will host its second annual Energy Week from October 31 to November 2, 2022. Following a similar format to TDK Ventures’ Energy Week 2021, which featured top leaders in the climate-tech field, this online gathering will bring together over 20 speakers made up of professors, entrepreneurs, investors, venture capitalists, scientists, and visionaries from around the world, all at the forefront of the energy sector.

    Each speaker will share their thoughts concerning the future of energy, and how it will influence our society and life. Before each session, there will be an hour-long fireside chat featuring a top expert in that respective session’s topic to provide even further insight into the upcoming discussion and to give the audience a feel for what is ahead.

    “We received thousands of registrations from across academia, industry, startups, and VC sectors, TDK Ventures’ Energy Week 2021 delivered on its promise to show the many innovations that could power tomorrow’s world and cleanly produce and store its energy,” said Nicolas Sauvage, President, TDK Ventures. “For Energy Week 2022, we expect an even larger engagement, as the topic of battery and energy has been a daily feature in practically every form of media for the past nine months. TDK Ventures is pleased to take an upfront position in leading the discussion on what lies ahead in this critical arena. We would love to have students, entrepreneurs, scientists, industry professionals and anyone interested in decarbonization join us to see and hear what the experts think.”

    Program Agenda

    Agendas may be subject to change

    Hybrid
    00:00 AM 2022-10-31T15:00

    Future of Green Hydrogen and Chemicals
    Future of Battery Development and Manufacturing

    00:00 AM 2022-10-31T15:00 - 00:00 AM 2022-10-31T15:05

    Opening Remark from President and CEO of TDK: Noboru Saito

    00:00 AM 2022-10-31T15:05 - 00:00 AM 2022-10-31T16:00

    Fireside Chat with Meghan Sharp

    00:00 AM 2022-10-31T16:00 - 00:00 AM 2022-10-31T17:00

    Panel Discussion: Future of Green Hydrogen and Chemicals

    Advances to make hydrogen cheaper and cleaner for use as an energy-storage and transmission medium could be the answer to managing extreme heat-producing industrial processes. Green hydrogen, ammonia, and chemicals will contribute a big part of industrial and agricultural decarbonization leveraging renewable energy. How and when can we bring the cost of green chemicals down? What is needed to achieve the Energy Earthshot goals?
    00:00 AM 2022-11-01T00:00 - 00:00 AM 2022-11-01T01:00

    Fireside Chat with Bob Galyen

    00:00 AM 2022-11-01T01:00 - 00:00 AM 2022-11-01T02:00

    Panel Discussion: Future of Battery Development and Manufacturing

    As the energy transition quickens, global battery supply will meet only 60% of the expected demand by decade’s end. Advanced battery manufacturing, which could produce the next generation of high-performance batteries with lower manufacturing costs and lower carbon footprints, is needed. How far are we on next-gen battery manufacturing?
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    00:00 AM 2022-11-01T15:00

    Future of Emerging Market Electrification
    Future of EV and Charging Infrastructure

    00:00 AM 2022-11-01T15:00 - 00:00 AM 2022-11-01T16:00

    Fireside Chat with Rick Needham

    00:00 AM 2022-11-01T16:00 - 00:00 AM 2022-11-01T17:00

    Panel Discussion: Future of Emerging Market Electrification

    Emerging markets are key to the global energy transition, with 88% of the growth in electricity demand between now and 2040 expected to come from emerging-market countries. Solar, wind, nuclear, alternative fuels….What will be the next wave of global green-energy transition? How could emerging markets and developing economies leapfrog to clean energy and electrification?
    00:00 AM 2022-11-02T00:00 - 00:00 AM 2022-11-02T01:00

    Fireside Chat with Chelsea Sexton

    00:00 AM 2022-11-02T01:00 - 00:00 AM 2022-11-02T02:00

    Panel Discussion: Future of EV and Charging Infrastructure

    The number of electric cars, buses, vans, and heavy trucks on roads is expected to hit 145 million by 2030. As the electrification of our roads takes hold, the grid needs to be upgraded, and new charging infrastructures must be built for both passenger EVs and heavy duties. What are the pathways to build a resilient charging infrastructure? How will future EV designs fit the new application scenarios of EV?
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    00:00 AM 2022-11-02T15:00

    Spotlight Interviews
    Future of Mining and Battery Supply Chain

    00:00 AM 2022-11-02T15:00 - 00:00 AM 2022-11-02T16:00

    Spotlight Interview

    How to Accelerate the Global Electrification and Decarbonization
    00:00 AM 2022-11-02T16:00 - 00:00 AM 2022-11-02T17:00

    Spotlight Interview

    How Will the Inflation Reduction Act Supercharge Climate Tech in the U.S.
    00:00 AM 2022-11-02T17:00 - 00:00 AM 2022-11-02T18:00

    Power of the Community

    The Battery Report: A Comprehensive Overview of the Battery Landscape
    00:00 AM 2022-11-03T00:00 - 00:00 AM 2022-11-03T01:00

    Fireside Chat with Joe Lowry

    00:00 AM 2022-11-03T01:00 - 00:00 AM 2022-11-03T02:00

    Panel Discussion: Future of Mining and Battery Supply Chain

    The rapidly growing popularity of electric vehicles will cause the demand for lithium-ion batteries to soar over the next decade. One serious challenge we are facing is: 90% of the battery supply chain does not exist in the U.S. With the limited access to critical minerals, how do we manage the supply-chain risk for lithium-ion batteries? With technologies being explored in lithium extraction and battery recycling, how do we capture battery value-chain opportunities?