WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Vehicle OEMs with the following job titles:
- CEO / COO / CTO / Managing Director
- VP Hybrid Technology
- VP Battery Systems
- VP Energy Solutions
- VP Vehicle Engineering
- VP Supply Chain
- Head of R&D
- Head of Battery Management
- Head of Thermal Management
- Head of Electrical Development
- Chief Engineer of Electric Vehicles
- Hybrid Chief Engineer
- Electric Propulsion & Control Systems
- Lead Battery Engineer
- Managers of Electric Vehicle Operations & Strategy
- Thermal Systems Engineer - Advanced Vehicle Development
- Battery Cell Development Engineer
- Energy Systems Storage Supervisor
- Battery Manufacturers
- Battery Materials Suppliers
- EV Vehicle Supply Chain Organizations
- Powertrain Developers
- Battery Management Specialists
- Infrastructure Specialists
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Robert Galyen
Chair of Battery Standards Committee
SAE International
Robert L. Galyen has served as General Manager of Magna E-Car Systems since September 2009. In this role, Galyen is responsible for the overall operations of the group’s Battery and Materials Testing team along with the Battery Pack Systems design and build area.
Prior to joining Magna, Mr. Galyen owned and managed Tawas Inc., which specialized in testing, technical services and consulting related to battery technology, as well as materials analysis covering a range of technologies from biomedical to energy storage. He concurrently served as Chief Operations Officer of Indy Power Systems, a start-up company that created a converter for running multiple battery packs within the
same application architecture.
From 1998 through 2001, Mr. Galyen was an Assistant Chief Engineer for Delphi
Automotive in its lead acid battery business. During that time he was responsible for the implementation of several key projects, including the roll-out of a web-based, global quality control system for Delphi’s 11 battery plants.
From 1977 through 1998, Mr. Galyen honed his leadership and technical skills
at General Motors, during which time he served in various capacities for the Delco Remy division. Highlights included serving as lead designer of the battery and battery pack system for General Motors’ IMPACT, the prototype of the EV1 electric vehicle; successfully launching a lead-acid battery production program; and installing control
software for the EV1 battery control module.
During this time, Mr. Galyen also managed prototype programs with Ford, Honda and
Toyota while serving on multiple Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) EV-related
committees. He is the primary author of SAE J-1715, Recommended Practice for EV
Terminology, SAE J-1797, Packaging of Electric Vehicle Batteries, and co-author of
SAE J-1798, Recommended Practice for EV Battery Pack Design. He also
served as the Technical Advisory Group USA representative to the IEC and
JEVA (Europe and Japan professional technical organizations).
For his efforts, Mr. Galyen received the GM President’s Council “Best of the Best” Award in 1995. He also was the recipient of an “Extraordinary Accomplishment Award” for the development of the new Electric Vehicle (EV) battery pack.
Currently, Mr. Galyen sits on the Senator Lugar Center for Renewable Energy Board
housed at IUPUI (Indiana University - Purdue University School of Engineering) and the Ball State University Dean’s Executive Advisory Council. He is also the Chairman of the newly formed SAE Battery Standards Committee, which is leading the industry in establishing peer group battery standards for the emerging electric and hybrid electric vehicle markets while sustaining other standards for traditional applications.
Mr. Galyen holds a Master’s Degree in Chemistry with Bachelor’s degrees in Chemistry and Biology, all from Ball State University.
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“A nice cross-section of the industry”
LEARNING BENEFITS
It continues to be vital for the commercial development and mass-market, public adoption of EVs that vehicle OEMs...
understand how to drive down costs to the lowest possible level throughout supply, manufacturing and delivery whilst developing battery capabilities for increased vehicle performance in every day usage.
Because of this EV Battery Tech USA: 4th Global Cost Reduction Initiative is again, bringing together strategic and technicalexpert s from the leading vehicle OEMs across the globe to discuss how costs can be decreased further whilst increasing the performance of the battery.
The leading vehicle OEMs will be focusing on:
BATTERY SYSTEM COST REDUCTION : Understanding how lessons learnt from batteries in current generation EVs can be applied to driving down the cost of the battery in the short term
ENERGY DENSITY OPTIMIZATION:Determining how near-term advances in improving energy density could help drive EV battery cost reduction
COST-EFFECTIVELY IMPROVING BATTERY LIFE : Examining current generation advances in cost-effectively improving EV battery life & solutions for preventing cell degradation & failure
COST-EFFECTIVELY IMPROVING BATTERY SAFETY : Evaluating advances in cost-effectively improving battery safety & applying new battery safety methodologies
TRANSLATING MATERIAL ADVANCES INTO SHORT-TERM COST REDUCTION : Providing an update on how the latest material advances in the cathode, anode & electrolyte are driving cost reduction at the level of the battery system
COST-EFFECTIVELY IMPROVING THERMAL MANAGEMENT : Analyzing cost-effective advances in improving thermal management & cooling systems to deliver optimal battery performance
STANDARDIZATION : Examining standardization opportunities for short, medium & long-term developments to deliver industry wide benefits & economies of scale
OPTIMIZING THE BATTERY FOR FAST CHARGING : Examining what needs to be done to optimize battery systems