Lithium-ion battery supply chain technology development and investment
opportunities; Vivas Kumar Event Details: Global demand for
lithium-ion based applications such as electric vehicles and
grid-scale energy storage is expected to grow tremendously over the
upcoming decade. This surge in demand has resulted in the announcement
of 100+ lithium-ion battery “megafactories” with >2TWh of planned
capacity. However, the lack of investment and technology development
in the upstream supply chain for lithium, nickel, and cobalt
battery-grade chemicals could threaten the industry’s progress. This
talk will explore key steps that industry, academia, and governments
could undertake to unlock the opportunities in this rapidly growing
industrial supply chain. Speaker Biography: Vivas Kumar is a MBA
Candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Concurrently,
he is a Principal at London-based Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a
leading market intelligence and consultancy firm focused on the
lithium-ion battery supply chain. He was previously responsible for
managing battery supply chain strategy and procurement at Tesla, Inc.
He has been invited to speak on lithium-ion battery supply chain
issues at conferences and senior-level government meetings worldwide,
including most recently at the US White House and Pentagon. Admission
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