Call for Speakers is Open
Lead the Battery Value Chain Conversation
Battery Value Chain Xchange USA 2026 invites senior executives, manufacturing leaders, materials innovators, system integrators, recyclers, investors, engineers, and policymakers to contribute to a focused, deployment-driven commercial program for strengthening North America's battery value chain, with priority given to speakers who can share validated data, operating experience, implementation lessons, and strategic insight.
Detroit, MI · September 30, 2026
Meet Our Featured Speakers
Senior executives, technical leaders, and policymakers actively shaping the trajectory of North America’s battery value chain.
Kevin Judge
CEO & Founder
iNOBL
Overcoming Strategy Execution Friction: Three Leadership Challenges Slowing Industrial Battery Scale-Up
Kevin Judge is a best-selling author, international speaker, and Founder and CEO of iNOBL — an advisory firm that helps organizations reduce leadership friction, execution risk, and organizational drag. He works with CEOs, executive teams, and boards to strengthen alignment, operating discipline, and accountability when momentum, trust, or performance begin to stall.
With nearly 30 years of experience across entrepreneurial ventures and corporate environments, Kevin has worked inside organizations where strong strategies struggled under pressure from leadership misalignment, unclear decision-making, operational strain, and competing priorities. He is the author of The SMB Playbook and creator of the Strategic Results Framework™.
With nearly 30 years of experience across entrepreneurial ventures and corporate environments, Kevin has worked inside organizations where strong strategies struggled under pressure from leadership misalignment, unclear decision-making, operational strain, and competing priorities. He is the author of The SMB Playbook and creator of the Strategic Results Framework™.
Kimberly Berman
Industry Analyst
Pivot Research
Transatlantic Battery Dynamics: Comparing Supply Chain Realities Across North America and Europe
Kimberly Berman is an independent consultant under the banner of Pivot Research and is an internationally recognised specialist on lithium-ion and next-gen battery technologies, the energy transition, and the deglobalization of battery supply chains. She regularly presents at leading industry conferences and has researched, written/co-written and published numerous research papers including BMO Capital Markets and the World Bank Group. Her new book, which is expected to be published soon, will dive into the geopolitics surrounding the supply chain and the need for a circular economy mindset.
Elizabeth Gibbons Barber
Founder, CDGP
Empower to Comply LLC
Navigating Battery Regulatory Complexity: Compliance Strategies and Dangerous Goods Transportation Realities across Supply Chains
Elizabeth Gibbons Barber, CDGP, is a certified dangerous goods transportation specialist with more than a decade of experience helping companies build compliant hazmat programs. She has supported regulatory alignment across the EV and battery industries through standards development, public speaking, and direct compliance advisory work.
Elizabeth serves as the resident dangerous goods transportation expert at Electrification Academy and leads workforce development initiatives bringing entry-level workers into Michigan's battery industry. She is the founder of Empower to Comply.
Elizabeth serves as the resident dangerous goods transportation expert at Electrification Academy and leads workforce development initiatives bringing entry-level workers into Michigan's battery industry. She is the founder of Empower to Comply.
Keith Hoge
Business Development Consultant
Bry-Air
Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Dry Room Design for Next-Generation Battery Manufacturing
Keith Hoge is a mechanical engineer and business development consultant specializing in the US battery value chain. He advises companies on scaling technologies across battery materials, energy storage, and advanced manufacturing, successfully bridging the gap between innovation and commercialization. Today, Keith represents Bry-Air Asia, a global leader in advanced dehumidification systems. His expertise helps organizations deploy the critical, high-performance environmental control systems necessary for next-generation battery production and manufacturing excellence.
Anitha Kapu
Director of Engineering
Crusoe Energy Systems Inc.
Beyond Recycling: Balancing Sustainability Goals with Manufacturing Economics in Circular Battery Ecosystems
Anitha Latha Kapu is the Director of Engineering at Crusoe Technologies, bringing over 17 years of executive experience driving manufacturing, quality, and operational excellence across the tech industry. She previously held key leadership roles at SpaceX, Tesla, Amazon, Walmart, and Enovix, directing next-generation lithium-ion battery initiatives for electric vehicles, aviation, and robotics. Currently, Anitha focuses on AI hyperscale data center infrastructure, enabling the high-performance computing platforms that power the future of artificial intelligence.
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Yu-Tack Kim
Industry Expert
Advanced Battery Recycle
Commercializing the World’s First Direct Battery Recycling Infrastructure in Korea
Why Speak at Battery Value Chain Xchange USA 2026?
- Position yourself as a recognized authority in North America's battery value chain
- Engage directly with materials producers, manufacturers, OEMs, recyclers, investors, engineers, and policymakers
- Share practical lessons on industrial scale-up, chemistry readiness, manufacturing performance, systems integration, and circular recovery
- Gain editorial visibility across the Thought Xchange Network platform
- Build strategic partnerships with technology buyers, supply chain leaders, capital providers, and commercial collaborators
What We're Looking For
We prioritize speakers who bring real-world deployment experience, technical depth, investment perspective, manufacturing insight, policy understanding, or cross-value-chain expertise. Topics of interest include:
Submission Guidelines
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