Program

This a preliminary program and is subject to change. 

Summary Schedule

Tuesday 13 September 2011
15.00 Registration Desk Open: HICC, Convention Hall 3 Foyer
18:30 Welcome Event: HICC, Poolside Lawns    
20.30 Welcome Event Close    

Wednesday 14 September 2011
08.00 Registration Desk Open    
  Session 1 Chairman: Peter King    
09:00 Conference Opening and Inaugural Presentation
1.01 Changing Supply Dynamics of the Lead Industry
Peter King and Mark Stevenson, Ecobat Technologies
09.40 1.02 Lead ― Speculation or Fundamental Revaluation?
Helen Matthews, Brook Hunt
10.05 1.03 Global Market for Industrial Lead–Acid Batteries: New Developments in Automotive Hybrid Applications and Trends for the Future
Bob Cullen, Hollingsworth & Vose
10.30 International Lead Medal Presentation    
10.45 Morning Catering    
  Session 2 Chairman: Subhas Chalasani    
11.05 1.04 EUROBAT’s Contribution to European Sustainable Mobility
Dr Mario Natalucci, FAAM SpA - Battery and Electric Vehicle
11.30 1.05 Status and Outlook of Chinese Lead Market 
Raymond Zhang, Beijing Antaike Information Development Co. Ltd. 
11.55 1.06 Environmental and Occupational Health Issues Challenging the Chinese Lead-Acid Battery Industry 
Yuehong Shu, South China Normal University
12.20 1.07 Indian Lead–Acid Battery Market: An Inside-Out View
Vinod Sagar, Rahimafrooz Batteries Ltd.
12.45 Lunch    
  Session 3 Chairman: Graeme Frazer-Bell   Session 4 Chairman: Tim Ellis
13.45 1.08 UltraBattery for Electric Bike/Scooter, Utility and Wind-energy Applications
Lan Lam, CSIRO Energy Technology 		   1.15 Advancements in Plate-making, Pasting and Handling of Lead–Acid Battery Plates
Doug Bornas, MAC Engineering
 14.10 1.09 Promoting the Green Economy through Environmental Sound Management of Used Lead-Acid Batteries: An Experience in Central America, the Dominican Republic and Colombia
Miquel Eduardo Ajaujo Padilla, Basel Convention Regional Center for Central America and Mexico (BCRC-CAM)		   (14:05) 1.16 Updating the Manufacture of Absorptive Glass-Mat Designs of Valve-regulated Lead–Acid Batteries
Francesco Capuzzo, Sovema
 14.35 1.10 Development of Thin-plate, Pure Lead, Valve-Regulated Lead–Acid Batteries for Telecommunications Applications in Challenging Environments
Shawn Peng, Leoch International Technology Ltd.		   (14:25) 1.17 Wirtz Continuous Plate Making Process
J. O. Wirtz, Wirtz
 15.00 1.11 Development of an Enhanced Flooded Lead–Acid Battery for Idling Stop–Start Applications
Subhas Chalasani and Debasish Mazumdar, Exide Industries Ltd		   (14:45) 1.18 Environmental Aspects and Role of Plastics and Fibreglass-reinforced Plastics in Battery Manufacturing
Chirag Thakkar, JR Fibreglass Industries Pvt. Ltd.
      (15.05) 1.19 A Composite Battery Separator Suitable for High-Speed Plate Enveloping Machines 
Gubbi Krishnappa Natesh, Raman FibreScience Private Limited
15.25 Afternoon Catering    
  Session 5 Chairman: Kevin Whear   Session 6 Chairman: John Howes
15.40 1.12 Understanding Analyses: How Can You Trust Them?
Ulf Bugglesheim, Ecobat Technologies 		   1.20 Advanced Valve-regulated Lead-Acid (Gel) Battery Design with Wireless Battery Management - New Opportunities for Industrial Battery Operation
K-D Merz, Abertax Technologies
16.15 1.13 Next Generation Valve-regulated Lead-Acid Battery with Higher Performance and Higher Reliability for Motorcycle Use: Development of GYZ16H Type Battery
Shin Osaki, GS Yuasa International Ltd 		   (16:10) 1.21 Recent Developments in Organic Expanders
Tim McNally, Borregaard LignoTech
16.40 1.14 B-LAB: Changing the Game for Lead–Acid
Selwyn Mould, AIC
   (16:30) 1.22 Advantages of Premium Pasting Paper vs. Commodity Product
Dominik Roster, Glatfelter Gernsbach GmbH & Co.
17.05 Session Close    Sesion Close
19.00 Dinner    

Thursday 15 September 2011 - Partner Tour
The partner tour will include visits to some of Hyderabad's must see attractions and historic sites.
09.25 Please meet in the driveway of the HICC by 09.25. To participate in the tours you must have pre booked the tours when you registered.
16.00  Return to Hyderabad International Convention Centre.

Thursday 15 September 2011
08.30 Registration Desk Open: HICC, Convention Hall 3 Foyer
  Session 7 Chairman: Jean-François Delsol
09:00 2.01 Recent Development and Applications of Carbon-Enhanced Lead-Acid Batteries
Boris Monahov, ILZRO – ALABC
09.25 2.02 Further Demonstrations of the Flooded-type UltraBattery Under Micro-hybrid Electric Vehicle Duty
Jun Furukawa, The Furukawa Battery Co. Ltd.
09.50 2.03 Advanced Lead-Acid for High Power Applications
Tracey Strickland, Exide Technologies
10.15 2.04 Influence of Pulse-charging on Lead-Acid Batteries
Mikaël G. A. Cugnet, INES/CEA Electrical Storage Lab 
10.40 Morning Catering    
  Session 8 Chairman: Gerry Woolf   Session 9 Chairman: L Pugthenzy
10.55 2.05 Novel Composite Grids Providing Improved Battery Properties
Hans Warlimont, DSL Material-Innovation		   2.10 3BS or 4BS? A Critical Analysis of Product and Process Requirements
Doug Lambert, Battery Technology Services
11.20 2.06 Separators for Lead–Acid Batteries in Heavy Cycling Applications
J. Kevin Whear, Daramic		   2.11 Improvement of Lead-Acid Battery Performance by Nano-carbons
Venkateswarlu Manne, Amararaja Batteries Limited 
11.45 2.07 Requirements of a Main Storage Battery in a Modern Convential Submarine
Nick Lukacs, Pacific Marine Batteries 		   2.12 Process and Battery Improvements through Use of Tetrabasic Lead Sulfate Seed Crystals
Ian Klein, PENOX GmbH
12.10 2.08 Inverters: From Today's Challenge to Tomorrow's Opportunities
Carole Laine, Amer-sil 		  

2.13 Powering Indian Rural Citizen Service Centres through Solar Photovoltaic Systems
S N Joshi, Green Vision Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
12.35 2.09 Appropriate Technology for Curing Lead-Acid Battery Plates for Small- and Medium-scale Manufacturers
CS Ramanathan, Battery Consultant 		   2.14 Research on the Ultrabattery Applied to Electric Bikes
Hongyu Chen, South China Normal University
13.00 Lunch    

Friday 16 September 2011
08.30 Registration Desk Open: HICC, Convention Hall 3 Foyer
  Session 10 Chairman: David Rand
09.00 3.01 Novel Carbon Materials for Improved Cycleability and Dynamic Charge-Acceptance in Advanced Lead–Acid Battery Applications
Paolina Atanassova, Cabot Corporation
09.25 3.02 Advanced Spiral Wound Lead–Acid Batteries for Mild–Medium Hybrid Vehicles
Melchor Fernandez, Exide Technologies
09.50 3.03 High-Performance Valve-regulated Lead-Acid Batteries for Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Geoff May, FOCUS Consulting
10.15 3.04 Advanced Valve-Regulated Lead–Acid Batteries — Enabling a Hybrid Revolution?
Alan Cooper, European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium
10.40

Morning Catering
  Session 11 Chairman: Mark Stevenson
11.00 3.05 Developments of an Advanced Ceramic Battery
Andrew Loyns, Altraverda Limited 
11.25 3.06. A Logical Path towards Sustainability ― Phased Hybridization and Micro-hybrid Vehicle Applications in India
A. Srinivas, Mahindra & Mahindra, & Subhas Chalasani, Exide Industries Ltd
11.50 3.07 Renewable Energy Back-Up Lead–Acid Batteries for Indian Environments 
Bhaskar Bishnu, Luminous Power Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
12.15 3.08 Investigation of the Electrochemical Behaviour of Carbon Materials in the Lead-Acid System
Matthew Maroon, EnerG2
12.40 3.09 What is Environmentally Sound Battery Recycling?
Brian Wilson, ILMC
13.05 Lunch - Conference Close    
 
17.00 Closing Reception    
18.00 14ABC Ends    

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