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An invitation to attend IQPC's Battery & Fuel Cell Technology for Portable devices conference
The prevalence of portable devices on the market is gigantic, and the major constrain about the utility of these devices is battery life. A lot of technology is being focused on how to operated devices with reduced power consumption, but at the same time battery technologies need to catch up with application requirements. There is certainly no shortage of battery- and chemistry-related technologies, ranging from regular lithium-ion batteries to portable rechargeable batteries to fuel cells. Portable rechargeable cell chemistries include Alkaline, Nickel Cadmium (NiCd), Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH), and Lithium Ion (Li-ion). The Li-ion cells have the highest energy density by both weight and volume. With the appropriate level of safety designed into a Li-ion pack, Li-ion offers the most attractive method of portable battery power.
The Freedonia Focus Group has reported that battery demand in the U.S., from 2004-2009, is expected to climb 5.9 percent per year, and the demand for secondary, or rechargeable, batteries will increase at a rate of 6.9 percent per year until 2009, or $9.6 billion of the total battery market. This huge surge is credited to electronic products. In fact, portable devices are projected to be the fastest growing market segment for secondary batteries, rising 7.8 percent annually to $3.5 billion in 2009. And, furthermore, Frost & Sullivan forecasts the market for micro fuel cells for consumer electronic devices to reach approximately 80 million units by 2012.
Unprecedented Networking Opportunities with HEWLETT PACKARD and MILLENNIUM CELL are available at this one of a kind conference! Check out our top speaker line up:
HEWLETT PACKARD
John Wozniak, Notebook Engineer and Master Technologist
MILLENNIUM CELL
John Battaglini, Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Product Management
ROSE ELECTRONICS
Katherine Mack, Vice President, Sales & Marketing
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
Jeffrey Morse, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Center for Meso, Micro and Nano Technology
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
Robert West, Director, Organosilicon Research Center
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
Bernd Krafthoefer, Marketing Manager, Battery Management Products
CROSSBOW TECHNOLOGY
Mark Goodman, Director of Sales
ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY
Romesh Kumar, Head, Fuel Cell Department, Chemical Engineering Division
Ilias Belharouak, PH.D., Chemist & Materials Scientist
Khalil Amine, PH.D, Manager, Battery Group
OAK RIDGE LABORATORY
Tim Armstrong, Manager, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Infrastructure
MICRO POWER ELECTRONICS
Robin Sarah Tichy, Ph.D., Technical Marketing Engineer
POLYRON MATERIALS
Viacheslav Dementiev, CTO
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