Keynote speakers
The IEEE VPPC 2018 organization committee is glad to announce the plenary speakers.
Martin “Marty” Cooper, Father of the Cell Phone – Tuesday, Aug. 28th
(Speaker’s biography, available here)

Martin “Marty” Cooper, Father of the Cell Phone
MOBILITY AND THE CONTINUED IMPORTANCE OF EFFICIENCY – Tuesday, Aug. 28th
(Abstract and Speaker’s biography, available here)

Ann M. Schlenker, Director of the Center for Transportation Research Argonne National Laboratory
Julius Knapp, Chief of the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) – Tuesday, Aug. 28th
(Speaker’s biography, available here)

Julius Knapp, Chief of the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET)
ON FUTURE MOBILITY – Thursday, Aug. 30th
(Abstract and Speaker’s biography, available here)

Alan Amici, Vice PResident & Chief Technology Officer, Transportation Solutions, TE Connectivity
OPEN RESEARCH ISSUES FOR A SUSTAINABLE HYDROGEN-ECONOMY – Thursday, Aug. 30th
(Abstract and Speaker’s biography, available here)

Prof. Daniel HISSEL, Ph.D., SM IEEE Full Professor in Fuel Cell Systems – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comte, France Director, FCLAB Research Federation, CNRS, Belfort, France Head, SHARPAC research team, FEMTO-ST, CNRS, Belfort, France Scientific Advisor, H2SYS, France Chair, IEEE VTS French Chapter
THERMAL MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY CONCERNS FOR LI-ION BATTERIES IN ELECTRIC MOBILITY AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES APPLICATIONS – Thursday, Aug. 30th
(Abstract and Speaker’s biography, available here)

Said Al-Hallaj, Ph.D. CEO, AllCell Technologies, LLC Visiting Research Professor of Chemical Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago