Xchange USA 2026
Powering the Battery Economy From Critical Minerals to Circular Recovery
The executive forum uniting materials producers, cell manufacturers, OEMs, recyclers, and investors to strengthen and scale the North American battery value chain.
Welcome to Battery Value Chain Xchange USA 2026
The global race for battery leadership is no longer defined by innovation alone, it is defined by integration. From critical minerals and next-generation chemistries to gigafactory scale-up and recycling infrastructure, competitiveness depends on alignment across the entire value chain.
Battery Value Chain Xchange USA 2026 convenes the leaders responsible for financing, manufacturing, integrating, and closing the loop on battery systems across North America.
Here, we move beyond siloed discussions to focus on coordination, scalability, resilience, and long-term industrial strategy.
Designed as a focused, executive-level forum, the Xchange model prioritizes strategic dialogue, commercial alignment, and long-term partnership formation over exhibition-floor noise. The future of North America's battery competitiveness will be built through collaboration across the value chain. This is where that collaboration begins.
Key Topics on This Year's Agenda
Five strategic pillars covering the materials, manufacturing, safety, and circular economy dimensions driving North America's battery value chain competitiveness in 2026.
Strengthening North America's Battery Industrial Base
Aligning capital, policy, and supply chain strategy to build a resilient domestic battery ecosystem. Exploring critical mineral security, cross-border collaboration, and long-term manufacturing competitiveness.
Commercializing Next-Generation Chemistries
Assessing the commercial readiness of Solid-State, Sodium-Ion, LFP, LMFP, and Lithium-Sulfur technologies within the North American market. Discussions focus on scalability, manufacturability, cost competitiveness, and real-world deployment timelines.
Gigafactory Optimization & Manufacturing Scale-Up
Driving yield optimization, automation integration, and quality assurance at scale. Sessions focus on operational performance, workforce development, and smart factory innovation.
Safety, Reliability & Intelligent Systems Integration
Advancing pack architecture, thermal management, predictive diagnostics, and BMS innovation to ensure reliability and regulatory alignment across automotive and stationary applications.
Circularity, Recycling & Lifecycle Economics
Strengthening domestic recycling capacity, traceability frameworks, and second-life deployment models to build a closed-loop North American battery ecosystem.
The Global Battery Ecosystem
Battery Value Chain Xchange USA 2026 convenes a high-level, cross-sector audience spanning the entire battery ecosystem, from resource extraction and materials processing to gigafactory production, system integration, and circular recovery.
CEOs, CTOs, VPs, and project directors from mining companies, cell manufacturers, OEMs, recyclers, and infrastructure investors. This is not a trade show — it is a working summit for those with capital allocation and supply chain authority.
Core Attendee Profiles
Critical Mineral Producers
Mining executives and resource owners securing lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, and emerging battery metals.
Midstream Refiners & Chemical Processors
Leaders scaling battery-grade lithium hydroxide, nickel sulfate, cathode precursor materials, and graphite purification.
Cell Manufacturers & Gigafactory Operators
Senior operations and manufacturing executives optimizing yield, automation, and cost efficiency.
Automotive & Energy Storage OEMs
Procurement leaders and supply chain strategists securing long-term battery supply.
Recycling & Circular Economy Innovators
Executives building closed-loop material recovery systems.
Infrastructure & Private Capital
Institutional investors, PE funds, and strategic capital financing battery production ecosystems.
Trusted by Industry Leaders
Join the organizations that have participated across our conferences.
Your Competitive Edge in the Battery Value Chain
Strategic Supply Visibility
Understand how geopolitical shifts and resource nationalism are reshaping mineral sourcing.
Manufacturing Competitiveness
Benchmark gigafactory economics and production optimization strategies.
Capital Alignment
Engage investors and policymakers structuring large-scale battery ecosystem financing.
Circular Integration
Evaluate recycling and secondary supply as strategic resilience levers.
Cross-Sector Collaboration
Build upstream, midstream, and downstream partnerships across the full battery value chain.
Actionable Intelligence, Not Just Insights
Five concrete outcomes that will shape your strategy from the moment you leave the event.
How solid-state breakthroughs, silicon-anode scaling, and sodium-ion commercialization are reshaping the competitive landscape for next-generation batteries.
Manufacturing scale-up strategies—including dry electrode processing, formation optimization, and quality control—aligned with gigafactory production targets.
Which cell chemistries and form factors—pouch, prismatic, cylindrical—offer the best performance-cost trade-offs for automotive, grid, and consumer applications.
Technology readiness assessments from pilot and commercial production lines across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
Financing structures—including corporate venturing, government grants, and strategic partnerships—being deployed to accelerate battery value chain commercialization.
Trusted by Industry Decision-Makers
The technical presentations on solid-state and sodium-ion chemistries were genuinely cutting-edge. This is where the battery industry previews its next generation.
We found our Series B lead investor at this event. The quality of attendees from both the technical and financial sides was remarkable.
The Xchange format focuses on real-world performance data, not marketing. Essential for anyone evaluating battery value chain investments.
The quality of conversations at this event was exceptional. Within two hours, I had connected with three potential supply partners that we had been trying to reach for months through traditional channels.
Unlike the massive trade shows where you get lost in the noise, this was focused, intimate, and genuinely productive. Every session was directly relevant to our scale-up challenges.
The cross-value-chain perspective was exactly what our team needed. We came for recycling insights and left with a completely new view of how the entire ecosystem is evolving.
As an investor, I need to understand where the industry is heading before the market catches up. This event gave me a 12-month head start on identifying the right partnerships and technologies.
We signed an MOU with a cathode material supplier we met at last year's event. That single connection justified our attendance cost ten times over. Already registered for 2026.
Secure Your Place at the Forefront
of the Battery Value Chain
Join the cell developers, manufacturers, and investors advancing next-generation battery chemistries, manufacturing innovation, and energy storage solutions.
- Full Conference Access
- Presentation Slide Access (permitted material)
- 20% Discount for Group Bookings (3+ Delegates)
- Digital Certificate of Participation
- Exclusive Discount at Upcoming Events
- Full Conference Access
- Presentation Slide Access (permitted material)
- 20% Discount for Group Bookings (3+ Delegates)
- Digital Certificate of Participation
- Exclusive Discount at Upcoming Events
- Full Conference Access
- Presentation Slide Access (permitted material)
- 20% Discount for Group Bookings (3+ Delegates)
- Digital Certificate of Participation
- Exclusive Discount at Upcoming Events
Partner with the Leaders Powering North America's Battery Value Chain
Align your organization with the senior decision-makers driving cell innovation, manufacturing scale-up, and technology commercialization across the battery value chain ecosystem.
- 8 Delegate Passes
- 10'x20' Exhibition Space
- Brand Placement on Event Website
- Logo Placement on Delegate Kits
- Branded Inserts in Delegate Kits
- Access to Sponsorship Add-ons
- 4 Banner Placements in High-Traffic Areas
- Dedicated Social Media Announcement
- Speaking Opportunity
- Session Hosting Opportunity
- Access to Attendee List
- Presentation Recording Access
- 5 Delegate Passes
- 10'x20' Exhibition Space
- Brand Placement on Event Website
- Logo Placement on Delegate Kits
- Branded Inserts in Delegate Kits
- Access to Sponsorship Add-ons
- 2 Banner Placements in High-Traffic Areas
- Dedicated Social Media Announcement
- Speaking Opportunity
- Session Hosting Opportunity
- 3 Delegate Passes
- 10'x10' Exhibition Space
- Brand Placement on Event Website
- Logo Placement on Delegate Kits
- Branded Inserts in Delegate Kits
- Access to Sponsorship Add-ons
- 1 Banner Placement in High-Traffic Areas
- 2 Delegate Passes
- Brand Placement on Event Website
- Logo Placement on Delegate Kits
- Branded Inserts in Delegate Kits
- Access to Sponsorship Add-ons
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