​⚡ Battery Innovation Summit 2026

​April 22–24, 2026 | San Francisco | SF Climate Week

​Batteries for E-Mobility, Data Centers, and Grid& DER

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​The Battery Innovation Summit is a results-driven, commercialization-focused, end-to-end convening of leaders across batteries, energy storage, electrification, and power infrastructure.

​Held during San Francisco Climate Week, this three-day summit brings together founders, engineers, investors, OEMs, utilities, policymakers, and infrastructure operators shaping the next decade of battery innovation and energy systems.

​This is not a generic climate event. This is a focused gathering built for operators shipping product and scaling real deployments.

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​Hosted By:

​The Battery Saloon, 9Zero, J.P.Morgan, Perkins Coie, Ion Gates, and TeKXale

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​🗓 Official Agenda & Locations

​🌙 April 22

​📍 Perkins Coie — Downtown San Francisco

​An evening dedicated to innovation, leadership, and early-stage momentum.

​• Keynote
• Innovation & Leadership Panel | Host: Marcel Bouma

​• Startup Pitch & Demo | Host: Sama Aghniaey

​• Co-Founder Matching

​• Reception | Host: Perkins Coie

​An intimate kickoff designed for builders, investors, and operators ready to collaborate.

​⚡ April 23

​📍 9Zero — Downtown San Francisco

​A full day of commercialization, capital, policy, and technical depth.

​• Opening Remarks
• Keynote

​• Capital Flow — Panel Discussion | Host: Jing Nealis

​• Commercialization Pathway

​• Mining and Recycling | Host: Mind The Bridge

​• Batteries and AI — Fireside | Host: Julian Spector, Canary Media

​• Lunch

​• Keynote

​• Technical Session 2: DER | Host: Christopher Johnson

​• Battery Safety | Host: Electric Goddess

​• Power Users and Providers — Panel | Host: Adam Shaw

​• Domestic Manufacturing & Geopolitics | Host: Sama Aghniaey

​• Happy Hour

​🏭 April 24

​📍 Bay Area

​Lab & Factory Tours

​An opportunity to go beyond panels and see real systems, facilities, and deployments in action.

​Why This Summit Is Different

​This is not a high-level climate conference. It is a focused battery and energy systems convening bringing together:

​• Deep-tech founders
• Infrastructure operators
• Capital allocators
• Policy leaders
• Technical experts
• Manufacturing stakeholders

​From mining to recycling, AI to DER, safety to geopolitics — the entire value chain is represented.

​Who Should Attend

​• Battery innovators
• Energy storage founders
• Climate-tech investors
• Grid & utility operators
• Data center infrastructure leaders
• OEM & e-mobility stakeholders
• Manufacturing & supply chain experts
• Engineers & technical operators
• Policy & regulatory leaders

​📅 April 22–24, 2026
📍 San Francisco
🌎 During SF Climate Week

​Learn more or get involved:
👉 https://www.batteryinnovationsummit.com/

​About The Battery Saloon

​Founded in 2024, The Battery Saloon is a San Francisco-Based Technical Innovation Studio focused on scaling and commercializing deep-tech battery startups. We help founders build products that are manufacturable at scale and meet market demand.