By Mecaelah Palaganas
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19 Jan, 2024
The Laboratory of Electrochemical Engineering (LEE) of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), have successfully organized the Energy-X 2023: Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies International Workshop and Symposium, which took place at the Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay City from November 27 to December 1, 2023. The event was organized through Project CIPHER (Clean and Vertically-Integrated Pure/Applied Hydrogen Energy Research for Next Generation Power Systems), in collaboration with The Electrochemical Society - UP Student Chapter, Advanced Batteries Center Philippines (ABC PH), The Ertl Center, and the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) Electrochemical Reaction & Technology Laboratory. Energy-X 2023 consists of a three-day workshop from November 27 to 29, 2023, followed by a two-day symposium from November 30 to December 1, 2023. The three-day workshop hosted a total of 26 local and international speakers who shared their expertise, insights, and experiences in their respective fields. Formally welcomed by Prof. Joey Ocon, Ph.D. , the first day featured the following speakers and their respective talks: Assoc. Prof. Julie Anne Del Rosario-Paraggua, Ph.D. (Introduction to Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies), Dr. DJ Donn Matienzo (Numbers to Narrative: Critical Soft Skills in Research), Prof. Richard Espiritu, Ph.D. (Advanced Materials for Energy Applications), and Prof. Karl Andreas Friedrich, Ph.D. (Green Hydrogen Production via Water Electrolysis). The second day featured Dr. Ryan Corpuz (Aqueous Battery Chemistries: Redox Flow, Zn-based, etc.), Engr. Adam John de Serra (Pb-acid Battery Manufacturing and Development), Dr. Maricor Divinagracia-Luzadas (High Energy Density Batteries), Prof. Allan Abraham Padama, Ph.D. (Density Functional Theory in Batteries and Fuel Cells), and Dr. Harry Handoko Halim (Machine Learning and DFT for Catalysis). The third and final day of the workshop featured Assoc. Prof. Karl Ezra Pilario, Ph.D. (Machine Learning in Energy Storage Applications), Prof. Raymond Tan, Ph.D. (Process Integration in Energy and Publishing High Impact Papers), Assoc. Prof. Po-Ya Abel Chuang, Ph.D. (Fuel Cell Science and Technology), and Prof. Jhud Mikhail Aberilla, Ph.D. (Sustainability in Energy Storage Technologies). Various local and international participants from academic, government, and R&D institutions around the world attended and gained valuable insights from the said three-day workshop.