10th International Summit on the Application of New Materials in New Energy

Date: 4 June 2026

Room: InterContinental Shanghai Hongqiao NECC, Grand Ballroom 3

Time:  09:00-12:30

 

Summit on the Application of New Materials in New Energy
——New Materials Drive the Leap of New Energy Industries and Empower a Green Future with the Rise of New Quality Productive Forces

This forum centers on the core theme ofNew Materials Driving the Leap Forward in the New Energy Industry, New Quality Productivity Empowering a Green Future.Aligned with the key directives in China's 15th Five-Year Plan regarding the cultivation of strategic emerging industries and the accelerated formation of new quality productivity, it will conduct in-depth discussions on the fundamental role of new materials in enhancing energy conversion efficiency, reducing industrial chain costs, and overcoming critical technological bottlenecks, thereby promoting the comprehensive upgrading of the new energy system and foster global collaborative development.

The key topics of the forum include: Frontier BreakthroughsInnovation Hubs for Next-Generation Energy Materials; Integration and EmpowermentKey Materials Enabling New Energy System Construction While Reducing Costs and Improving Efficiency; Ecosystem SynergyGlobal Supply Chain Development, Mutual Recognition of Standards, and Sustainable Development. Additionally, the forum will explore application scenarios for new materials in cutting-edge fields such as photovoltaics (including space PV), energy storage, and hydrogen energy, while advancing the digital and intelligent transformation of materials R&D to establish a data-driven, AI-empowered paradigm for materials innovation.

The forum will bring together resources from government, industry, academia, research institutions, and finance to provide strategic guidance and collaboration opportunities for breakthroughs and industrialization in new materials technology. It will help enhance the international competitiveness of China's new materials industry and lay a solid foundation for the global transition toward green and low-carbon development.

PROGRAM

Chair: Prof. Hairen Tan, School of Modern Engineering and Applied Science, Nanjing University

Co-Chair: Prof. Hongwei Zhu, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University

Co-Chair: Prof. Shisheng Lin, Department of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University

Co-Chair: Dr. Yichun Li, President, China Innovation Alliance of the Graphene Industry

Executive Director: Prof. Chengzhen Lin, Senior Engineer, State Council Special Allowance Expert; Vice Chairman of Expert Committee of SNEC Organizing Committee

Executive Director: Ms. Xinyuan Zhu, Deputy Secretary-General of SNEC Organizing Committee and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association

Time

Topics

Speakers

Theme 1: Frontier BreakthroughsInnovation Hubs for Next-Generation Energy Materials

Moderator: Mr. Hairen Tan, School of Modern Engineering and Applied Science, Nanjing University

09:00-09:03

Welcome speech

Ms. Xinyuan Zhu

Deputy Secretary-General of SNEC Organizing Committee and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association

09:03-09:15

Opening remarks

New Materials Drive the Leap Forward in the New Energy Industry

Mr. Dingming Xu

Member of the National Expert Committee on Climate Change; counselor of the State Council; Former Director of the National Energy Administration

09:15-09:30

Presentation 1.1

New Solar Materials and New Productive Forces

Mr. Zhengrong Shi

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE); Professor of Shanghai University of Electric Power

09:30-09:45

Presentation 1.2

Energy's "Brain-Like" Paradigm Shift: Solving for Efficiency, Adaptability, and Resilience

Mr. Hongwei Zhu

Professor at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University; State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics&Fine Processing

09:45-10:00

Presentation 1.3

Outlook for the Development of China's New Materials Industry

Mr. Yichun Li

Member of the Expert Advisory Committee for the Development of National New Materials Industry; Director General of China Innovation Alliance of the Graphene Industry

10:00-10:15

Presentation 1.4

The New Era of Perovskite Technology and Its Industrial Prospects -- Integration and Breakthroughs in Building-Integrated Photovoltaic and Space Photovoltaic

Mr. Hairen Tan

Professor and Doctoral supervisor, School of Modern Engineering and Applied Science, Nanjing University

Theme 2Integration and EmpowermentKey Materials Enabling New Energy System Construction While Reducing Costs and Improving Efficiency

Moderator: Mr. Hongwei Zhu, Professor at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University

10:15-10:30

Presentation 2.1

High-Efficiency Energy Storage - Key Materials for Flow Batteries (High-Performance, Low-Cost Ion-Conducting Membranes), Stack and System Integration, Flow Battery Industrialization Technologies, Cost Reduction and Efficiency Enhancement Pathways for Energy Storage Materials

Mr. Xianfeng Li

Deputy Director and Researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Core Member of the Energy Storage Technology Research Team

10:30-10:45

Presentation 2.2

Research and Development of Superconducting Materials for New Power Systems, Standardization of Superconducting Application Technologies, and Materials for Enhancing Grid Flexibility and Safety

Mr. Yinshun Wang

Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at North China Electric Power University, Expert of IEC TC 90, and Member of the Superconducting Standardization Committee of the China National Standards Committee

10:45-11:00

Presentation 2.3

Green Hydrogen Energy - Hydrogen Storage Materials (New Metal Nitrogen-Based Hydrogen Storage System), Industrialization of Vehicle-Mounted Hydrogen Storage Materials, Cost Control and Performance Optimization of Hydrogen Storage Materials

Ms. Ping Chen

Researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Head of the Hydrogen Storage Materials Research Team

11:00-11:15

Presentation 2.4

Specialized Research on Water Molecules

Mr. Shisheng Lin

Professor, Department of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University

Theme 3: Ecosystem SynergyGlobal Supply Chain Development, Mutual Recognition of Standards, and Sustainable Development

Moderator: Chengzhen Lin, State Council Special Allowance Expert; Vice Chairman of Expert Committee of SNEC Organizing Committee, Senior Engineer

11:15-11:30

Presentation 3.1

Progress of global industrial standardization for graphene and its value

Mr. Shifeng Dai 

Secretary-general, Zhongguancun Huaqing Graphene Industry Alliance

11:30-11:45

Presentation 3.2

Standards and Mutual Recognition-Development of a Standard System for New Energy Materials, Internationalization of Testing and Evaluation Methods, Mutual Recognition Mechanisms for Material Performance Standards Between China and the West

Mr. Jian Wang

Researcher and Doctoral Supervisor at the Resources and Environment Research Branch of the China National Institute of Standardization, Member of the National Technical Committee for Energy Fundamentals and Management Standardization (SAC/TC20), and Chinese Expert of ISO/TC207 (Environmental Management)

11:45-12:00

Presentation 3.3

Carbon Inequity in Global PV Trade: A Life-Cycle Analysis from Production Responsibility to Recycling Challenges

Mr. Zongguo Wen

Director of the Research Center for Circular Economy Industry and the Director of the Industrial Energy Conservation and Green Development Evaluation Center, School of Environment, Tsinghua University

12:00-12:15

Presentation 3.4

Supply Chain Security-Efficient Utilization of Strategic Mineral Resources such as Rare Earths, Substitution and Recycling of Key Rare Earth Functional Materials, Strategies to Enhance the Resilience of Mineral Resource Supply Chains

Ms. Mei Li

Chief Scientist and Researcher at BGRIMM Technology Group, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Society of Rare Earths, and Technical Committee Member of National Rare Earth Functional Materials Innovation Center

 

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Zhongguancun Huaqing Innovation Alliance of the Graphene Industry