The Advanced Automotive Battery Conference

Long Beach, CA USA

June 8 - 12, 2009

The Advanced Automotive Battery Conference ran from June 8 to 12 at the Hyatt Hotel and Conference Center in Long Beach, California. Some 830 people came to give papers, listen to papers, visit the exhibit hall and enjoy outdoor lunches under tents and wine receptions . The highlight was the Wednesday night delegates’ dinner in the Long Beach Aquarium where the fish watched you eat

The MACCOR men from Tulsa pose for a shot (from left): Dave Smith, Mark Hulse, head honcho Andy MacKay and Doug McKinney.
The Arbin boys from Texas, Peter Brown, Antony Parulian, and Will Lovell, take a minute to smile for ABT’s camera.
Advertising nickel zinc on the bumper and the license plate explains PowerGenix’s modified Toyota HEV.
The short and the long of it is represented by Raymond Zhao and Michael Liedtke of Maxwell Technologies, based in San Diego.
Yo-yos that glowed were the most popular give-away items, courtesy of Conoco Phillips’ Pete Lauzon and Monica Silva.
Helping a potential customer with information about Digatron Firing Circuits’ products are Jeff Snell, president; John Mills, retired president; and Francy Huppertz, sales manager Europe.
Getting this group together was the work of (from left) I+ME/Actia’s Hans Steinwachs and George Chesonis shown with Dr. Wesley Lau, John Todd, Patrick Huberty and Kevin Yiu, all four with Gold Peak Batteries.
A familiar face from the past, Rob Smith, poses with ABT’s right-hand lady Brenda Geary-Bucek and Nevada consultant Ralph Brodd.
Meeting for the first time are Steve Pred and Steve Lipka, the latter with the University of Kentucky’s Center for Applied Energy Research.
More Texas guys, this time from Houston, are Scientific Climate Systems’ Jeff Mitchell, President Ben Bell, and Dave Hartman.
Leaning on his company’s car, the only one small enough to get through the exhibit hall doors, is EnerDel CEO Ulrik Grape from Indianapolis.
Taking a food break are Gerry Woolf of Batteries & Energy Storage Technology magazine (left) and AABC Chairman Dr. Menahem Anderman.
Posing as the day winds down are Bitrode’s Brian Stanhaus and Laura Schacht with David Prettenhofer of Detroit Testing Laboratory.
Welcoming and registering conference attendees are still-smiling Siobhan Searle, Carol Chambers, Tai Lee Anderman, Ansley Pierce, Hisam Burnside, Sheila Rolfer and Jennifer Anderman.
Coming close to closing down the hall on the last day of the show are GS Yuasa’s Eric Hartford and Kojiro Shibata, salesmen from the home office in Laureldale, Pennsylvania.

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