About the meeting
Executive Committee
The group that guided the scientific direction of IMLB 2022 and set the standard for an inclusive meeting.
An inclusive meeting by design
IMLB 2022 set out to create a respectful and open environment for everyone who took part. The organising committee published a statement of intent that connected the scientific programme to the way people were treated while they were part of it.
The statement covered gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, cultural and national background, disability, faith and age. It asked the committee, partners and suppliers to treat everyone with respect and to keep inclusion visible in the way the meeting was promoted and run.
The committee also committed to balanced representation in its own membership, in session chairs and among invited speakers, with room for students, early career researchers and senior academics.
The executive group
Dr Adam Best
Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Manufacturing
Joint chair and host of IMLB 2022. His work covers battery electrolytes and the development of battery research programmes with Australian and international partners.
Dr Rosalind Gummow
Adjunct Research Fellow
Her research explores the relationship between crystal structure and the electrochemical behaviour of lithium transition metal oxides.
Professor Shirley Meng
Professor of Nanoengineering
Her group studies functional materials for energy storage and conversion, including advanced rechargeable batteries and new intercalation materials. She is based at the University of California San Diego. University of California San Diego
A/Prof. Neeraj Sharma
Associate Professor of Chemistry
His work uses solid state chemistry and in situ experiments to understand how battery materials change inside working devices. He is based at UNSW. UNSW
How the committee worked
The executive group guided the scientific direction of the meeting and worked with the local organising committee and the international advisory group. The secretariat, ICMS Australasia, managed the operational programme, registration, accommodation and partner relationships.
The committee's inclusion commitments were not a separate programme. They shaped the invitation list, the speaker programme and the daily experience of the meeting. The group's research institutions include UNSW, University of California San Diego and the University of Sydney.
Read next: the local organising committee page lists the Australian hosts and the international scientific advisory group.