September 9–11, 2025
The Interagency Advanced Power Group (IAPG) Chemical Working Group and Safety Panel Meeting is scheduled for September 9–11, 2025. Due to ongoing travel restrictions, the meeting is being held virtually through Microsoft Teams.
Meeting Goals
The IAPG strives to share information and increase the effectiveness of interagency research and development (R&D) programs in a wide realm of advanced power technologies. The CWG meeting will provide a forum for a cross-cutting review of current government research activities across the interest of CWG members within the IAPG Member Agencies (Army, Navy, Air Force, Department of Energy, NASA, and the Department of Transportation).
The IAPG CWG Safety Panel Meeting provides a forum to exchange information related to technical and safety issues involving batteries, fuel cells, and ultracapacitors used in government-wide applications.
Meeting Attendees/Guests – Please Review Carefully
Attendance at the Chemical Working Group and Safety Panel Meetings is limited to U.S. citizens only.
- U.S. government employees, including Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) assignees.
- Approved Captive Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) contractors employed at government-operated laboratories under Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs). The contractor’s employer must be precluded from competing for open R&D solicitations (captive).
- Employees of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). This includes only employees of the FFRDC, not its administering entity. View the master list of FFRDCs.
Important: Requests to approve U.S. government contractors who did not attend the previous year’s CWG or Safety Panel Meeting must be submitted in writing to Giuseppe Di Benedetto and Tracey Cheek no later than Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
Meeting Registration
Pre-registration is required.
Registration deadline: September 3, 2025.
Tentative Agenda – Full Agenda Forthcoming
While the agenda is preliminary and subject to change, the CWG Leaders have planned the following agenda:
| Date | Time (EDT*) | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | 1000 – 1630 | CWG Meeting |
| Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | 1000 – 1215 1315 – 1700 |
CWG Meeting Safety Panel Meeting |
| Thursday, September 11, 2025 | 1000 – 1600 | Safety Panel Meeting |
*All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Presentations due September 2, 2025
Final presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint or Adobe PDF format should be sent to Renee O’Brokta no later than September 2, 2025. Presentations must comply with Distribution C guidelines: Authorized for U.S. government agencies and their contractors. All materials must be received in advance for distribution to participants.
Contact
Chemical Working Group
David Delafuente (NASA) – Chair
NASA Johnson Space Center
david.a.delafuente@nasa.gov
(281) 244-8268
Paula Latorre (Army) – Vice Chair
U.S. Army DEVCOM C5ISR Center
paula.c.latorre.civ@army.mil
(443) 395-4815
Safety Panel
Giuseppe Di Benedetto (Army) – Chair
U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center
giuseppe.l.dibenedetto.civ@army.mil
(973) 724-1977
Tracey Cheek (Navy) – Vice Chair
Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division
tracey.l.cheek.civ@us.navy.mil
(301) 335-1264
For questions regarding meeting logistics, please contact Renee O’Brokta, IAPG Support Specialist, at renee.obrokta@nasa.gov.