Jean-Marie Tarascon is currently a professor at the College-de-France, a member of the French Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has published more than 630 academic papers and holds 80 patents. He graduated from Cornell University (USA) in 1980 and then obtained his PhD in Solid State Chemistry from the University of Bordeaux (France), after which he joined Bell Labs (USA).

Jean-Marie Tarascon was the originator of the invention of the polymer lithium-ion battery, and pioneered the application of flexible packaging to lithium batteries, thus making polymer lithium-ion batteries the dominant battery product today. in the early 1990's, a research group led by Jean-Marie Tarascon developed electrolytes for use in high-potential cathode materials, which created the BELLCORE technology, characterized by the aluminum foil packaging of lithium manganate batteries. BELLCORE technology featuring lithium manganate lithium-ion batteries packaged in aluminum foil. His innovative introduction of EC as a solvent for the electrolyte made it possible to use graphite as a true anode for lithium-ion batteries. He was the first to successfully develop PEO-based solid-state polymer electrolytes, which are currently the most widely used electrolytes for all-solid-state batteries. Jean-Marie Tarascon has also been very productive in the development of new cathode materials. He was the first to synthesize LiMn2O4 cathode materials with a spinel structure. By precisely regulating the oxygen atmosphere in the synthesis conditions, he developed lithium-rich and oxygen-rich lithium manganate anode materials for the first time, which can significantly increase the specific capacity of battery materials.

On the fourth day of the summit, the Energy Technology International Lecture Hall will feature exclusive lectures on the latest key technological advances by Jeff Dahn, JM Tarascon, Zhengming Zhang, Yoshio Masaki and Steven Visco, further exploring the summit's three main topics.