Pennington Corner: Building on 2025 Successes to Meet 2026 Challenges

One of the most important, and genuinely rewarding, aspects of my role as Executive Director of The Electrochemical Society is the opportunity to engage regularly in one-on-one conversations with science and technology thought leaders from around the world. These kinds of conversations took place over the past year on-site at ECS meetings in the United States, Canada, and Sweden; during my presentations at partner and peer conferences in Britain, China, and Mexico; and at industry meetings across the global science and technology ecosystem. Together, these engagements connected me with colleagues around the world and provided invaluable insight into shared priorities and emerging concerns.