IBM Research Explores Battery Technologies to Further Electric Vehicle Adoption and Make Energy Grids More Efficient SAN FRANCISCO, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) will gather many of the top minds in science, industry and technology to explore the next frontier of electrical energy storage and advanced battery systems - key technologies that will power smarter energy grids, support widespread use of electric cars, and more - at its annual Almaden Institute in San Jose, California, on August 26 and 27.