Events

Conference program

September 25, 2023

17:30 Pre-registration
18:00–22:00
Poster session and get together

September 26, 2023

Session: Sustainability in Battery Materials
08:00 Registration
09:00
Opening remarks by the organizers
Mareike Partsch (Fraunhofer IKTS)
09:30 Sustainability pathways in a future European battery ecosystem
Axel Thielmann (Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI)
10:05
Circularity aspects in the criticality of battery materials
Giovanni Andrea Blengini (Politecnico di Torino)
10:40 Coffee break
11:10
Batteries material in the context of the Battery Regulation
Silvia Bobba (European Commission; Joint Research Centre; Directorate D - Sustainable Resources; Unit D3 - Land Resources and Supply Chain Assessments)
11:45 Recycling opportunities and challenges for lithium ion batteries
Simon Hilgendorf (ACCUREC-Recycling GmbH)
12:20 Lunch break in exhibition area
14:00 Rethink battery materials: Towards all organic batteries
Colin Nuckolls (Columbia University)
14:35 Hidden Mineral Resources: Potential of acid mine waters and seawater bitterns as alternative sources for electrical batteries metals  
Jose Luis Cortina (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC))
15:10
Coffee break
15:40 Materials characterization of black mass using 3D automated quantitative mineralogy in the X-ray microscope
Ria L Mitchell (ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions)
16:15 Reuse of lithium-ion battery systems using the example of EASy Marine™
Michael Deutmeyer (EAS Batteries GmbH) 
16:45 Closing remarks first day
Jürgen Garche (FCBAT)
 
17:00 Bus transfer to Pillnitz
18:00 Guided tour in Park Pillnitz
19:00 Conference dinner at Pillnitz
22:00 Bus transfer to Dresden

September 27, 2023

Session: Sustainability in Battery systems
09:00
Challenges and opportunities of lithium batteries in the framework of the battery regulation 
Julia Hobohm (Gemeinsames Rücknahmesystem Servicegesellschaft mbH)
09:30 How to be ready for repairing or refurbishing automotive batteries
Bernd Thormann (AVL DiTEST)
10:00 Understanding of the competitive and technological landscape in recycling of Li-ion batteries
Filippo Farina (Knowmade)
10:30 Coffee break
10:50 Second life or refurbish – aspects for decision making
Mandy Schipke (NOVUM engineering GmbH)
11:20 Battery Passport: The future of batteries in Europe
Andrea Casas (CIC energiGUNE)
11:50 Modelling and digital twins supporting batteries development
Jose Manuel Perales (IDENER)
12:20 Closing remarks second day Mareike Partsch (Fraunhofer IKTS), Stefan Koller (VARTA)
12:30
Farewell and lunch in exibition area
13:30 Lab tours and Tour to Fraunhofer THM in Freiberg