Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTSConference program
May 18, 2026
| 16:00 | Registration |
| 17:00–17:15 | Welcome remarks |
| 17:15–18:30 |
Fraunhofer lab tour |
| 18:30–21:00 | Poster session with get together |
Events
May 19, 2026
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 |
Opening Remarks by the Organizers Prof. Alexander Michaelis, Dr. Mareike Partsch, Fraunhofer IKTS |
| 09:20 | The Rise of Solid State Batteries Prof. Jürgen Janek, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen |
| 09:55 | Research and Development of Garnet-Type Solid Electrolytes and Oxide-Based Solid-State Batteries Dr. Kunimitsu Kataoka, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology AIST |
| 10:30 | Architecture Strategies for Cathode in Sulfide-Based All-Solid-State Batteries Dr. Woosuk Cho, Advanced Batteries Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) |
| 11:05 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 |
Current Status & Trends in Automotive Battery in China Prof. Xiangxin Guo, Qingdao University |
| 12:05 | Solid State Batteries: Evolutionary Step or Leapfrogging Opportunity Dr. Stefan Wolf, Kompetenznetzwerk Lithium-Ionen-Batterien e. V. |
| 12:40 | The Role of Solid State Batteries (and their raw materials) in a German/European Battery Production Network and Economy 2035 Dr. Axel Thielmann, Fraunhofer ISI |
| 13:15 | Lunch break and poster session |
| 14:15 | New Cell Chemistries in a Shifting US Battery Market – Why Resilience and Niche Applications Are the Entry Point for Solid-State Technologies Dr. Christoph Baum, Fraunhofer USA |
| 14:35 | Enhanced ASSB Cell with Frame Pouch Design Bernhard Pöllabauer, AVL List GmbH |
| 15:10 | From Innovative Battery Development to Production: How Digatron Energizes Tomorrow Technologies Dr. Francesco Pagani, Digatron Systems |
| 15:45 |
Coffee break |
| 16:15 | Round Table Discussion (Lecturer of first day) Dr. Stefan Koller, VARTA AG |
| 17:00 | Closing Remarks first day Jürgen Garche, Ulm University |
| 18:00 | Guided tour through Schloss Albrechtsberg and Conference dinner at Lingnerterrassen |
May 20, 2026
| 09:00 |
Designing Scalable and High-Performance Polymer Electrolytes for Solid-State Batteries Manveer Sidhu, Nuvvon Inc |
| 09:35 | Solid-State Batteries with Polymer-Based Electrolytes: From Materials to 25 Ah-Class Pouch Cell Prototypes Andriy Kvasha, PhD, CIDETEC Energy Storage |
| 10:10 | Advancing Ceramic Solid-State Batteries: Challenges, Limitations, and the Sodium Opportunity Ansgar Lowack, Fraunhofer IKTS |
| 10:45 | Coffee break |
| 11:10 | Solid Electrolytes – from Mine to Global Markets Dr. Christoph Hartnig, AMG Lithium |
| 11:45 | Chemical and Electrochemical Instability of Solid Electrolytes Vasily Tarnopolskiy, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) |
| 12:20 |
Lunch break |
| 13:15 | The Negative Electrode in Solid-State Batteries - "Simple" Metal Electrodes and Beyond Prof. Dominic Bresser, University Ulm, Helmholtz-Institut Ulm |
| 13:50 | How to Evaluate Safety Aspects of Solid State Batteries? Dr. Nils Böttcher, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung |
| 14:25 | Closing Remarks Dr. Mareike Partsch, Dr. Stefan Koller |