Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTSConference program
May 18, 2026
| 16:00 | Registration |
| 17:00–21:00 |
Poster session and Fraunhofer lab tour 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 |
| 11:20 |
Current Status & Trends in Automotive battery in China Dr. Chengwei Xiao, Tianjin Institute of Power Sources, CETC |
| 11:55 | tbd Dr. Christoph Baum, Fraunhofer USA |
| 12:30 | Solid State Batteries: Evolutionary Step or Leapfrogging Opportunity Dr. Stefan Wolf, Kompetenznetzwerk Lithium-Ionen-Batterien e. V. |
| 13:05 | Lunch break and poster session |
| 14:00 | Enhanced ASSB Cell with Frame Pouch Design Bernhard Pöllabauer, AVL List GmbH |
| 14:35 | tbd Dr. Yuichi Aihara, NISSAN |
| 15:10 | From innovative battery development to production: how Digatron energizes tomorrow technologies Francesco Pagani, PhD, Digatron Systems |
| 15:45 |
Coffee break |
| 16:00 | 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 |
| 16:35 | Round table discussion (Lecturer of first day) Dr. Stefan Koller, VARTA AG |
| 17:30 | Closing remarks first day Jürgen Garche, Ulm University |
| 18:00 | Guided tour and Conference dinner at LingnerTerassen |
May 20, 2026
| 09:00 |
Designing scalable and high-performance polymer electrolytes for solid-state batteries Manveer Sidhu, Nuvvon Inc |
| 09:35 | Manufacturing at scale thin lithium foils for next gen batteries Vincent Caudal, Blue Solutions |
| 10:10 | Solid-State Batteries with Polymer-Based Electrolytes: From Materials to 25 Ah-Class Pouch Cell Prototypes Andriy Kvasha, PhD, CIDETEC Energy Storage |
| 10:45 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | The negative electrode in solid-state batteries - "Simple" metal electrodes and beyond Prof. Dominic Bresser, University Ulm, Helmholtz-Institut Ulm |
| 11:35 | Solid electrolytes – from mine to global markets Dr. Christoph Hartnig, AMG Lithium |
| 12:10 | Advancing Ceramic Solid-State Batteries: Challenges, Limitations, and the Sodium Opportunity Ansgar Lowak, Fraunhofer IKTS |
| 12:45 |
Lunch break |
| 13:30 | tbd |
| 14:05 | How to evaluate Safety aspects of solid state batteries? Dr. Niels Böttcher, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung |
| 14:40 | Closing remarks Dr. Mareike Partsch, Dr. Stefan Koller |