We are excited to announce that the program for the upcoming International Battery Conference will be live soon! Join industry leaders, researchers, and innovators from around the globe as we explore the latest advancements in battery technology. This year’s conference will feature a series of insightful presentations, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, all aimed at driving the future of energy storage.

Don’t miss out on this chance to be part of the conversation shaping the battery industry. Check out the full program by the end of July!

Tuesday 3 Nov 2026

13:00 - 17:00 I Seminar Day - to be separately booked - not included in the standard conference fee

17:00 - 17:30 I Seminar participants: Transfer to Steigenberger

18:00 - 19:00 I Registration

19:00 I Apero

Wednesday 4 Nov 2026

08:00-09:00 I Registration

Registration takes place in the hotel lobby

09:00 - 09:20 I Welcome Speech

Welcome speech by Prof. Dr.-Ing Arno Kwade and Prof. Dr.-Ing- Christoph Herrmann

09:20 - 09:40 I Morning adress by BMFTR

Held by tbd

09:40 - 10:10 I Keynote I Solid electrolytes: from mine to global markets

Solid electrolytes: from mine to global markets

Held by Dr. Christoph Hartnig, Director R&D and Business Development at AMG Lithium

Sulfidic solid electrolytes face a variety of challenges resulting from a completely new market which is about to being created. New production capacities have to be established on a global perspective with both lithium sulfide and sulfidic solid electrolytes as new products with a so far unique application in all-solid-state batteries.
We will share insights into strategies for secured raw material sources, quality control along the entire value chain and the need for collaborations to establish the European value chain.

10:10 - 10:20 I Short Poster Presentation Round 1

Presentations by Alice Hoffmann, Jannik Born, Florian Mückan

10:35 - 11:20 | Talks

Room Maschinenhalle | Next Generation battery Systems

Chair: tbd

Additives for Zinc-Based Batteries: Tailoringcarboxylates as surfactant for dendrite-free zincelectrodeposition

Joachim Hering, TU BraunschweigRoom Maschinenhalle

Wed 10:35 - 11:35

High cyclability, zero-expansion sulfide ASSBsenabled by Si nanotextile anodes

Sahin Cangaz, Fraunhofer IWS DresdenRoom Maschinenhalle

Wed 10:35 - 11:35

The scale up path of dry processing of polymerbased solid-state battery components

Katharina Platen, Fraunhofer IFAMRoom Maschinenhalle

Fraunhofer IWS
Wed 10:35 - 11:35

Room Nimês 1+2 | Process Analytics & Quality Assurance

Chair: tbd

Beyond Viscosity: Rheology as Jack-of-all-trades Characterization

Hannes Bauer, Fraunhofer ISCRoom Nimês 1+2

Wed 10:35 - 11:35

In-Line Quality Assurance for Solid-State BatterySlurries: Spatially Resolved Measurement of Electronicand Ionic Conductivity

Constantin Rueß, TU MünchenRoom Nimês 1+2

TU BS
Wed 10:35 - 11:35

Quantification and Investigation of the fibrillationdegree of PTFE in continuous produced dry coatedlithium-ion battery anodes.

Julius Gerk, TU Braunschweig Institute for Particle TechnologyRoom Nimês 1+2

Wed 10:35 - 11:35

11:35 - 12:05 I Poster session and Coffee break

12:05 - 13:05 I Talks

Room Maschinenhalle I Dry Electrode Coating

Chair: tbd

Advances in DRYtraec® Dry Electrode Processing forLIB and Next-Generation Battery Technologies

Benjamin Schumm, Fraunhofer IWSRoom Maschinenhalle

Wed 12:05 - 13:05

PFAS-Free Dry Electrode Processing: Innovative Binder Systems and Coating Routes for High-Performance Electrodes

Oliver Fitz, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISERoom Maschinenhalle

Wed 12:05 - 13:05

Polyethylene-bonded dry electrodes via phasetransition-induced fibrillation

Chong Lei, Tsinghua UniversityRoom Maschinenhalle

Wed 12:05 - 13:05

Room Nimês 1+2 I Battery Circularity

Chair: tbd

AI-Assisted Battery Circularity Decision Framework forSustainable Second-Life Repurposing of Lithium-IonBatteries

S. Revathi, National Institute of Technology, PuducherryRoom Nimês 1+2

Wed 12:05 - 13:05

Are existing recycling processes for lithium-ionbatteries ready for solid-state batteries?

Kirstin Schneider, TU ClausthalRoom Nimês 1+2

Wed 12:05 - 13:05

Life Cycle Engineering of rechargeable alkaline batteriesfor stationary energy applications

Siavash Aghaei, TU BraunschweigRoom Nimês 1+2

Wed 12:05 - 13:05

13:05 - 14:10 I Lunch break

14:10 - 14:40 I Keynote I From Particles to Performance: The Manufacturing Challenge of Next-Generation Battery Materials

From Particles to Performance: The Manufacturing Challenge of Next-Generation Battery Materials

Held by Prof. Dr. Louis Piper, Head of Battery Materials & Cells, WMG, University of Warwick

Battery manufacturers face increasing pressure to improve performance, reduce cost, enhance safety, and accelerate scale-up. Meeting these demands is driving the adoption of new active material morphologies, including single-crystal NMC, engineered particulate L(M)FP, and lithium metal foils. While these materials offer significant gains in energy density, durability, and sustainability, they also require new coating strategies to achieve higher-loading electrodes compatible with semi-dry and solvent-free manufacturing. This talk will highlight recent advances in single-crystal NMC, LMFP, and lithium foil electrodes, focusing on higher areal capacities, next-generation cell designs, AI-assisted materials and process development, and NMP-free processing. Examples from WMG's new AMBIC facility will illustrate how materials innovation and manufacturing scale-up must evolve together to deliver commercially viable battery technologies.

14:40 - 15:10 I Keynote I tbd

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Held by Dr. Stefan Permien, Univercell

15:10 - 15:25 I Break

15:25 - 16:25 I Talks

Room Maschinenhalle I Innovative Recycling Techniques

Chair: tbd

Front-End Lithium-Ion Battery Upgrading UsingCoupled Contact Electrostatic Charging andElectrostatic Free-Fall Separation

Poupak Mehrani, University of Ottawa, Department of Chemical and Biological EngineeringRoom Maschinenhalle

Wed 15:25 - 16:25

Inductive Delamination of Lithium-Ion BatteryCathodes: From Process Development to ContinuousRecycling

Bastian Fett, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate ResearchRoom Maschinenhalle

Wed 15:25 - 16:25

Pilot-Scale Battery Recycling: Bridging Research and Industrial Deployment Through Process Optimisation and Material Characterisation

Marcelo Oliveira, CeNTI - Centre for Nanotechnology and Smart MaterialsRoom Maschinenhalle

Wed 15:25 - 16:25

Room Nimês 1+2 I Investigation of (Post) Drying Techniques

Chair: tbd

Battery Drying Conditions and Rate Capacity

Ronan Njøs Dunne, Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyRoom Nimês 1+2

Wed 15:25 - 16:25

Experimental and Simulative Investigation of the MassTransport Mechanisms during Jelly Roll Post-Drying

Maximilian Brand, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Room Nimês 1+2

Wed 15:25 - 16:25

Laser Drying of Battery Electrodes: Enabling EnergyEfficient Battery Cell Manufacturing

Sebastian Wolf, Laserline GmbHRoom Nimês 1+2

Wed 15:25 - 16:25

16:25 - 16:55 I Poster session + Coffee break

16:55 - 17:55 I Talks

Room Maschinenhalle I Manufacturing of Sodium-Ion Batteries

Chair: tbd

Scaling Up Sodium-Ion Cathodes: Translating LFP Production Insights into Scalable Thermal Processes for the Emerging European Market

Katja Kretschmer, IBU-tec advanced materials AGRoom Maschinenhalle

Wed 16:55 - 17:55

Sodium-Ion Batteries: Drop-in Ability and Comparison of Various Cathode Active Materials

Kriss-Kevin Daniel Kasten, TU BraunschweigRoom Maschinenhalle

Wed 16:55 - 17:55

Towards Cost-Competitive Sodium-Ion Cells: A Process-Based Cost Modelling Framework

Luca Sophie Brinkmann, TU MünchenRoom Maschinenhalle

Wed 16:55 - 17:55

Room Nimês 1+2 I Circular Cathode Production

Chair: tbd

BASF Battery Recycling – Starting up a Black Mass Production

Thomas Mütze, BASF Battery Materials and Recycling Schwarzheide GmbHRoom Nimês 1+2

Wed 16:55 - 17:55

From Lab to Pilot: Scaling Ni-Rich NMC and LFMP

Peter Axmann, ZSW UlmRoom Nimês 1+2

Wed 16:55 - 17:55

Influence of Process Parameters on the Delamination Efficiency of Production Cathode Scrap vs. End-of-Life Lithium-Ion Batteries

Steffen Fischer, Institute of Particle Technology (TU Braunschweig)Room Nimês 1+2

Wed 16:55 - 17:55

17:55 - 18:10 I Break

18:10 - 19:05 I Talks

Room Nimês 1+2 I Industry Session I

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Wed 18:10 - 19:05

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19:05 - 19:15 I Break

19:15 - 19:45

19:45 - open End I Gala Dinner

The Gala Dinner will take place at the Maschinenhalle of the Steigenberger Parkhotel

Thursday 5 Nov 2026

08:30 - 09:00 I Keynote I LiPlanet

LiPlanet

Held by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arno Kwade, Dr. Payam Hashemi

09:00 - 09:30 I Keynote I tbd

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09:30 - 09:40 I Short Poster Presentation Round 2

Presentations by Daniele Campanella, Julia Hövels, Matthias Kammermeyer

09:40 - 10:10 I Poster session + Coffee break

10:10 - 11:10 I Talks

Room Maschinenhalle I Lithium Sulfur Battery Production

Chair: tbd

High Energy Si/S Batteries via One Pot Production of Porous Semiconductor Polymer Electrodes

Jonathan Florez Montaño, Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)Room Maschinenhalle

Thu 10:10 - 11:10

Practical binder and conductive additive systems for sulfurized polyacrylonitrile cathodes enabling long cycle life and enhanced rate capability in lithium sulfur batteries

Ralf Müller, Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWSRoom Maschinenhalle

Thu 10:10 - 11:10

Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Battery Concepts for Aviation Applications

Georg Garnweitner, TU BraunschweigRoom Maschinenhalle

Thu 10:10 - 11:10

Room Nimês 1+2 I Simulation of Slurry-based Processing

Chair: tbd

A Hybrid Experimental, CFD, and Machine-Learning Framework for Viscoelastic Battery Slurry Slot-Die Coating

Sung Hin Lam, School of Mechanical Engineering (University of Leeds)Room Nimês 1+2

Thu 10:10 - 11:10

Modelling and Optimisation of Battery Electrode Slurry Preparation Process by Extrusion

Sarah Bhutta, Warwick Manufacturing group (University of Warwick)Room Nimês 1+2

Thu 10:10 - 11:10

Unlocking Dispersion Mechanisms in High-Speed Dissolvers Using SPH Simulations

Felix Möhlen, TU BraunschweigRoom Nimês 1+2

Thu 10:10 - 11:10

11:10 - 11:25 I Break

11:25 - 12:25 I Talks

Room Maschinenehalle I Modelling & Ai-Assisted Battery Production

Chair: tbd

Digital Twinning Framework for Modelling and Analysis of Integrated Multi-Stage Battery Manufacturing

Mohammad Tavakol Sadrabadi, Warwick Manufacturing group (University of Warwick)Room Maschinenhalle

Thu 11:25 - 12:25

From degradation diagnosis to physics-based lifetime prediction of NMC/graphite battery cells

Connie Chen, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbHRoom Maschinenhalle

Thu 11:25 - 12:25

Overcoming Data Scarcity in AI-Based Quality Assessment of Lithium-Ion Cells

Tessa Krause, Precitec GmbH & Co. KGRoom Maschinenhalle

Thu 11:25 - 12:25

Room Nimês 1+2 I Advanced Characterization Methods

Chair: tbd

High-Throughput, Non-Invasive SOH Estimation for Endof-Life Batteries Using Impedance-Based Technique

Simeon Kremzow-Tennie, Keysight Technologies Deutschland GmbHRoom Nimês 1+2

Thu 11:25 - 12:25

Non-Invasive LIB Quality Assessment by Spatial Magnetic Operando and Relaxation Analysis

Paul-Martin Luc, CDO2 Germany UGRoom Nimês 1+2

Thu 11:25 - 12:25

Robot-Assisted X-Ray Computed Tomography for Non-Destructive Quality Inspection of Battery Packs

Steven Oeckl, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IISRoom Nimês 1+2

Thu 11:25 - 12:25

12:25 - 13:25 I Lunch

13:25 - 14:10 I Panel Discussion

European Battery Supply Chain

Room: Maschinenhalle
Moderated by: tbd

14:10 - 14:30 I Poster prizes

Room: Maschinenhalle

Moderated by Prof. Dr.-Ing Arno Kwade and Prof. Dr.-Ing- Christoph Herrmann

14:30 - 15:30 I Talks

Room Maschinenhalle I Sustainable Electrode Fabrication

Chair: tbd

Dry manufacturing process for the gelled SOLGAIN™ electrodes

Jeremie Salomon, CEA TechRoom Maschinenhalle

Thu 14:30 - 15:30

Effect of Mechanical Stress Conditions During Extrusion on Semi-Dry Anode Microstructure and Performance

Niclas Hornischer, Institute for Particle Technology (TU Braunschweig)Room Maschinenhalle

Thu 14:30 - 15:30

Semi-dry coating by direct extrusion as flexible manufacturing strategy for battery electrodes

David Werner, Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTSRoom Maschinenhalle

Thu 14:30 - 15:30

Room Nimês 1+2 I European Battery Ecosystem

Chair: tbd

Battery Production Digitalization: Challenges and Learnings from BATMACHINE project

Sylvain Gouttebroze, SINTEFRoom Nimês 1+2

Thu 14:30 - 15:30

Mixing and Processing of Gen 5 LFP: From Slurry Formulation to cell formation

Iñigo Raposo, CIDETEC Energy StorageRoom Nimês 1+2

Thu 14:30 - 15:30

NoVOC - Advancing Sustainable Lithium-Ion Battery Manufacturing through Aqueous and Dry Electrode Processing

Stina Starborg, RISE Research Institutes of SwedenRoom Nimês 1+2

Thu 14:30 - 15:30

15:30 - 16:05 I Poster Session + Coffee break

16:05 - 17:05 I Talks

Room Maschinenhalle I Innovative Battery Production

Chair: tbd

Development and Performance Validation of High-Voltage Pouch Cells: From Conventional to Fully Gellified Architectures

Jon Rodriguez Romero, CIC energiGUNERoom Maschinenhalle

Thu 16:05 - 17:05

Dry electrode manufacture by electrostatic powder spray coating: Impact of carbon conductive agents on LiFePO4 cathode performance

Dong Tian, University of WarwickRoom Maschinenhalle

Thu 16:05 - 17:05

Innovative Electrode Architecture Design and Manufacturing for High Performing Lithium-Ion Batteries

Pengcheng Zhu, Loughborough UniversityRoom Maschinenhalle

Thu 16:05 - 17:05

Room Nimês 1+2 I Industry Session II

Chair: tbd

Powder conductivity measurement coupled with tapped density: A new approach for electrode improvement

Salvatore Pillitteri, GranutoolsRoom Nimês 1+2

Thu 16:05 - 17:05

Synergizing Machinery and Chemistry: Advancing Sustainable Wet and Dry Electrode Manufacturing via Innovative Mixing and Tailored Additives

Stefan Gerl, Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co KGRoom Nimês 1+2

Thu 16:05 - 17:05

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Thu 16:05 - 17:05

17:05 - 17:20 I Goodbye speech

Goodbye speech by Prof. Dr.-Ing Arno Kwade and Prof. Dr.-Ing- Christoph Herrmann

Room: Maschienenhalle