EUROBAT Events

EUROBAT AGM & Forum 2012 in Prague, CZ

Event Date: 31 May 2012 - 1 June 2012

Location: Prague/Czech Republic

Event Organizer: EUROBAT

The 2012 annual EUROBAT AGM and Forum will take place from 31 May to 1 June in the charming city of Prague, Czech Republic. As in previous years, a series of internal meetings (Committees, Associate members meeting, Board and AGM) will take place on Thursday 31 May. On the second day, Friday 1 June, the Association will host the EUROBAT Forum, a high level conference with speakers from different areas that will be discussing topics such as electro-mobility, renewable energies and the future of battery manufacturing in Europe.

A social event will take place on Thursday evening in a typical Czech restaurant - the Vikárka

Practical Information:

· EUROBAT Forum Programme - Friday 1 June

· Venue: Corinthia Hotel Prague (Kongresova 1, Praha 4, 14069, Czech Republic)

· Registration: Please click here to complete your registration to the event

· List of Confirmed Participants

EUROBAT Forum Programme - Friday 1 June

09:00 Opening Address (Ray Kubis, EUROBAT President and President EnerSys Europe)

09:05 Oil Outlook, Views on Electric Vehicles and Storage Batteries

Alex Koener, Energy Analyst, Energy Technology Policy Division, International Energy Agency

09:30 Economic Outlook from the Battery Industry
Johann-Friedrich Dempwolff, Chairman of the EUROBAT Automotive Battery Committee & General Manager Sales OEM, Johnson Controls Power Solutions Europe
Chairman of the EUROBAT Industrial Battery Committee

09:50 Session 1: The Future of Battery Manufacturing in Europe
Panel discussion with audience, speakers and panel participants: Balancing Innovation with Regulation

· Guy Thiran, Director General, Eurometaux (European Association of Non-Ferrous Metals)

. Marc Steen, Head of Cleaner Energy Unit, DG Joint Research Centre - Institute for Energy and Transport, European Commission

. Marc Zoellner, EUROBAT Board Member, CEO HOPPECKE Batterien

· John Searle, EUROBAT Vice-Chairman, Chairman of the Management Board of SAFT

. Stepan Rabinak, Investment Development Manager, Czech Invest

Moderator: Mike Dunckley, Catalyst Consulting

11:00: Coffee Break and Exhibit Visit

11:30 Session 2: Removing Road Blocks in E-Mobility Acceptance

Panel discussion with audience, speakers and panel participants:

· Thomas Theisen, Chairman of EURELECTRIC’s Electric Vehicle Taskforce, (representing EURELECTRIC, Union of the Electricity Industry)

. Adolf Müller-Hellmann, General Manager VDV- Förderkreis e.V. and Honorary Pro-fessor at the Institut for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives of the Technical University of Aachen

. Andrzej Chmura, Future Technologies Research Engineer, Nissan

Moderator: Federico Vitali, EUROBAT Board Member, President FAAM

12:30 Session 3: Grid/Off-Grid:Why is Battery Storage one of the Key Solutions

Views from main stakeholders and discussion with audience

· Patrick Clerens, Secretary Genera, EASE (European Association for Storage of Energy)

· Thomas Theisen, Head of R&D, RWE

· Géry Bonduelle, Senior Director Engineering and Quality Assurance EMEA, EnerSys Europe

Moderator: Klaus Dieter Merz, EUROBAT Member, Vice-President, Abertax

13:30 Closing Address: Summing Up the Opportunities Ahead

Charles-Louis Ackermann, EUROBAT Board Member, President, Accumalux Group

13:35 Lunch

Speaker Biographies available here

EUROBAT AGM & Forum 2011 in Barcelona

Event Date: 26 May 2011 - 27 May 2011

Location: Barcelona/Spain

Event Organizer: EUROBAT

EUROBAT organises annually a two-day event in a different European capital. The first day is dedicate to its members with Committee and Board meetings as well as the Annual General Meeting of the Association. On the second day, EUROBAT hosts the EUROBAT Forum, a high level event open to non members to discuss issues of interest to the industry.

This year's event took place in Barcelona, Spain, from 26th to 27 May. On Thursday, 26th May, a series of internal meetings were held and were followed by a networking cocktail and dinner at the Xalet Montjouïc Restaurant.

The EUROBAT Forum took place on Friday, 27th May, and focused on batteries' use in e-mobility and renewable energies. Speakers included Lluis Gomez, Director of Strategic Sectors within the Barcelona City Council, who explained the ‘Live Barcelona’ Project. Giovanni Gaviani, Vice President Business Development & Marketingn of Magnetti Marelli; Petr Dolejsi, ACEA's Director Mobility & Sustainable Transport, among others.

Please click here to see the photos of this event.

All presentations are available below:

EUROBAT Forum

Friday 27th May

09:00 Opening Address by John Searle, EUROBAT Vice-President and CEO of SAFT

09:05 Economic Outlook from the Battery Industry

09:30 Session 1: E-Mobility and Future Battery Storage Solutions

Key Note Speaker: Lluis Gomez, Director of Strategic Sectors, Barcelona City Council, the 'Live Barcelona' Project

Panel discussion with audience, speakers and other panel participants:

Moderator: Mario Natalucci, FAAM, Chair of ABC Taskforce on Mild, Full, Plug-in HEV and EV

11:30 Session 2: Renewable Energy Supply - Empowering the Storage Industry

Panel discussion with audience, speakers and other panel participants:

Moderator: Hansruedi Good, EnerSys, co-Chair of the IBC Taskforce on RES

To see the full programme of this event, please click here

To see the profiles of each speaker, please click here

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EUROBAT Forum 2010 in Berlin

Event Date: 10 June 2010 - 11 June 2010

Location: Berlin/Germany

Event Organizer: EUROBAT

The 2010 edition of the Eurobat Forum and Annual General Meeting gathered around 80 participants, among Eurobat members, speakers, press and other invitees. The two-days event debuted with the Committee and Board meetings. Two break-out sessions were also organised in the afternoon to showcase the work of Eurobat in new battery applications: renewable energies and e-mobility. To finalise the first day of the event a networking diner was organised in the Die Fischerhuette am Schlachtensee.
During the second day of the event, the members gathered for the Annual General Meeting (AGM), where different internal issues of the Association were discussed ( budget, new membership requests and resignations, Eurobat strategic review, etc). The AGM also included presentations from the chairs of the different committees and the introduction of the new Eurobat member - Nissan.
Following the AGM, the Eurobat Forum took place. This year, the main topics discussed ranged from battery recycling efficiency to new battery applications (battery energy storage in renewable energies and HEV, pHEV or EV).
Speakers of the different sessions included Alain Vassart (European Battery Recycling Association), Ducan Hobbs (Macquarie Securities Group, a market analysis company), Jan Tytgat (Umicore, a materials technology group) and Wolfgang Reinhart (Roland Berger Strategy Consultants). each session led to an interesting debate with the participants on the battery industry status and outlook in the different topics.
Important to mention as well that the date of the next Eurobat Forum and AGM was announced. In 2011, the meeting point for the battery industry will be Barcelona, Spain from 26th to 27 May.

Click here to see the Forum Programme

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