Register Now: International Conference “Advanced Battery Power 2026”
A highlight for the battery community is the annual symposium “Advanced Battery Power,” which will take place this year at the Messe- und Congress Centrum Halle Münsterland in Münster from April, 14 to 16. For the 18th time, the English-language conference will offer interested parties from industry and academia insights into current developments and innovative trends relating to the supply chain of batteries. This year, the conference celebrates a premiere: the Battery Day NRW has been integrated into the conference, so that participants can now benefit from a three-day international program with 70 keynotes and lectures, expert discussions, a large poster presentation, and over 60 exhibitor booths.
International Keynote Speakers from Industry and Academia
The specialist audience will have the opportunity to exchange ideas with experts from industry and academia about new materials, innovative production processes, expanded fields of application as well as recycling potential. Six well-known keynote speakers will provide exclusive insights into their latest research developments and applications:
- Prof. Dr Maitane Berecibar will ask in her keynote whether batteries can last forever. She is Head of the Battery Innovation Center at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and an expert in self-healing cell properties and battery sensors.
- Dr Markus Börner, Head of the Research Division Cell System at MEET Battery Research Center at the University of Münster, will explore in his presentation on the thermal safety of lithium batteries, whether a compromise can be atchieved between high safety risk and high performance gain, and lower risk, but also lower performance return.
- Sriram Ramanoudjame, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Blue Solutions, will present the status of his company's solid-state battery development in his lecture “Blue Solutions' GEN4 SSB: from Applications to End-of-life Management.”
- Prof. Dr Patrick Johansson holds the chair in chemistry at Uppsala University, Sweden. Since 2025, Johansson has also been director of the European Research Initiative Battery 2030+. In his keynote “Next Generation Batteries – Where Can We Possibly Be 2030+?”, he will predict the future of the battery.
- Mathieu Morcrette is Research Director at the French Research Center CNRS as well as co-founder and CTO of Tiamat, a company specializing in sodium ion technology. At the conference, he will present opportunities for optimizing and commercializing sodium ion battery chemistry for high-performance charging applications.
- Dr David Wozabal is Chair of Management Science and Machine Learning at the Institute for Operations Analytics at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam. His keynote will focus on the opportunities in algorithmic trading of battery storage capabilities in short-term electricity markets.
Detailed information on the program and the registration can be found on the website.
This year's conference is being organized by the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA) at the RWTH Aachen, MEET Battery Research Center at the University of Münster, the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Production FFB, the Helmholtz Institute Münster of Forschungszentrum Jülich as well as Haus der Technik (HDT).