09:00 – 09:50

Reception

09:50 – 10:00

Opening and moderation

Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer
RWTH Aachen University | ISEA & FZ Jülich | Helmholtz Institute Münster

Prof. Dr. Martin Winter
University of Münster | MEET & FZ Jülich | Helmholtz Institute Münster

Location: Europa Saal

10:00 – 10:10

Greeting

Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. mult. Ulrich Rüdiger
Rector of RWTH Aachen University

Location: Europa Saal

10:10 – 10:35

Keynote 1
The role of mechanical testing in battery cell development and production

Dr. Simon Vitzthum
ZwickRoell GmbH & Co. KG

Location: Europa Saal

10:35 – 11:00

Keynote 2
Green mobility at the airport: development and use of the first battery-electric 40 m³ tanker vehicle

Malte Medrow
Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Esterer GmbH & Co. Fahrzeugaufbauten und Anlagen KG

Justus Arndt
Skytanking GmbH & Co. KG

Location: Europa Saal

11:05 – 11:25

Coffee Break and Exhibition

11:25 – 11:30

Greeting

State secretary Silke Krebs
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MWIKE)

Location: Europa Saal

Block 1 // Innovative Start-ups

Chair: Sonja Specks, Helmholtz Centre Berlin

Location: Europa Saal

11:30 – 11:45

Modular production systems for battery cells – solutions for the production of next-generation battery cells

Toni Christopher Voebel
MANUGY GmbH

11:45 – 12:00

Challenges in the industrial recycling of lithium-ion batteries

Tobias Adlon
cylib GmbH

12:00 – 12:15

How Voltfang converts electric vehicles into powerful commercial and large-scale storage units

Afshin Doostdar
Voltfang GmbH

12:15 – 12:30

Recovering battery capacity: understanding and minimising reversible ageing

Dr. Georg Angenendt
ACCURE Battery Intelligence GmbH

12:30 – 13:00

Discussion panel with all speakers

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch break and visit to the exhibition

Exciting battery seminars 2025
www.hdt.de

14:00 – 14:30

Keynote 3
Innovations in battery research: current challenges and transfer

Prof. Dr. Jens Tübke
Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Production FFB

Location: Europa Saal

Block 2 // Battery storage: Best Practices from industry and research; Key Challenges

Chair: Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer, RWTH Aachen University | ISEA &
FZ Jülich | Helmholtz Institute Münster

Location: Europa Saal

14:30 – 15:00

Battery storage: between innovation and standardisation. A technical overview

Dr. Jan Figgener
RWE Technology International GmbH

15:00 – 15:25

Battery-based large-scale storage in telecommunications – experiences and insights into the construction, operation and control of large-scale storage in telecommunications

Martin Schulte
PASM Power & Air Solutions

15:25 – 15:50

Successful expansion of large-scale battery infrastructure in Germany – A project developer’s perspective

Julian Beuchelt
ABO Energy GmbH & Co. KGaA

15:50 – 16:20

Coffee Break and Exhibition

16:20 – 16:45

Keynote 4
Exponential growth – developments in the global storage market and their impact on the German energy transition

Tobias Nitsch
Fluence Energy GmbH

Location: Europa Saal

16:45 – 17:10

Keynote 5
What developments are emerging in the market and in regulation?

Beatrice Schulz
BVES – German Energy Storage Systems Association

Location: Europa Saal

17:10 – 17:30

Final discussion and get-together

17:45

Departure for the guided tours of the institute

from 18:00

Guided tours through the large battery storage
M5BAT of the ISEA or the CARL

Followed by a get-together at the CARL.
Exclusively for participants. The number of participants is limited.
Online registration (free of charge) is required.

CARL → Registration (required)

ca. 21:00 Uhr

Return of the Buses