DAY 1 – TUESDAY 26 NOVEMBER

1.1 Opening Session – Powering growth: How to finance the battery value chain?

• Johan Blondelle, Policy Officer, European Commission 

• Oriol Alcoba, Director general d’Indústria, Departament d’Empresa i Treball 

• Johanna Schiele, Policy Officer, European Commission

• Simon Brunner, Consultant, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany

• Henri-François Boedt, Senior Investment Manager, European Investment Bank

• Pénélope Le Menestrel, Manager Europe, Breakthrough Energy

• Victor Pérez Delgado, Policy Officer, Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

1.2 Solid state batteries. How to cope with international competition

• Montse Casas Cabanas, Scientific Director, CIC energiGUNE

• Godwill Bancole, Head of Solid-State Battery – New Business Incubation, UMICORE

• Fanny Barde, Founder & CTO, SOLITHOR

• Montse Casas Cabanas, Scientific Director, CIC energiGUNE
• Godwill Bancole, Head of Solid-State Battery – New Business Incubation, UMICORE
• Fanny Barde, Founder & CTO, SOLITHOR
• Daniele Violato, Head of Synergies, Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking

1.3 Circular Batteries and How to Track Them: Recycling and Battery Passports

• Maria Dolors Núñez Sanchez, Team Leader of Analysis, ACCIÓ – Agència per la Competitivitat de l’Empresa
• Maria Vidal i Tarrasón, Head of the Department for Promotion of Valorization, Agència de Residus de Catalunya

• Albert Martínez Torrents, Project Manager, EURECAT

• Eliana Quartarone, Full Professor, University of Pavia

• Tilmann Vahle, Director – Sustainable Automotive and Batteries, Systemiq

• Shahin Jamali, Head of the Monitoring and Artificial Intelligence, Fraunhofer

1.4 From Data to Insights: Advanced Modeling and AI Innovations for Battery Monitoring

• Pietro Iurilli, R&D Scientist GES – Green Energy Storage

•  Mona Faraji Niri, Associate Professor, University of Warwick 

• Luca Scherrer, Co-founder, Sphere Energy 

• Bruno Lemoine, Managing Co-Director, BFH-Energy Storage Research Center 

DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY 27 NOVEMBER

2.1 Powering Forward: Innovations in Automotive Battery Technology

• Lucie Beaumel, Director, EGVIAfor2Zero

• Thomas Traussnig, Senior Verification & Validation Engineer, AVL

2.2 Eyes on the Price: Will Design-to-Cost Chemistries Take Off in Europe?

• Aaron Wade, Head of Battery Costs, CRU

• Guinevere Giffin, Scientific Head, Fraunhofer ISC

• Marina Urbina, European Programmes Manager, CEA

• Ludovic Odoni, Executive Vice President, Syensqo

2.3 Machinery Matters: Addressing Challenges in Manufacturing Equipment

2.4 Closing Session – EU’s Battery Policy: Navigating Today’s Geopolitical Landscape

• Stefan Wolf, Senior consultant for innovation, VDI/VDE

• Markus Hackmann, Managing Director, P3 Group

• Uwe Seidel, Program Manager Battery, VDI/VDE 
• Fabrice Stassin, Secretary General, BEPA
• Yann Vincent, Chief Executive Officer, Automotive Cells Company
• Stefano Soro, Head of Unit – Net Zero Industries, European Commission

• Stefano Soro, Head of Unit – Net Zero Industries, European Commission