Professor Pam Thomas, CEO, Faraday Institution

Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands

Invited speaker: Professor Linda Nazar, University of Waterloo
"Next Generation Batteries for e-Mobility and Grid Storage: What’s New?"

Session chair: Professor Pam Thomas, CEO, Faraday Institution

Invited speaker: Professor Emma Kendrick, University of Birmingham
"Sustainable Battery Design"

Session chair: Professor Magda Titirici, Imperial College London

Lab tours are available on a pre-booked basis

Session chair: Professor Magda Titirici, Imperial College London

Selected Speakers:
Jawwad Darr, University College London
Gwen Chimonides, University of Sheffield
Halima Khanom, University of Birmingham
Jacqueline Edge, Imperial College London
Sandro Süß, TU Braunschweig

A fast-paced session of 4-minutes flashtalks giving sponsors the opportunity to outline products or services they offer.

Sponsors presenting:
PI-KEM
Dassault Systemes
Verder Scientific
Comsol
Bio-logic Science Instruments

Session chair: Ian Ellerington, Faraday Institution

Professor Adam Tickell, Vice Chancellor, University of Birmingham

Council House, Birmingham City Centre
Free to attend for all registered delegates

Invited speaker: Dr Jerry Barker, Faradion
"The Commercialization of some Advanced Battery Technologies"

Session chair: Professor Emma Kendrick, University of Birmingham

Invited speaker: Dr Roger Morton, European Metal Recycling (EMR)
"Creating a circular EV battery supply chain for the UK"

Session chair: Professor Paul Anderson, University of Birmingham

Selected Speakers:
Mona Faraji-Niri, University of Warwick
Shahid Rasul, Northumbria University
Jennifer Hartley, University of Leicester
Matthew Keyser, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Invited Speaker: Dr Sarah Ball, Technology Manager, EV Metals Group
"Development of High Nickel Cathode Active Materials at EV Metals UK"

Session chair: Dr Ben Morgan, University of Bath

Selected Speakers:
Bo Dong, University of Birmingham
Andrey Poletayev, University of Oxford
Kit McColl, University of Bath
Alice Merryweather, University of Cambridge

Invited Speaker: Dr Edmund Dickinson, About: Energy
"What is metrology? Why does it matter to battery science?"

Session chair: Professor Serena Cussen, University of Sheffield

Selected Speakers:
Nicola Courtier, University of Oxford
Sam Gray, University of Birmingham
Faezeh Zarrin Khat, Teraview
Sam Hare, University of Birmingham

Lab Tours available on pre-booked basis

Invited Speaker: Wasim Sarwar, Director, Rimac Energy
"Engineering a cleaner future with advanced energy storage solutions"

Session chair: Dr Isaac Capone, Jaguar Land Rover

Selected Speakers:
Galo Paez Fajardo, University of Warwick
Alex Ferguson, FAC Technologies
Katie Lukow, Oxford Brookes University
Philip Johns, Exponent International

Invited panellists:
• Professor Paul Anderson, University of Birmingham (chair)
• Alex Groombridge, Echion Technologies Ltd
• Caspar Rawles, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
• Jacqui Murray, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
• Scott Robinson, BASF

Selected Speakers:
Isabella Stephens, University of Birmingham
Lou Cooper, University of Birmingham
Sophie Kempston, Warwick University

A fast-paced session of 4-minute pitches giving industry organisations the opportunity to outline the challenges they're currently facing in battery research, and the skills, experiences or equipment that they're seeking to overcome them.

Selected Speakers:
Dr Letian Li, ThermoFisher
Dr Stephen Price, Finden Ltd
Dr Chris Moore, HGF Limited
Huseyin Yigit Cem Altintas, Ford Otosan
Paul O'Meara, Emerson & Renwick
Dr Felix Hanke, Dassault Systèmes
Alan Colledge, Amte Power Plc
Aaron Wade, Exawatt
Varnika Agarwal, Rho Motion

The Great Hall, University of Birmingham

18:45 – Make your way over to The Great Hall from 18:45 for a pre-dinner drink and networking.
19:30 – Call to dinner
19:45 – Welcome address from Professor Stephen Jarvis, Provost and Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham
21:10 – A few words from our dinner sponsor, Simon Moores, CEO of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, followed by the Faraday Institution Community Awards presentation
23:00 – Carriages

Invited speaker: Martin Dowson, WMG, University of Warwick
"Strategic Industry Drivers for Academic Research"

Session chair: Professor Jawwad Darr, UCL

Selected Speakers:
Govinder Pawar, UKBIC
Scott Millen, Queen's University Belfast
Iain Aldous, Swansea University
Haijun Ruan, Coventry University

Panellists:
Dr Yashraj Tripathy, About:Energy
Daisy Thornton, Rimac Energy
Dr Laura Driscoll, UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC)

Session chair: Fran Long, Faraday Institution

Invited speaker: Professor Mary Ryan, Imperial College London
Talk title TBC

Session chair: Dr Ivana Hasa, WMG, University of Warwick

Selected Speakers:
Tengfei Song, University of Birmingham
Dr Xuhui Yao, National Physical Laboratory
Samantha Southern, Imperial College London
Darren Ould, University of Cambridge

Invited speaker: Professor Dame Clare Grey, University of Cambridge
"New spectroscopic approaches to study batteries: intercalation mechanisms, fast charging, and long-term degradation mechanisms"

Session chair: Dr Phoebe Allan, University of Birmingham

Selected Speakers:
Emily Reynolds, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Nikolay Zhelev, Southampton University
Yundong Zhou, National Physical Laboratory
Alistair Hales, University of Bristol

Lab Tours available on pre-booked basis

Professor Paul Shearing, ZERO Institute, University of Oxford

Councillor John Cotton, Leader of Birmingham City Council

Available on pre-booked basis

A schools' outreach event with the objective of inspiring the next generation of students (ages 16-18). This session will comprise of a lecture on the topic of energy storage, followed by the opportunity for students to engage with those involved within this field and learn more about potential careers.

Researchers involved in STEM Outreach that would like to take part in this event are invited to contact Elizabeth Driscoll at e.h.driscoll@bham.ac.uk.