CONFERENCE THEME
Improved batteries will be a key enabling technology for the decarbonisation of transport to meet net zero commitments. However, the growing industry is placing significant demands on raw materials, and battery manufacture is energy intensive.
16 NOVEMBER 2021
This day gives PhD researchers and Faraday Institution Research Fellows the opportunity to present their work. This day will be a closed-door event just for Faraday Institution researchers and we particularly encourage early career researchers to attend.
17 - 18 NOVEMBER 2021
This is an open event for the Faraday Institution’s 450-strong researcher community, any UK-based academic, anybody working in industry, government or policy in the UK battery space, and selected overseas industry and academic partners.
POWERING BRITAIN'S BATTERY REVOLUTION
About the Faraday Institution
“The Faraday 2020 conference successfully convened the UK battery science and innovation community, facilitated future collaborations, and surpassed our expectations for a virtual event.”
THE FARADAY BATTERY CHALLENGE
Bringing bold and transformational change
Conference programme
Prof. Serena Cussen, PI FutureCat and Training & Diversity panel member, will set the scene for the early career researcher day.
Practical guidance on how to increase researcher identity and open the door to career opportunities. Create a professional image, harness the power of LinkedIn, and grow your network.
Hear from researchers working in industry about the career opportunities that exist in the UK battery technology sector.
Videos to be released two weeks before the conference.
'A Net Zero energy system.' Baroness Brown will share her insight on the energy transition - for transport, homes, industry, infrastructure, commerce, and defence - highlighting the importance and ubiquity of batteries. Chaired by Prof. Pam Thomas, Faraday Institution
'Energy storage is key to attainment of fossil-free energy'. Chaired by Prof. Louis Piper, University of Warwick
Discovery and design towards higher performing, lower cost batteries
Join this session to hear the latest updates on the Faraday Institution’s EDI work and from expert Jayne Little (CEO of Skills4) as she outlines three ways we can all become a better inclusion ally.
Safety and performance from sensing, prediction and characterisation
Hear from the Faraday Institution policy team on battery technology market sizes and dynamics and our approach to assess early-stage commercialisation potential.
'The Battery: Still the Great Unknown.' Chaired by Isobel Sheldon OBE, CSO Britishvolt and member of the Faraday Institution Board of Trustees.
Poster Presenters
Around 60 PhD Researchers and Faraday Institution Research Fellows and 50 undergraduate interns are presenting posters at the conference. A list of researcher posters can be downloaded here. Delegates will be able to explore the depth and breadth of FI research programmes by engaging with this content from the beginning of November.
