With over 900 delegates, 20 sessions and 70 speakers and chairs, the Faraday Institution Annual Conference is a big undertaking.
Our thanks go to the 12-strong conference working group for their help to shape the conference programme, select speakers, and encourage participation amongst colleagues and project members:
Jacqueline Edge, Imperial College London
Dan Reed, University of Birmingham
Ann Huang, King’s College London
Dhammika Widanalage, WMG
Kit McColl, University of Bath
Rob Armstrong, University of St Andrews
James Robinson, UCL
Melanie Loveridge, WMG
Siân Dutton, University of Cambridge
Thomas Bartlett, UKRI
James Cookson, Johnson Matthey
Val Gentili, JLR
We thank the other researchers who selected talks from the expression of interest and built the terrific programme we have at the conference
Juyeon Park, NPL
Peter Baker, ISIS
Mauro Pasta, University of Oxford
Qiong Cai, University of Surrey
Magda Titirici, Imperial College London
Emma Kendrick, University of Birmingham
Dave Howey, University of Oxford
Monica Marinescu, Imperial College London
Helen Playford, ISIS
We thank all the other researchers who participated in panels to select winning posters and early career researcher presentations and others who are providing feedback to early career researchers in their projects who are presenting talks or posters at the conference
Yige Sun
Thomas Heenan
Alexandra Morscher
Yash Tripathy
Jacqueline Edge
Rebecca Boston
Thomas Bartlett
Mohamed Ahmeid
Nuria Tapia Ruiz
Louis Piper
Matthew Dyer
Michael Hayward
John Griffin
Tijmen Euser
Peter Slater
Thomas Wood
Carol Crean
Rhodri Jervis
Ifan Stephens
Colin Johnston
Rachel Smith
Andrew Goodwin
Alex Rettie
Julia Weaving
Phoebe Allan
And finally huge shout out to the conference delivery team: Rob Flavin of CooperRepco and Macauley Hicks-Williams of Visair who have been an integral part of the conference’s planning and delivery.
Conference programme
Dr James Robinson, Chair of the Faraday Institution Early Career Researcher Committee, 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 as they become available.
'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 Prof. Colin Herron CBE Managing Director, Zero Carbon Futures, and Faraday Institution North East.
Poster Presenters
Around 50 PhD Researchers and Faraday Institution Research Fellows and 50 undergraduate interns are presenting posters at the conference. Delegates will be able to explore the depth and breadth of FI research programmes by engaging with this content from the beginning of November.
