Congress Day One: Wednesday, 23rd June 2010

9:30 Registration & Coffee

10:00 Chairman’s Welcome & Opening Address

Christophe Pillot
Senior Consultant & Project Manager, Avicenne Développement
France

Battery market overview

10:05 The Worldwide Rechargeable Battery Market 2009–2020 Presentation of the AVICENNE Report

  • The market in 2009: NiCd, NiMH & Li-ion batteries
  • Main competitors, main applications
  • Main trends up to 2020
  • Special focus: The HEV, P-HEV & EV market – Impact on the battery market
    • Auto makers strategy
    • Auto maker / battery manufacturers relationship
    • Battery cost 2009 – 2020
    • Forecasts up to 2020

Christophe Pillot
Senior Consultant & Project Manager, Avicenne Développement
France

10:45 Current State Of National Projects With Battery Development In Japan

  • National projects for EV/PHEV battery
  • National projects for stationary battery
  • Target of battery development
  • Application challenges

Daishu Hara, Ph.D.
Chief Officer, Electricity Storage Technology Development Division, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technology Development Department
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan

11:25 Refreshment Break & Networking

Trends and challenges in Li battery technology

11:55 Development Trends For Large Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries

  • Between customer demands and technical challenges for various markets
    • Automotive
    • Smart Grid
    • Diesel Hybrids
  • Targeting either high energy density, high discharge current or long lifetime
  • Successful mastering the up-scaling process of Li-Ion battery production
  • Measurement results from series production

Volker Drünert
Senior Manager
Leclanché Lithium GmbH, Germany

12:35 Lithium-Ion Battery Packs – From The Battery Cell To The Battery System

  • New rules of design and safety
  • The best technology of Lithium Ion, Lithium Cobald, Lithium Titanat, Lithium Cobald Manganese, Lithium Phosphat or Nanophosphat
  • The Protection circuit board
  • The norms of batteries

Sven Bauer
General Manager R&D
BMZ GmbH, Germany

13:15 Networking Luncheon

14:45 Advanced Material Selection For Li-Ion Applications

  • Optimizing cathode selection for Lithium-ion applications
  • Relative advantages of different cathodes
    • Performance, safety, cost
    • Phosphates, oxides and spinels

Dr. James H. Miners
Business Development Manager, Energy Storage Solutions
DOW Chemical Company, Switzerland

15:25 Refreshment Break & Networking

15:55 Li-Ion Battery Safety And Reliability

  • Safety requirements
  • Discussion of safety issues
  • Aging mechanisms of lithium ion battery materials
  • Thermal management of cells and batteries
  • Challenges in application

Dr. Jens Tübke
Head of Department Applied Electrochemistry
Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology, Germany

Transport regulations

16:35 Framework Conditions For The Use, The Safe Transport And The Recycling Of Large Lithium Batteries Within The Development Of The Electric Mobility

  • Essential parameters which depend on each other or affect each other
  • Standardization of technology
  • Adaption of transport regulations as well as a worldwide distribution and return of large lithium batteries as well as
  • The due development of suffi cient recycling capacities

Eckhard Fahlbusch
Chairman of the Committee for Environmental Matters
Eurobat, offi ce Germany

17:15 Closing Remarks Of The Chairman And End Of Congress Day One

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