7. Future Battery Forum 2026

Name: 7. Future Battery Forum 2026
Start: 2026-11-24
End: 2026-11-25
Location: Estrel Hotel & Congress Center

24 November 2026 – 25 November 2026

Estrel Hotel & Congress Center, Berlin, Germany

The 7th Future Battery Forum, organised by IPM AG, is a two-day battery industry conference and exhibition at ECC Berlin that brings together decision-makers from across the battery value chain, with around 100 exhibitors and more than 90 international speakers from politics and business. The programme covers battery chemistry and design, BESS applications, electric mobility, lifecycle and sustainability, manufacturing and gigafactories, and market strategies and policies, alongside deep dives, workshops, excursions and networking events.

58 sessions · 96 speakers

Media Partners (2)

Elektroauto-News · Battery News

Sponsors (20)

Thermo Fisher · Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc. · Schunk Sonosystems GmbH / Schunk Group · Siemens · Gamma Technologies · BBW Lasertechnik GmbH · M. Braun Inertgas-Systeme · CORENATE · Robert Bosch Manufacturing Solutions GmbH · Incipientus · Jinko ESS · Jagenberg Converting Solutions · Farasis Energy Europe GmbH · FFT Produktionssysteme · Tesla · Deloitte · Uncountable Inc. · Aperam · Festo S/B · Trelleborg

Association Partners (5)

Batteries European Partnership Association (BEPA) · VDMA · Battery-Tech Network · Kompetenznetzwerk Lithium-Ionen-Batterien e. V. · RECHARGE - Advanced Rechargeable & Lithium Batteries Association

Exhibitors (59)

OCALI Inc. · ABA - Austrian Business Agency · Litona GmbH · CarbonX B.V · delfortgroup AG · Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc. · Algodin · IPG Photonics GmbH & Co. KG · AccelionTech · ECH Elektrochemie Halle GmbH · InnoQuarter Itzehoe · JUTEC Hitzeschutz und Isoliertechnik GmbH · BioLogic Science Instruments GmbH · Exacom GmbH · Schunk Sonosystems GmbH / Schunk Group · Battery Cluster Portugal · Re-Twin Energy GmbH · Cellavie B.V. · Westra Materials AB · Siemens · Gamma Technologies · ElringKlinger · BBW Lasertechnik GmbH · Schaeffler Automotive Buehl GmbH & Co. KG · M. Braun Inertgas-Systeme · Wilhelm Bahmüller Maschinenbau Praezisionswerkzeuge GmbH · CORENATE · IMA S.p.A. - Automation division · Astracite BV · Robert Bosch Manufacturing Solutions GmbH · Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie · ODONICS YOUR-TOOL GmbH · Voltavision GmbH · Fluid Metering · Grenzebach Maschinenbau GmbH · UniverCell Holding GmbH · Jinko ESS · syntrotec GmbH · HAOSEN Automation GmbH · Breathe Battery Technologies · Emergent Vision Technologies GmbH · Handtmann Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG · Farasis Energy Europe GmbH · Wuhan Raycus Fiber Laser Technologies Co.,Ltd. · FFT Produktionssysteme · Shandong Gelon Lib Co., Ltd. · Venjakob Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KG · Uncountable Inc. · Deutsche Aerogel GmbH · HNP Mikrosysteme GmbH · BLB+ Braunschweig Labfactories for Batteries and more · NMi Certin · Aperam · Kompetenznetzwerk Lithium-Ionen-Batterien e. V. · Battery News · China Sinda Intellectual Property · SCIPRIOS GmbH · Jacomex · Back to Battery B.V.

Supporting Partners (3)

LKMC - Lukas Kothmeier Consulting · Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie · TraWeBa

Agenda

Excursion Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg 23 November 2026 · Extern
Welcome and networking kick-off 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
Stronger together: Europe's battery future 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
The Battery balancing act: Competing for scale, resilience, and financing 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
LFP, LMFP, Sodium-Ion and beyond: Chemistry choices for BESS 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
Financing innovation in the EU battery sector 24 November 2026 · Breakout Room 2
Battery regulation readiness 2027: Are you prepared? 24 November 2026 · Breakout Room
Beyond single materials: Integrating stainless steel into multi-material environments for battery systems 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
The storage surge: What’s next for BESS in Europe 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
From site to COD: The risks that kill BESS investments (and how to avoid them) 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
Turning Data into Advantage: AI in Batteries R&D 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Designing Battery Modules Under Pressure: Coupled Simulation of Swelling, Cooling and Stress-Driven Aging 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Turning the battery passport into ROI 24 November 2026 · Breakout Room
Beyond thermal runaway: advanced materials and venting strategies for safer, higher-energy battery systems 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Stronger together: Advancing battery materials through strategic collaboration 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Batteries for affordable, sustainable and resilient European energy 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
New opportunities in cell cost innovation through validated material libraries 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
A full day on one charge: The next leap for battery-electric trucks 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
From Seed to Senior Debt – How investors decide where their capital flows in the battery, mobility and energy sector 24 November 2026 · Breakout Room 2
Powering Europe’s AI Ambitions: Battery Storage for Resilient Data Centers 24 November 2026 · Breakout Room
Toward Zero-Defect Electrode Manufacturing: Real-Time Rheology for Yield, Control, and Scale 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
From Z-Fold Stacking to Electrolyte Filling: Driving Efficiency across Battery Manufacturing 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Exploring battery needs in alternative sectors beyond passenger EVs 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
Laser welding as key technology for cell contacting in industrial battery systems 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Progress on high voltage electrolytes 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Solid-State Batteries: Building the Path from Innovation to Industrialization 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Women in battery meet-up 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Activating anode production capacity now - Delivering local supply without compromising cost or performance 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
EV cell strategy to 2030: Technology choices that win in mobility 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
Updates from Europe’s battery map: Networks driving the energy transition 24 November 2026 · Breakout Room 2
Women in batteries 24 November 2026 · Breakout Room
From ICEV to EV at scale: Lessons from the front line 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
Quality matters: From black mass to battery-grade materials 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Solid-State industrialization for EVs 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
Beyond the cell: Engineering the EV as an integrated system 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
How to benefit from the battery passport by creating revenues based on live data 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
The EV technology race: What will define the winners by 2030? 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
Towards a resilient European battery value chain: Innovations from the Nordics 24 November 2026 · Breakout Room
MLIT Batteries as a Turning Point in Off-Highway Electrification 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Beyond the Battery: Market Strategies for Delivering Bankable BESS Projects 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Reading the Revenue Stack: BESS Market Dynamics in Germany and Beyond 24 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Wrap-up Day 1 24 November 2026 · Main Stage
Opening 25 November 2026 · Main Stage
Digital twins for ramp-up: What’s real vs hype, and where ROI shows up 25 November 2026 · Main Stage
Prismatic cell housings: more than a box – engineered for global scale 25 November 2026 · Main Stage
The gigafactory scale-up playbook: Execution, yield, and speed 25 November 2026 · Main Stage
AI & Robotics to overpass China? Redefining battery cell production 25 November 2026 · Breakout Room 2
Beyond electrical isolation: How in-cell envelopes extend cell lifetime and reduce mechanical cell deformation 25 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
Battery safety lessons learned: What ESS can learn from years of automotive experience 25 November 2026 · Main Stage
What it takes to scale battery technologies in the heart of Europe 25 November 2026 · Breakout Room
Beyond one winner: The multi-chemistry future of batteries 25 November 2026 · Main Stage
Startup pitches 25 November 2026 · Innovation Stage
When batteries fail: Root cause analysis, liability & lessons from real-world incidents 25 November 2026 · Breakout Room
Local for global: Updates from the European lithium production 25 November 2026 · Main Stage
Closing the loop for critical battery materials 25 November 2026 · Main Stage
From risk to resilience: Rebuilding battery supply chains 25 November 2026 · Main Stage
Closing & Farewell 25 November 2026 · Main Stage
Look behind the curtain: theion’s crystal battery = sulfur is the future 25 November 2026 · Extern