Want to network with peers to build and strengthen your business relationships? Or need to learn more about the headwinds and tailwinds facing the electric vehicle and energy storage system markets? Fastmarkets European Battery Raw Materials Conference 2024 has you covered.
As the battery raw materials market continues to evolve, we are facing pressing challenges around ensuring a stable and secure supply, making strategic decisions that drive business growth and accessing concrete analysis on changes in the market.
To continue being competitive in this volatile market, you need information and insights you can trust to stay ahead of the curve.
Join Fastmarkets European Battery Raw Materials Conference 2024 to make sure you find the answers to the industry’s most pressing questions.
ICBR 2024 is the international platform for reviewing the challenges faced by the Battery Recycling Industry on a global basis. For 29 consecutive years, ICBR has brought together the international community of experts and decision makers of the entire Battery Recycling value chain, including battery recyclers and manufacturers, collection organizations, OEM’s, policymakers, materials and services providers and many more.
The conference will span over a period of three days and offer guests a plethora of sessions on recycling technologies and regulation, battery composition, remanufacturing, repurposing and other relevant topics.
The 110 associations urge EU Institutions to:
- Increase the current budget for FP10
- Prioritise pan-European research collaboration
- Support Public-Private Partnerships to catalyse EU investments
- Invest in the scientific and technological potential of Europe
- Attract and retain private RD&I investment in Europe
- Breaking silos to promote the flow of knowledge between the private and public sectors
FP10 is relevant to:
- Alleviate market failures
- Stimulate private RD&I investments
- Tackle complex challenges collectively
- Accelerating the pace of technology maturation and innovation
- Support the EU positioning in today’s technology race
Invest in Partnerships in view of FP10:
The impact of coordinated RD&I investment has been demonstrated by Horizon 2020 which found that the highest degree of financial leverage per each euro invested was achieved in European partnerships In the institutionalised partnerships, private partners’ contributions with resources (in cash or in-kind) more than doubled or even tripled the volume of EU investments.
Contributions from EU Institutions & Members States:
- We call on the EU Institutions to significantly increase the current RD&I budget in view of FP10
- National RD&I investments should in parallel be ensured and at minimum meet the target of 3% of GDP, aiming at leveraging private RD&I investments.
PILLAR II is crucial for FP10
Pillar II focuses on cross-border collaboration and it is crucial to RD&I. A significant part of FP10’s total budget should be allocated to Pillar II, with an enhanced focus on European Industrial Competitiveness driven by strategic EU priorities and clearly defined industrial needs.
- Build long-term trust-based public-private partnerships (PPPs) amongst a wide variety of European RD&I actors, to ensures the industry’s uptake of novel technologies and scale-up into new solutions, products and services, improving people’s well-being and quality of life, and increasing European long term competitiveness.
- Reduce risk and uncertainty and stimulate private investment in Europe by demonstrating the EU’s support for technology-intensive sectors, while preserving technology neutrality for a level playing field on the internal market. This would give the right incentives for industry to invest in RD&I in Europe, rather than in third countries and to support the delivery of the EU green and digital transitions.
We are looking to advise and to discuss the design of FP10 with EU Institutions!
About FP10:
FP10 is the name of the next European framework programme for research and innovation. As we are halfway through Horizon Europe framework programme, this is the right moment to be looking at the future framework programme.
The framework programme plays an important role on the long-term competitiveness of Europe. FP10 shapes the future of research and innovation areas by capitalising on the scientific and technological potential of Europe.
Are you still looking to form consortia for the BATT4EU Horizon Europe calls?
The Batteries European Partnership Association has launched its matchmaking platform, exclusively available for its members, to allowing them to network and find potential partners for EU-funded projects.
There are still 4 open calls you can apply to:
- HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-02-01: Sustainable high-throughput production processes for stable lithium metal anodes for next generation batteries
- HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-02-02: Post-Li-ion technologies and relevant manufacturing techniques for mobility applications (Generation 5)
- HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-02-03: Size & weight reduction of cell and packaging of batteries system, integrating lightweight and functional materials, innovative thermal management and safe and sustainable by design approach
To utilise our matchmaking platform, all you need to do is follow these steps:
- Log in to the member’s area and click on the Matchmaking Platform
- Select the Call that you are interested in
- Fill in your contact information, as well as how you can contribute to the project and what you are looking for
- Receive via email updates with the contact information and bios of other members that fill in the form
- If you believe you would be interested in collaboration, reach out to your potential partners via email
Using the platform allows you to easily find experts interested in the same calls as your company or organisation, and gives you the opportunity to contact them and to discuss a potential collaboration.
EARPA’s Autumn Meeting 2024 will be taking place on 30 September – 1 October 2024 at the Double Tree by Hilton Brussels City.
Why attend?
- EARPA Members can attend Foresight Group and Collaborative Research Group Sessions on 30 September 2024.
- Enjoy a Networking Reception on the 30 September 2024 with EARPA Members and relevant stakeholders from the automotive sector.
- Establish and maintain meaningful connections with professionals from the European road mobility and automotive sector.
- Get insights into topics such as the future of transport, energy systems and circular economy at the plenary session on 1 October 2024.
The BEPA team will be attending the event, and we look forward to seeing you there!
This conference taking place in Brussels on 9-10 October 2024 in Maison du Bois, aims to bring together the most important players in the Rechargeable Zinc Battery field, organised by Everzinc.
The two-day event will explore all the latest developments in battery technology related to Zinc-Nickel, Zinc Air, Zinc MnO2, Zinc Bromide and other Zinc Battery Technologies, with a plethora of industry, policy and research experts attending and speaking in the Brussels venue.
The program of the conference includes a visit in the Belgian Beer World and a networking dinner, allowing you to connect with other experts in the field, while the second day will include speeches made by industry and policy stakeholders, on new market and technology developments as well as policy updates.
If you are interested in the topic, registrations are open in the organiser’s website, so hurry and secure your spot!
The final event of the EU-funded LOLABAT project, which focuses on developing a new generation of powerful, rechargeable nickel-zinc batteries, will be held on September 9, 2024, at 9:00 AM at RINA Consulting in Milan (Palazzo R, Strada 7, Via Gran S. Bernardo, 20089 Rozzano).
LOLABAT aims to address Europe’s urgent need for energy security, autonomy, and sustainability by creating a battery that combines high energy and power densities with low costs. This environmentally friendly technology leverages abundant, non-toxic raw materials and offers high recycling potential. The project unites 17 partners from seven European countries, forming a strong and complementary consortium.
The event will feature a series of roundtable discussions on various themes related to battery innovation and energy sustainability. The agenda outlines the initial topics, but final concepts will be defined based on the interests of registered projects. Participants will showcase their project’s roll-up and distribute materials to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing.
The registration for projects is still open! So contact the event co-ordinator for more information: nora.ganzinelli@rina.org
The Institute of Transportation Studies and the European Transport and Research Centre are hosting a conference in collaboration with Ghent University, in Ghent, Belgium on 10-11 September 2024.
The conference will touch upon issues relevant for the transportation sector including electrification of vehicles, from EVs, and trucks to aviation and shipping, digitalisation and its effects on passenger safety, as well as cross-cutting issues of environmental justice and labour impacts. This gathering of mobility policy-makers aims to consider climate, energy security, environmental justice, and economic concerns and how these influence transportation investments and choices.
Our Secretary General, Fabrice Stassin will be speaking at session 4 titled “Addressing challenges in battery (and chips) value chains and securing sustainable critical material supply” during the second day of the conference.
The Battery Show 2024 will be even bigger and better at Huntington Place in the heart of Downtown Detroit on 7-10 October 2024!
The exhibition will include everything from raw materials to components, bringing together more than 1,150 suppliers showcasing the latest solutions across the transportation, stationary, portable, and industrial sectors.
The expertly curated five-track conference features immersive tracks spanning new methods of advanced battery design and latest technologies, battery manufacturing development, and newly added forecasts of the market supply chain and regulatory outlook, and will allow you to immerse yourself in the latest battery technologies. The four-day educational event brings together battery and H/EV manufacturers, industry experts, thought leaders, and academics to discuss and help solve your manufacturing, supply chain and production challenges.
The BEPA team is planning to attend the conference, and we are looking forward to seeing you there!
The “Conference on Battery Direct Recycling”, on 29-30 October 2024, in Wuerzburg, Germany is initiated by the Fraunhofer R&D Centre for Electromobility Bavaria FZEB of the ISC and intends to provide a platform for networking for stakeholders from research, industry and politics.
The goal of the conference is to strengthen the direct recycling community and collectively unlock the potential to contribute to a more sustainable and economically viable battery ecosystem, in alignment with Fraunhofer ISC’s efforts to optimize direct recycling in terms of technological feasibility and economic viability.
BEPA’s Policy Officer, Bozorg Khanbaei will be participating at the event, and speaking on Policy & Regulations during the first day of the conference.