Battery Days 2023
September 27th - 28th, 2023 in Weimar
Tomorrow‘s Battery:- New materials - New players - New cell productions
CAR BATTERY DAY 2023 | OVERVIEW
KEY COMPANIES ALONG THE TOTAL VALUE CHAIN
- From Minerals to Cell and Recycling
- From Minerals to Cell and Recycling

Agenda / Topics
SEPT. 27 | FACTORY TOURS WEIMAR & ARNSTADT*
- CATL cell series production*
- Ibu-Tec electrodes & LFP,
- KDL metal services
- BIZ Erfurt tbdvarious companies tbd
SEPT. 27 | BATTERY NIGHT WEIMAR HALL
- Panel discussion, networking & drinks with special guestsPotential guests:
Mr. Tiefensee (Secretary of economy & science, Thuringia State)
Prof. Yoshino, AsahiKASEI (Winner Nobel Prize for Lithium-Ion Research)
SEPT. 28 | BATTERY CONGRESS WEIMAR HALL
- MATERIALS – Electrodes
- SOLID STATE CELL – CELL PRODUCTION – MODULES
- RECYCLING
*Restriction of access for cell/module manufacturers. Alternatives in preparation
September 27th, 2023
FACTORY TOURS OF VARIOUS BATTERY-RELATED COMPANIES
10:30
Registration and allocation to plant tour
11:30
Start from Weimar Hall to the plant tours in Weimar & Arnstadt by bus in multiple rotations
- Ibu-Tec Weimar: Electrodes production
- CATL Arnstadt: Exclusive visit of cell serial production*
- KDL Metal cases for batteries
17:30
Transfer to the conference venue in Weimar
18:30
Evening event at the Weimar Hall
September 28th, 2023
CELL PRODUCTION FOR EUROPE & VALUE CHAIN OF THE CELL UNTIL RECYCLING
08:30
Arrival and morning coffee
09:00
Start second day: Welcoming remarks
- Innovation in battery cell and cell production
- Solid state batteries
- Minerals and materials for Batteries
- Electrode production
- Machines for battery production
- Modules and battery packs
- Battery recycling & Circular Economy
17:00
End of congress
Speakers of Battery Days 2022

Thomas Schmall
Member of the Board, Volkswagen AG & Chairman of the Board of Management (CEO), Volkswagen Group Components

Frank Blome
CEO, PowerCo SE

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arno Kwade
Director iPAT (Institute for Particle Technology), Technical University Braunschweig

Kai-Uwe Wollenhaupt
President SVOLT Europe & Vice President SVOLT Energy Technology

Börge Nielsen
Director Product Engineering Global E-Powertrain, Daimler Truck AG

Frank Ortmann
Business Development, TOX® PRESSOTECHNIK

Roshan Gya
Executive Vice President, leading Global Intelligent Industry for Capgemini and Managing Director for Southern & Central Europe and India for Capgemini Invent

Dr. Jochen Weyrauch
CEO, Dürr AG

Markus Vogt
General Manager, Mobility, PPG

Dr. Kai K. O. Bär
Managing Director, adphos Innovative Technologies GmbH

Klaus Steinmann
Partner & Global Head Automotive, Mercuri Urval GmbH

Christin-Marie Boudgoust
Director Business Development, Webasto Group, Battery Systems

Keon Lee
Sr Manager Product Development Battery Solutions, Henkel

Hannu Hautala
CEO, Keliber Oy

Kwonnam Sohn
Director Next Gen. Battery Research Center, LG Energy Solution

Dr. Helmut Mack
Vice President Special Innovation Projects, Evonik Operations GmbH

Dr. Adrian Spillmann
Director Market Segment Battery Solutions, Grinding & Dispersing, Bühler AG

Jascha Rohmann
CEO, Rohmann-Automation GmbH

Jan-Steffen Lang
Key-Account Manager, PEC Corp.

Dr. Ahmet Toptas
General Manager, Plant Manager, Gotion

Johannes Bührle
Head of Global Industry Management, TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH

Matthias Zentgraf
Regional President Europe, CATL

Dr. Stefan Bergold
General Manager, Farasis Energy Europe GmbH

Tjerk Raske
Head of Marketing Region Europe, Dräger

Marcus Bosse
Innovation Manager, BST GmbH

Roland Jung
CEO, Swiss Clean Batteries AG

Thomas Lützenrath
COO, Swiss Clean Batteries AG

Christoph Gawlik
Head of Automotive, Drees & Sommer

Dr. Christian Hagelüken
Director EU Government Affairs, Umicore

Tom Einar Jensen
CEO, FREYR Battery

Manfred Schmidt
VP, Battery Supply for Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (EMEA), Li-Cycle

Dr. Max Kory
COO, Battrion AG

Sebastian Wider
VP of European Business, CALB

Stefan Walter
Product Manager Electromobility & Electric Drives, dSPACE

Dr. Stephan Witt
COO, Jagenberg AG

Christoph Nolte
Executive Vice President Service Division Vehicle Inspection, DEKRA

Chu Chen
Managing Director, Lead Intelligent Equipment (Deutschland) GmbH

Dr. Christoph Kröner
Product Area Solution Development Battery Services, Bosch

Stephan Fester
SAP Global Battery Practice Lead, SAP SE

Philipp Mutz
Strategic Industry Manager, SICK AG

Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer
Director, Center Automotive Research - Moderator

Beatrix Frisch
Head of Sales & Marketing, sbs smart-battery-solutions GmbH - Moderator

Robin Zhang
Sales Director, FinDreams Battery Co., Ltd.

Markus Birkhan
Head of Vertical Battery, Siemens AG

Dr. Naehyuck (Nathan) Chang
EVP/Head of corporate Automotive & ESS business development office, Samsung
