Battery forum offers three days of info, seminars & keynotes

More than 550 international participants are expected to attend this year’s three-day Developer Forum, with around 50 high-calibre speakers from research and industry present.

Due to the overwhelming response of previous years and ongoing high demand, the three-day Developer Forum again begins on 24^th March with two half-day basic training seminars on the topics of “Battery Management Systems” and “Lithium-ion Battery Technologies” offered both in German and English.

The huge momentum of the battery sector is again reflected in the range of topics of the Expert Forums on 25^th and 26^th March. Participants will be provided with information about, for example, lithium‑ion cells specifically for power tools and energy storage, selection criteria for cells, scalable battery management systems, charging devices, standard requirements and fire tests.

This year, in addition to Sven Bauer, Founder, BMZ, amongst others, Dr. Reiner Korthauer, German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association, Dr. Ina Hahndorf, Younicos AG, as well as Professor Stefano Passerini, Helmholtz-Institut Ulm, have been engaged as key speakers. In their presentations, they will deal with developments on the world market, challenges in the energy transition (German: Energiewende) and next-gen lithium-ion batteries.

All German-language expert presentations at this renowned Developer Forum will be simultaneously translated into English in order to allow participation of non-German speaking persons. On 26^th March, a half-day energy storage workshop will take place for the first time in parallel to the Developer Forum. During this session, participants will become acquainted with the structure and the operation of modularly constructed energy storage systems.

In order to enable participants to obtain comprehensive information in direct dialogue with experts of leading manufacturers and institutions during the breaks, the Developer Forum is once again accompanied by an exhibition. The exhibition, where around 40 companies in an area of approximately 2,000m² will present their products, solutions and services, is open on 25^th to 26^th March from 8:30am to 6:00pm.

The participation charge per person for the three-day Developer Forum Battery Technologies - including free admission to the exhibition, breakfast, lunch and coffee buffets, after-show snack and all forum documentation - is €825 plus 19% MwSt. (German Value Added Tax). The charge per person for two-day participation is €650 plus 19% MwSt. and for one-day participation the charge is €350 plus 19% MwSt. There is an early-bird discount of 1% for registrations received before 31^st January, 2015.

“The use of lithium-ion batteries is steadily increasing in all areas of daily life,” said Dr. Jochen Mähliß, Director, batteryuniversity.eu. “It is, therefore, important for system developers from all kinds of different fields not only to become familiar with the basics of this technology, but also to keep up-to-date with the latest developments. Many of our over 1,000 training participants use the training seminars of batteryuniversity.eu not only as an introduction to the topic, but also to regularly gain a quick and comprehensive overview of the latest materials, technologies, standards and regulations.”