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Program

May 3rd: Battery Tutorial, Battery Demos and R-Zinc Dinner


10:45 (09:00) : Battery tutorial by Avicenne (Group 1)

For the participants of the Avicenne Battery Tutorial (Group 1), a bus will be organized from Brussels - Rue de la Loi 75, 1040 Bruxelles (Thon Hotel EU) – and will leave at 09:00am sharp.

Program:

  • The rechargeable battery market in 2020
  • The Li-ion battery value chain
  • The battery material market
  • Focus on non-xEV applications :  ESS, UPS, Telecom, Forklift…
  • Focus on the rechargeable zinc battery market
  • Forecasts & Conclusion

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12:30 : Meeting in Brussels (Group 2)

For the participants of the visit and the R-Zinc dinner (Tutorial Excluded, Group 2), a bus will be organized from Brussels - Rue de la Loi 75, 1040 Bruxelles (Thon Hotel EU) – and will leave at 12:30pm sharp. 

14:30 : Visit of EverZinc Netherlands

Welcome drink and plant presentation in the meeting room.

15:00 : Battery demos and visit of the ZnO production site

Participants of the field trip will be splitted in groups as they will have the opportunity to witness the production of battery grade zinc oxide; test an e-scooter working with the nickel-zinc battery developed by Sunergy; and discover our Renewable Energy Storage project with Urban Electric Power.

Important: participants will have to sign a NDA in order to attend the visit. EverZinc reserves the right to refuse access to the visit of the production site to competitors. Battery demos will be accessible. 

16:30 : End of the visit

18:00 : R-Zinc Dinner at Brussels Grand-Place

Join us for a memorable dinner in one of the most beautiful places in Europe with the sponsors and speakers of the conference! Networking dinner will be an immense opportunity for all the participants to build new connections to strengthen their ongoing and future research interests through collaboration.

May 4th : Battery Meeting


08:30 : Registration

09:00 : Address & Welcome by Vincent Dujardin, EverZinc

09:15 : Building a European Battery Industry

  • Johan Blondelle, European Commission 
  • Kinga Timaru-Kast, Recharge
  • Fabrice Renard, Avicenne

10:00 : How Zinc Batteries Could Change Energy Storage

  • Grégory Sacré, EverZinc
  • Martin Van Leeuwen, International Zinc Association
  • Daniel Asplund, Boliden

10:45 : Coffee Break and Company Poster

11:15 : Organizer and Premium Partners Presentations (Part I)

  • Helene Hendrickx, EverZinc
  • Florian Witvrouw, Enersol
  • Benoit White, Urban Electric Power

12:00 : Lunch and company posters

13:30 : Premium Partners Presentations (Part II)

  • Fabrice Fourgeot, Sunergy
  • Josef Daniel-Ivad, Zinc Battery Initiative

14:00 : Conference Sponsors Presentations

  • Rolf Papsdorf, DAFE Technologie
  • Salima Fassi, Easyl
  • Jeff Philips, ZincFive

14:30 : Company Presentations

  • Randy Moore, Æsir Technologies, Inc.
  • Onas Bolton, Octet Scientific
  • Sasha Gorer, Zelos Energy

15:00 : Coffee Break and Poster Presentations

16:00 : Printed Zinc Batteries for the Internet of Things

Konstantin Tikhonov, Imprint Energy

16:30 : How to accelerate the adoption of zinc-based batteries?

Panel discussion

17:00 : Concluding Remarks

17:15-18:30 : Closing Party