8:30 – 9:00: Registration

09.00 – 09.30: Conference opening ceremony
Prof. Frank Deconinck, Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies
Prof. Emanuele Garone, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Prof. Maitane Berecibar, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Wouter IJzermans, Executive Director, Batteries European Partnership Association (BEPA) 

09.30 – 10.30: Keynote Talk 1 (Chair: Prof. Emanuele Garone)
Estimation of Dominant Degradation Mechanism for Safe and Long Battery Life,
Prof. Anna G. Stefanopoulou, University of Michigan.

10.30 – 11.00: Coffee break

11.00 – 12.40: Contributed Session 1 – Battery Modelling, Parameter Identification and Degradation Characterization (Chair: Prof. Tijs Donkers)

11:00 – 11:20
Method for Experimental Determination of Battery Parameters and Their Use in Power System Studies,
Hrvoje Pandžić, University of Zagreb.

11:20 – 11:40
Subspace Identification of Battery Model Parameters,
Zahra Zamanian , Université de Mons.

11:40 – 12:00
Quantifying Reliable Battery Data Segments for Robust Online Battery Identification,
Nicolai Weinrich, Aalborg University.

12:00 – 12:20
Implementation and Analysis of Aging Mechanisms in the Doyle-FullerNewman Model Framework,
Francis Le Roux, Eindhoven University of Technology.

12:20 – 12:40
PyBatteryID – A Python Package for Data-Driven Battery Model Identification using LPF Framework,
Abdul Muiz Sheikh, Eindhoven University of Technology.

12.40 – 14.00 Lunch break and poster session (poster session opening at 13:00)

14.00 – 15.20 Contributed Session 2 – Data Analysis & Battery Management Systems (Chair: Ir. Francis Le Roux)

14:00 – 14:20
Battery deep health: integrating explainable AI and mechanistic modelling to diagnose degradation modes with partial data,
Haijun Ruan, Coventry University.

14:20 – 14:40
A scalable electro-thermal simulation framework for battery management system
Danial Karimi, Watt4Ever

14:40 – 15:00
SOC-based passive balancing for aged Li-ion battery packs.
Ali Rahdarian, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

15:00 – 15:20
Experimental investigation of direct thermal management for Lithium-ion batteries
Mark A. Turner, University of Cambridge

15.20 – 15.50: Coffee break

15.50 – 16.30 Contributed Session 3 – Advanced Frequency-Domain Techniques (Chair: Prof. Haijun Ruan)

15:50 – 16:10
Electrical-Thermal Behavior of Commercial NMC Lithium-Ion Batteries: Insights from Operando Impedance and Surface Temperature
Xia Zeng, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

16:10 – 16:30
EIS-based State of Charge determination for LFP batteries linked to PCA
Maxime Bussios, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

16.30 – 17.30: Keynote Talk 2 (Chair: Dr. Alejandro Goldar Davila)
Driving Battery Innovation: Accelerating Development by Physiscal Modeling of Hundreds of Batteries,
Dr. Jan Richter, BATEMO.

19.00: Social dinner at Fondation Universitaire (11 Rue d’Edgmont, 1000 Brussels)

09.30 – 10.30: Keynote Talk 3 (Chair: Prof. Michel Kinnaert)

12:00 – 12:20
Non-invasive tracking of the capacity loss and internal resistance of pouch cells with optical FBG sensors,
Alejandro Goldar Davila, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

12:20 – 12:40
Numerical and Experimental investigation of Impact Response of a Thermoplastic Battery Housing
Aikaterini Fragkiadaki, University of Patras.

15:30 – 15:50
Toward rechargeable batteries with lower environmental impact via innovative materials,
Berke Karaman, Université de Liege.