BrIAS Batteries 2025 – Program

Tentative schedule

Thursday 22nd May 2025

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
           Moderator: Emanuele Garone
Estimation of Dominant Degradation Mechanism for Safe and Long Battery Life
Prof. Anna G. Stefanoupoulo, University of Michigan

10.30 – 11.00: Coffee break

11.00 – 12.40: Contributed Session 1 

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

14.00 – 15.20 Contributed Session 2 

15.20 – 15.50: Coffee break

15.50 – 16.30 Contributed Session 3 

16.30 – 17.30: Keynote Talk 2
           Moderator: 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)

 
Friday 23rd May 2025

09.30 – 10.30: Keynote Talk 3
           Moderator: Michel Kinnaert
Data-driven battery modelling using linear parameter-varying models
Prof. Tijs Donckers, TU Eindhoven

10.30 – 11.00: Coffee break

11.00 – 12.40: Contributed Session 4  

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

14.00 – 15.00: Keynote Talk 4
           Moderator: Maitane Berecibar
Toward Safe, Sustainable and Scalable Batteries
Dr. Marja Vilkman, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland 

15.00 – 15.30: Coffee break

15.30 – 17.10 Contributed Session 5 

17.10 – 17.20 Closing Remark

17.30 – Farewell Drink / Beer Tasting