PROGRAM  

Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Main-Topic: Fuel Cells 

  • 08:30 - 9:00 Welcome Coffee and early Check-in

9.00 - 9.30 Conference Opening
Prof. Dr. Markus Hölzle (ZSW) 

  • 9:15 - 9:30 Hydrogen Mobility – Hype or Reality
  • Stephan Herbst (Toyota Motor Europe’s)

09:30 - 12:30 Session 1: 
Elektrolysis
Chair: Ludwig Jörissen (ZSW)

  • 09.30 - 09.55 PEM Hydrogen Market from a manufacturer´s perspective
    Uwe Neiss (Siemens Energy)

  • 09.55 - 10.25 Preparing alkaline electrolysis technology for series production
    Marc-Simon Löffler (ZSW) Manfred Hermanns (Ecoclean GmbH)

  • 10:25 - 11:00 Coffee Break

  • 11.00 - 11.25 The Zink-Zwischenschritt Elektrolysis – Developing a new technology that changes the game of energy
    Dr. Christian Friebe & Dr. Elisabeth Hornberger (Stoff2 GmbH)

  • 11.25 - 11.50 Electrosynthesis -Quo vadis?
    Ulf-Peter Apfel (Fraunhofer UMSICHT) 

  • 11.50 - 12.05 Opening Postersession
    Dr. Olaf Böse (ZSW)

  • 12:05 - 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 - 15:30 Session 2:
New Materials
Chair: Jürgen Garche (University of Ulm)

  • 13.30 - 13.55 Hydrocarbon-based catalyst-coated membranes for fuel cells and electrolyzers - current status and future challenges
    Matthias Breitwieser (Ionysis GmbH)

  • 13.55 - 14.20 Precious Metal Catalysts for the Hydrogen Economy – How to Tackle Market Requirements with Industrial Development
    Dr. Christian Gebauer (Hereaus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG)

  • 14.20 - 14.45 Flow simulation in fuel cell development
    Steffen Heldmaier (EXPO Fuel Cell technologies GmbH)

  • 14.45 - 15.10 Scale up of Electrochemical devices – spinout of laboratory work to companies – Bramble Energy and RFC Power
    Anthony Kucernak (Imperial)

  • 15:10 - 15:40 Coffee Break

15:40 - 17:20 Session 3:
Fuel-Cell Applications
Chair: Werner Tillmetz (University of Ulm)

  • 15.40 - 16.05 Challenges of Electrical Flight – An Overview
    Dr.-Ing. Jens Bold (Boeing Deutschland GmbH)

  • 16.05 - 16.30 Synchronisation of fuel cells, infrastructure and industrialisation in heavy-duty, long-haul applications
    Florian Henkel (Cellcentric GmbH & Co. KG)

  • 16.30 - 16.55 Lifetime-optimized energy management strategy for FCEVs
    Konstantinos Spoerl (BOSCH GmbH)

  • 16.55 - 17.20 Climate neutral and energy self-sufficient buildings, utopia or vision?
    Norbert Unterharnscheidt (e.systeme21 AG)

  • 17.30 - 18:30 Posterwalk

  • Dr. Olaf Böse (ZSW)
  • from 18:45 Conference Dinner

  • Posterawards

  • UECT Award

Thursday, June 5, 2025
Main-Topic: Batteries

  • 08.30 - 09.00 Welcome Coffee and early Check-in

9.00 - 9.15 Conference Opening
Prof. Dr. Markus Hölzle (ZSW) 

  • 09.00 - 09.15 European Battery Ecosystem – Reflection on Status and Challenges
    Peter Lamp (KLiB)

09.15 - 11.00 Session 4:
Batteries
Chair: Peter Lamp (KLiB)

  • 09.15 - 09.40 Lithium Ion Batteries – the global market and the role of Western players
    Wolfgang Bernhart (Roland Berger)

  • 09.40 - 10.05 Battery storage at EnBW AG: today and tomorrow
    Magdalena Graczyk-Zajac (EnBW AG)

  • 10.05 - 10.30 Electrochemical and mechanical cell development for ultra high power Lithium-Ion round cells manufactured in Germany
    Dr. Raffael Rueß (V4SMART)

  • 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 - 12.15 Session 5:
Recycling und Closed Loop
Chair: Margret Wohlfahrt-Mehrens (ZSW)

  • 11.00 - 11.25 Battery-grade anode and cathode materials from direct recycling: from process to new Li-ion cells
    Marilena Mancini (ZSW)

  • 11.25 - 11.50 Sustainable Recycling of Critical Raw Materials out of LIB Black Mass
    Julia Meese-Marktscheffel (H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH)

  • 11.50 - 12.15 Battery Recycling - Closing the loop in e-mobility
    Kerstin Schierle-Arndt (BASF)

  • 12.15 - 13.15 Lunch Break

13.15 - 15.20 Session 6:
Sodium-Ion Batteries
Chair: Arnold Lamm (e-Technologies GmbH)

  • 13.15 - 13.40 Electrode materials for Na-ion batteries
    Phillip Adelhelm (HZB)

  • 13.40 - 14.05 Cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries: Calculations of energy density and material cost on cell level
    Dr. Hannes Wolf (BASF SE)

  • 14.05 - 14.30 The Future of Sodium-Ion Batteries: Do They Still Have a Place in the Market?
    Dr. Sebastian Büchele (Litona GmbH)

  • 14.30 - 14.55 What is Next After Lithium- and Sodium-ion Batteries: Magnesium and Multivalent Metal Batteries
    Vito Di Noto (Uni Padua)

15.00 - 16.00 Panel Discussion:
Potential Pathways towards Green Mobility and Next Steps?

Dr. Volker Banhardt (e-mobil BW GmbH)

  • Werner Tillmetz (University of Ulm)
  • Peter Lamp (KLiB)
  • Thomas Speidel (ADS-TEC Group)
  • Josef Kallo (University of Ulm)
  • 16.00 - 16.15 Closing
    Prof. Dr. Markus Hölzle (ZSW) 
  • END OF CONFERENCE