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Tuesday, 7 November 2023
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08:30
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Registration and refreshments
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09:00
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Chair’s opening remarks
Paul Jones, Chief Executive, Northern Automotive Alliance
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Meeting the demands of the battery landscape
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09:10
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Opening keynote
Andy Palmer, Board Director, InoBat; Hilo; PodPoint
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09:40
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Supply and Demand: Roadmap to meeting battery needs
Dr Hadi Moztarzadeh, Head of Technology Trends, Advanced Propulsion Centre
- What should the UK be doing to support the global electric vehicle industry?
- How can the supply chain be made more effective?
- Regulation changes and projection
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10:10
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Unified Progress: Bridging the gap between education and industry
Benjamin Silverstone, Associate Professor; Director of WMG Skills Centre, University of Warwick
- Understanding the route from innovation to production
- Exploring a diversity of technology
- How to bring together the work of scientific communities with engineering communities
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10:40
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How do we scale the UK battery industry?
Thomas Bartlett, Deputy Director, Faraday Battery Challenge, Innovate UK
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11:10
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Exhibitor Showcase
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11:20
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Networking refreshment break
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Cell design and technology
Chair: Benjamin Silverstone, Associate Professor; Director of WMG Skills Centre, University of Warwick
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Off-highway/Heavy-duty EV Landscape
Chair: Paul Jones, Chief Executive, Northern Automotive Alliance
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11:50
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Cost-effective and customised battery pack design
James Eaton, CEO and Co-Founder, IONETIC
- Why vertical integration is key for reducing development cost
- How to turbocharge vertical integration
- What IONETIC does to onshore battery pack production cost effectively
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Fuel cell vehicle for off-highway and heavy-duty
Cedric Rouaud, Fuel Cell Systems Director, Bramble Energy
- Emissions and lifecycle of product: end of life demands and materials sourcing
- Designing for tough operating environments
- Maintenance and repair on-site
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12:20
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Next generation processes for high performance cathodes
Joe Stevenson, CEO, Anaphite
- Challengesin cathode manufacturing
- Redesigning the process for better product and reduced cost
- Future opportunities
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Infrastructure, charging and chassis challenges
Mark Collins, E-Mobility Product Manager, Volvo Trucks
- HGV architecture for electrification
- The suitability of the current legislative framework
- Remanufacturing, Refurbishing, Recycling and Repurposing Batteries
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12:50
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Understanding solid state: Challenges and potential
Denis Pasero, Product Commercialisation Manager, Ilika
- How to manufacture solid state technologies
- Case studies, current industry and future plans
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Current innovation: Case study
James Hoxey, Head of Business Development, Williams Advanced Engineering
- Future of electrification in the off-highway landscape
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13:20
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Networking lunch
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Thermal management and cooling
Chair: Billy Wu, Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London
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Powertrain electrification developments and challenges
Chair: Andrew Fraser, Technical Consultant, Zemo Partnership
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14:20
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Immersion cooling: the effect on performance and lifetime of lithium-ion batteries
Charlotte Roe, PhD Researcher, Imperial College London
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Adaptable module for high-performance niche volume battery packs
Alistair Farman, Chief Engineer, MAHLE Powertrain
- Flexible battery concept with novel cooling features enabling sustained high-performance operation
- Low temperature variation within, and between, cells
- Packaging flexibility and ability to customise for applications
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14:50
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Battery Thermal Runaway Propagation Prevention with immersion cooling
Rocco Potenza, Expert Technologist, Advanced Electrification Research, BP
- Thermal management of battery packs by Immersion cooling enables fast charge as well as prevention of thermal runaway propagation.
- Thermal propagation results for immersion cooling versus indirect cooling are presented.
- Results from different battery cell form factors are being shared
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Battery monitoring techniques
Joel Sylvester, Chief Technology Officer, Dukosi
- Management of all cells in the system (BMS)
- Challenges of cell to pack on BMS
- Efficiency, preventative maintenance, and lifecycle concerns
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15:20
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Battery cooling challenges and development
Francesco Restuccia, Lecturer in Engineering, King’s College London
- Using simulation for understanding both cell surface temperature and temperature distribution within a pack/cell
- Modelling thermal propagation
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Trends in pack design: Improving energy density and performance
Tung Fai Yu, Traction Battery Technical Specialist, Jaguar Land Rover
- Module/cell design and manufacturing processes
- Safety challenges
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15:50
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Exhibitor showcase
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16:00
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Networking refreshment break
Chair: Andrew Fraser, Technical Consultant, Zemo Partnership
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16:30
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Roundtable discussions
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- How to pivot your business to the battery marketplace
Paul Jones, Chief Executive, Northern Automotive Alliance
- What are the challenges for cell and pack design: The performance perspective
Billy Wu, Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London
- Safety requirements and legislation: What are they and how do we move forward?
Cedric Rouaud, Fuel Cells System Director, Bramble Energy
- On and off-road: Understanding the differences
Andrew Fraser, Technical Consultant, Zemo Partnership
- The future of charging: Innovation and current challenges
Lisa Bingley, Operations Director, MIRA Technology Institute
- Diversity and skills training and challenges
Hadi Moztarzadeh, Head of Technology Trends, Advanced Propulsion Centre UK
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17:10
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Roundtables feedback
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17:30
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Chair’s closing remarks
Andrew Fraser, Technical Consultant, Zemo Partnership
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17:40
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End of Day One
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17:45
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Drinks Reception
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