Agenda and Presentations

Joint EC / European Green Cars Initiative Workshop 2011 "Europe’s Strengths, Competencies and Job Opportunities in Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing"

Fondation Universitaire, Rue d'Egmont 11, Bruxelles, 7 December 2011

The invitiation letter can be found here.

Opening

• Welcome, Wolfgang Steiger, Volkswagen / Chairman ERTRAC and EGCI Advisory Group
• Keynote EC / DG RTD, Herbert von Bose, Director Industrial Technologies, European Commission
• Keynote Spain, Xabier Garmendia, Vice-Minister of Industry and Energy, Basque Government
• Report from Japan, Setsuko Wakabayashi, NEDO

Session 1: Strengths and Competences

Chairperson: Jérôme Perrin, Renault

• GREENLION, Oscar Miguel Crespo, CIDETEC
  
• ELIBAMA, Jérôme Perrin, Renault
• Smart LIC, Sven Rzepka, Fraunhofer ENAS
  
• SuperLIB , Bernhard Kortschak, AVL
  
• ESTRELIA, Ewald Wachmann, Austriamicrosystems
  
• LABOHR, Elie Paillard, University of Münster
  

Session 2: Manufacturing and Regional Dimension

Chairperson: Andreas Dorda, A3PS

• Development of Battery Cell Manufacturing Technologies, Claudio Lanciotti, KEMET
• Nissan EV Batteries Manufacturing Plant, Francisco Carranza-Sierra, Nissan
• Activities on advanced battery for electric vehicles in CEGASA, Igor Cantero, CEGASA
• Recycling of NiMH and Li-ion batteries, Jan Tytgat, Umicore

Session 3: Coordination and Standardization

Chairperson: Pietro Perlo, IFEVS

• Standardization Issues related to Batteries, Ziva Patir, Better Place
  
• Crucial Role of the Full Value Chain and SMEs in Battery Manufacturing, Maria Luisa Soria, SERNAUTO
  

Conclusions and closing remarks

Dirk Beernaert, Head of Unit Microsystems, European Commission

Coordination and Rapporteurs:

Gereon Meyer (VDI/VDE-IT / ICT4FEV)
Gonzalo Hennequet (Renault / CAPIRE)
Jesus Monclus Gonzalez (CDTI)