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.

The final workshop report 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

Posters: Projects on Cell Materials Research

AMELIE
APPLES
AUTOSUPERCAP
ELECTROGRAPH
EUROLIION
HELIOS
LABOHR
SOMABAT

Coordination and Rapporteurs:

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