Advanced Battery Power Conference:
The conference language is English.
Advanced Battery Power 2026 – Agenda Day 1
First day of the 18th International Battery Conference in Münster, Germany. Parallel sessions focusing on battery safety, solid-state batteries and sodium-ion technology.
The conference language is English.
Day 1 // April 14, 2026
Session chairs: Prof. Dr. Martin Winter, Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer
12:00 – 13:00
Registration
13:00 – 13:10
Welcome
Prof. Dr. Martin Winter
University of Münster | MEET & FZ Jülich | Helmholtz Institute Münster
Location: Plenary Hall
13:10 – 13:15
Video welcome message
Mona Neubaur
Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection, and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Location: Plenary Hall
13:15 – 13:20
Plenary lectures // Keynote speakers
Session chairs: Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer, Prof. Dr. Martin Winter
13:20 – 13:55
Can batteries live forever?
Prof. Maitane Berecibar
VUB – Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Location: Plenary Hall
13:55 – 14:30
Thermal safety of lithium batteries and beyond – Can we balance high risk/high gain and low risk/low return?
Dr. Markus Börner
MEET Battery Research Center
Location: Plenary Hall
Poster session and exhibition
14:30 – 15:30
Poster session 1 (even poster numbers) and exhibition
15:15 – 15:35
Coffee break and exhibition
Parallel session 1
15:35 – 16:55
Session 1A
Pack Level 2: Diagnostic & Battery Management
Session chair:
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Location: Red Room
| 15:35 | Cyclic Lifetime of a Nickel-Rich NMC Pouch Cell Doubled by Quasi-Isobar Operation Using Compression Pads | Hendrik Laufen Co-Autoren: Sascha Berg, Christiane Rahe, Dirk Uwe Sauer | CARL, RWTH Aachen University |
| 15:55 | OCV-ICA: Online diagnostics on reconstructed OCV curves from operational data | PhD Preben J. S. Vie Co-Autoren: Julia Wind | IFE - Institute for Energy Technology |
| 16:15 | Operando diagnostics of the open-circuit voltage curve of batteries with voltage-controlled models | Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bessler Co-Autoren: Jonas Braun | Offenburg University of Applied Sciences |
| 16:35 | From Risk Analysis to Advanced Diagnostics: A Global Approach for Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Safety | PhD Candidate Ditto Aurélia | CEA |
| 15:35 | 14.04.2026 Session 1A 15:35 Uhr Hendrik Laufen Co-Autoren: Sascha Berg, Christiane Rahe, Dirk Uwe Sauer CARL, RWTH Aachen University Cyclic Lifetime of a Nickel-Rich NMC Pouch Cell Doubled by Quasi-Isobar Operation Using Compression Pads |
| 15:55 | 14.04.2026 Session 1A 15:55 Uhr PhD Preben J. S. Vie Co-Autoren: Julia Wind IFE - Institute for Energy Technology OCV-ICA: Online diagnostics on reconstructed OCV curves from operational data |
| 16:15 | 14.04.2026 Session 1A 16:15 Uhr Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bessler Co-Autoren: Jonas Braun Offenburg University of Applied Sciences Operando diagnostics of the open-circuit voltage curve of batteries with voltage-controlled models |
| 16:35 | 14.04.2026 Session 1A 16:35 Uhr PhD Candidate Ditto Aurélia CEA From Risk Analysis to Advanced Diagnostics: A Global Approach for Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Safety |
15:35 – 16:55
Session 1B
Cell Level 2: Thermal Safety
Session Chair:
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Location: Plenary Hall
| 15:35 | Vibration Monitoring of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Early Failure Prediction | Dr. rer. nat. Axel Kramer Co-Autoren: Minglong He, Daniel Landmann, Pirmin Tröndle, Andreas Port | ABB Switzerland |
| 15:55 | Kinetic Analysis of crosstalk and gas evolution during thermal abuse of Li-ion batteries | Jorge Roberto Valenzuela García de León Co-Autoren: Leon Schmidt und Ulrike Krewer | Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) |
| 16:15 | Thermal-mechanical-electrochemical coupling in high-rate performance of large Li-ion cells | PhD Tihana Stefanic Co-Autoren: Charles Monroe, David Howey | University of Oxford |
| 16:35 | Linking Fast-Charging Dynamics to Gas Evolution and Safety in Lithium-Ion Batteries | PhD Jingwen Wendy Weng Co-Autoren: Carlos Garcia, Zixuan Gai, Gregory James Offer | Imperial College |
| 15:35 | 14.04.2026 Session 1B 15:35 Uhr Dr. rer. nat. Axel Kramer Co-Autoren: Minglong He, Daniel Landmann, Pirmin Tröndle, Andreas Port ABB Switzerland Vibration Monitoring of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Early Failure Prediction |
| 15:55 | 14.04.2026 Session 1B 15:55 Uhr Jorge Roberto Valenzuela García de León Co-Autoren: Leon Schmidt und Ulrike Krewer Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Kinetic Analysis of crosstalk and gas evolution during thermal abuse of Li-ion batteries |
| 16:15 | 14.04.2026 Session 1B 16:15 Uhr PhD Tihana Stefanic Co-Autoren: Charles Monroe, David Howey University of Oxford Thermal-mechanical-electrochemical coupling in high-rate performance of large Li-ion cells |
| 16:35 | 14.04.2026 Session 1B 16:35 Uhr PhD Jingwen Wendy Weng Co-Autoren: Carlos Garcia, Zixuan Gai, Gregory James Offer Imperial College Linking Fast-Charging Dynamics to Gas Evolution and Safety in Lithium-Ion Batteries |
15:35 – 16:55
Session 1C:
Life Cycle 2: LCA & LCC
Session chair:
nn
Location: Green Room
| 15:35 | Design Matters: How Cell Architecture Shapes the Per- formance, Cost, and Environmental Impact of Battery Technologies | Nicolas Kaiser Duc Minh Nguyen Co-Autoren: Florian Hölting, Martin Florian Börner, Mark Junker, Moritz Fabian Schütte, Florian Ringbeck, Dirk Uwe Sauer | CARL, RWTH Aachen University |
| 15:55 | Cradle-to-Use Life Cycle Assessment of Sodium-ion Batteries: The Role of Electricity Mix and Regional Integration | Aya Rageh Co-Autoren: Alastair Hales, Jemma Rowlandson, Marie Pinochet | University of Bristol |
| 16:15 | Sustainable Energy Concepts For Battery Cell Production In North America | Philipp Sanders Co-Autoren: Tarek Lichtenfeldt; Prof. Dr. Simon Lux | Fraunhofer FFB |
| 16:35 | Power play: A multi-criteria analysis of present and future battery technologies. | PhD Evangelos Kallitsis Co-Autoren: Aditya Anindito Widayat, Gregory J. Offer, Jacqueline S. Edge | Imperial College London |
| 15:35 | 14.04.2026 Session 1C 15:35 Uhr Nicolas Kaiser Duc Minh Nguyen Co-Autoren: Florian Hölting, Martin Florian Börner, Mark Junker, Moritz Fabian Schütte, Florian Ringbeck, Dirk Uwe Sauer CARL, RWTH Aachen University Design Matters: How Cell Architecture Shapes the Per- formance, Cost, and Environmental Impact of Battery Technologies |
| 15:55 | 14.04.2026 Session 1C 15:55 Uhr Aya Rageh Co-Autoren: Alastair Hales, Jemma Rowlandson, Marie Pinochet University of Bristol Cradle-to-Use Life Cycle Assessment of Sodium-ion Batteries: The Role of Electricity Mix and Regional Integration |
| 16:15 | 14.04.2026 Session 1C 16:15 Uhr Philipp Sanders Co-Autoren: Tarek Lichtenfeldt; Prof. Dr. Simon Lux Fraunhofer FFB Sustainable Energy Concepts For Battery Cell Production In North America |
| 16:35 | 14.04.2026 Session 1C 16:35 Uhr PhD Evangelos Kallitsis Co-Autoren: Aditya Anindito Widayat, Gregory J. Offer, Jacqueline S. Edge Imperial College London Power play: A multi-criteria analysis of present and future battery technologies. |
Lighting Talks
16:55 – 17:50
Lighting Talks
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Location: Plenary Hall
17:50
End of the first day