EUROBAT AGM & Forum 2012 in Prague, CZ

Event Date:

31 May 2012 - 1 June 2012

Location:

Prague/Czech Republic

Event Organizer:

EUROBAT

The 2012 annual EUROBAT AGM and Forum will take place from 31 May to 1 June in the charming city of Prague, Czech Republic. As in previous years, a series of internal meetings (Committees, Associate members meeting, Board and AGM) will take place on Thursday 31 May. On the second day, Friday 1 June, the Association will host the EUROBAT Forum, a high level conference with speakers from different areas that will be discussing topics such as electro-mobility, renewable energies and the future of battery manufacturing in Europe.

A social event will take place on Thursday evening in a typical Czech restaurant - the Vikárka

Practical Information:

· EUROBAT Forum Programme - Friday 1 June

· Venue: Corinthia Hotel Prague (Kongresova 1, Praha 4, 14069, Czech Republic)

· Registration: Please click here to complete your registration to the event

· List of Confirmed Participants

EUROBAT Forum Programme - Friday 1 June

09:00 Opening Address (Ray Kubis, EUROBAT President and President EnerSys Europe)

09:05 Oil Outlook, Views on Electric Vehicles and Storage Batteries

Alex Koener, Energy Analyst, Energy Technology Policy Division, International Energy Agency

09:30 Economic Outlook from the Battery Industry
Johann-Friedrich Dempwolff, Chairman of the EUROBAT Automotive Battery Committee & General Manager Sales OEM, Johnson Controls Power Solutions Europe
Chairman of the EUROBAT Industrial Battery Committee

09:50 Session 1: The Future of Battery Manufacturing in Europe
Panel discussion with audience, speakers and panel participants: Balancing Innovation with Regulation

· Guy Thiran, Director General, Eurometaux (European Association of Non-Ferrous Metals)

. Marc Steen, Head of Cleaner Energy Unit, DG Joint Research Centre - Institute for Energy and Transport, European Commission

. Marc Zoellner, EUROBAT Board Member, CEO HOPPECKE Batterien

· John Searle, EUROBAT Vice-Chairman, Chairman of the Management Board of SAFT

. Stepan Rabinak, Investment Development Manager, Czech Invest

Moderator: Mike Dunckley, Catalyst Consulting

11:00: Coffee Break and Exhibit Visit

11:30 Session 2: Removing Road Blocks in E-Mobility Acceptance

Panel discussion with audience, speakers and panel participants:

· Thomas Theisen, Chairman of EURELECTRIC’s Electric Vehicle Taskforce, (representing EURELECTRIC, Union of the Electricity Industry)

. Adolf Müller-Hellmann, General Manager VDV- Förderkreis e.V. and Honorary Pro-fessor at the Institut for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives of the Technical University of Aachen

. Andrzej Chmura, Future Technologies Research Engineer, Nissan

Moderator: Federico Vitali, EUROBAT Board Member, President FAAM

12:30 Session 3: Grid/Off-Grid:Why is Battery Storage one of the Key Solutions

Views from main stakeholders and discussion with audience

· Patrick Clerens, Secretary Genera, EASE (European Association for Storage of Energy)

· Thomas Theisen, Head of R&D, RWE

· Géry Bonduelle, Senior Director Engineering and Quality Assurance EMEA, EnerSys Europe

Moderator: Klaus Dieter Merz, EUROBAT Member, Vice-President, Abertax

13:30 Closing Address: Summing Up the Opportunities Ahead

Charles-Louis Ackermann, EUROBAT Board Member, President, Accumalux Group

13:35 Lunch

Speaker Biographies available here

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