CONFERENCE AGENDA
Day 1 Morning:
08:00 - 08:55
(55 mins)
Registration & Morning Coffee
08:55 - 09:00
(5 mins)
Welcome by Organiser and Event Chairman
09:00 - 9:30
(30 mins)
Building a Realistic & Competitive European Battery Value Chain - Industrial Strategy, Scale & System Integration
9:30 - 10:00
(30 mins)
Designing Gigafactories for Rapid Deployment & Industrial Scale-Up
10:00 - 10:30
(30 mins)
Why Gigafactory Projects Fail – EPC, Equipment & Commissioning Lessons
10:30 - 11:00
(30 mins)
Morning Networking Tea Break
11:00 - 11:30
(30 mins)
Pilot Line to Mass Production – Why Scaling Battery Manufacturing Remains Difficult
11:30 - 12:00
(30 mins)
Dry Room Engineering – Energy, Precision & Contamination Control at Scale
12:00 - 12:30
(30 mins)
Coating, Calendering & Cell Assembly – Engineering for High Yield Manufacturing
Luncheon & Networking
Day 1 Afternoon:
13:30 - 14:00
(30 mins)
Formation & Ageing – Solving the Biggest Bottleneck in Battery Production
14:00 - 14:30
(30 mins)
Battery manufacturers must balance automation intensity, production flexibility, and long-term operating economics to remain globally competitive.
14:30 - 15:00
(30 mins)
Site Readiness – Grid Access, Water & Infrastructure Constraints
15:00 - 15:30
(30 mins)
Automation Strategy – Balancing Flexibility, Throughput & Full-Line Integration
15:30 - 16:00
(30 mins)
Afternoon Networking Tea Break
16:00 - 16:30
(30 mins)
Workforce & Skills, Building the Human Capability Behind Gigafactories
16:30 - 17:00
(30 mins)
Delivering Gigafactory Projects at Scale – Managing Cost, Risk & Execution
17:00 - 17:30
(30 mins)
Commissioning & Ramp-Up, the Final Bottleneck to Profitability
17:00 - 18:10
(30 mins)
Panel Discussion: What Will It Take to Build an OEM-Grade Gigafactory Ecosystem in the UK?
18:10
Day1 Closing Remarks
18:20
Cocktail Ceception & Dinner
Day 2 Morning:
08:00 - 08:55
(55 mins)
Morning Coffee & Networking
08:55 - 09:00
Welcome by Organiser and Event Chair
09:00 - 9:30
What Will It Really Take to Deliver OEM-Grade Gigafactories in the UK?
9:30 - 10:00
Black Mass Processing & Battery Recycling, Securing Critical Materials Through Circularity
10:00 - 10:30