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

Engineering High-Throughput Battery Recycling Plants

10:30 - 11:00

Morning Networking Tea Break

11:00 - 11:30

Cathode Manufacturing Scale-Up – Process Control & CAM Production Challenges

11:30 - 12:00

Anode Manufacturing Innovation, Scaling Silicon & Next-Generation Materials

12:00 - 12:30

Dry Electrode Manufacturing – Is the Industry Ready for Industrial Scale

Luncheon & Networking

Day 2 Afternoon:

13:30 - 14:00

Solid-State Battery Manufacturing – How Factory Design Will Evolve

14:00 - 14:30

AI-Driven Manufacturing & Digital Twins, Towards Autonomous Gigafactories

14:30 - 15:00

Advanced Quality Control towards Zero-Defect Battery Production

15:00 - 15:30

Engineering Safe Gigafactories – Managing Thermal Runaway, Fire & Chemical Risk at Scale

15:30 - 16:00

Afternoon Networking Tea Break

16:00 - 16:30

Thermal Management & Cell-to-Pack Engineering for Next-Generation Battery Systems

16:30 - 17:10

Panel Discussion: Building a Competitive Battery Manufacturing Ecosystem Outside Asia

17:10

Day2 Closing Remarks