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EUROBAT AGM/Forum 2017

Date

Thu, 06/08/2017 to Fri, 06/09/2017

Section

Energy
Transport
Climate & Environment

Event Location

Brussels

Event Description

 

Programme

Thursday, 8 June 2017

  • Internal meetings for EUROBAT members only (Committees, Working Groups, Associate member meeting and AGM).
  • Social event and dinner at Autoworld Brussels

Friday, 9 June 2017

Registration as of 08:30

Moderator: Simon Godwin, Impact Assessment Insitute

09:00 - 09:15 - Welcome

  • Johann-Friedrich Dempwolff, EUROBAT President & Vice-President Industry & Government Relations EMEA, Johnson Controls Power Solutions 

09:15 - 10:30 - Session I: Review of the EU Battery Directive - Impacts for Producers of Automotive and Industrial Batteries

  • Keynote speech by Jose Rizo Martin, Unit for Waste Management and Secondary Material, DG Environment
  • Karsten Kurz, Exide Technologies, Chair of the EUROBAT Committee on Environmental Matters
  • Patrick de Metz, SAFT, Vice-Chair of the EUROBAT Committee on Environmental Matters
  • Alain Vassart, Secretary General, European Battery Recyclers Association

10:30 - 11:00 - Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00 - Session II: Panel discussion: 'Competitiveness of EU Battery Manufacturers'

  • Sigrid de Vries, Secretary General, CLEPA, European Association of Automotive Suppliers
  • Alexandre Roesch, Policy Director, SolarPowerEurope
  • EUROBAT speaker

12:00 - 13:15 - Session III: Batteries in Motive Power Applications - Technologies & Policies

  • Labros Bisalas, System Sunlight, Chair of the EUROBAT Motive Power Working Group
  • Heiko Boekhoff, FEM, European Materials Handling Federation
  • Original Equipment Manufacturer of Motive Power Applications

13:15 - 13:30 - Closing Remarks

 

We look forward to welcoming you in Brussels!

Registration

Room reservation (Marriott Hotel Grand Place, Rue Auguste Orts 3-7,Brussels/Belgium) 

 

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