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)
