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)