International Conference on Advanced Lithium Batteries for Automobile Applications (ABAA)
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  • Day 01
    11/03/2025
  • Day 02
    11/04/2025
  • Day 03
    11/05/2025
    2:00PM - 5:00PM

    Sunday Nov 2, 2025

    Padova Congress Center (Registration Desk)
      
    7:30AM - 4:30PM

    Monday Nov 3, 2025

    Padova Congress Center (Registration Desk)
      
    8:30AM - 4:30PM

    Tuesday Nov 4, 2025

    Padova Congress Center (Registration Desk)
      
    • Morning Session 1
    • Morning Session 2
    • Afternoon Session 1
    • Afternoon Session 2
    8:30AM - 8:50AM

    #00: Opening Remarks

    Italian Officials/ Venice President / University President /   
    8:50AM - 9:15AM

    #01: US Battery Critical Minerals – R&D Strategy

     
    Michael Berube / DOE, USA  
    9:15AM - 9:40AM

    #02: Recent Activities in Research and Development on Next Generation Batteries in Japan

    Kohei Uosaki / Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan  
    9:40AM -10:05AM

    #03 Battery research, innovation and industrialization in Europe – State of play and future ambitions

    Fabrice Stassin / Batteries European Partnership Association (BEPA), Belgium  
    10:05AM - 10:30AM

    #04: Developing solid state batteries in China

     
    Hong Li / Chinese Academy of Sciences, China  
    10:30AM - 11:00AM

    Coffee Break (Exhibit & Posters)

      
    11:00AM - 11:30AM

    #05:

     
    Peter Bruce / University of Oxford, UK  
    11:30AM - 11:55AM

    #06: Canada and Quebec Ecosystem for Manufacturing Lithium-Ion Batteries: From mines to cells to recycling

     
    Karim Zaghib / Concordia University, Canada  
    11:55AM - 12:20PM

    #07: Challenges of Next Generation Battery for EV Application

     
    Koichiro Aotani / Nissan, Japan  
    12:20PM - 12:45PM

    #08: Exploring the Future of Battery Technology: Insights and Innovations for Automotive Applications.

     
    Juliane Kluge / BMW, Germany  
    12:45PM - 1:10PM

    #09: Honda’s sustainable Li-based cathode materials for batteries

     
    Yoshiyuki Morita / Honda, Japan  
    1:10PM - 2:40PM

    Lunch

     
      
    2:40PM - 3:05PM

    #10: BMS technology development direction to enhance EV safety and convenience

     
    Changho Jung / Hyundai, South Korea  
    3:05PM - 3:30PM

    #11:

     
    TBD / Stellantis, Italy  
    3:30PM - 3:55PM

    #12: The Future Challenges of Sports Vehicle Batteries.

     
    Elena Ligabue / Ferrari, Italy  
    3:55PM - 4:20PM

    #13: Driving Battery Innovation Through Simulation, AI, Big Data Analysis and System Integration

    Microvast is a vertically integrated battery technology company that designs and manufactures everything from core materials to complete battery systems. Our solutions
    Wenjuan Mattis / Microvast, USA  
    4:20PM - 4:45PM

    #14: Leapfrog the Competition Through Radical Battery Innovation

     
    Naoki Ota / 24M Technologies, USA  
    4:45PM - 5:15PM

    Coffee Break (Exhibit & Posters)

     
      
    5:15PM - 5:40PM

    #15: Solid-State Revolution: From Prototype to Pavement

     
    Alex Yu / Factorial Energy, USA  
    5:40PM - 6:05PM

    #16: Mitra Chem: Technological innovations with LFP/LMFP chemistry from lab to scale

    Chirranjeevi Gopal / Mitra Chem, USA  
    6:05PM - 6:30PM

    #17: Scaling Sustainability: Commercial Pathways for Direct Recycling and Production of Battery Cathodes

     
    Chao Yan / Princeton NuEnergy, USA  
    6:30PM - 6:55PM

    #18: Sodium Cathodic Materials: From Basic Research to Industrialization

    Xiaobo Ji / Central South University, China  
    6:55PM - 7:20PM

    #19:

    Robert Kostecki / LBLN, USA  
    • Morning Session 1
    • Morning Session 2
    • Afternoon Session 1
    • Afternoon Session 2
    8:30AM - 9:00AM

    #20:

    Jürgen Janek / University of Giessen, Germany  
    9:00AM - 9:25AM

    #21:

     
    Clare Grey / University of Cambridge, UK  
    9:25AM - 9:50AM

    #22: From Cheap Manufactured Solid Electrolytes to Designing Interfaces for Next Generation Batteries

    Next generation of energy storage devices may largely benefit from fast and solid Li + ceramic electrolyte conductors to allow for safe
    Jennifer Rupp / Technical University of Munich, Germany  
    9:50AM - 10:15AM

    #23: Mechano-electrochemical Phenomena in Ceramic Electrolytes

    Jeff Sakamoto / University of California, Santa Barbara, USA  
    10:15M - 10:40AM

    #24: Solid-state Battery via Dry Electrode technology and Composite Electrolyte

    Zongwei Chen / Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China  
    10:40AM - 11:10AM

    Coffee Break (Exhibit & Posters)

      
    11:10AM - 11:40AM

    #25: A Reality Check on All Solid State Battery Technologies

    Shirley Meng / University of Chicago, USA  
    1:40AM - 12:05PM

    #26: Is the microstructure controlling the electrochemical performance of solid state batteries?

    Claire Villevieille / University Grenoble-Alpes, France  
    12:05PM - 12:30PM

    #27: Accelerating Battery Development through Artificial Intelligence

    William Chueh / Stanford Univirsity, USA  
    12:30PM - 12:55PM

    #28: Towards High Current Density Solid-State Li and Na Batteries

    Eric Wachsman / University of Maryland, USA  
    12:55PM - 1:20PM

    #29: Lattice oxygen redox chemistry in layered oxides

    Chisu Kim / Hydro-Québec, Canada  
    1:20PM -2:50PM

    Lunch

      
    2:50PM - 3:20PM

    #30: Charting Li-ion Battery Solvent-Salt Decomposition Products in the SEI

     
    Kristine Persson / University of California, Berkeley, USA  
    3:20PM - 3:45PM

    #31: Soft Matter Electrolytes for Next-Generation Batteries

     
    Masayoshi Watanabe / Yokohama university, Japan  
    3:45PM - 4:10PM

    #32: Specific polymer binder design for high rate performance of metal-ion secondary batteries

     
    Noriyoshi Matsumi / Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan  
    4:10PM - 4:35PM

    #33: Gel polymer electrolytes for pressure-free silicon-based lithium-ion pouch cells

     
    Minhua Shao / UST, Hong Kong  
    4:35PM - 5:05PM

    Coffee Break (Exhibit & Posters)

      
    5:05PM -5:30PM

    #34: From Polymer to Ionic Liquid Electrolytes: Paving the Way Beyond Li-ion Batteries

     
    Gioele Pagot / University of Padova, Italy  
    5:30PM - 5:55PM

    #35: The ageing of Liion Batteries: Degradation Mecanism, Accelerating Tests and Lifetime Prediction

    Yong Yang / Xiamen University, China  
    5:55PM - 6:20PM

    #36:

    Maria Hahlin / Uppsala University, Sweden  
    8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

    Banquet

     
      
    • Morning Session 1
    • Morning Session 2
    • Afternoon Session 1
    • Afternoon Session 2
    8:30AM - 9:00AM

    #37: Lithium Metal Battery Anodes and Electrolytes

     
    Yi Cui / Stanford Univirsity, USA  
    9:00AM - 9:25AM

    #38: Progresses and Challenges for Next Generation High Energy Lithium Batteries

    Jun Liu / University of Washington, USA  
    9:25AM - 9:50AM

    #39: Surface Modifications of Graphite-Based Anodes to Enable Fast-Charging and High Safety of Li-Ion Batteries

     
    Nae-Lih Wu / National Taiwan University, Taiwan  
    9:50M - 10:15AM

    #40: Controlling short-range ordering simultaneously enables high capacity and long cycle stability in SiO

     
    Byoungwoo Kang / Postech, South Korea  
    10:15AM - 10:40AM

    #41: Engineering Oxide Nanocomposites via MAX Phase Oxidationfor for Advanced Negative Electrodes: Uncovering New Opportunities in Li-Ion Battery Materials Research

    Riccardo Ruffo / University of Milan Bicocca, Italy  
    10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

    Coffee Break (Exhibit & Posters)

      
    11:10AM - 11:40M

    #42: An update on Mn-rich d-DRX cathode materials

     
    Gerbrand Ceder / University of California, Berkeley, USA  
    10:40AM - 12:05PM

    #43: Lattice oxygen redox chemistry in layered oxides

    Kisuk Kang / Seoul National University, South Korea  
    12:05PM - 12:30PM

    #44: Over- & hyper-lithiated materials for optimized performance of next-generation Li batteries

    Won-Sub Yoon / Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea  
    12:30PM - 12:55PM

    #45: Unlocking the Potential of Lithium-Rich Layered Oxides: Innovations from Design to Demonstration in Lithium Batteries

    Sergio Brutti / La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy  
    12:55PM - 1:20PM

    #46: Strategies to improve lifetime of positive electrodes with water based binders

     
    Margaret Wohlfahrt-Mehrens / Ulm University, Germany  
    1:20PM - 2:50PM

    Lunch

      
    2:50PM - 3:15PM

    #47: New Materials for Na Ion Batteries

    Maximilian Fichtner / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany  
    3:15PM - 3:40PM

    #48: Towards an autonomous robotic battery materials research platform powered by automated workflow and ontologized FAIR data management

     
    Corsin Battaglia / EMPA, SUI  
    3:40PM - 4:05PM

    #49: Towards Potassium Batteries: Electrochemical Insights and Practical Challenges.

     
    Lorenzo Stievano / Université de Montpellier, France  
    4:05PM - 4:30PM

    #50: High-Energy-Density Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with Weakly Solvating Electrolyte

    Qian Zhang / Tsinghua University, China  
    4:30PM - 5:00M

    Coffee Break (Exhibit & Posters)

      
    5:00PM - 5:25PM

    #51: Digital Twin Battery Modeling and Simulations for Virtual Electrode Calendering and Structural Deformation of Separators in Metal Anode LIBs

    Yong Min Lee / Yonsei University, South Korea  
    5:25PM - 5:50PM

    #52: Direct Recycling supported by Design for Circularity for a Sustainable Battery Value Chain

    Giffin Guinevere / Fraunhofer-Institut für Silicatforschung ISC, Germany  
    5:50PM - 6:05PM

    Closing Remarks

     
    Khalil Amine / Vito Di Noto /