Workshop 4 | Powering the Green Deal - Sustainable and Responsible Batteries Made in Europe
The session will illustrate how crucial the various industrial technologies are in which EU and Member States are investing heavily to make “made in EU batteries” a success and highlight the importance of developing a European battery value-chain supporting the EU's Green Deal ambitions.
Speakers:
- Julia Sakovica (Policy Officer at the Unit Future Urban & Mobility Systems, Directorate Clean Planet; DG for Research and Innovation, EU-COM)
- Edgar Berger (Sustainability Expert at BMW)
- An Steegen (Chief Technology Officer at Umicore )
- Fredrik Hedlund (CEO Northvolt Zwei)
- Philippe Jacques (Managing Director at the Energy Materials Industrial Research Initiative (EMIRI))
Interviews:
- Bo Normark (Industrial Strategy Executive at EIT InnoEnergy // Representative of European Battery Alliance)
- Prof. Fritz Klocke (Head of the Process Technology Division Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (FhG IPT))
