Chalmers’ Production Area of Advance, together with the Competence Centre MAXBATT, warmly invites industry, academia and public stakeholders to an interactive seminar on how collaboration can accelerate sustainable battery manufacturing in Sweden, the EU and beyond.
Overview
- Date:Starts 16 January 2026, 08:30Ends 16 January 2026, 15:00
- Seats available:115
- Location:
- Language:English
- Last sign up date:8 January 2026
The seminar will explore how joint research efforts can support more sustainable production across the battery value chain.
Hosts: MAXBATT and Production Area of Advance
AGENDA
08:30–09:00: Arrival & Registration
09:00–09:10: Welcome & Introduction (Opening Remarks and Vision for MAXBATT), Björn Johansson, director
09:10 – 10:00: Session 1: Battery Production Quality and Sustainability
Chair: Jon Bokrantz, Chalmers University of Technology
- Quality and maintenance in battery manufacturing, Oskar Falk, NOVO Energy
- Battery materials and sustainable battery manufacturing, Jinhua Sun, Chalmers University of Technology
- Graphite to graphene vs circularity, Blerina Gjoka, Chalmers Industriteknik
- Digital product passports (DPP) and flexible electrified industry as enablers for sustainability, Hanna Persson, Chalmers Industriteknik
- Panel Q&A
10:00 – 10:15: Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:30: Session 2: Cell-to-Pack Integration
Chair: Mélanie Despeisse, Chalmers University of Technology
- Competences for battery manufacturing – Volvo Group, Johan Ottosson, Volvo Group
- A sustainable battery value chain – from cell to pack, Anna Syberfeldt, Högskolan i Skövde
- Cell to pack versus blade battery: one time use versus circularity, Johan Dahlström, Högskolan Väst
- Joining strategies to improve performance of battery packs, Vivek Patel, Högskolan Väst
- Challenges for Scania Battery Production - Cells to Modules and Pack, Ulrika Brohede and Joe Howard, Scania
Panel Q&A
11:30 – 12:30: Lunch Break
12:30 – 13:30: Session 3: Production of Next-Gen Batteries & Competence Development
Chair: Leif Asp, Chalmers University of Technology
- Energy everywhere: structural batteries for lightweight, sustainable systems, Johanna Xu, Chalmers University of Technology
- Production intelligence framework for battery cell manufacturing – towards self-adapting manufacturing systems, Martin Karlsson, Luleå University of Technology
- Training for battery production – experiences from a year with Battery Centre Gothenburg, Johan Bengtsson, Battery Centre Gothenburg
- Panel Q&A
13:30 – 14:00: Closing Remarks
Summary of key insights
Next steps for MAXBATT collaboration
14:00 – 15:00: Networking mingle
Informal networking
- Full Professor, Production Systems, Industrial and Materials Science
- Associate Professor, Production Systems, Industrial and Materials Science
