WMBE2024 Event Brochure
WMBE2024 Event Outline
Enabled Future Limited warmly invites you to our 1st West Midlands Battery EcoSystem Conference & Expo #WMBE2024. This 1-day event will take place on the 4th November, 2024 at the MTC – Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry, UK. The event is offered free to attendees and moreover we will provide catering throughout the day. Sign up for your free pass via Eventbrite and download the event flyer here.
Accordingly, attendees can enjoy hearing from a range of industry experts, policy makers and academic institutions all working towards the objective of growing and supporting the battery ecosystem in the West Midlands. Furthermore, there will also be ample time for networking and for visiting the event’s exhibition. Simultaneously, Polestar Solihull will be demonstrating their Polestar 2 and Polestar 3 vehicles in the car parking space outside the MTC Sopwith Building and offering test drives.
For more information on the event and opportunities for speaking, exhibiting and sponsorship, please contact our CEO Dr Michelle Lynch FRSC via Linkedin or by email.
We look forward to seeing you at this prestigious event that will spotlight the West Midlands’ leadership in the growth of key energy transition technologies, jobs and contribution to the UK’s GDP.
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WMBE2024 Speakers
WMBE2024 Conference Agenda
08:30 – 09:00 Registration & Refreshments
09:00 – 09:05 Chairperson’s Introduction, Steve Doyle, EVERA Recruitment
09:05 – 09:30 Keynote Speech: The Greenpower Park Initiative, Andy Williams, Coventry City Council, (tbc)
09:30 – 09:45 Profile of the West Midlands Battery Supply Chain and Survey Results, Dr Michelle Lynch, CEO, Enabled Future Limited
09:45 – 10:05 Support for the UK Battery Industry: Innovation, Skills and Scale-up, Dr Thomas Bartlett, Deputy Director, UKRI Faraday Battery Challenge
10:05 – 10:35 West Midlands Battery EcoSystems Panel: Steve Doyle (Chair): Dr Michelle Lynch, Jake Powell, Dr Thomas Bartlett
10:35 – 11:00 Morning Networking Break & Refreshments
11:00 – 11:30 AI-Driven and Model-Based Battery Manufacturing Process Optimisation & Control, Prof Mona Faraji Niri, Associate Professor at Warwick Manufacturing Group
11:30 – 12:00 Bridging the gap from R&D to mass production: the importance of battery manufacturing, Naseer Ahmed, Commercial Director, UKBIC
12:00 – 12:30 Battery Producers Panel: Dr Nessa Fereshteh Saniee (Chair), Prof Mona Faraji Niri, Naseer Ahmed, Dr Aaron Wade
12:30 – 13:30 Networking Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 MTC Battery Projects and Recycling, Dr Mickey Crozier, Chief Engineer, Component Technologies, MTC
14:00 – 14:30 West Midlands Battery Reuse & Recycling, Dr Gavin Harper, Research Fellow at Met4Tech, UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Technology Metals
14:30 – 15:00 Battery Circularity Panel: Dr Aaron Wade (Chair), Tom Seward, Dr Mickey Crozier, Dr Gavin Harper, Dr Michelle Lynch
15:00 – 15:30 Afternoon Networking Break & Refreshments
15:30 – 15:50 Wireless Power Transfer A Complementary Technology with Supplementary Advantages, Blessin Annie John, Durham University
15:50 – 16:05 How to Systematically Build Product and Process Robustness, Tim Shelley, Founder, TJ Digital Systems
16:05 – 16:15 Young Employee Initiatives, Polestar tbc.
16:15 – 16:30 Panel Discussion: Dr Michelle Lynch (Chair), Blessin Annie John, Tim Shelley +1
16:30 Conference Take Home Messages & Close