Optimal Management of electrical Energy Storage – Unravelling the true potential of your battery! 

A Full Day of Innovation and Networking!

In this year’s edition, battery specialists from EnergyVille/VITO, together with industrial frontrunners, will present the latest innovations in battery diagnosis, state estimations, and strategies to optimise battery lifetime and performance. The symposium will offer a mix of scientific and technical presentations and demos.

The symposium includes several networking opportunities and visits to exhibitor booths. During the lunch break, attendees can tour EnergyVille’s state-of-the-art Battery Testing Lab.

A Unique Location

• Thor Central is located at the heart of Thor Park, a 93-hectare technology and science park combining innovation and heritage. This former mine site has been transformed into a hub for cutting-edge technology and meaningful collaborations while preserving its historical significance.
• Hosted in Genk, Belgium, at the centre of the technological top region ELAt, connecting Eindhoven, Leuven, and Aachen as a leading European innovation hub.

Topics Covered

• Battery Diagnosis
• Advanced State Estimation
• Lifetime Optimisation
• Battery Management Systems
• Total Cost of Ownership

Programme

• 9.30 Welcome & introduction
  • • Bert Gysen – Research Director Unit Water & Energy Transition – VITO/EnergyVille

• 9.40 – 10.40 Exploring today’s challenges & limitations of state of the art battery solutions
  • • Khiem Trad – Senior Researcher OMES – VITO/EnergyVille
    • Pierre Bayart – Managing director – BSTOR
    • Michel Verschuere – Managing director – YUSO
• 10.40 – 11.15 coffee break
• 11.15 – 12.15 Overcoming today’s challenges & limitations towards safer & more reliable electrical energy storage
  • • Guillaume Thenaisie – Researcher OMES – VITO/EnergyVille
    • Emre Aslakci – Founder – MEAtec
    • Arne Vanacker – Co-founder – Bright Energy
• 12.15 – 13.45 lunch break, networking, battery testing lab tour
• 13.45 – 14.45 Bringing technologies to live: a flavour of VITO’s R&D collaborations
  • FLEXINET: Intelligent flexibility through integrated hybrid storage technologies
    • Luis Couto – Researcher OMES – VITO/EnergyVille
    • Roland Kahmann – Sales & account manager – HELIOX
  • BE-CO-OPTIMAL: Battery Energy storage system total Cost of Ownership OPTImalisation through physics-informed MAchine Learning
    • Raf Ponnette – Senior Researcher OMES – VITO/EnergyVille
    • Maxime Snick – Co-founder & CEO – Octave
  • HiHelios: demonstrating a High-energy and High-power hybrid battery storagE soLutIonS platform for multiple grid services
    • Geert Jacobs – Senior Research Engineer – VITO/EnergyVille
    • Aimilios Orfanos – Founder – Revolta

• 14.45 – 15.30 Panel discussion
  • • Moderator: Grietus Mulder, Senior Researcher – VITO/EnergyVille

• 15.30 – 17.00 Networking drinks & reception