1st AluSym 2026 Symposium on Aluminum in Energy Conversion and Storage

Further information

• Program

  The final program will be uploaded in January. 

  Preliminary schedule

  Wednesday, March 4th:

  Registration: 12 pm - 1 pm 

  Oral presentations: 1 pm - 6 pm (including a coffee break)

  Poster Apero with drinks and snacks

  Thursday, March 5th:

  Oral presentations: 9 am - 1 pm (including a coffee break)

  Final announcements and closing of the symposium: 1 pm

• Invited Speakers

  This list will constantly be updated.

  Prof. Patrik Johansson - Uppsala UniversityExternal link

  "A decade of Al metal organic batteries - and what now?"

  Prof. Magda Titirici - Imperial College LondonExternal link

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  Dr. Kostiantyn Kravchyk - EmpaExternal link - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

  "Toward Practical Aluminum Dual-Ion Batteries: From Early Concepts to Realistic Performance Limits and Design Rules"

  Dr. Giuseppe Antonio Elia - Politecnico di TorinoExternal link

  tba

  Dr. Minghao Yu - Technische Universität DresdenExternal link

  tba

  Prof. Ann Marie Svensson - NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyExternal link

  "On the Search for New Current Collectors and Electrolytes for Aluminium Carbon Batteries"

  Dr. Noha Sabi - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

  "Stability of binders in contact with ionic liquid electrolytes for application in aluminum batteries: a comparative study"

  Dr.-Ing.Jean-François Drillet - DECHEMA-ForschungsinstitutExternal link

  tba

  Prof. Gero Frisch – TU Bergakademie FreibergExternal link

  "Aluminium speciation in aluminium ion battery electrolytes: what we know and what we still need to discover"

  Dr. Samuel Lorenz – IolitecExternal link

  tba

  Dr. Peter Marcinkowski - Fraunhofer IKTS

  "Development of larger format AGDIB multilayer pouch cells"

• Sponsors

  will follow soon