Practical information
Venue: CSEM Battery Innovation Hub – Monruz 17 – Neuchatel
Date & Time: Wednesday, 29 April 2026, 10:00 - 13:00
Language: English
Program
07:30
Welcome Coffee
Start the morning with coffee and informal exchanges with fellow industry professionals, CSEM experts, and invited speakers before the session begins.
08:00
Industry perspective on battery developments
- Michael Lippert, Director of Innovation and Solutions for Energy, Saft
From energy density and safety to manufacturability and market pressure, this session explores the shifts and warning signs that matter most for companies making strategic battery decisions today.
08:30
Beyond Graphite: The path to safer and high-energy density batteries
- Andrea Ingenito, Group Leader Coatings for Energy Devices, CSEM BIH
Safer batteries with more energy: which material pathways are actually promising? Explore the material pathways that could unlock safer, higher-energy batteries, from advanced electrodes to polymer electrolytes and new manufacturing approaches, and see what it takes to bring them closer to real application.
08:50
Networking break
React to the first sessions and connect with experts and peers facing similar challenges.
09:10
Cell core temperature estimation and related safety and performance breakthroughs
- Andreas Hutter, Group Leader Battery Systems, CSEM BIH
The most critical battery signals are not always the easiest to see. Learn how advanced sensing and estimation reveal what matters most to improve safety, battery intelligence, and real-world reliability.
09:30
Laboratory visits
Designed to encourage more direct conversations around your own questions, technical bottlenecks, and current priorities.
Why not kick off your first live tests on the spot? That time is yours.
10:15
Standing lunch and peer discussion
A final opportunity to build connections and turn the morning’s insights into relevant conversations.
What you’ll leave with
Why CSEM
At CSEM, we don’t just develop battery technologies.
We work on the points where they fail.



