Program

15.11.2023 9:00-15:00
Event location: Epicenter, Mikonkatu 9, 00100 Helsinki
Host: Claudia Koistinen, German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce

8:30 – 9:00
Registration, coffee & tea

9:00 – 9:15
Opening words
Claudia Koistinen, German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce

9:15 – 9:50
Keynote - Finnish projects in the battery industry - snapshot
Vesa Koivisto, Senior Vice President Battery Value Chain, Finnish Minerals Group

9:50 – 10:25
German company pitches
cylib GmbH, Matthias Breidenbach, Head of Business Development
GS-Power GmbH & Co KG, Guido Seitz, Managing Director
Hecht Technologie GmbH, Hannes Plangger, Sales

10:25 – 10:40
Coffee break

10:40 – 11:15
Keynote - The emerging EU Battery Ecosystem and positioning of Actors along the Value Chain
Axel Thielmann, Head of Competence Center - Emerging Technologies
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI

11:15 – 11:50
German company pitches
HOSOKAWA ALPINE AG, Alexander Krauser, Operations Director Chemical Division
KUKA Systems GmbH, Oliver Groß, Key Account Manager
LiBCycle GmbH, Philipp Brunotte, Managing Director

11:50 – 12:50
Lunch break

12:50 – 13:30
German company pitches
NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH, Dmitry Sergeev, Application Scientist & Torsten Remmler, Sales and Applications Rheometry
RAYLASE GmbH, Jan Bernd Habedank, Head of Technical Competence Center
Sonplas GmbH, Luca Schmerbeck, Product Manager Battery

13:30 – 13:50
Coffee break

13:50 – 14:40
Panel discussion: The Battery Industry - Current situation and outlook
Moderation: Jan Feller, Managing Director, German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce
Axel Thielmann, Head of Competence Center - Emerging Technologies, Fraunhofer Institute for
Systems and Innovation Research ISI
Mari Lundström, Associate Professor Hydrometallurgy, Aalto University
Markku Teräsvasara, President, Minerals and Deputy CEO, Metso Oyj
Thorsten Lahrs, CEO, CNGR Europe New Energy Technology GmbH & CNGR Finland Oy
Tor Stendahl, Managing Director & Country Manager, FREYR Battery Finland Oy

14:40 – 15:00
Conclusion & networking
Claudia Koistinen, Market Entry & Business Development, German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce