The Danish Battery Society (DBS) and Department of Energy at Aalborg University (AAU Energy) invite all with interests in batteries to the Danish Battery Symposium on 7 October 2025. The Symposium will take place at AAU Innovate at Aalborg University, Aalborg Campus.
The symposium will have three themes:
- Stationary storage systems. Battery energy storage systems are essential to integrate renewable energy into the electricity grid and to provide backup power for critical loads. Topics like business cases, battery technologies, role of grid connected batteries, etc. will be addressed.
- Startups and growth companies. How to come from an idea to a successful company? We have invited inspiring companies within the battery value chain to tell us about their journey.
- Future battery production in Europe. We invite our speakers for a panel debate on the challenges and opportunities on this critical topic.
We also encourage participants to present their activities and projects in the following sessions:
- Poster session. Participants will have the opportunity to present a poster.
- Participant updates. Participants will have a few minutes to present their activities, projects, etc., for example via PowerPoint or simply orally.
Practical information
- Date: 7 October 2025
- Language: English
- Participation fee: Free of charges
- Registration: Sign up here
- Registration deadline: 23 September 2025
- Venue: AAU Innovate at Aalborg University
- Adress: Thomas Manns Vej 25, 9220 Aalborg
Program (tentative, changes may occur)
- 9:30 Registration, coffee and bread
- 10:00 Welcome from the host and introduction to battery research at AAU Energy, Erik Schaltz, Assoc. Prof. AAU Energy
- 10:20 Stationary storage systems
- 10:20 Keynote from EWII on large battery energy storage systems
- 11:05 Energy Storage Economics in Denmark: BESS Revenue in 2025, Maciej Swierczynski, Project Manager and Senior Researcher, Xolta
- 11:25 Presentation from Schneider Electric on batteries for UPS systems
- 11:45 Lunch Buffet
- 12:45 Startup and growth companies
- 12:45 Understanding ageing in sodium-ion batteries, Reza Younesi, Board Member & Co-founder, Altris
- 13:05 Capital light battery production: Beyonder’s approach, Thomas Bergan, COO, Beyonder
- 13:25 From Water to Value, Paw Juul, CTO, Lithium Harvest
- 13:45 Panel debate on future battery production in Europe
- 14:30 Coffee and cake break with Poster session
- 15:30 Participant update
- 16:00 Closing
- 16:05 Refreshments and lab tour
Our Goal
The battery research is blooming in Denmark and a number of Danish companies are already focusing on developing materials and implementing batteries in commercial products.
The active players in Denmark are often small groups and to compete internationally, we see a need for exchange of knowledge and experience, i.e. characterization methods, lab facilities, types of batteries and market trends.
In recent years a number of interest groups have been founded to meet a need of sharing knowledge within a specific type of battery chemistry or a specific application of batteries, but so far no association has tried to gather and share information across the various research areas.
The purpose of the Danish Battery Society is to create a forum to share knowledge through targeted events and an annual meeting.
