Strengthening European resilience upstream in the battery value chain | 27 October 2022 | Brussels & ONLINE

#Batteries4EU Roundtable: Strengthening European resilience upstream in the battery value chain

This event is hosted by Member of the European Parliament, Hildegard Bentele, and will take place on 27 October, from 14:00-15:30, as an hybrid event.

This event will feature discussions on the upcoming Critical Raw Materials Act, especially exploring the prerequisites needed to diversify the supply of battery raw materials, strengthen European resilience upstream in the battery value chain and decrease dependencies. It will further shed light on the challenges for the rollout of EVs and seek tangible solutions, including by addressing policy coherence.

We envisage a 90-minute workshop held in hybrid format, in Brussels and online. It will feature speakers from the European Commission, the European Parliament, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action the Portuguese Permanent Representation, RECHARGE members, Eurometaux, as well as Transport & Environment.

Onsite seats are limited. For online attendance, please RSVP here. Upon registration you will receive an automated email by WebEx containing the dial-in details.

Speakers:
– Hildegard Bentele, ITRE Committee member & host of the event
– Daniel Cios, Policy Officer, DG GROW Unit I1, European Commission
– Martin Phillips, CEO Europe, Talga
– Torsten Brandenburg, Department New drive technologies, electromobility, environmental innovations, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany
– Paulo Alexandre Ferreira, Head of the Internal Market and Industrial Policy Unit, Permanent Representation of Portugal
– Migle Bluseviciute, Senior Manager Mobility Advocacy, Industry Affairs, BASF
– Cécile Fournier, Battery Life Cycle Expert, Renault Group
– Julia Poliscanova, Senior Director, Vehicles and E-mobility, Transport & Environment (T&E)
– Chris Heron, Director for Communication & Public Affairs , Eurometaux
– Claude Chanson, General Manager, RECHARGE