top of page
Image by Elissa Garcia

OUR LECTURE TOPICS

BatteryMBA participants have access to 12 live lectures as part of their course cohort, including 10 battery lectures taught by industry leaders. Below are the topics covered in past lectures. The topics of upcoming lectures will be announced in the fall.  

Professional Attending a Seminar

BatteryMBA
Programme

View below the topics covered in past lectures. The topics of upcoming lectures will be announced with the start of the cohort (or inquire via contact form).

Dive deep into the realms of batteries with our expert-taught sessions, shaping the future one lecture at a time. Stay tuned for the electrifying topics awaiting you this fall.

Frame 7 (3).png

Summary of Topics Covered in the Course

Battery Market Trends / Battery Critical Minerals (Li, Ni, Co, etc...)

​

Battery Critical Minerals / Battery Cell Design (chemistries, components, degradation, etc...)

​

Battery Cell Design / Battery Components (anode, cathode, electrolyte, etc...)

​

Battery Components / Battery Manufacturing (production line, quality control, etc...)

Battery Manufacturing / Battery Integration BMS

​

Battery Integration  BMS

​

Battery Application (BESS, Maritime, Space, etc...)

 

Battery Application / Battery End Of Life (EOL)

 

Battery End Of Life (EOL) / Battery Investment

​

Battery Investment / Battery Policy

Course Topics Covered in the Past

1) Clean-tech finance: "Who wants a faster horse?" Living in an age of disruption

Taught by: Gerard Reid, Co-founder of Alexa Capital

​

2) Customizing Lithium-Ion Cells - From The First Material Tests to Series Production 

Taught by: Matthias Fesser, Business Development Manager at CUSTOMCELLS

​

3) Li-Ion Battery Basics: A non-chemist application centered approach 

Taught by: Claudius Jehle, CEO at volytica diagnostics

​

4) "Why you need to write a Battery Biography"

Taught by: Veronika Wright, Founder of Electrified Veronika

​

5) Battery End-Of-Life Management and Policies

Taught by: Bhavya Jha, EoL Policy & EU Regulations Specialist

​

6) Factory line performance and precision engineering

Taught by: Mariano Sydney Rubio, Former Automobile Engineer at SEAT

​

7) Data and optimisation in manufacturing

Taught by:  Marc Jansen, Product Director at Decoded

​

8) Energy storage: a key enabler for the energy transition

Taught by:  Maxine Ghavi, Head of Grid Edge Solutions at Hitachi ABB Power Grids

​

9) Electric Mobility: Strategic Perspectives on Batteries

Taught by: Srinath Rengarajan, Global Head of Automotive Research at Oliver Wyman

​

10) Career transition in the energy storage sector

Taught by:  Claudia Vergueiro Massei, CEO at Siemens Oman

​

11) Customizing Lithium-Ion Cells - From The First Material Tests to Series Production

Taught by: Matthias Fesser, Business Development Manager at CUSTOMCELLS

​

12) "The Critical Role of Storage in our World - key questions and discussion points” 

Taught by: Gerard Reid, Co-founder of Alexa Capital

​

13) “Batteries from scratch - Understanding lithium ion batteries from the materials up”

Taught by: Dr Sam Cooper, Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London

​

14) “SOH - Li-Ion-Battery Basics, A non-chemist application-centered"

Taught by: Claudius Jehle, CEO volytica diagnostics

​

15) “Electrical interconnection and energy storage as key technologies for enabling the future energy system”

Taught by: Dr. Gerhard Salge, CTO Hitachi ABB Power Grids

​

16) “Hot N Cold Batteries - Overview of battery thermal management system’s designs and concepts”

Taught by: Katherine Kan, Co-Founder Rovilus

​

17) “Batteries for Energy Access”

Taught by; Harini Hewa Dewage, Energy Storage and Off-Grid Sector Consultant

​

18) “End-of-life management of lithium-ion batteries today and in the future”

Taught by: Hans Eric Melin, Managing Director at Circular Energy Storage

​

19) “Digital Twin in Battery Manufacturing”

Taught by: Claudia Vergueiro Massei, CEO Siemens Oman

​

20) “Battery and Energy Storage Safety Codes and Standards" 

Taught by: Ryan Franks, Senior Mechanical Engineer for Battery Reliability Testing and Industrial Acceptance at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

​

21) "Battery usage in electric vehicles"

Taught by: Lisset Urrutia, Head of Research & Development at SVOLT Europe

​

22) "Green Batteries through Computational Life Cycle Engineering"

Taught by: Dr. Felipe Cerdas, Head of Research Department Life Cycle Engineering at Technische Universität Braunschweig

​

23) "Overview on Lithium Ion Battery Anode Technology"

Taugh by: Jill Pestana, Director of Technical Program Management at Electric Goddess and previously Senior Staff Scientist at Enevate Corporation

​

24) "Towards an electrified and sustainable future: Overview of Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Materials"

Taught by : Christian Rüdiger, Director Of Strategic Partnerships & Government Affairs - Battery Materials EV at Johnson Matthey

​

25) "Mass Customisation: How energy storage deployments will scale 100K in the space of 20 years"

Taught by: Dr. Marek Kubik, Managing Director at Fluence Energy

​

26) "Studying battery behaviour using EIS"

Taught by: Mariam Awara, COO at Pulsenics

​

27) "Helping manufacturers to achieve net-zero"

Taught by: Douglas Johnson-Poensgen, CEO at Circulor

​

28) "Energy storage technologies in the power system"

Taught by: Pilar Gonzalez, Innovation Manager at Iberdrola Venture Capital

​

29) "Battery Giga Manufacturing"

Taught by: Claudia Vergueiro Massei, Head of Executive Office and Transformation Digital Industries

​

30) "Battery Industrialisation - How to setup a battery cell production”

Taught by: Benedikt Konersmann, Team Lead E-Mobility Industrialisation at P3

​

31) "Common Misconceptions about Batteries"

Taught by: Claudius Jehle, CEO at volytica diagnostics

​

32) "Batteries and the UK Ecosystem"

Taught by: Jacqui Murray, Deputy Director - Faraday Battery Challenge at InnovateUK

​

33) "Lithium-mining and Sustainability"

Taught by: Jeremy Wrathall’s and Dr. Rebecca Paisley, CEO and Exploration Geochemist at Cornish Lithium Ltd

​

34) "Green cell manufacturing"

Taught by : Katja Fröhlich, Thematic Coordinator at Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH

​

35) "From Cell to Pack and Back"

Taught by: Joachim Doehner, Director Sales at KUKA

​

36) "Battery policy and battery passport"

Taught by Tilmann Vahle, Co-Lead Mobility Platform at SYSTEMIQ

​

37) "Battery modelling and control"

Taught by: Prof. David Howey, Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford

​

38) "Stationary Batteries"

Taught by: Dr. Maggie Teliska, Innovation at Enel Green Power

​

39) "Price Declines"

Taught by: Dr. James Frith, Principal at Volta Energy Technologies

​

40) "The Future of Energy"

Taught by: Gerard Reid, Co-Founder at Alexa Capital

​

41)  "Battery Misconceptions - Reloaded"​

Taught by: Claudius Jehle, CEO at volytica diagnostics

​

42) "Responsible sourcing cobalt"

Taught by: Anne-Marie Fleury, Director Cobalt at Glencore

​

43) "High Power cells"

Taught by: Fergal Harrington-Beatty, Head of EVs at AMTE Power

​

44) "How to set up a battery factory"

Taught by: Nemanja Mikac, CEO at ElevenEs

​

45) "Second life batteries"

Taught by: Jon Asin, Co-founder & CEO of Beeplanet

​

46) "Battery Packs"

Taught by: Hakan Yilmaz, Manager Business Development - eMobility Europe Manager at ABB

​

47) "Solid-state lithium-metal batteries"

Taught by: Jordi Sastre, Senior Battery Engineer at QuantumScape

​

48) "European battery policy: how regulation can make Europe world's leader in green batteries"

Taught by: Julia Poliscanova, eMobility lead at Transport & Environment

​

49) "Charging Infrastructure V2G"

Taught by: Claire Miller, Director of Technology &
Innovation Director at Octopus Electric

​

50) "Battery Investments in the New Economic Cycle"

Taught by: Katherine He, Co-founder Battery Bits - Energy investment at TDK Ventures

​

51) "Lithium-Ion (EV) battery market and supply chain"

Taught by: Wolfgang Bernhart, Senior Partner at Roland Berger

​

52) "U.S. Battery Programs, Policies, and Funding Opportunities"

Taught by: Emma Bishop, Assistant Vice President at Venn Strategies

​

53) "Lithium-ion Battery Cell, Module & pack design for integration"

Taught by: Wenzel Prochazka, Senior Product Manager Battery Systems at AVL

​

54) "Using advanced techniques to investigate batteries during cycling"

Taught by: Claire Villevieille, Research Director at CNRS

​

55) "Sodium-Ion battery cells"

Taught by: Fergal Harrington-Beatty, Head of EVs at AMTE Power

​

56) "Insights into High Performance Battery Systems"

Taught by: Wasim Sarwar Dilov, Head of Research and Advanced Engineering at Rimac Automobili

​

57) "Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and Net Zero Electricity"

Taught by: Patricia Darez, Managing Director at 350renewables

​

58) "Battery manufacturing pilot plant from real to digital space"

Taught by: Elixabete Ayerbe Olano, Team Leader at CIDETEC Energy Storage

​​

​

​

​

59) "Battery Recycling: Recovery of Critical Energy Materials"

Taught by: Teija Mortvedt, Former Chemical Process Engineer at Tesla

​

60) "Tracking the disruptive battery industry and its opportunities for Europe"

Taught by: Evan Horetsky, Partner at McKinsey & Company

​

61) " The Lithium-Ion Battery Value Chain &
Strategies"

Taught by: Celine Büchel & Theresa Haisch, COnsultants at Roland Berger

​

62) "Mining and Brine Extraction for Battery
Minerals – How it Works and Why it Lags
Behind Demand"

Taught by: Tommi Valkonen, Strategy Manager at Sandvik

​

63) "Life Cycle Analysis: A Case Study from Cobalt"
Taught by: Tom Fairlie, Senior Sustainability Manager at Cobalt Institute

​

64) "Future-Proofing Cathode Active Material Manufacturing"

Taught by: Virginia Klausmeier, President & CEO of Sylvatex

​

65) "Understanding How to Build & Run Battery
MegaFactories"

Taught by: Fergal Harrington-Beatty, Head of Sales at AMTE Power

​

66) "Battery Integration & BMS & Thermal Runaway"

Taught by: Wenzel Prochazka, Senior Product Manager Battery Systems at AVL

​

67) "Maritime Electrification and Zero-Emissions Vessels"

Taught by: Carlos Freire, Marine Battery Expert & Senior Onboard Electronics Consultant

​

68) "Challenges and Opportunities in Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling"

Taught by: Mark Strauss, R&D Chemical Engineer at Aqua Metals

​

69) "Investing and Finance Needs for the Battery Sector"

Taught by: Ian Laurent, Managing Technical Director at BNP Paribas

​

70) "How the Energy Transition Moves Our World"

Taught by: Gerard Reid, Co-Founder and Partner at Alexa Capital

​

71) "Battery Market Trends"

Taught by: Evelina Stoikou, Senior Associate, Energy Storage at BloombergNEF

​

72) "Responsible Sourcing of Cobalt"

Taught by: Susannah McLaren, Head of Responsible Sourcing & Sustainability at Cobalt Institute

​

73) "A Deep Dive into Lithium-Ion Battery  Cell Components"

Taught by: Sheida Isikli, BatteryMBA Course Co-Ordinator & Battery Expert at Battery Associates

​

74) "The Solid-State Battery, from a Beacon of Hope to a Game Changer"

Taught by: Xiaohan Wu, Senior Expert at Porsche Consulting

​

75) "Factory Planning Beyond Manufacturing"

Taught by: Kathleen Wagner, Interim Manager at Protafo Interim Performance

​

76) "BESS Business" 
Taught by: John O’Toole, Director of UK Asset Management at Amp Energy

​

77) "Batteries in Aerospace"

Taught by: Kush Sutaria, Battery Engineer at Axiom Space

​

78) "Opportunities and Challenges in Li-Ion Battery Recycling"
Taught by: Max Hickey, Business Development Manager at Li-Cycle

​

79) "EU Policy, Gigafactories and the Critical Raw Materials Act"

Taught by: Julia Poliscanova, Senior Director, Vehicles & Emobility at T&E

​

80) "Investing in Batteries" 

Taught by: Yair Shacked, Founder of GIGADAYS

​

81) "Battery Market Trends" 

Taught by: Nathan Niese, Partner, Global lead for EV & Energy Storage at BCG

​

82) "Battery Cell Design Improvements" 

Taught by: Senior Research Associate at University of Cambridge

​

83) "The journey to decarbonisation: Biomining a clean-tech solution" 

Taught by: Dr. Homayoun, Senior Research Fellow - Critical Minerals Consultant

​

84) "Battery Anode Production & Innovation" 

Taught by: Dr. Heinrich Badenhorst, CSO at CarbonScape

​

85) "Innovations in Cell Manufacturing Quality Management" 

Taught by: Alicja Gos, Senior Engineer at Liminal and Nicolina Nanni, Head of Product at Liminal

​

86) "An Overview of the Battery & BMS Systems" 

Taught by: Bahareh Yazdani, Global Head of Batteries at Ricardo and Gary Bumfrey, Principal Engineer at Ricardo

​

87) "An Overview of the Battery & BMS Systems" 

Taught by: Lee Byung Kon, Manager, Business Development, Cylindrical Batteries at LG Energy Solution

​

88) "Electrification in Leisure Boats 

Taught by: Carlos Freire, Marine Batteries & Onboard Electronics Management

​

89) "Battery Recycling: A Key Enabler for Sustainable Electric Mobility" 

Taught by: Benedicte Robertz, Program lead LCA  at Umicore and Bart Verrecht, Manager Battery Recycling at Umicore

​

90) "Scaling Investment in Battery Supply Chains"

Taught by: Lauren Pamma, Director at Green Finance Institute

​

91) "Trends in Battery Raw Materials Supply Chains"

Taught by: Alex Laugharne, Principal Consultant at CRU

​

92) "Critical Raw Materials in the EU for EV Batteries"

Taught by: Miguel J. Galindo, CEO of Galesk Consultancy SLU

​

93) "Battery Cell Design"

Taught by: Dr. Johannes Wandt, Battery Cell Technology at BMW Group & Associate Professor UiA (Norway)

​

94) "Lithium, Batteries and Action. The Solid State Battery"

Taught by: Prof. Dr. Jennifer Rupp, Professor at TUM, Associate Professor at MIT

​

95) "Drivers in Battery Cell Production"

Taught by: Chris Taylor, Director Operations at 24M Technologies

​

96) "Battery Integration 101"

Taught by: Murray Schofield, Co-Founder of Raeon

​

97) "Unlock the full potential of batteries by Predictive Analytics"

Taught by: Dr. Georg Angenendt, CTO & Co-Founder at ACCURE Battery Intelligence

​

98) "Battery Energy Storage Solutions"

Taught by: Raafe Khan, Global Director at Visteon Corporation

​

99) "Battery Logistics Aftermarket"

Taught by: Achim Glass, SVP Global Head of Business Dev Automotive + New Mobility, at Kuehne + Nagel

​

100) "Battery Policy Manager and Investment"

Taught by: Ilka von Dalwigk, Policy Manager at InnoEnergy

​​

101) Battery Market Trends and Critical Minerals

Taught by: Nina Neubauer, Senior Consultant at Deloitte

​

102) Managing ESG risks and impacts in the battery supply chain

Taught by: Vicente Vicuña, Project Director at RCS Globa

​

103) Battery Cell Design + Li-Sulfur batteries

Taught by: Dr. Abdul-Rahman Raji, CTO at Zeta Energy Corporation

​

104) Aerospace Application Batteries and Alternative Batteries Sodium-ion & LIAB

Taught by: Dr. Michelle Lynch, Founder & CEO Enabled Future Limited

​

105) Enabling battery quality at scale with computed tomography scanning

Taught by:  Dr. Peter Attia, Cofounder and CTO, Glimpse

​

106) Battery Manufacturing Steps, Challenges and Latest trends

Taught by: Aditya Prasad, Former Battery Manufacturing Rivian & Tesla & Apple

​

107) Prediction of cell life and aging in virtual environment

Taught by: Luke Hu, Co-Founder & Electroder

​

108) Battery Recycling Solutions

Taught by: Lukas Brandl, COO at BLC The Battery Lifecycle Company

​

109) Practical Considerations for Battery Management Systems (BMS)

Taught by: Raafe Khan, Global Director at Visteon Corporation

​

110) The Nordic Battery Value Chain

Taught by: Jessica Olsson, Head of Energy & Transport Europe

​

111) Battery Critical Minerals Market

Taught by: Lester Kemp Chief Operating Officer at Technology Minerals Plc

​

112) Building a battery sustainable value chain with battery passport

Taught by: Anna Zhuravleva & Antonia Roehm, Project Director at RCS Global Group

​

113) Li-Ion Battery Cell Design and High-Valent Batteries

Taught by: Prof. Dr. Rosa Palacin, Institut Ciencia Materials de Barcelona

​

114) Battery Anode from Natural Biomass-derived and Synthetic Graphite latest trends
Taught by: Dr. Shantanu Mitra CEO and Founder Farad Power

​

115) Battery Cell Manufacturing latest trends

Taught by: Guillermo Hernandez, Production Manager AESC Former General Manager Panasonic

​

116) Battery Testing for Certification Characterization of Performance and Safety

Taught by: Dr. Dhevathi Rajan, Research UL Research Institutes

​

117) High performance battery integration & EV charging systems deployment

Taught by: Stephanie Medeiros, Emobility Global Accounts at ABB

​

118) Battery circularity and End-of-life uncertainties

Taught by: Nina Neubauer, Senior Consultant at Deloitte

​

119) IP battery patents & industrial oppositions trends

Taught by: Callum McGuinn, European patent attorney at Mewburn Ellis LLP

​

120) Latest trends in securing investment in BESS projects

Taught by: Mark Mirek, Senior Managing Director Brown & Brown

​

Join Our Programme
And Become a Leader in the Battery Field

nemanja.jfif
bottom of page