Program

March 5 & 6 | Helsingborg, Sweden

Meet the Maritime Battery Pace Setters

WATTS UP is the largest conference solely dedicated to maritime batteries! Experts in battery technology, application, safety, sustainability , standardization and financing of maritime batteries will be present! Presentations and talks will revolve around the six major themes vital to the acceleration of maritime batteries in the industry.

Preliminary Program WATTS UP 2025

Day 1

08:00 - 8:30 Registration for MBF members

8:30 - 9:30 Annual General Meeting MBF

9:00 - 10:00 Registration for all

10:00 - 11:45 Opening session

10:00 - 10:30 Opening and keynote speaker

10:30 - 11:00 Expert panel 

11:00 - 11:15 Making Sense of the Chaos - Understanding Heat Transfer During Thermal Runaway - Kevin White, Principal Scientist - Exponent

11:15 - 11:30 Holistic Battery Safety: Beyond Chemistry in Lithium-Ion Systems for Maritime Applications - Kjetil Dent Tranberg, SVP Commercial Product Management - Corvus Energy

11:30 - 11:45 Physics-based performance and safety simulation aimed for maritime system integration - Somayeh Toghyani, Senior Application Engineer Electrical Systems - Gamma Technologies

11:45 - 12:00 Q & A - Battery Safety Session Part 1

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 13:15 Transforming Battery Safety and Design with Advanced Analytics and Digital Twins -Rambabu Kandepu, Systems Modeling Lead - Corvus Energy

13:15 - 13:30 Maritime Battery Applications from Marine Insurer's Perspective - Martti Simojoki, Loss Prevention Manager - Cefor

13:30 - 13:45 The 2nd Iceberg? Cor Meedendorp, CEO - FIFI4MARINE BV

13:45 - 14:00 Maritime Battery Safety Standard - Jacob Jenu-Hauge, Lead Engineer Energy Systems - LMG Marin

14:00 - 14:15 Q & A - Battery Safety Session Part 1

14:15 - 15:00 Coffee break

15:00 - 15:15 Financing maritime electrification technology/startups - Bart Houben, Partner - Ninepointfive Tidal

15:15 - 15:30 FUSE – Electrification of Short Sea Shipping - Teemu Kyläkallio, Head of Department / R&D - Rauma Marine Constructions

15:30 - 15:45 Super Charging Ultra-Luxury Expedition Ship Cruising - Shaun White, Managing Director - Foreship

15:45 - 16:00 The way to zero - Christian Andersson, 1st Chief Engineer - Öresundslinjen & André Navgren, Electrical Engineer - Öresundslinjen

16:00 - 16:15 Q&A

16:15 - 16:20 Closing Session

16:20 16:40 Commute to Aurora

17:00 - 22:00 Ship visit, Dinner & Networking Onboard Aurora

Day 2

08:30 - 9:00 Coffee & Welcome

9:00 - 9:15 The future for NMC in high power marine applications - Kevin Dahlberg, VP Cell Technology - Freudenberg e-Power Systems

9:15 - 9:30 Introduction to safe and high energy solid-state lithium metal batteries, enabling the electrification of maritime vessels - Jan Ronsmans, Program Manager - Aviation & Maritime - Solithor

9:30 - 9:45 XN50 Leclanché’s Niobium-based Li-ion Cell Technology - Tunji Adebusuyi, Technical Manager e-Marine - Leclanché

9:45 - 10:00 Selection Method of Battery System According to Load Profile of Various Vessels - Wook Her, Research Engineer - Hanwha Aerospace

10:00 - 10:15 Q&A

10:15 - 11:00 Coffee and Tea break

11:00 - 12:15 Retrofitting Session

11:00 - 11:15 Lessons learned during hybrid retrofits - Tanja Alina Berg, Sales Manager Hybrid Modernization - ABB, Tomi Kautonen, ABB

11:15 - 11:30 Experiences and Lessons Learned from Marine Batteries Retrofitting on Vessels - Wei He, Norway - Equinor ASA

11:30 - 12:00 Sustainable ferry conversion; Electrification of a Ro-pax vessel - Martin Kjøraas, Head Of Sales Seaborne Integration & Energy - Kongsberg Maritime, Johan Larsson, Sales Director - Echandia, Anders Vidhav, Chief Commercial Officer - Oresund DryDocks

12:00 - 12:15 Q&A

12:15 - 13:15 Lunch

13:15- 15:00 Charging Session

13:15 - 13:35 Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Challenges and Enhancing Collaboration for Shore Power Implementation in the Maritime Industry - Philip Lawson, Head of Marine - NatPower Development

13:35 - 13:55 Optimizing charging and shore connections for different types of vessels - Lars Barstad, Technology Manager Battery Systems - Siemens Energy AS

13:55 - 14:15 The Virtual Bunkering for Electric Vessels (VBEV) demonstration initiative marks the world's first vessel-to-grid project - Sarah Fear, Ms University of Plymouth, Dan Turner - Aqua superPower, Graham Hodgson, Team Leader - Cenex

14:15 - 14:30 Q&A

14:30 - 15:00 Coffee and Tea break

15:00 - 16:30 Novel approaches to marine electrification session

15:00 - 15:20 De-risking hybrid upgrades: A validation perspective - Dairon Campos, Engineering and Development Manager - OneStep Power Solutions Inc.

15:20 - 15:40 SEABAT: Project results and Standardizing the cost estimation and accounting for maritime battery energy storage systems - Zhenmin Tao, Project Leader - Flanders Make, Shashank Roy Choudhury, Research Engineer - Damen Shipyards

15:40 - 16:00 Life Cycle Assessment of the containerized ESS on the E-Pusher - Ernst van Werkhoven, Technical Sales Manager, EST-Floattech B.V.

16:00 - 16:15 Q&A

16:15 - 16:30 Closing Notes

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