Post conference Report
Asia EU Li-ion Battery Recycling Summit(WEEK) 2024
Asia EU Li-ion Battery Recycling Week 2024(AEBR 2024) held successfully at the Hague Marriott Netherlands from Nov.25th to 29th,2024.
This is 2 days conference plus 3 days site visit to 4 EU Li-ion Battery Recycling recycling companies in Holland,Belgium and Germany
Conference Location: The Hague Marriott Netherlands
Whole Event Date:Nov.25-29,2024
Schedule:2 days conference+3 days On-site Visit to 4 companies
Conference Date:Nov.25 to Nov.26,2024
Visit Date:Nov.27-29,2024
Conference agenda
Day 1(Nov.25,2024)
08:55 Opening remarks & welcome speech from the Chairman
Market Analysis
09:00 Global recycling market developments: opportunities and challenges
Hans Eric Melin,Circular Energy Storage,Research and Consulting
09:30 Assessing value in the black mass and recycled lithium markets
1.Platts black mass price assessments - China, EU, USA
2.Black mass spot market fundamentals and update
3.Platts recycled lithium price assessments
4.What to expect in the near term
Viral Shah,Managing Editor EMEA Metals at S&P Global
10:00 EU Automotive Industry Electric Vehicle Development and Recycling
Eric-Mark Huitema,Director General,Electric Vehicle Business Alliance
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 The development of the European battery supply chain
Thore Sekkenes,EBA Program Director, Industry,European Battery Alliance
11:30 Global Battery Recycling Market Outlook: Implications of Regional Regulations in the EU and Asia
Mina Ha,Lead Research Analyst of battery recycling,Rho Motion
12:00 Lunch hour
13:30 Managing Battery Hydrometallurgy Techno-Economics
Michelle Lynch,CEO,Enable Future Limited
14:00 EU legislation around producer responsibility for batteries and how take back schemes need to evolve.
Dr. Tom Voege,Director Public Policy,GRS Batterien Service GmbH
14:30 Maximising the value of second life EV batteries in energy storage: the challenge and opportunities
Matthew Lumsden,CEO,Connected Energy Ltd
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Li-ion battery recycling:Opportunities and challenges in India
Chetan Jain,SVP of BD,Lohum
16:00 Technical Challenges in the Li-ion Battery Recycling Industry
Gustavo Gilberti,Process Engineer and Project Manager,Hatch
16:30 Battery Logistics, Repair, Reuse & Recycling; The risks and realities from a Global Recycler
Tom Seward,EU Key Accounts Director,Ecobat Solutions
17:00 Day 2 conference Closed&free networking
18:00 Cocktail Party
20:00 Cocktail Party closed
Day 2(Nov.26,2024)
Country/Recyclers Report
09:00 Battery Recycling and Material Closed-Loop System
Wei Zhang,MD Europe and North America,Huayu Recycling
09:30 Development of Lithium- Ion battery recycling over time
Where are we heading to and what are the challenges?
Nils Steinbrecher,Managing Director,SK Tes EMEA
10:00 Thermomechanical processing of lithium-ion batteries from e-mobility and WEEE appliances
Peter Hessler, Managing Director,URT Umwelt- und Recyclingtechnik GmbH, Germany
10:40 Coffee break
11:00 SungEel Hitech-Global Battery Recycling & Technology
Soochul Park(Vincent),Managing Director,SungEel Europe & Hungary
11:30 Salvage process of crashed electric cars and prepare defective batteries for recycling-5 years of experience in Switzerland
Dr. Viktor Haefeli,Founder,LiBaService24 GmbH
12:00 Lunch hour
13:30 Agility in circular battery value chains
Stina Torjesen,Director of sustainability,Morrow Batteries
14:00 Green Industry Value Chain Construction for Retired Power Batteries
James Baek,Global Recycling Center,Executive Director,CNGR Advanced
Material Co.,Ltd
14:30 Transformation toward the Future of Battery Recycling
Jaebum Park,Senior Principal Researcher,POSCO Research Institute
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Panel Discussion
International cooperation and exchange: Build a global lithium battery
recycling industrial chain and ecosystem
Topic 1:Advantages,prospects and pain points of Li-ion battery recycling in
Asia EU and USA
Topic 2:Current blackmass market and break-through
Topic 3: How the global battery recycling market will involve in the future?
Topic 4: What will be the main challenges in securing feedstock and how important will cascade use be fo recyclers?
Panel Chair:Hans Eric Melin,Circular Energy Storage,Research and Consulting
Panelists:Wei Zhang,MD Europe and North America,Huayu Recycling
Panelists:Chetan Jain,SVP of BD,Lohum
Panelists:Soochul Park(Vincent),Managing Director,SungEel Europe & Hungary
Panelists:Nikola Vekić,Head of the solutions' battery sustainability & circularity (reuse, 2nd life, recycling), McKinsey & Company | Battery Insights
Nils Steinbrecher,Managing Director,SK Tes EMEA
17:00 Day 2 Conference Closed & Free networking
Site Visit (Nov.27-29,2024)
Nov.27th
8:00 Leaving from the Hague Marriott to Visit Van Peperzeel
9:00 After lunch we will go to the Belgium and have one night stay in the Belgium hotel
Nov.28th
Morning visit Bebat and Have lunch here, Afternoon go to Germany
Nov.29th
Will visit Duesenfeld GmbH and finish the site visit then go back to the Netherlands
Below are the exited moments

Viral Shah MD for Metals EMEA,S&P Global Commodity Insights

Peter Hessler, Managing DirectorURT Umwelt- und Recyclingtechnik GmbH,Germany
Tom Voege,Director Public Policy,GRS Batterien Service GmbH

Nils Steinbrecher,MD,SK Tes EMEA

Viktor Haefeli,CEO,LiBaService24 GmbH

Jaebum Park,Senior Principal Researcher,POSCO Research Institute

Michelle Lynch,CEO,Enable Future Limited

Hans Eric Melin,Managing Director,Circular Energy Storage

Stina Torjesen,Director of sustainability,Morrow Batteries

Eric-Mark Huitema,Director General (CEO)The Electric Vehicle Business Alliance (EVBA)

Kenya Shatani,EBA Program Manager,Industry,European Battery Alliance

Jesse Fu Marketing DirectorZHEJIANG TIANNENG NEW MATERIAL CO.,LTD

Wei Zhang,MD Europe and North America,Huayou Recycling

Matthew Lumsden,CEO,Connected Energy Ltd

Tom Seward,EU Key Accounts Director,Ecobat Solutions

MiNa HA,Battery Recycling Research Lead,Battery Recycling Research Lead

Gustavo Gilberti,Process Engineer and Project Manager,Hatch