23. – 24. September 2026 | Frankfurt/Hanau

Program

Here you see a recap of the program of the The SafeBattery Experience 2025. As soon as the program of the 2026 conference is finalized, you will find it here.

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Welcome
Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh

Welcome by DEKRA
Vincent Roes - DEKRA; Filip Klug - DEKRA Automobil GmbH

International Requirements

Introduction for NEV Electric Safety Technical Assessment Project (NESTA) in China
Fan Bin - CATARC New Energy Vehicle Research and Inspection Center (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
  • Current status and challenges of NEV electric safety technology
  • Framework and industry applications of NESTA
  • Detailed interpretation of NESTA
  • Future Vision
Fire Safety Technology for Electric Vehicles
Dr. Chen Bin - CMVR - China Merchants Testing Vehicle Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.
  • About C-EVFI
  • Background of C-EVFI
  • Significance of C-EVFI
  • The details of C-EVFI
  • Technology Reserve of CMVR
  • C-EVFI 2026 - Difference between the new C-EVFI and GB 38031-2025
Assessment of the Risk of Vent Gases for Vehicle Occupants During a Thermal Runaway
Jan Krewinkel - Mercedes-Benz AG
  • Aspects of occupant protection in the event of thermal runaway incidents in the entire vehicle, taking into account current rating and certification requirements

European Requirements

New European Legal Requirements
Dr. Natalia Lebedeva - European Commission, Joint Research Centre
  • UN R.100 and thermal propagation requirements
  • Developments in other parts of the world
  • UN Global Technical Regulation on Electric Vehicle Safety
Accelerating Market Access Under the EU Batterie Regulation 2023/1542 + Sustainability LCA for Batteries
David Fernandez - DEKRA TC Spain; Florian Bodrogi - DEKRA Assurance Services GmbH
  • Key requirements
  • Carbon footprint of an EV battery
  • Conformity assessment procedure
  • Notified Body activity scope

Vehicle Concepts

Renault's Fireman Access Innovation
Dr. Aurélie Débart - AMPERE
  • Human First Program: protecting everybody, not just drivers
  • Listen to Firefighter’s needs: How to extinguish efficiently an EV battery fire?
  • Fireman Access concept and extinguishing efficiency

Real World Data

Handling of Damaged HV Vehicles – From the Scene of the Accident to Disposal
Rainer Kühl - KTI GmbH & Co. KG

Insights: The NIO Swap Station - Introduction
Dr. Frank Kindermann - NIO GmbH

Safety Instructions
Thomas Hucke - DEKRA Automobil GmbH

Transfer to the DEKRA Battery Test Center
Insights: The Nio Battery Swap Station - Look behind the Scenes
Dr. Frank Kindermann, Belén Pose Suárez - NIO GmbH

NIO Swap Station Schipkau NIO Swap Station Schipkau

(Images: NIO)
Live Demonstrations at the DEKRA Battery Test Center
Evening Reception

 

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Battery Concepts

LFP Blade Cell - How to Improve Safety and Structural Strength for EV Batteries
Albert Burgstaller - FinDreams Battery Co. Ltd. (Business unit for batteries within the BYD Group)
  • Differences between LFP and NCM – How to utilize intrinsic safety advantage
  • Advantages of "Blade Cell"- format compared to traditional prismatic and cylidrical cells
  • Cell to Body Technology - not only an energy storage also a structural component
Innovative Material Development for Battery Safety in Electromobility
Dr. Kim Dana Kreisköther - Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
  • Development of Materials (coatings, pottings) for Battery Safety on pack level
  • Simulation in material development
  • Application related testing procedure for batteries in Electromobility
Fiberceramic Foil for Thermal Runaway Protection / Methodology of Material Evaluation for Thermal Runaway Protection
Dr. Mathias Kunz - WPX Faserkeramik GmbH; Christoph Neumann - AMTAS GmbH
  • Patented 0.5 mm fiberceramic foil
  • Protects against thermokinetic blast / particle jet damage during LiB Thermal Runaway
  • Realistic battery casing/top cover material screening service
  • Simulation of specific battery cells´ thermal runaway behaviour

Development and Validation Methods

Thermal Runaway of Batteries – Simulation Models for Safety Assessment
Benjamin Schaufelberger - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
  • Discussion of important phenomena during thermal runaway and propagation
  • Outlining possible characterization experiments
  • Model development and validation for selected phenomena
Understanding Battery Safety: Cooling and Venting Effects on Thermal Runaway Propagation
Yogesh Nalam - Gamma Technologies GmbH
  • Introduction to thermal runaway risks in EVs and why thermal safety is critical.
  • Modelling multi-physics : electro-chemistry and thermo-fluids together.
  • Simulating different cooling strategies and understanding their role in thermal management.
  • Analyzing venting phenomena and its effect on thermal runaway propagation.
From Bytes to Volts and Back: Present and Future of Digital Cell Development
Dr. Sven-Erik Pohl - Cellforce Group GmbH
  • Accelerating cell development using physical simulation, data management and machine learning
  • Designing battery cells to customer demands using a flexible and validated modeling approach
  • Introducing a data management platform for test-data and why it is important
  • Using machine learning approaches to close the loop to the next optimal test setup
A New Approach to Developing Battery Powered Products
Lukas Lutz - Battery Sphere GmbH
  • Ways to identify non-linear behavior, aging mechanisms and relevant mechanical properties of a cell
  • Advanced data mgmt software platform for battery data
  • AI simulation
Thermal Runaway and Propagation Through the Eyes of Superman
Arjan Strating - AUDI AG; Dr. rer. nat. Malte Kurfiß - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
  • Thermal runaway and thermal propagation testing
  • Large prismatic NMC cells
  • High-speed, in-situ x-ray imaging
High Efficient Data Management in Battery Testing
Catharina von Appen - DEKRA Automobil GmbH

Innovative Test Methods of Components in High Voltage Battery Systems
Philipp Kempf - Joyson Safety Systems Aschaffenburg GmbH
  • High Current Generation
  • Simulation of Height
  • Simulation of High Electric Fields in the Surrounding Area
Application-Oriented Thermal Characterization of Safety-Critical Cell Spacers Using the Guarded Heat Flow Method (GHFM)
Oliver Roser - Zentrum für Wärmemanagement ZFW GmbH
  • Role of cell spacers in battery systems
  • Importance of thermal characterization in research and development
  • Fundamentals of the Guarded Heat Flow Method (GHFM)
  • Advantages of GHFM compared to alternative characterization techniques
  • Selected results and material analyses from recent investigations
Temperature and Flow Control With Various Coolants During Testing of Electric Vehicle Batteries
Dr. Horst Ammon - LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO. KG
  • Flow rate measurement systems for conductive and dielectric liquids
  • Temperature control of DUT via temperature control devices depending on volume flow, heat capacity, viscosity, and physical limits.
Farewell
Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh

End of Day 2

 

Program subject to change.