Expert Forum: Battery Materials SIGN
Closing Critical Gaps in Europe’s Battery Materials Value Chain: Pathways to Resilience and Competitiveness
Europe's battery materials sector is at a critical inflection point. Geopolitical shifts, evolving regulation, and industrial transformation are reshaping global supply chains and redefining the competitive landscape. The Forum will bring together industry leaders and experts to examine key challenges and opportunities across Europe’s battery materials value chain, including:
Future battery materials demand and Europe's ability to meet it.
Supply security, domestic supply opportunities, and remaining supply gaps.
Strategic dependencies and actions needed to build a more resilient, competitive, and circular European battery materials value chain.
About the Forum
Hosted by EIT RawMaterials, this agenda features a fireside chat, panel discussions with industry leaders, data-driven insights into Europe's future materials demand, supply outlook, strategic dependencies, and a hands-on working group dedicated to strengthening Europe's battery materials value chain. Together, these sessions will explore how Europe can meet future demand, close supply gaps, and strengthen resilience across the battery materials supply chain.
Why Attend?
with top-tier industry and policy platforms.
extensive knowledge sharing and educational opportunities.
EIT RawMaterials’ call schemes for innovation.
business missions and B2B activities within the framework of the CRM Facility project.
through sector knowledge sharing and high-level B2B matchmaking.
new partnerships, a working group to continue with, and a direct line to peers.
What's Included?
- Interactive Session: Industry-Focused Educational Packs
- Presentations: Battery Raw and Advanced Materials Studies: Quantifying Europe's Demand, Domestic Supply Potential, Supply Gaps, and Strategic Dependencies
- Working Group: Securing Europe’s Battery Materials Value Chain (Invite Only)
Who Should Attend?
- EIT RawMaterials partners
- Battery Raw and Advanced Materials Industry Leaders
- Battery Recycling Industry leaders
- Policymakers and public authorities
- Investors and financial institutions
- Universities and research organisations
- Technology providers and start-ups
Agenda
Day 1 - 4 November | |
| 12:00 – 13:25 | Battery Materials Registration & Networking Lunch |
| 13:25 – 13:30 | Welcome and Introduction |
| 13:30 – 13:40 | Opening: Europe’s Strategic situation on overall raw materials equation |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | Fireside Chat: Europe's Battery Ambitions: What Gaps Remain Between Resource Security and Industrial Success? |
| 14:00– 14:10 | Presentation |
| 14:10– 14:20 | Presentation: M2i (Minerals & Metals Intelligence) Platform: Delivering Actionable Intelligence for Battery Materials |
| 14:20– 15:00 | Panel: From Mine to Active Materials: Securing Europe's Battery Materials Supply Chain |
| 15:00– 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30– 16:45 | Battery Innovation for Resilient and Competitive Value Chains: Technologies and Industrial Impact |
| 16:45 – 17:30 | Pitches: Battery Innovation in Action: Startups Transforming the Battery Value Chain |
Day 2 - 5 November | |
| 08:30 – 08:55 | Networking Coffee |
| 08:55 – 09:00 | Welcome and Introduction |
| 09:00 – 09.45 | Panel: Black Mass Refining: Closing the Loop for Europe’s Battery Industry |
| 09:45 – 10:15 | Interactive Session: Industry-Focused Starter Packs for the Raw Materials and Advanced Materials Academies |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Presentation: CRM Facility: Strengthening Strategic Raw Materials Partnerships for Europe |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:40 | Presentations: Battery Raw and Advanced Materials Studies: Quantifying Europe's Demand, Domestic Supply Potential, Supply Gaps, and Strategic Dependencies |
| 11:40-13:00 | Working Group: Securing Europe's Battery Materials Value Chain (Invite Only) |
Agenda may be subject to change and not all speakers are listed.
Hotels
Stay at one of our participating hotels to benefit from preferred rates, great amenities, and close access to the Battery Materials SIGN Expert Forum, while making the most of your networking opportunities.
Registration
Join Europe's leading battery materials community in Turin this November — connect with industry leaders, OEMs, policymakers and investors shaping Europe's strategy, and get data-driven insights into demand, supply and strategic gaps.
Also happening in Turin: Rare Earths and Magnets SIGN Expert Forum, 3–4 November
The Battery Materials SIGN is one of four Strategic Impact Group Networks convened through EIT RawMaterials' Expert Forum Series. Directly preceding this Forum, the same venue hosts Rare Earths and Magnets SIGN Expert Forum. Both are convened by EIT RawMaterials and scheduled back-to-back by design.
Europe's electrification runs on two supply chains, not one. Rare earths and magnets determine what powers the motor; battery materials determine what powers the cell. The same automotive OEMs and manufacturers must secure both.
If your remit spans both, secure your place at both events. Seats are limited and are expected to fill fast.
