EVENT / PUBLIC SOURCE RECORD
Nordic Battery Summit 2025
- Seminar held 24–25 September 2025 at venues in Lillestrøm, Norway. The summit brought together Nordic battery companies, municipalities, and research institutes to share updates, learn, build connections, hear speakers, network, and take site visits. Core topics were next-generation batteries (future materials and components) and recycling/reuse.
- The Nordic Battery Collaboration organised the event; it comprises Business Finland, Business Sweden, and Innovation Norway, with support from Nordic Innovation and the European Battery Alliance. The collaboration’s goal is to build a strong Nordic battery ecosystem; the page cites previous regional gatherings in Arendal, Skövde, Salo/Turku, and Vaasa.
- Venues: 24 September, Folkets hus / Lillestrøm konferansesenter, Storgata 38; 25 September, Lillestrøm Kultursenter, Kirkegata 11. The page says Lillestrøm is 12–15 minutes by train from the airport and 10 minutes from Oslo Central Station. Hotel and evening dinner/networking were at Thon Hotel Arena; dinner required separate registration. Fee: NOK 2,400 plus VAT (approximately EUR 200 plus VAT). Site visits had limited seats.
- Agenda (GMT+01:00): 24 Sep, registration/lunch 12:00–13:00; welcome and “The Big Picture” 13:00–14:15; new chemistries 14:30–15:45; scaling from laboratory to commercialisation 16:00–17:00; hotel check-in break 17:15–18:30; dinner/networking 19:00–22:30. 25 Sep: Nordic updates 09:00–09:55; recycling/reuse 10:15–12:00; lunch/site-visit prep 12:00–13:00; limited-seat visits 13:15–15:45 to Stena Recycling, Nordic Booster, or IFE (invitation only); drop-off at Lillestrøm station at 16:00.
- Organisers: Innovation Norway and Battery Norway. Partners listed: SINTEF, IFE, Business Finland, Business Sweden, Nordic Innovation, and Kunnskapsbyen Lillestrøm. Related industries: battery and energy.