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RWTH Aachen Campus Certificate Course Chief Battery Officer

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RWTH Aachen Campus Certificate Course Chief Battery Officer

Webseminar: 4th-6th November 2025
In-Person Training: 25th-27th November 2025

4.250,00 

Aachen

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Electric vehicle production in all its facets is considered an important solution for the energy transition. The “Chief Battery Office” certificate course combines topics such as competitive electric vehicle and battery production and their fundamentals with effective battery cycle management and battery raw material production. You will learn how these topics are interlinked and how you can help shape a promising future in the energy and mobility sector as a Chief Battery Officer.

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Contact person

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Dolores Gasparovic

Phone: +49 (0)241 / 80-23612
E-mail: info@campusforum.de

Program

4th November 2025

Time Programme Items
09.00 Welcome and introduction
Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer, CARL of RWTH Aachen & Prof. Dr. Heiner Heimes, PEM of RWTH Aachen
10.00 Break
10.15 Electromobility as an integral part of the energy transition – challenges, electricity and power requirements, battery requirements, alternative drives
Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer, CARL of RWTH Aachen
11.15 Break
11.30 Charging infrastructure and charging strategies for battery electric vehicles including dual use in vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid
Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer, CARL of RWTH Aachen
12.30 Wrap-up and certificate quiz 1/6
01.00 pm End of the seminar day

5th November 2025

Time Programme Items
09.00 Battery Atlas 2024: Competitive electric vehicle production in Europe
Prof. Dr. Heiner Heimes, PEM of RWTH Aachen
10.00 Break
10.15 Basics of battery production
Prof. Dr. Heiner Heimes, PEM of RWTH Aachen
11.15 Break
11.30 Stationary battery applications – Marketing
Jonas van Ouwerkerk, ISEA of RWTH Aachen
12.30 Wrap-up and certificate quiz 2/6
01.00 pm End of the seminar day

6th November 2025

Time Programme Items
09.00 Production of next-generation battery cells
Prof. Dr. Heiner Heimes, PEM of RWTH Aachen
10.00 Break
10.15 Sustainability of battery storage systems
Mark Junker, ISEA of RWTH Aachen
11.15 Break
11.30 Testing and Re-X approaches of batteries
Prof. Dr. Heiner Heimes, PEM of RWTH Aachen
12.30 Wrap-up and certificate quiz 3/6
01.00pm End of the seminar day

25th November 2025

Time Programme Items
09.00am Welcome
Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer, CARL of RWTH Aachen & Prof. Dr. Heiner Heimes, PEM of RWTH Aachen
09.15am Introduction to the basics of the lithium-ion battery
Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer, CARL of RWTH Aachen
10.00am Coffee break
10.15am Raw materials for battery production
Dr. Melanie Reichinger, PEM of RWTH Aachen
11.15am Battery service life, ageing models, ageing mechanisms
Dr. Christiane Rahe, ISEA of RWTH Aachen
12.15am Lunch break
01.00pm Battery cell production
Jessica Schmied, PEM of RWTH Aachen
02.30pm Wrap-up und Zertifikatquiz 4/6
03.30pm Guided tour of the eLab
Jessica Schmied & Dr. Melanie Reichinger, PEM of RWTH Aachen
05.00pm Wrap-up and certificate quiz 4/6
05.30pm End of the seminar
06.30pm Dinner at the restaurant “Postwagen”

26th November 2025

Time Programme Items
09.00am From the cell to the system – Battery pack design, sensors and diagnostics
Dr. Florian Ringbeck, ISEA of RWTH Aachen
10.00am Coffee break
10.15am Module and pack production
Dr. Melanie Reichinger, PEM of RWTH Aachen
11.15am Battery performance with simulations (digital twin) using AI
Prof. Dr. Weihan Li, ISEA of RWTH Aachen
12.15am Lunch break
01.00pm Battery safety and simulation
Benedikt Späth, PEM of RWTH Aachen
02.30pm From Challenges to Productivity: Laser-Driven Solutions in Electrode Coating & Drying
Dr. Simon Britten, Laserline GmbH
03.30pm Guided tour of CARL
ISEA of RWTH Aachen
04.30pm Wrap-up and certificate quiz 5/6
05.00pm End of the seminar
06.00pm City tour & get-together

27th November 2025

Time Programme Items
09.00am Enriching the European battery industry with innovations
Dr. Christian Miesner, AVL List GmbH
10.00am Coffee break
10.15am Scaling research using an example of industry
Dr. Jonathan Krauß, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Production FFB
11.15am Risk management and insurance cost optimisation through battery data analysis
Jakob Bors, Accure Battery Intelligence Inc.
12.15am Wrap-up and certificate quiz 6/6
12.30am Lunch break
01.00pm Wrap-up
Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer, CARL of RWTH Aachen & Prof. Dr. Heiner Heimes, PEM of RWTH Aachen
02.30pm End of the seminar

Registration

Register online here.
Preliminary reservations by telephone are also possible. However, if we do not receive the written registration by one week before the event, we reserve the right to allocate your provisionally reserved place to another interested party.
The number of participants is limited. Registrations are considered in the order of their receipt.

Fee

4.250,00 

If the registration is canceled up to one week before the event, €100 will be charged for administrative costs. Otherwise the full participation fee will be charged.

Venue

Web seminar:
digital (You will receive access data with the confirmation of registration for the course)
In-Person Training:
ADITEC
Steinbachstraße 25
52074 Aachen, Germany

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Target group

Zielgruppe Produktionsleiter Fuehrungskraft Abteilungsleiter

Topics

  • Competitive electric vehicle and battery production
  • Fundamental aspects of battery understanding
  • Basics of the battery value chain
  • Battery raw material production

Quotes

[...] As Chief Battery Officer (CBO) you are equipped with the knowledge to select the right battery, to understand the demands to design a battery pack, and to be ready to change our energy world.

Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer
Universitätsprofessor | CARL der RWTH Aachen

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