The International Lead Association is pleased to announce that the 13th European Lead Battery Conference (13ELBC) will be held in Paris, France on 25-28 September 2012.
The event is an excellent opportunity for those in the global lead-acid battery industry, academia and battery users to review and discuss technical advances, challenges, innovations and market applications for lead-acid batteries.
Download the call for papers: 13ELBC Call for Papers (570Kb)
Call for Papers
The Conference Programme Committee invites proposals from prospective authors who would like to offer a presentation at 13ELBC.
Papers on technical matters and innovative developments related to lead-acid batteries, including operational experience, are invited.
The Committee is particularly keen to receive offers of papers on such topics as:
- Market trends and prospects for battery production and use, and lead supply
- Research studies and results relating to the design, manufacture and performance of lead-acid batteries
- The use of lead-acid batteries in advanced automotive engine designs, including full hybrid vehicles and micro- hybrids (e.g. stop/start systems)
- Technology to improve dynamic charge acceptance
- Opportunities and design of batteries for use in smart networks for utility energy storage systems and remote area power supply systems
- Use of batteries in other applications, such as motive power, electric bicycles, telecommunications, stand-by, railway, defence and marine/pleasure boating
- Materials and process technology for innovations in battery manufacture.
Authors who wish to offer a presentation should contact Maura McDermott, at The International Lead Association, 17a Welbeck Way, London, W1G 9YJ, United Kingdom by mail, fax +44 (0)20 7493 1555 or by e-mail (mcdermott@ila-lead.org) with the proposed title and a short abstract, before 1 November 2011 or alternatively submit an abstract online.
Download the call for papers: 13ELBC Call for Papers (570Kb)
Papers presented in Paris will be published as the 13ELBC Conference Proceedings on a CD which will be sent to all delegates. Some papers may also be offered to the Journal of Power Sources for publication.
Special Invitation for Students
In cooperation with EcoBat, a major supplier of lead and lead alloys, ILA is offering a limited number of grants to enable attendance at 13ELBC by students and/or those new to the battery industry who are engaged in research work related to the development or manufacture of lead-acid batteries and their application.
The grant of up to €2,000 per person is planned to cover travel costs, accommodation in Paris for four nights and attendance at the Conference, Exhibition and supporting events.
Applicants for this special financial support should send, by mail or e-mail, a brief abstract of their work together with a short CV (no more than three A4 pages) detailing their current status at College or University, or their industrial affiliation, to Maura McDermott by 31 January 2012. You may also register your interest online.
Exhibition
More than 100 exhibitors are expected to feature at the 13ELBC exhibition including battery makers, suppliers of battery making equipment, materials (separators, lead, components, etc.) and professional and technical services.
Prospective exhibitors can find out more information here or contact Allan Cooper at the ILA for further details (cooper@ila-lead.org).
