Nordic Battery Summit 2026

Program

PROGRAM

18.5.2026, Tampere Automotive & Vehicle Technology Cluster’s pre-event at 16.00 – 22.00

Participation is free of charge, and beverages, sauna and a light meal will be provided.
Please note that the space is limited so we reserve the right to review and confirm each participation.

19.5.2026, SEMINAR

9:00 Registration, morning coffee & networking

10:00 Opening

• Ilkka Homanen, Business Finland
• Hanna Brasar, Business Sweden
• Benedicte Fasmer Waaler, Innovation Norway and Nora Rosenberg Grobæk, Battery Norway

10:30 Session 1: Trends and updates from Nordic, European and global perspective

• Bo Normark, Industrial Strategy Executive, EIT InnoEnergy – Trends and Situation of battery industry in Europe
• Bozorg Khanbaei, Executive Director, BEPA – Battery European Partnership Association – A blueprint for Battery R&I
• Esa Parjanen, CEO, Nordic Nano Group – From Technology Breakthroughs to Business Breakthroughs: How Next-Gen Batteries Change the Rules

12:00 Lunch and networking

13:30 Session 2: Off-road applications – electrification in challenging environments

• Juuso Kelkka, Ioncor
• Kalle Einola, Ponsse
• Marko Antila, VTT – Future Energy Technology for Nonroad Mobile Machines – what will happen in next 20 years?
• Epec

15:00 Coffee and networking

16:00 Session 3: AI driven innovations in battery industry

• Marcus Martinsson, Product Area Manager for Batteries, Stena Recycling – Safe and circular battery recycling in a swiftly changing environment
• Roni Luhtala, CEO, CeLLife Technologies – Next Generation Battery Intelligence: AI Decision Support for Future‑Proof BESS in Nordic conditions

17:30 Break

19:00-21:30 Dinner

Tour West

• Avant Tecno & Avant Power
• Merus Power
• TheStorage & Nokian Panimo

Tour East

• Kalmar Finland
• CeLLife Technologies
• Celltech Solutions
• Enico

13.30 End of the Summit