On September 16, 2025, the University of Trieste will host the conference “Batteries: Innovation, Safety and Sustainability”, organized by the Interdepartmental Center for Energy, Environment and Transport “Giacomo Ciamician” as part of the activities of the new ELISA – Energy Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Storage Applications.

Batteries are key players in the energy transition, playing a central role both in electric mobility and in the integration of renewable sources into the power system. The event will bring together experts from academia, industry, and institutions, offering an opportunity for discussion on established technologies, emerging applications, safety, sustainability, and future innovation perspectives.

From materials to recycling, from management systems to applications in vehicular and stationary contexts, and the opportunities opened up by artificial intelligence and machine learning, the conference will provide a broad and cross-disciplinary overview of a technology at the core of the energy transformation.

Registration is mandatory at the following link: forms.gle/XpzJFZBP9PPQqkj16.

PROGRAMME

14:00 – 14:15 | Institutional Greetings
Prof. Erik Vesselli (Rector’s Delegate for Technology Transfer and Relations with Research Institutions)
Prof. Alessandro Massi Pavan (Rector’s Delegate for Sustainability and Energy Transition, Coordinator of the Giacomo Ciamician Interdepartmental Centre)

14:15 – 14:35 | Battery Demand and Prices: What Future Scenarios?
Prof. Romeo Danielis (University of Trieste)

14:35 – 14:50 | FAAM – An Italian Adventure
Dr. Carmen Cavallo (FAAM)

14:50 – 15:10 | Flow Batteries: A Promising and Sustainable Solution for Stationary Applications
Dr. Andrea Trovò (University of Padua)

15:10 – 15:25 | Long-Duration Energy Storage: When, Why, and with Which Technologies
Eng. Antonio Zingales (SAET S.p.A.)

15:25 – 15:45 | Circular Economy and the Fate of Lithium Batteries
Prof. Eliana Quartarone (University of Pavia)

15:45 – 16:05 | Synchrotron Techniques in Battery Research: The Contribution of Elettra Sincrotrone
Dr. Alessandra Gianoncelli (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste)

16:05 – 16:40 | Break

16:40 – 16:55 | Batteries and Fire Safety
Diego Tippi (Fire Department of Trieste)

16:55 – 17:10 | Molten Salt Batteries: New Opportunities for Sustainable Mobility?
Andrea Berti (BatterIT)

17:10 – 17:25 | Storage Systems for Medium-Voltage Distribution Grids
Eng. Eros Miani (Fototherm S.r.l.)

17:25 – 18:05 | ELISA Lab – From Characterization to Battery and Energy Management Systems
Profs. Alois Bonifacio, Vanni Lughi, Davide Martino Raimondo,
Alessandro Massi Pavan (University of Trieste)

18:05 – 18:25 | Machine Learning Techniques for Estimating Electrochemical Performance Parameters and Battery Durability
Prof. Emanuele Ogliari (Politecnico di Milano)

18:25 – 18:45 | Estimating Battery State of Health Beyond Laboratory Tests
Prof. Simona Onori (Stanford University)

18:45 – 19:00 | Final Remarks and Conclusions

The specific location on the Piazzale Europa campus will be communicated to registered participants via email.