October 08 – 09, 2025  |  Klettwitz, Germany

Program

 Wednesday, October 8, 2025 

The times given here refer to CEST = UTC+2h

09:00

Welcome

Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh

09:05

Welcome by DEKRA

Vincent Roes - DEKRA; Filip Klug - DEKRA Automobil GmbH

International Requirements

09:15

Introduction for NEV Electric Safety Technical Assessment Project (NESTA) in China

Fan Bin - CATARC New Energy Vehicle Research and Inspection Center (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. 
  • Current status and challenges of NEV electric safety technology
  • Framework and industry applications of NESTA
  • Detailed interpretation of NESTA
  • Future Vision

09:45

Fire Safety Technology for Electric Vehicles

Dr. Chen Bin - CMVR - China Merchants Testing Vehicle Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.
  • Current situation of electric vehicle fire safety technology
  • Electric Vehicle Fire Mechanisms
  • Fire Safety Assessment Technology for Electric Vehicles
  • About us

10:15

Assessment of the Risk of Vent Gases for Vehicle Occupants During a Thermal Runaway

Jan Krewinkel - Mercedes-Benz AG
  • Aspects of occupant protection in the event of thermal runaway incidents in the entire vehicle, taking into account current rating and certification requirements

10:45

Coffee Break

European Requirements

11:15

New European Legal Requirements

Dr. Natalia Lebedeva - European Commission, Joint Research Centre
  • UN R.100 and thermal propagation requirements
  • Developments in other parts of the world
  • UN Global Technical Regulation on Electric Vehicle Safety

11:45

Accelerating Market Access Under the EU Batterie Regulation 2023/1542 + Sustainability LCA for Batteries

David Fernandez - DEKRA TC Spain; Ammar Nemat - DEKRA SE
  • Key requirements
  • Carbon footprint of an EV battery
  • Conformity assessment procedure 
  • Notified Body activity scope

Vehicle Concepts

12:15

Renault's Fireman Access innovation

Dr. Aurélie Débart - AMPERE
  • Human First Program: protecting everybody, not just drivers
  • Listen to Firefighter’s needs: How to extinguish efficiently an EV battery fire?
  • Fireman Access concept and extinguishing efficiency

Real World Data

12:45

Handling of Damaged HV Vehicles – From the Scene of the Accident to Disposal

Rainer Kühl - KTI GmbH & Co. KG

13:15

Lunch Break

14:15

Insights to the NIO Swap Station

Dr. Frank Kindermann - NIO GmbH

14:25

Safety Instructions

Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh

14:30

Transfer to the DEKRA Battery Test Center

15:00

Insights: The Nio Battery Swap Station

Dr. Frank Kindermann, Belén Pose Suárez - NIO GmbH

NIO Swap Station Schipkau NIO Swap Station Schipkau

(Images: NIO)

15:00

Live Demonstrations at the DEKRA Battery Test Center

18:00

Transfer back to Pressesaal

18:30

Evening Reception

 

 Thursday, October 9, 2025 

Battery Concepts

09:00

LFP Blade Cell - How to Improve Safety and Structural Strength for EV Batteries

Albert Burgstaller - FinDreams Battery Co. Ltd. (Business unit for batteries within the BYD Group)
  • Differences between LFP and NCM – How to utilize intrinsic safety advantage
  • Advantages of "Blade Cell"- format compared to traditional prismatic and cylidrical cells
  • Cell to Body Technology - not only an energy storage also a structural component
  • Integrating digital intelligence - How AI and big data help to improve battery safety

09:30

Innovative Material Development for Battery Safety in Electromobility

Dr. Kim Dana Kreisköther - Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
  • Development of Materials (coatings, pottings) for Battery Safety on pack level
  • Simulation in material development
  • Application related testing procedure for batteries in Electromobility

10:00

Fiberceramic Foil for Thermal Runaway Protection / Methodology of Material Evaluation for Thermal Runaway Protection

Dr. Mathias Kunz - WPX Faserkeramik GmbH; Christoph Neumann - AMTAS GmbH
  • Patented 0.5 mm fiberceramic foil
  • Protects against thermokinetic blast / particle jet damage during LiB Thermal Runaway
  • Realistic battery casing/top cover material screening service
  • Simulation of specific battery cells´ thermal runaway behaviour

10:20

Coffee Break

Development and Validation Methods

10:50

Thermal Runaway of Batteries – Simulation Models for Safety Assessment

Benjamin Schaufelberger - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
  • Discussion of important phenomena during thermal runaway and propagation
  • Outlining possible characterization experiments
  • Model development and validation for selected phenomena

11:20

Understanding Battery Safety: Cooling and Venting Effects on Thermal Runaway Propagation

Yogesh Nalam - Gamma Technologies GmbH
  • Introduction to thermal runaway risks in EVs and why thermal safety is critical.
  • Modelling multi-physics : electro-chemistry and thermo-fluids together.
  • Simulating different cooling strategies and understanding their role in thermal management.
  • Analyzing venting phenomena and its effect on thermal runaway propagation.

11:40

From Bytes to Volts and Back: Present and Future of Digital Cell Development

Dr. Sven-Erik Pohl - Cellforce Group GmbH

12:10

Lunch Break

13:10

A New Approach to Developing Battery Powered Products

Lukas Lutz - Battery Sphere GmbH
  • Ways to identify non-linear behavior, aging mechanisms and relevant mechanical properties of a cell
  • Advanced data mgmt software platform for battery data
  • AI simulation

13:40

Thermal Runaway and Propagation Through the Eyes of Superman

Arjan Strating - AUDI AG; Dr. rer. nat. Malte Kurfiß - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
  • Thermal runaway and thermal propagation testing
  • Large prismatic NMC cells
  • High-speed, in-situ x-ray imaging

14:10

High Efficient Data Management in Battery Testing

Catharina von Appen - DEKRA Automobil GmbH

14:40

Coffee Break

15:10

Innovative Test Methods of Components in High Voltage Battery Systems

Philipp Kempf - Joyson Safety Systems Aschaffenburg GmbH
  • High Current Generation
  • Simulation of Height
  • Simulation of High Electric Fields in the Surrounding Area

15:40

Application-Oriented Thermal Characterization of Safety-Critical Cell Spacers Using the Guarded Heat Flow Method (GHFM)

Oliver Roser - Zentrum für Wärmemanagement ZFW GmbH
  • Role of cell spacers in battery systems
  • Importance of thermal characterization in research and development
  • Fundamentals of the Guarded Heat Flow Method (GHFM)
  • Advantages of GHFM compared to alternative characterization techniques
  • Selected results and material analyses from recent investigations

16:00

Temperature and Flow Control With Various Coolants During Testing of Electric Vehicle Batteries

Dr. Horst Ammon - LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO. KG

16:20

Farewell

Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh

 

 

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