CEE GTI WEBINAR: Battery Industry – Opportunities in the Middle of Europe

Speakers:

• Patrik Krizansky (AVERE)
• Aleks Rajch (PNMA)
• Filip Křenek (Europeum)

Moderator:

• Aaron Fishbone (SEVA)

Part 1 of the The Battery Industry: A (Central) European Opportunity webinar series will feature industry experts from Slovakia, Poland, and the Czech Republic providing a lay of the land of the industry in the region, and its main drivers.

Presentations and discussion will focus on:

·         Brief overview of the Battery supply chain (for more intro level audience members)

·         Mining, refining , processing, production, end use, recycling

·         What parts are in the region & in what volumes? Why? How did this come to be?

·         What are the drivers? Policy, natural resources, supplier/customer proximity

·         Who are these customers?

·         Recommendations to policymakers – what needs to be done to make this region more attractive / maintain its global leadership ?

The panelists are authors of the following relevant reports:

• Europe Runs on Polish Li-Ion Batteries (PSPA, April 2022)
• The future is electric: role of Visegrad countries in the EV battery supply chain (Europeum, March 2023)