PyBaMM Battery
Modelling Conference
A unique event for those at all levels, from the just curious to the advanced. There will be a traditional science focused 2-days, with a few invited plenaries, but a focus on allowing students and early career researchers from both academia and industry to present. The third day will be a PyBaMM training day with beginner and advanced sessions.
PyBaMM Conference 2025
Plaisterers' Hall,
One London Wall,
London,UK
TBC, London, UK
Keynote Speakers
Valentin Sulzer
Valentin Sulzer
Creator of PyBaMM and CEO of Ionworks
Valentin Sulzer is the creator of PyBaMM and CEO of Ionworks.
Weihan Li
Weihan Li
Junior Research Group Leader @ RWTH Aachen
Weihan is a Junior Research Group Leader at RWTH Aachen University, where he leads the research group "Artificial Intelligence for Batteries" since Feb 2022. He has a PhD in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from RWTH Aachen University, and was a visiting researcher at MIT, University of Oxford and Imperial College London.
Anna Stefanopoulou
Anna Stefanopoulou
Professor, Mechanical Engineering & William Clay Ford Professor of Technology @ University of Michigan
Anna G. Stefanopoulou is the Director of the Energy Institute, and the William Clay Ford Professor of Manufacturing at the University of Michigan. She has been on the faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering since 2000. She obtained her Diploma (1991, Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece) in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and her Ph.D. (1996, University of Michigan) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She served as the Director of the Automotive Research Center a multi-university U.S. Army Center of Excellence in Modeling and Simulation of Ground Vehicles (2009-2018). She was an assistant professor (1998-2000) at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a technical specialist (1996-1997) at Ford Motor Company where she developed nonlinear and multivariable models and controllers for advanced engines; her algorithms were implemented and tested in experimental vehicles.
She has been recognized as a Fellow of three different societies; the ASME (08), IEEE (09), and SAE (18). She is an elected member of the Executive Committee of the ASME Dynamics Systems and Control Division and the Board of Governors of the IEEE Control Systems Society. She is the Founding Chair of the ASME DSCD Energy Systems Technical Committee and a member of a U.S. National Research Council committee on the 2025 US. Light Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards. She is a recipient of the 2017 IEEE Control System Technology award, the 2012 College of Engineering Research Award, the 2009 ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, a 2008 Univ. of Michigan Faculty Recognition award, the 2005 Outstanding Young Investigator by the ASME DSC division, a 2005 Henry Russel award, a 2002 Ralph Teetor SAE educational award, a 1997 NSF CAREER award and selected as one of the 2002 world’s most promising innovators from the MIT Technology Review.
She has co-authored a book, 20 US patents, and more than 250 publications (5 of which have received awards) on estimation and control of internal combustion engines and electrochemical processes such as fuel cells and batteries.
Ulderico Ulissi
Ulderico Ulissi
Technology Scouting Manager @ CATL
Ulderico is a manager in technology strategy and scouting, including technoeconomic and sustainability assessment. His background is in electrochemistry and lithium battery cell development, with experience in both startup and corporate environments, as well as consulting.
Conference details
Registration
egistration for the conference is now open, with the deadline for early bird registration before 31st December 2024 ranging from £199 for students, to £299 for academics and £399 for industry.
The ticket price will include refreshments and lunches on both days, and an evening event on Wednesday 5th February. Registration does not include accommodation or travel costs, which must be booked independently.
An additional training day is being held on Friday 7th February, and can be booked along with conference registration for an additional £75.
Sponsorship
If you are interested in sponsoring the event, please get in touch at conference@pybamm.org, we have a full range of sponsorship packages and bespoke options, ranging from sponsoring the whole conference, the evening event, or bursaries for students.
Assistance
If you are an academic student or researcher in need of financial assistance, for whatever reason, please send an email to conference@pybamm.org with a short description of why you would benefit from this. We cannot assist with travel or accommodation costs, but we hope to offer a substantial number of either partially or fully discounted tickets, depending upon need and subject to sufficient sponsorship. Preference will be given to active contributors to the PyBaMM community.
Organising committee
Greg Offer
Greg Offer
Professor at Imperial College London
Gregory Offer is Professor in Electrochemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London and leads the Electrochemical Science & Engineering Group in Mechanical Engineering. Since starting his group in 2010 he has worked with multiple industry partners on projects worth over £45.2 million. Greg has also worked as a management consultant and a government advisor.
Jon Chapman
Jon Chapman
Professor of Mathematics and its Applications at University of Oxford
Jon is a Professor of Mathematics and its Applications. His research includes industrial mathematics, mathematical modelling, matched asymptotic expansions, partial differential equations, superconductivity, vortices, dislocations in elastic crystals, complex ray theory, high-frequency acoustic and electromagnetic scattering, free-boundary problems, exponential asymptotics, shear-thinning fluids, subcritical transition to turbulence, mathematical finance, asymptotic approximation of eigenvalues, mechanochemical models in developmental biology, mathematical physiology, tumour growth, nonlinear models of biological tissue.
Jon was Valentin's supervisor and has been a long term supporter of PyBaMM
Ferran Brosa Planella
Ferran Brosa Planella
Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Institute (University of Warwick) & Co-Founder at Ionworks
Ferran's research interests are in the broad area of industrial and applied mathematics, with a particular interest in modelling of physical processes for sustainable development applications. Ferran combines analytical techniques and numerical techniques to develop and study mathematical models, and uses them to provide insight on real-life systems. Ferran's motivation is to use these models as a tool to provide insight on real-life systems. From a mathematical point of view, Ferran is interested in heat and mass transfer, continuum mechanics, moving boundary problems, and dynamical systems.
Ferran is also a strong supporter of open science and has been a core developer of PyBaMM for 5 years.
Monica Marinescu
Monica Marinescu
Reader (Associate Professor) at Imperial College London
Monica is interested in understanding how physical and chemical processes impact the behaviour of energy storage devices in applications. This involves identifying the mechanisms that limit behaviour under real conditions, which she does by building electrochemical and physical models. Monica uses experimentally observed behaviour to parametrise and validate these models, and use them further to explore ways in which their performance can be improved. Monica also synthesises this knowledge into reduced order models, which can be used for control algorithms in a given application. Monica is working on lithium ion batteries, lithium sulfur batteries, supercapacitors and Li-ion capacitors.
Jacqueline Edge
Jacqueline Edge
Research Strategist at Imperial College London
Dr. Jacqueline Edge is the Multiscale Modelling Project Leader at Imperial College London, working with Prof. Gregory Offer to ensure that the research is coherent and that the project delivers all promised outputs. She also leads the modelling work on sustainability and techno-economics of lithium-ion batteries.
Saira Naeem
Saira Naeem
HexMat Programme Grant Manager at Imperial College London
Dr Saira Naeem ( Project Network Coordinator ) is developing and implementing communication strategy for the multiscale modelling project, which includes social media management. She also manages meeting organisations and the day-to-day running of the project.
Rob Timms
Rob Timms
Co-Founder at Ionworks
Rob is Co-Founder at Ionworks and has been a core developer of PyBaMM since 2018. Before founding Ionworks, Rob was a postdoc at the University of Oxford working on the Faraday Institution's Multi-Scale Modelling project.
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