Optimal Management
of electrical Energy Storage

Unravelling the true potential of your battery! 

11 June 2025

Participation is free, but registration is mandatory. Please register here.

Join us at the OMES symposium where the latest trends in the electrical storage landscape are presented by
experts throughout the battery value chain.

A Full Day of Innovation and Networking!
In this year’s edition, battery specialists from EnergyVille/VITO, together with industrial frontrunners, will present
the latest innovations in battery diagnosis, state estimations, and strategies to optimise battery lifetime and performance.
The symposium will offer a mix of scientific and technical presentations and demos. 

The symposium includes several networking opportunities and visits to exhibitor booths. During the lunch break,
attendees can tour EnergyVille’s state-of-the-art Battery Testing Lab.

A Unique Location:

• Thor Central is located at the heart of Thor Park, a 93-hectare technology and science park combining innovation and heritage. This former mine site has been transformed into a hub for cutting-edge technology and meaningful collaborations while preserving its historical significance.
• Hosted in Genk, Belgium, at the centre of the technological top region ELAt, connecting Eindhoven, Leuven, and Aachen as a leading European innovation hub.

Topics Covered

• Battery Diagnosis
• Advanced State Estimation
• Lifetime Optimisation
• Battery Management Systems
• Total Cost of Ownership

Programme

• 9.30    Welcome & introduction    
  • Bert Gysen – Research Director Unit Water & Energy Transition – VITO/EnergyVille 
• 9.40 - 10.40     Exploring today’s challenges & limitations of state of the art battery solutions    
  • Khiem Trad – Senior Researcher OMES – VITO/EnergyVille    
  • Michel Verschuere – Managing director – YUSO    
• 10.40 - 11.15     coffee break    
• 11.15 - 12.15     Overcoming today’s challenges & limitations towards safer & more reliable electrical energy storage    
  • Guillaume Thenaisie - Researcher OMES – VITO/EnergyVille
  • Mehmet Aslakci -  Founder - MEAtec 
  • Arne Vanacker – Co-founder – Bright Energy
• 12.15 - 13.45     lunch break, networking, battery testing lab tour
• 13.45 - 14.45    Bringing technologies to live: a flavour of VITO’s R&D collaborations
  • FLEXINET:  Intelligent flexibility through integrated hybrid storage technologies 
    • Luis Couto – Researcher OMES – VITO/EnergyVille    
    • Roland Kahmann – Sales & account manager – HELIOX    
  • BE-CO-OPTIMAL:   Battery Energy storage system total Cost of Ownership OPTImalisation through physics-informed MAchine Learning
    • Raf Ponnette – Senior Researcher OMES – VITO/EnergyVille    
    • Octave    
  • HiHelios: demonstrating a High-energy and High-power hybrid battery storagE soLutIonS platform for multiple grid services 
    • Geert Jacobs – Senior Research Engineer – VITO/EnergyVille
    • Aimilios Orfanos -  Founder - Revolta
• 14.45 - 15.30    Panel discussion    
  • Moderator: Grietus Mulder, Senior Researcher – VITO/EnergyVille
• 15.30 - 17.00    Networking drinks & reception

EnergyVille

Energy in transition – leading research on every level

VITO is one of the founding partners of EnergyVille, a collaboration with the Belgian research partners KU Leuven, imec and UHasselt in the fields of sustainable energy and intelligent energy systems. EnergyVille develops technology and knowledge to support public and private stakeholders in the transition to an energy-efficient, decarbonised and sustainable urban environment. The unique complementarity of the research partners allows EnergyVille to integrate the energy system value chain in its entirety – ranging from materials and components to the level of entire energy systems, business models and strategies. Its activities are clustered in eight interdisciplinary domains: solar energy, battery storage, power electronics, power-to-molecules, thermal systems, electrical networks, energy for buildings & districts, and energy strategies & markets.

With approximately 750 researchers and state-of-the-art research facilities, EnergyVille is a top European
innovation hub in the energy field. It bundles research, development and training under one roof and collaborates
closely with local, regional, national and international partners from industry as well as public authorities.

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