Held at Newcastle University Urban Sciences, Building, the conference provided an inclusive platform for all researchers in Energy Storage to present their work through talks and poster sessions. In line with the ethos of the Energy SUPERSTORE, the conference endeavours to bring together researchers from academia, industry and policy and across the whole field of energy storage, inspiring collaborations for future research.

The conference featured talks by invited keynote speakers, oral and poster presentations, with a Conference Dinner at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.

Keynote & Plenary Speakers

• Prof Peter Littlewood, University of Chicago & Interim Founding Director, Faraday Institution
• Prof Phil Blythe, Dept for Transport & Newcastle University
• Prof Nigel Brandon OBE, FREng, Imperial College London
• Eric Brown, Head of Innovation, Energy Systems Catapult
• Jim Cardwell, Northern Powergrid
• Sally Fenton, Dept for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Dr Bryan Hannegan, Holy Cross Energy
• Tim Hughes, Siemens plc
• Gregory Poliasne, Nuvve
• Prof Phil Taylor, Newcastle University 

Conference Sessions

• Policy and Economics of Storage in Energy Systems
• Storage for Future Mobility
• Demonstration and Commercial Deployment
• Gas Storage (including hydrogen)
• Electrochemical Energy Storage
• Thermal, Mechanical, and Thermochemical Energy Storage
• Design, Planning, and Integration of Storage in Energy Systems
• Operation and Control: From Battery Management to Energy Management
• Energy Storage in the Built Environment

Abstracts

Abstracts for poster and oral presentations were invited on a wide range of energy storage topics.  These topics included the policy and economics of storage in energy systems to thermal, mechanical and thermomechanical energy storage.