Company Speakers in CaBatt Events
Companies, experts, and institutions contributing to CaBatt training courses and events across Europe.
🇳🇴 Norway
Corvus Energy: Kristin Sand Bakken (Innovation Manager), Henning Dahl (SVP Aftermarket & Digital), Kjetil Dent Tranberg (SVP Commercial Products), Lars Ole Valøen (EVP/CTO – company visit).
Bergen Fire Department: Kurt RusĂĄs (Fire Constable/Smoke Diver).
Field trip: Battery-driven ferry MF Kommandøren.
NORCE: Geir Nævdal (Research Professor, Future of Batteries in Maritime Sector).
Fagskule Vestland: Meritime simulators and education.
🇸🇪 Sweden
Northvolt: Helen Rönnqvist (HR) – presentation and site visit.
VUX: Adult education centre & training labs for battery industry.
FESTO Didactic: Stefan Johansson (Festo LX Portal).
Sara Culture House: Patrik Sundberg (Skellefteå Kraft) – battery energy storage systems.
ACE – Arctic Centre of Energy: Tobias Vahlne.
🇵🇹 Portugal
Battery Cluster Portugal: Fernando Machado (General Manager).
ATEC: Learning environments for stationary batteries & EVs.
EDMTECH: Paulo Alves (CEO).
Exide: José Barreiros (Director R&D Energy Solutions) – presentation and site visit.
EDP Electricity Museum: Energy transition & sustainability.
DST Solar: Andre Pintos (Project Manager, Renewable Energy Communities).
CALB: Sherry Wei (General Manager, CALB Europe).
🇫🇮 Finland
KPEDU: Teemu Mäkinen & Nea Pitkäkangas (Mineral Processing).
GigaVaasa / Energy Vaasa: Marko Kuokkanen.
Freyer Batteries: Tomi Vuollet (T1 Energy).
Epsilon Advanced Materials: Heli Rasimus.
Umicore Finland Oy: Kim Sundell (EHS Manager).
KIP – Kokkola Industrial Park: Kaisa Kaapo (Executive Director).
Jervois Finland: Juha Järvi (Technical Director).
Keliber / Sibanye-Stillwater: Asko Saastamoinen (Head of HR).
Fortum: Peik Ekman (R&D Manager, Battery Recycling).
Aalto University: Sara Pakseresht (Postdoctoral Research Fellow).
Vamia: Sustainability & learning environments in Batt Forum.
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
VSB–Technical University of Ostrava: Simona Jursova (lectures).
TU Graz: Georg Macher (Battery Systems Engineering).
IT4Innovations Centre: Innovation & Supercomputing.
Centre for Advanced Innovation Technologies (CAIT): Mobility Lab, Smart Factory, eHealth Lab.
DolnĂ VĂtkovice: Steel factory site visit.
Hyundai: Production site visit and technical discussions (Quality, Process Engineering, HR).
Moravian-Silesian Technological Academy (MTA): Martin Kavan (Team Leader, Future Mobility).
Automotive Skills Alliance (ASA): Josef Tichánek (Battery Passport Lecture, PIECE project).