Insight Forum 4 | Business and Technology Insight Forum. Cambridge 2018 | 19 - 21 Jun

19, 20, 21 June 2018
Cambridge, UK

Wolfson College, Cambridge

Forum 1

Li-ion Batteries: Raw & Battery Materials, Gigafactories, Emerging Markets

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19 June / Morning

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Forum 2

Batteries Beyond Li-ion & Supercapacitors: New Materials, New Applications

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19 June / Afternoon

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Forum 3

Electric Vehicles: Markets, Trends, Opportunities - Land, Sea & Air

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20 June / Morning

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Forum 4

Electric Vehicles: New Material & Component Opportunities

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20 June / Afternoon

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Forum 5

Off Grid Electricity Generation Needs, Systems and Markets

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21 June / Morning

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Forum 6

New Off Grid Energy Harvesting Technologies

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21 June / Afternoon

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Electric Vehicles: New Material & Component Opportunities

What new materials and components are needed and why
Latest progress with these enabling technologies including suppliers and technical progress
Ten year forecast for each technology
Unmet needs

In the process of electrification of vehicles there is plenty of room for innovation. Petrol car components and systems have evolved during the last 100 years and whilst electric vehicles have been developed for the last 30 years or so, they are still far of being optimized. New materials have been developed recently that are opening new possibilities for new concepts for better performance components. This forum explores the evolution of these developments and what could be their impact on future automotive concepts.

Electric vehicles will need new components and new materials given that the energy source, drive trains, motors and control systems are completely different to conventional vehicles. This forum will explore the opportunities for new materials and components, covering each of the main categories as follows:

What you will learn?

Electric motors
Range extenders
Regenerative braking
Energy harvesting, such as thermoelectrics, shock absorbers and conformal PV
Thermal materials
Energy storage: batteries and supercapacitors
Charging systems and charging infrastructure, including wireless charging
Light weight and structural functional materials
Technologies and systems for autonomous vehicles
3D printing

Attendees will learn about the requirement from vehicle makers based on their vehicle development roadmaps, current state of the technology, suppliers, development trends and areas of focus and undersupplied development areas. In addition, ten year forecasts will be provided for some of the key sectors above, allowing you to quantify your opportunity.

This forum covers:

The use and impact of emerging technologies such as energy harvesting, supercapacitors, power train systems, wireless sensors and wireless systems and technologies for autonomous vehicles
Latest progress with these enabling technologies including suppliers and technical progress
Unmet needs

For those attending.

The PDF files of the presentations will be available to download from this website after the sessions are ended.

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Forum 4 / Agenda

20 June / Afternoon

Please join IDTechEx Analysts for lunch and networking from 13:00-14:00

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch, Networking & Registration
For The Afternoon Session

14:00 - 14:10