- The topic covers the full spectrum: thermal runaway, calorimetry, thermal methods, standardisation, applied to active materials, other battery components, systems
- Target audience:
- Organisations that draw up regulations and standards, including DIN/ISO, VdS, GDV and employers’ liability insurance associations
- Service providers, e.g. testing laboratories, certification bodies, insurers, logistics/warehousing, fire safety planning
- Battery researchers: including material development, calorimetry, thermal analysis, electrochemistry, simulation, recycling
- What you’ll gain:
- Insight into current safety requirements, common testing methods and practical applications
- Contacts with PTB, BAM, KIT, standardisation bodies, universities, research institutes and industry
GEFTA Annual Conference 2026
1 and 2 October 2026 at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt in Braunschweig, Germany
Annual conference of the GEFTA with scientific programme and general assembly
The motto of the conference is
Thermal analysis and safety of energy storage systems
This GEFTA conference brings together, for the first time, experts in the field of thermal analysis with experts in safety engineering, with the aim of introducing the former to a current, socially relevant field of application, and familiarising the latter with established methods for determining safety-relevant properties.
Thermal Analysis: Analysis of a change in a sample property which is related to an imposed temperature change (DIN 51005).
This conference is therefore intended to illustrate the potential of thermal analysis methods for determining the thermal properties of active materials, other construction materials and complete systems. Special focus will be placed on electrochemical energy storage devices (batteries).We invite you to explain this topic with a contribution from your research activities.
Contributions from the established fields of application of thermal analysis are also welcome.
GEFTA also warmly welcomes the participation of relevant equipment manufacturers and offers these companies the opportunity to present their work in the form of a scientific presentation or poster.
The conference is jointly organised by the German Society for Thermal Analysis (GEFTA), the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and the German National Metrology Institute (PTB). The conference is supported by Helmholtz-Fonds e.V.
The conference language is either German or English.
Organisation
- Gesellschaft für Thermische Analyse e.V. (GEFTA)
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
Manufacturers of measuring instruments at this conference
News
2026-09-10
- The registration deadline has been extended until 23 September!
2026-09-03
- Prof. Dr Sergey P. Verevkin (University of Rostock) will present the potential of thermochemical and quantum chemical methods in the fourth keynote lecture: ‘Evaluation of the thermal stability of electrolytes for batteries using a network of thermochemical data and “in silico” methods’
2026-09-01
- There are still a few places left for oral presentations. First come, first served!
2026-08-31
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Maren Lepple (University of Giessen) will discuss 'Thermal Analysis and Computational Thermodynamics in Battery Research' in the third keynote lecture.
2026-08-27
- The registration deadlines are fast approaching:
- oral presentations: 28 August 2026
- poster presentations: 11 September 2026
- registration: 11 September 2026
- There are still places available!
2026-08-26
- PD Dr Thomas Waldmann (ZSW, Stuttgart) will give a keynote lecture on the topic ‘Dependence of the safety of Li-ion cells on their main ageing mechanism and initial insights into the safety of Na-ion cells’.
2026-07-01
- Dr. Carlos Ziebert (KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany) is giving the keynote lecture entitled ‘Calorimetry and Gas Chromatography for Safety Assessment of Battery Cells’.
2026-04-27
- Registration for the conference is now open; please click here.
2026-04-22
- Please note: GEFTA also welcomes the participation of relevant equipment manufacturers and offers these companies the opportunity to present their work in the form of a scientific presentation or poster.
2026-04-21
- The conference fees and the deadlines for registration of participation and submission of contribution have been fixed, see hier.
2025-12-22
- The website is online, registration for the conference will be available from end of April.
