Event announcement: Advanced Battery Manufacturing Workshop

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Advanced Battery Manufacturing Workshop

A collaborative meeting of the BatCAT, BATTwin and AM4BAT projects

16–17 April 2026

 Homerton College, Cambridge, UK

Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PH

This hybrid event will bring together leading experts, researchers, and stakeholders to explore cutting-edge advancements in battery manufacturing technology.

The workshop is being co-organised by the BatCAT, BATTwin and AM4BAT projects to create a unique platform to showcase the latest breakthroughs in data systems and digital twins, solid-state lithium-ion batteries, advanced battery manufacturing and innovative cell assembly techniques.

Attendees will have the opportunity to:

  • gain in-depth insights into the progress, objectives, and results of the partner projects,
  • join expert-led technical sessions that will highlight the emerging trends in battery manufacturing and digital twins,
  • connect with key researchers, engineers, and manufacturers from the battery community,
  • participate in discussions and networking opportunities on the challenges and opportunities for sustainable, high-performance battery cell production.

The event is free to attend and, to make the most of the two-day programme, attendance in-person is highly recommended. All delegates need to register. The full programme, including technical sessions, panels, and networking opportunities, is available here.

Our confirmed speakers are:

Fadi Al Manchot (Norwegian University of Life Sciences)

Dimitris Argyropoulos  and Dionysis Zisis (Sunlight)

Ana Bankovic Cassidy (Cambridge Nanomaterials Technology)

Fabrizio Bernini (Bi-rex)

Erwan Le Bourhi (N-ABLE)

Elisa Buccafusco (Politecnico di Torino)

Qiong Cai (University of Surrey)

Marcello Colledani (Politecnico di Milano)

Matthew Evans (University of Cambridge and Datalab Industries)

Mona Faraji Niri and Dariusz Ceglarek (University of Warwick)

Timm Fitschen (IndiScale)

Karol Frohlich (Centre for Advanced Materials Application SAS)

David Gonzalez (Universidad Loyola)

Martin Thomas Horsch (Norwegian University of Life Sciences)

Gergely Horváth (HUN-REN Computer Science and Control Research Institute)

Bastien Hualpa de Schuyter (Leitat Technological Center)

Masoud Jabbari (University of Leeds)

Anmol Jnawali (Photocentric)

David Keating (Echion Technologies)

Amirhossein Khezri (LISPEN)

Sudeepika Liyanapathiranage (Norwegian University of Life Sciences)

Donia Marzougui (Upcell Alliance)

Alessia Melechì (Comau)

Robert Mitchell (Centre for Process Innovation)

Andreas Rauh (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)

Aleksandra Roganović (ElevenEs)

Rachel Smith (University of Sheffield)

Wenxian (Hetty) Sun and Mao (Maggie) Xu (University of Greenwich)

Artur Tron (Austrian Institute of Technology)

 

UPDATE: Registration to attend in person has now closed. Online registration is still open.

You can register to attend here.

The venue

Homerton College, Cambridge is located just a short distance from the city’s main train station and the city centre. Click here for directions and information about accommodation, and here for an annotated map of the college grounds. When arriving at the college it is best to enter via the Events Reception entrance on Harrison Drive. Alternatively, participants can enter via the Porters’ Lodge on Hills Road and then make their way across the college to reach the Events Reception.

Acknowledgement

This event has received funding and support from The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency under grant agreement no. 101137954 (BATTwin) and from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee [grant number 10118186 (BATTwin)], the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement nos. 101069756 (AM4BAT), and 101137725 (BatCAT), and from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee [grant number 10091190 (BatCAT)].

 

 

Metadata for cataloguing datasets from materials science and related domains

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There are vast amounts of data available within materials science and only a fraction of these are published. Such data can come from research and development or manufacturing and span experimental data, simulations and may be from diverse laboratories. Indeed, much data is often lost or inaccessible because the metadata is often lacking and inconsistent, and experimental protocols can vary.

[We have written about the importance data catalogues in materials science previously over on our Semantic Materials site]

To help address these concerns, a considerable body of work has been undertaken by the RDA Working Group “Harmonised terminologies and schemas for FAIR data in materials science and related domains” supported by RDA TIGER and RDA Europe. This work has identified a set of strategies to improve the FAIR maturity of materials data, for example, regarding the need to have “Rich metadata… to allow discovery”.

A primary outcome from this work has been a report that, with a global perspective, reviews the state of the art, with a particular focus on the current two most used frameworks, DCAT and Schema.org, and the use of metadata for materials data cataloguing in general.

The report looks at how scientists organise and describe materials science datasets so they can be easily found, shared, and reused. It provides an overview of international efforts in the US, Europe, Japan, and Korea to create common standards for metadata and outlines some implementation cases. The report also highlights successes, gaps, and recommendations for harmonising metadata and how this could be achieved across countries and disciplines in the future.

Metadata for cataloguing datasets from materials science and related domains

was written by Otello Roscioni and Gerhard Goldbeck.

Metadata for cataloguing datasets from materials science and related domains-1

A version of record of this report is available here.

Acknowledgement

The work described here and the report has received funding from the RDA TIGER and RDA Europe and from European Commission under the European Union’s Horizon Research and Innovation programme, GA No. 101137725 (BatCAT), and by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee, GA no 10091190 (BatCAT).

 

 

RDA 25th Plenary Meeting

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This morning, Gerhard participated online in a session of the RDA 25th Plenary Meeting, which formed part of International Data Week 2025 (13–16 October) that is running currently in Brisbane, Australia.

This event marked the final meeting of the Harmonised terminologies and schemas for FAIR data in materials science and related domains Working Group that Gerhard has been co-chairing. A number of topics were covered, including a short summary of work made possible by the generous funding from the RDA TIGER support scheme. The Working Group will now work to finalise its report that will include recommendations for field guides for increasing the FAIR maturity of data as well as semantic artefacts in materials science communities.

 

Acknowledgement

This work has received funding from European Commission under the European Union’s Horizon Research and Innovation programme, GA No. 101137725 (BatCAT), and by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee, GA No. 10091190 (BatCAT).

 

Data Cataloguing for Materials Science

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We are pleased to let you know about a workshop organised by the Harmonised terminologies and schemas for FAIR data in materials science and related domains WG entitled: “Data Cataloguing for Materials Science and related domains”.

The meeting will take place, online, on Wednesday 24 September 2025, 11.30am–1.30pm UTC and will be supported by RDA TIGER and RDA Europe.

As mentioned on the meeting website, the workshop aims to identify a set of strategies to improve the FAIR maturity of materials data, for example, regarding indicator RDA-F2-01M: “Rich metadata is provided to allow discovery”.  There is a need to adopt high-level metadata/schemas such as DCAT and Schema.org, agree on Application Profile(s) based on domain requirements and establish standardised vocabularies to support harmonised applications.

The European Data Portal is a metadata catalogue based on the DCAT Application Profile. The meeting aims to identify what can be learnt from these and other initiatives, and what are the barriers to overcome?

The meeting will involve both short talks and discussions.

Confirmed speakers for the event include:

For full and up-to-date information about the event including joining instructions, visit the post on the working group’s website.

 

Announcing the Characterisation Methodology Domain Ontology (CHAMEO) Release v1.0.0

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We are delighted to announce the release of the Characterisation Methodology Domain Ontology (CHAMEO) v1.0.0.

As part of the NanoMECommons project, GCL has been developing this EMMO-based ontology as a general framework for digitalisation of complex characterisation workflows. This framework is also at the core of the recently updated CEN Workshop Agreement: Materials characterization – Terminology and structured documentation.

CHAMEO provides a machine-readable reference for the characterisation terminology and metadata, and a clear structure to the items that are required for documentation of characterisation experiments and the related data processing. To learn more and read about the latest release. visit the CHAMEO website.

 

Acknowledgement: This work has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme under Grant Agreement No 952869 (NanoMECommons)

 

 

New CEN Workshop Agreement: Materials characterization – Terminology and structured documentation

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CEN Workshop and review

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This morning, Gerhard chaired a CEN Workshop as part of its kick-off meeting.

The workshop focused on the revision of CWA 17815:2021, entitled “Materials characterisation – Terminology, metadata and classification”. This work is based on insights from the NanoMECommons project that we are taking part in.

The CEN workshop aims to establish a common language (definitions and vocabulary) for materials characterisation and modelling. It aims to update a previous CEN Workshop Agreement on the same topic. Our work on the Characterisation Methodology Ontology (CHAMEO) will underpin the updates to provide a machine-readable reference for the characterisation terminology and metadata, and a clearer structure to the items that are required for documentation of characterisation experiments and the related data processing. The documentation of materials modelling, which was the topic of another CWA, were also discussed.

CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, is an association that brings together the national standardization bodies across 34 European countries. It provides a platform for the development of European Standards and other technical documents in relation to various kinds of products, materials, services and processes.

 

New working group endorsed

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We are pleased to learn that the Research Data Alliance (RDA) has fully endorsed a new working group on the topic “Harmonised terminologies and schemas for FAIR data in materials science and related domains“. This endorsement follows after the proposal was open to community review and feedback earlier in the year.

The working group will formally kick off at the upcoming, fully virtual, 22nd Plenary Meeting of the RDA, which promises a very full and busy programme of events.

The group will offer two specific sessions so that every global region can easily participate. Session one will take place on Wednesday 15 May 2024, 07:00–08:30 UTC, and session two will take place on Thursday 23 May 2024, 14:00–15:30 UTC.

The draft agenda for the sessions is now available with opportunities for all participants to hear talks and provide input on a wide range of topics and interests.

Learn more about the plenary event and register now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semantic Materials Workshop report 2024

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Semantic Materials Workshop Report

Semantic data and knowledge management for chemicals and materials industries

A partnership meeting organised by the OntoTrans project

 

Following the success of the inaugural Semantic Materials Workshop meeting that took place at the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) on 17 April 2024, a short report on the findings from the day has been published. The report covers the need for efficient data management and exchange within materials science, the barriers and benefits of adopting semantic technologies, and directions for the future.

Developing Ontologies in Materials Science

was written by Vikki Cantrill, Anne de Baas, Otello Roscioni, and Gerhard Goldbeck.

To view the report, click here.

A version of record of this work is available here.

 

To read more about the events and presentations from the day click here, or click here to see photos from this event.

 

Acknowledgement: This work has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 862136 (OntoTrans)

 

Sharing knowledge at the Knowledge Graph Alliance summit

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Today, Gerhard Goldbeck presented at the Knowledge Graph Alliance’s (KGA) 1st KG-AI summit at Cranfield University, UK.

Attendees at the summit had the opportunity to listen to speakers and experts in semantics and knowledge graph technology. The workshop aimed to foster innovation, share cutting-edge research, and explore practical applications.

Overall, the KGA supports efforts with semantic knowledge graphs by research organizations, universities, and standardization bodies to facilitate standardization and industry-standard guidance.

Today, on behalf of the European Materials Modelling Council (EMMC), Gerhard presented the European Materials Modelling Ontology (EMMO) conceptualisation framework as a science-based, pluralistic conceptualisation environment to support knowledge capture and better integrate human and machine ‘intelligence’.