Call for abstracts - Battery Safety UK 2026

Call for abstracts

Battery Safety UK 2026 - Shaping the future of battery safety through science and innovation

Battery Safety UK 2026

Following the Success of our 2025 eventLink opens in a new window, WMG are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the Battery Safety Conference 2026, to be held on the 6th of May 2026 at The Slate, Warwick UniversityLink opens in a new window.

This will be a one-day event bringing together industry and academic experts to present and discuss solutions to the battery safety related challenges facing the UK, as we move towards greater electrification and our increased reliance on battery technology.

The call for abstracts is now open below.

We invite early career and established researchers, engineers and scientists from academia and industry to respond. Sessions will be finalised once abstracts have been collated and reviewed. We encourage contributions in the follow areas:

Novel techniques of thermal runaway detection, mitigation and containment
The new challenges associated with next-generation battery chemistries and different battery form-factors
The scale-up challenge of battery safety evaluation - form materials through to complete cells and systems
Managing safety throughout the supply chain – from manufacture to end-of-life
Increasing the use of simulation tools and virtual methods in battery safety evaluation
Meeting the needs of society: education, skills, standards, policy and how they impact consumer adoption
Industrial case-studies

Please submit a one-page abstract (Maximum 300 Words) detailing the work you wish to present. Please clearly show how this work is aligned with the topics above. Selected authors will be invited to give an oral presentation of 15 minutes and to participate in a Panel Q&A.

Key dates:

Deadline for Abstracts: Monday 12th January 2026

Notification of Acceptance: Monday 26th January 2026

All submissions will be reviewed by the Organising Committee, including

Professor James Marco, Dr Melanie Loveridge, Dr Simon Jones, Martin Dowson, Alison Meir and Emily Baird.

Submission details below

We particularly welcome applications from women as well as those from ethnic minority groups, who typically are under-represented in STEM fields. We endeavour to foster diversity in all its forms, including career stage and specific areas of expertise, to represent the broadest collection of voices and ideas.

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Call for abstracts - Battery Safety UK 2026