Conference on Battery Direct Recycling 2026
February 3-5, 2026
Congress Centrum Wuerzburg

Direct recycling has the potential to play a key role in battery recycling in the future. As a complementary method to the more established recycling routes, direct recycling can contribute to the improved sustainability of the battery value chain and to enable the formation of a circular economy.

The first "Conference on Battery Direct Recycling" took place at the Congress Centrum CCW in Würzburg from 29 to 30 October 2024. More than 150 participants from research and industry travelled to Lower Franconia to exchange ideas on the direct recycling of batteries and thus contributed to the start of a direct recycling battery community.

This second edition of the conference looks to delve further into the many aspects of direct recycling through your contributions. This call for abstracts is looking for submissions related to the direct recycling of battery technologies in four thematic areas. For submissions that do not fit into one of these categories, please contact the scientific board.

1. POLICY AND MARKET
   
2. DIRECT RECYCLING METHODS + PROCESSES
   Includes subtopics such as:
   Discharge and disassembly
   Delamination, deagglomeration and classification
   Regeneration and upgrading
   Reintegration of recovered materials (also as blends)
   Recovery and reuse of inactive materials
   Recycling of next-generation components and battery technologies
   Valorization of black mass using direct recycling processes
3. SUSTAINABILITY + DIGITALIZATION
   Includes subtopics such as:
   LCA, LCC, social LCA, …
   Digitalization and Automation of Direct Recycling processes
   Battery Passport
4. DESIGN FOR CIRCULARITY
   Includes the development and implementation of design strategies on both the cell and pack level to facilitate a circular value chain (Design for recycling, Design for Second Life, Design for X)

Contributions of both oral and poster presentations are welcome from researchers at all levels. Contributions will be selected by the conference board on the basis of the originality of the research, the level of results indicated in the abstract, and the relevance for the field of Direct Battery Recycling.

Oral presentations

August 31, 2025
Notification of acceptance of oral presentations by mid-October

Posters

August 31, 2025
Notification of acceptance by mid-October

Please register for Abstract submission and use the Abstract template provided in order to comply with GDPR regulations.
 

Abstract submission      Abstract template

The program will be set up by the Scientific Board based on the invited talks and the submissions from the open call.

Until then: Please take a look at the program of the last conference in 2024 and get an impression of the extensive specialist presentations!

Program 2024

Students' and authors' reduced fee: 249 €

Early-bird rate: 499 €

(Registration until October 30, 2025)

Regular fee: 599 €

Conference Dinner: 50 €

Registration starts on April 2, 2025