Compel Biannual Meeting in Uppsala – March 2026
On March 24–25, the Compel biannual meeting was held in Uppsala, bringing together researchers, professors, university leadership, and industry partners from Volvo Cars, Volvo Group, and TRATON. The meeting provided an opportunity to exchange insights on ongoing activities across the battery value chain. The program included presentations, discussions, and networking activities. On the second day, a workshop focused on education, addressing topics such as collaboration, mobility, and lifelong learning.
The presentations from the meeting are now available below.
Gruppbild - Compel vårmöte i Uppsala 24-25 mars 2026
Agenda
Day 1
11:30 Registration
12:00 Lunch (Café Alma)
12:45 Introduction (Welcome and Agenda) – Daniel Brandell
12:50 Roadmap – Daniel Brandell
13:00 Content and boundaries for COMPEL; Joint research overview – Alexander Matic, Elna Heimdal Nilsson pdf, 3 MB.
13:30 Research at KTH – Raquel Lizarraga Jurado pdf, 12 MB., Mats Johansson pdf, 7 MB.
14:00 Research at LTU – Edward Lynch, Faiz Ullah Shah, Tobias Vahlne pdf, 8 MB.
14:30 Research at UU – Susanne Stenbacka pdf, 2 MB., David Langlet pdf, 179 kB.
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Research at CTH – Julia Maibach pdf, 2 MB., Torsten Wik pdf, 2 MB.
16:00 Research at LU – Elna Heimdal Nilsson pdf, 818 kB., Abhirup Bhadra pdf, 3 MB.
16:30 Wrap-up and concluding remarks
18:00 Dinner (Hotel Gillet)
Day 2 – Educational collaboration within the battery value chain curriculum, mobility and LLL/Short courses
09:00 Welcome and introduction – Lisa Freyhult (UU)
09:05 Opportunities and barriers for educational collaboration – Magnus Strandås (UU) pdf, 461 kB.
09:15 Experiences from KTH: Mobility, course exchange and administrative barriers – Erika Charpentier (KTH) pdf, 146 kB.
09:25 Microcredentials and battery technology - first experience – Julia Maibach (CTH) pdf, 716 kB.
09:35 Course example: Transdisciplinary battery course for engineers – Ferdinand Grimm (LU) pdf, 855 kB.
09:45 Short courses for professionals – the green transition – Cecilia Johansson (UU) pdf, 1 MB.
09:55 Group discussions in thematic groups
10:30 Coffee break
11:15 Plenary feedback from group discussions
12:00 Lunch on the go