Please note that the inclusion or absence of a conference on this list does not imply endorsement or otherwise of any event.  We are publishing this list to be helpful to those interested in the subject area and to try to allow conference organisers to avoid clashes which will upset speakers as well as attendees. We also need to recognise other important events as we grow the electricity storage industry,

We think that conferences and seminars are useful for networking and sharing ideas, but with an increasing number of conferences on the subject of energy storage, it is necessary to be selective about which ones to attend and support. We tend to favour those run by associations and professional institutions.

The dates for the ESA 2012 meeting and the IFBF 2012 have now been fixed.  See below

ACI Energy Storage

Evaluating the Techno-Economic Feasibility of Energy Storage Systems

29 February – 1 March 2012

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

A conference held in the country with the highest proportion of pumped storage in the world. Well done to ACI for spotting this!  Popular speakers and an informative selection of topics.

Discounts are available if you have read about this here.  contact mailto:mahsan@acieu.net

4 th International Symposium on advanced batteries and battery day

6,7 March 2012

Munster. Germany

A full programme of presentations and posters on advanced batteries and applications: It folllows the Battery Day exhibition.  Very good selection of speakers and topics.

Institution of Mechanical Engineers & the Electricity Storage Network conference

13 March 2012

London UK

Energy Storage for Electricity Networks

Following several successful conferences organised by the Electricity Storage Association, and the inaugural conference of the ESN last March, this will be the defining meeting for 2012.   registration is now open,

Energy Storage: International Summit for the Storage of Renewable Energies

13-14 March 2012

Dusseldorf, Germany

This looks as if it is a re-run of the popular and successful IRES conference series held in November each year, but not to be confused with it  A preliminary programme has been published but no details yet.  Sessions on future energy supplies, batteries, thermal storage, hyrdrogen and methane and hydro storage. 

6th Energy Storage Summit

26 - 28 March 2012

San Francisco , California

click here to register

2nd Annual Renewable Grid Integration China Week 2012

March. 27 -30, 2012|

Beijing, China

A conference with an extensive storage component.

EWEA 2012  (European Wind Energy Association)
16 - 19 APRIL 2012,

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

Next Generation Batteries

19-20th April 2012

The Knowledge Foundation

Location to be advised, in the USA

Hotel room allocation closes 10 March 2012

Hannover Fair

23-27 April 2012

Hannover, Germany

The Electricity Storage Association

22 Annual Meeting

Washington DC, USA

1- 3 May 2012

Mark your diaries for the key energy storage conference in North America for 2012.   To be held in Washington DC, this will be aimed at ensuring that policy makers and opinion formers have every chance to find out about storage.

Second Energy Storage Congress China

6 - 7 June 2012

Beijing, China

A very good line up of speakers and projects from across China, providing an opportunity to discover all that is happening in the way of large scale storage technology demonstrations in China.

The Energy Storage Forum - Europe 2012

Rome

12-14 June 2012

CleanTech 2012 - Energy Storage & Novel Generation Symposium

Santa Clara, California

19-21 June 2012

CleanTech 2012 will feature a special symposium focussing on advanced and emerging technologies in energy storage and novel generation.  Click here for more information

The International Flow Battery Forum

2012 Meeting

26 - 27 June 2012

Munich, Germany

The ideal combination of technical, commercial and just interesting papers, presentations and discussions about flow batteries.   The call for papers closes at the end of January.  See the IFBF website for more details.

Grid Scale Energy Storage

25 & 26 June 2012

London, England

Organised by SMI.  Sadly this event clashes with a very interesting and highly recommended conference on flow batteries at the same time. 

The 16th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries (IMLB 2012)

"New Era for Smart Energy Storage"

June 17~22, 2012

Jeju, Korea

Orgnaised by the Korean Electrochemical Society

Advanced Automotive Batteries Conference    (AABC)

18 -22 June 2012

Mainz, Germany

IIncluded here mainly for the overlap with other battery conferences. 

Ulm Electro Chemical Talks

3 - 5 July 2012

Ulm, Germany

A very popular series of talks on electrochemistry held in even years, in Ulm. 

13 th European Lead Battery Conference and Exhibition

25 - 28 September 2012

Paris, France

The call for papers is now open.  In particular, we note that there is a subject theme on opportunities and design of batteries for use in smart networks.

The previous ELBC attracted 700 partipants - a large well attended event.

Batteries 2012

24- 26 October 2012

Nice, France

Perhaps it is the location that has made this an annual event in the battery calendar?  The call for abstracts is now open.

Low Carbon Network Fund

Progress and reports

24 - 26 October 2012

Cardiff

Of special interest to those in the UK - this concetrates on the latest developments in low carbon technologies applied to the distribution networks

IRES 2012  (International Conference for Renewable Energy Storage)

12- 14 November 2012

Berlin, Germany

With more than 500 attendees from Europe and worldwide last year this is the popular conference for everyone interested in energy storage. There is a good overview of all technologies, including thermal, electricity to gas as well as the traditional topics of batteries, flywheels, compressed air and pumped hydro. The call for papers opens soon.  Not to be confused with a similar sounding confernce held in March in Dusseldorf.

US Department of Energy Peer Review

November 2012:  Date to be confirmed and dependent on the timing of elections in the USA and the impact on hotel accommodation in Washington DC

EESAT 2013:  October 2013 - San Diego, California