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Chances & Challenges – Europe’s Lithium Industry In A Changing World

The LithiumDays 2025 conference will explore the dynamic landscape of Europe’s lithium industry amid global market transformations. Despite electric vehicle sales falling below earlier projections, steady growth continues alongside a rapidly expanding energy storage systems market. With lithium prices returning to mid-2020 levels and market conditions expected to tighten in 2025 due to production cuts and improving demand after years of oversupply, the industry faces both opportunities and uncertainties.

The conference will examine regional disparities within Europe, contrasting German economic stagnation with Spain’s ambitious expansions in lithium extraction and battery production. We’ll address how geopolitical tensions, trade disputes, and tariffs are reshaping supply chains and market dynamics.

Recycling technologies and circular economy approaches will feature prominently as Europe seeks to reduce import dependencies and meet sustainability goals. Investment opportunities vary significantly by region, requiring nuanced strategies for stakeholders across the value chain.

We are pleased to announce Morocco as our 2025 partner country, highlighting North Africa’s emerging role in the lithium battery value chain and potential synergies with European markets.

Join industry leaders, policymakers, and researchers in Hamburg as we navigate the complex future of Europe’s lithium industry.

Get your ticket for LithiumDays 2025

NOTE: Accommodation costs are not included in the ticket price. Please book your hotel individually if required.

NOTE: Accommodation costs are not included in the ticket price. Please book your hotel individually if required.

Schedule
(preliminary)

08:30 h (CET) | Registration

09:00 h | Welcome & opening remarks

09:45 h | SESSION 1 – LITHIUM RECYCLING
Lectures and panel discussion

12:00 h | SESSION 2 – ENGENEERING / BY-PRODUCT VALORIZATION
Lectures and panel discussion

Lecture | Prof Dr Daniel Vollprecht (Augsburg university): Mineralogy meets Waste Management – Case Studies from Critical Metal Recovery from Industrial Wastewaters to Froth Flotation of Lithium Ion Battery Slags

+++ 13:30 h | Lunch break +++

14:30 h | SESSION 3 – GUEST COUNTRY MAROKKO
Speeches by political representatives, introduction, keynote, lectures, panel discussion

18:00 h | End of conference

19:00 h | Conference dinner

08:00 h (CET) | Excursion: Aurubis AG with guided tour „The path of copper“ (optional, registration required)

11:00 h | SESSION 4 – LAW / POLITICS AND STRATEGY
Lectures and panel discussion

+++ 13:30 h | Lunch break +++

14:30 h | SESSION 5 – LITHIUM FROM UNDERGROUND SOURCES / OPEN SESSION
Lectures and panel discussion

17:00 h Wrap-up & outlook

18:00 h | End of conference

    Call for Papers

    Present your scientific poster contribution on the topic “Chances & Challenges – Europe’s Lithium Industry In A Changing World” at LithiumDays 2025!
    Send us your abstract by 1 July 2025.

    Speakers 2025

    Prof Dr Dr h.c.
    Ulrich Blum

    Co-CEO ITEL; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

    Prof Dr Ralf B. Wehrspohn

    Co-CEO ITEL; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

    Prof Dr Daniel Vollprecht

    Augsburg University

    About the conference venue

    HELM AG, Conference Center, Nordkanalstrasse 28, 20097 Hamburg, Germany

    In 2025, LithiumDays will take place in Hamburg, at the conference center of HELM AG, partner of the ITEL – German Lithium Institute. The conference venue is centrally located in the Hammerbrook district, close to the Central Station, and is therefore easily accessible by public transport.

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    Parking spaces in the immediate vicinity of the conference venue are very limited. We recommend parking your car at your hotel and travelling to the conference location by public transport.

    Discover Hamburg

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    Review on LithiumDays 2024

    For the fourth time, the ITEL – Institute for Technologies and Economics of Lithium in cooperation with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg invited experts from business, science and industry to the LithiumDays. The 2024 edition on 26 and 27 November was held on the topic of “Circular Lithium Economy – Bridging the Knowledge Gap”. At the invitation of ITEL shareholder Knauf Gips KG, the international conference was hosted for the first time in the town of Iphofen in Franconia, where Knauf is based. The two days of the conference offered around 80 participants the opportunity to exchange ideas and perspectives on how to successfully link technological and economic facts in the context of a lithium economy in numerous lectures, panel discussions and poster presentations, both on site and online.

    Session 1 | Risk Management for Lithium as Critical Material 

    The first session of LithiumDays 2024 highlighted the risks, opportunities and political challenges of the lithium industry. In his keynote speech “Lithium 2030 – Changing Landscape Europe”, Michael Schmidt (DERA) emphasised the need for greater European self-sufficiency in order to reduce geopolitical dependencies, particularly on China. He emphasised the environmental impact of current lithium extraction and called for sustainable prices and measures to conserve resources.

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