ALBA 19-20 May, 2026

CBI Workshop 21 May, 2026

The Automotive Low-Voltage Batter Advancements (ALBA) Workshop series has established itself as the go-to place for automotive 12 V battery experts discussing new battery requirements arising from vehicle hybridization and electrification, functional safety and new power-supply topologies – as well as improvements in battery technology to better serve these future demands.  ALBA is hosted by the Consortium for Battery Innovation and organized by Eckhard Karden in collaboration with CENELEC, IEC and BCI. This year's workshops will take place at Erbacher Hof, Grebenstraße 24-26, 55116 Mainz

For 2026, we will focus on advanced lead batteries but also expand coverage to sodium-ion batteries and 24 V applications. Key areas of the technical agenda 2026 will be:

• Cold performance: How to specify, test and predict charging and pulse-discharge performance of lead, lithium and sodium batteries; implications for cold winter operation?
• Charge recovery: State of function (SOF) recovers much faster than state of charge (SOC) when charging lead batteries: Understand the processes and maximize the SOF boost.
• Battery selection and operation: Tools and guidelines for 12V (24V) battery selection, sizing and operation in electrified vehicles, for example CCA sizing and charging controls.
• Test methods for stop/start, micro-hybrid, auxiliary and backup batteries in laboratory and vehicles: implementation, evaluation, correlations, references.

Please click here to register for ALBA! Hotel information can be found in the registration site. A 20% discount on AABC registration are available through the ALBA registration website.

Please contact info@alba-workshop.info for questions about ALBA and ALBA registrations.

CBI will also hold its European Technical Workshop (for members only) on 21 May 2026 at the same location. Registration for the CBI Technical Workshop coming soon!

CBI members attending ALBA, please refer to your email for registration with ALBA, or contact Anita Wright for the link.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Mainz, Germany!