Dear presenters,
Each presentation slot will be 20 minutes in total.
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November 6th, 2025
9:00
Registration
10:30
Opening Ceremony
Gianluca Maria Farinola, the president of SCI
Maria Assunta Navarra, EnerChem Group Coordinator – SCI
Monica Santamaria, Electrochemistry Division President– SCI
Vito Di Noto, ACee Group Coordinator – SCI
10:45
In Memory of Bruno Scrosati: Metal Salts and Ionic Liquids
for Rechargeable Batteries from Lab to Market
Karim Zaghib, Concordia University, Canada
11:05
Novel Electrolytes for Batteries Operating under Extreme Conditions
Steve Greenbaum, Hunter College of CUNY, USA
11:25
Bruno Scrosati: Not only a Mentor
How I Became Passionate about Electrolytic Technologies
Giovanni Battista Appetecchi, ENEA (TERIN-DEC-ACEL), Italy
11:45
How Co-operation with Bruno Scrosati Extended our Scientific Achievements
Władysław Wieczorek, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
12:05
Structural Defects in LiFePO4 and Li(Fe,Mn)PO4
Christian Masquelier, LRCS Amiens, UPJV-CNRS, France
12:25
Electronically and Ionically Conductive Polymers for Energy Storage and New Technologies:
A Long Collaboration between Bologna and Roma Sapienza Universities
Francesca Soavi, Marina Mastragostino, University of Bologna, Italy
12:45
Three Decades of Electrochemical Innovation with Bruno Scrosati
Fausto Croce, University Chieti-Pescara, Italy - Retired Professor
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13:05-14:30
Lunch
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14:30
Bruno Scrosati, an Early Times Pioneer
Michel Armand, CIC energiGUNE, Spain
14:50
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells based on Chemically Stable Proton Conducting Materials
Enrico Traversa, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
15:10
Nanostructured Non-Precious MoS2 Electrocatalysts for PEM Water Electrolysis:
In Memory of Professor Bruno Scrosati
Antonino Salvatore Aricò, CNR-ITAE, Italy
15:30
The Tale of Nanocomposite Electrolytes and More
Piercarlo Mustarelli, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
15:50
Bruno’s Guide: from Batteries to Fuel Cells
Vito di Noto, University of Padua, Italy
16:10
Composite Electrolytes for PEM Fuel Cells Operating at Low RH and T>100℃
Tom Zawodzinski, University of Tennessee, USA
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16:30
Coffee Break
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16:50
Should the Energy of Lithium Batteries be Limited due to Safety Risks?
Jürgen Garche, Ulm University, Germany
17:10
An Overview on Crosslinked Polymer-based Electrolytes
for Safe Operation of Solid-State Batteries
Claudio Gerbaldi, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
17:30
Continuing Scrosati’s Vision:
From Incremental Progress to Breakthrough Innovation in Batteries
Valentina Gentili, UKRI innovate UK, UK
17:50
Bridging Fundamental Electrochemistry and Industrial Battery Innovation:
From Scrosati’s Lab to FAAM
Carmen Cavallo, FAAM – FIB S.p.A., Teverola, Italy
18:10
Scaling Climate Tech: The Case Study of Batteries
Ulderico Ulissi, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited, China
November 7th, 2025
09:30
Advances in Sulfur Batteries Employing Locally Concentrated Ionic Liquid Electrolytes
Stefano Passerini, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
09:50
Advanced Lithium-Sulfur and Lithium-Oxygen Batteries
Jusef Hassoun, University of Ferrara, Italy
10:10
Advancing Lithium–Sulfur Batteries:
From Collaborations with Professor Scrosati to Emerging Pathways
Marco Agostini, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
10:30
Closing the Loop – Back to Metal Anodes
Aleksandar Matic, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
10:50
From Hard Carbon to Tin: Unlocking Energy Density in Sodium-ion Cells
Ivana Hasa, University of Warwick, UK
11:10
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Investigations of Transport
and Interfacial Properties of Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
Francesco Nobili, University of Camerino, Italy
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11:30
Coffee Break
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11:50
Journeying with Professor Scrosati in Solid-State Battery Development
Yuichi Aihara, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Japan
12:10
Unveiling Solvent Effects and Redox Mediation in Lithium-Oxygen Batteries:
Controlling Singlet Oxygen and Enhancing Performance
Sergio Brutti, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
12:30
Sometimes They Come Back (to Electrochemistry)
Fabio Ronci, CNR-ISM, Italy
12:50
The Mentor of My Mentor
Akiko Tsurumaki, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
13:10
Which Component is More Vital for the Long-Term Sustainability of NMC Cathodes:
The Protective Coating or the Electrolyte Additives?
Diana Golodnitsky, Tel Aviv University, Isralel
13:30
Closing remarks
Andrea Scrosati