The intention of the meeting and workshop is to invite academic research groups, industry (not necessarily working on RFBs) and potential technology users to a forum, to outline and discuss the key challenges and opportunities offered by the fast emerging field of flow battery technology. It is key that industry and business partners are identified early on, and synergies between academia and industry are identified, to enable progression in this aspect of electrochemical energy storage. In light of the Faraday Challenge it is even more important for communities of academics, industry and potetnial users to come together and identify synergies and collaborations. This will be a major aspect of the interactive workshop in this year's annual meeting.
In addition to academic group leads and company representatives, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers are strongly encouraged to attend.
Invited talks are to be delivered by the recipients of the CAM-IES Redox Flow Battery small grants, a call that came about from this last meeting.