Dear Partners,

After the success of the last edition, Batteries 2012 is moving to NICE, and it will be distinct pleasure for me to welcome you there for the 14^th edition of the BATTERIES event.

BATTERIES 2012 will allow you to:

• LEARN how to bridge the gap between power needs and what the market offers today.
• SHARE KNOWLEDGE with all executives and decision makers of the industry.
• INCREASE your business opportunities.

Through expertise and figures presentations, dynamic exchanges, one to one networking and key plenary sessions, the congress will be focused on specific batteries issues:

• Update on the latest trends in R&D
• Raw materials : cathode, anode, separators, electrolyte, binders, Lithium salts…
• Batteries for xEV,
• New products and developments : Li-Air, Li-S batteries
• Micro batteries, thin film batteries and applications
• Industrial and consumer applications
• Energy storage batteries (Solar, wind, smart grid…)
• Marketing and business issues
• Safety and security issues - Recycling
• Ultra capacitors
• Industrial process

BATTERIES 2012 promises to be the main pole of exchanges between the whole value chain of the battery market: Raw materials suppliers, electronic devices suppliers, battery manufacturers, industrial users, environment and recycling specialists and universities.

• 3 days of conference sessions, 70 speakers,
• 40 booths within a 2000 m² exhibit area ,
• Business meetings schedule,
• Welcome cocktail on the exhibition area and Gala dinner,
• New “Creativity Tutorials”.

If you want to be a key player in the battery industry, you can’t miss BATTERIES 2012. Come and meet your customers, your suppliers, your competitors and your partners!

I look forward to seeing you at BATTERIES 2012.

Best regards,

Christophe Pillot, BATTERIES Chairman – AVICENNE ENERGY