A press conference will take place in the Future Forum at BMW Welt, Munich during Graphene Week 2022 on 6 September, 1:45-2:30 pm CEST
A press conference will take place in the Future Forum at BMW Welt, Munich during Graphene Week 2022 on 6 September, 1:45-2:30 pm CEST

Graphene Flagship Press Conference - Graphene Week 2022

Event date 6 September 2022 13:45 – 14:30

Location BMW Welt, Munich, Germany (remote access possible)

Journalists are invited to a press conference at BMW Welt, Munich during Graphene Week 2022 on 6 September, 1:45-2:30 pm CEST. Remote access will be possible.

Programme

  • 11-13 Tour of the labs in the Bundeswehr University Munich (the bus leaves from BMW Welt)
  • 13-13:45 Lunch break at BMW Welt
  • 13:45-14:30 Hybrid press conference (in person at Future Forum, BMW Welt, and online)
  • The commercialisation of graphene - Kari Hjelt (Chalmers University of Technology)
  • Graphene in European chips - Amaia Zurutuza (Graphenea)
  • Graphene in the batteries of electric vehicles - Vittorio Pellegrini (BeDimensional)
  • Graphene in aircraft - Elmar Bonaccurso (Airbus)
  • 14:30-15:30 Open Forum
  • 15:30-16:30 EU Chips Act
  • From 16:30 Tour of the Graphene Pavilion guided by Rebecca Waters


The commercialisation of graphene
Since its inception, the Graphene Flagship has focused on both fundamental science and technological innovation. Kari Hjelt will tell us about the progress of bringing graphene from the laboratories to the market.

Interviewee: Kari Hjelt (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)

Kari Hjelt works as Head of Innovation at the Graphene Flagship, where he also is a member of the Management Panel and the Executive Board. He has extensive experience in building up corporate research and venture activities. He has been the founder and CEO of several start-up companies, as well as worked as director at Nokia Ventures Organization and at Nokia Research Centre.

Graphene in European chips
As the European Chip Act promises to mobilise more than €43 billion to alleviate the global chip shortage, the 2D Experimental Pilot Line (2D-EPL) aims to demonstrate the potential of graphene-enabled alternatives to traditional semiconductors, integrating 2D materials into silicon wafers. The project has recently closed its first multi-project wafer (MPW) run, producing graphene integrated silicon wafers to academic and industrial customers.

Interviewee: Amaia Zurutuza (Graphenea, Spain)

Chief Scientific Officer of Graphenea – one of the founding members of the Graphene Flagship consortium. Within the Graphene Flagship, she is a member of the executive board and leader of the wafer scale integration work package. In addition, within the 2D-experimental pilot line she is deputy leader of the wafer scale growth work package. She is an expert on wafer scale manufacturing and integration of graphene in industrial applications.

 

Graphene in the batteries of electric cars
Spearhead project GrEEnBat
Graphene Flagship industrial partners Varta Micro Innovation (Austria), BeDimensional (Italy), BMW (Germany) and Varta Microbattery (Germany) aim to develop fully functional batteries for automotive applications with silicon/graphene electrodes. The final goal is to produce batteries with a lifetime of 1000 cycles, which corresponds to around 450.000 km on the road.

Interviewee: Vittorio Pellegrini

Vittorio Pellegrini is Chief Executive Officer of BeDimensional Spa, Italy, and the head of Division Energy&Composite&Production of the European Graphene Flagship. He was Chair of the Executive Board of the Graphene Flagship (2016-2018), and Founder and Director of IIT Graphene Labs (2014-2020).

More information about the GrEEnBat project: https://graphene-flagship.eu/innovation/spearheads/c3-sh09-greenbat/

Graphene in aircraft
Interviewee: Elmar Bonaccurso

Elmar Bonaccurso co-chairs Graphene Week 2022 together with Georg Duesberg from Bundeswehr University Munich. Senior scientist at Graphene Flagship partner Airbus in Taufkirchen, Germany, Bonaccurso brings his expertise in innovation and industrial applications to highlight the most interesting applications of graphene and related materials in the aviation industry. (Photo Credit: Airbus)

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General information

What is the Graphene Flagship? The Graphene Flagship is part of the European Union's biggest scientific research initiative. With a budget of €1 billion, the project represents a new form of joint, coordinated research initiative on an unprecedented scale. The Graphene Flagship coordinates nearly 170 academic and industrial partners in 22 countries and has more than 90 associated members in its core project. The new 2D-Experimental Pilot Line (2D-EPL) project has 11 partners throughout Europe, many of whom are also part of the core project. Here is the full list of partners: https://graphene-flagship.eu/collaboration/our-partners/

Why graphene? Graphene is a one-atom-thick layer of carbon atoms. Since it was first isolated in 2004, graphene has found hundreds of innovative applications. For example, it adds stiffness and durability to composite materials. Besides, graphene is a great conductor of electricity and heat. Graphene's conductive properties can make longer lasting batteries. And, of course, graphene is light: the automotive and aviation industries are investigating graphene to make cars and planes less heavy, which will reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions.

Read about the Graphene Flagship’s latest accomplishments in the Annual Report 2021: https://graphene.azurewebsites.net/Graphene-Flagship-Annua-Report-2021/#page=19

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