An Invitation to Australia

A welcome from the organising committee

IMLB 2022 brought the international lithium battery community to Sydney for six days of science, conversation and connection. The meeting was built for researchers who work across the life of a battery, from the first material idea to the cell that leaves a factory.

The programme gave space to fundamental questions and to the practical work of turning a promising chemistry into a dependable product. Invited speakers, poster presenters and industry partners met in one harbour precinct, with the International Convention Centre Sydney as the shared base.

The meeting also placed Australia's mineral wealth in the conversation. The country supplies materials that matter to lithium battery production, and IMLB 2022 created a place to discuss how those resources connect to the global value chain.

Why Sydney

Sydney is a harbour city with a research and industry base that reaches across materials, energy, engineering and advanced manufacturing. Delegates could move from a session on electrode characterisation to a ferry on the harbour, or from a poster discussion to a walk through the historic Rocks district.

The venue sits in Darling Harbour, close to hotels, restaurants, transport and the central business district. That compact geography made it possible to keep the meeting focused while still giving visitors a sense of the city.

What the meeting covered

• Advanced lithium batteries for energy storage and conversion
• Battery materials, interfaces and electrochemical performance
• Lithium ion technology and its applications in transport, aerospace, biomedical and other industries
• Australia's battery minerals and the international supply chain
• Measurement, characterisation and the methods that explain why a material works
• The next generation of researchers and the people who will carry the field forward

A programme with several entry points

The meeting was not only a stage for senior researchers. Students and early career researchers were part of the audience, the poster programme and the social programme. Industry partners could meet the research community in the exhibition. International ambassadors helped carry the invitation into their own networks.

Key dates from the campaign

1. 26 November 2021Poster call openedThe invited poster format was announced alongside the call.
2. 17 January 2022Poster call closedAbstracts closed for the poster programme.
3. 7 March 2022Author notificationsAuthors learned the outcome of their submissions.
4. 26 March 2022Early bird registration closedThe early rate window came to an end.
5. 23 May 2022Accommodation deadlineThe final date for the negotiated room block.
6. 26 June to 1 July 2022IMLB 2022Six days of science at ICC Sydney.

Welcome in your language

The welcome message was shared in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish. The cards below download original welcome graphics created for this archive.

Continue exploring

Read the executive committee introduction, meet the local hosts, or look at the plenary programme.