Welcome to Oxford Battery Modelling Symposium (OBMS), a unique event for the battery community. OBMS brings together mathematicians, chemists, physicists and engineers from academia and industry to discuss the latest modelling research and applications. Our philosophy is to invite a small number of outstanding speakers spanning a range of topics from atomistic to continuum modelling, controls and beyond, giving broad and inspiring presentations and open discussions. Our first event in 2019 was attended by 170 people with leading experts including John Newman speaking; our subsequent events were held online during lockdown periods but continued to be wildly popular. We are delighted to invite you back to join us for Oxford Battery Modelling Symposium 2025, which will return as an in-person meeting hosted at the Examination Schools in Oxford. Details of our exciting programme of speakers is being updated below. The event will also include a poster session and a wonderful dinner at St Edmund Hall.
Senior researchers, early career researchers and PhD students, in academia, research institutes, and industry, in the UK and internationally
31st March and 1st April 2025, Examination Schools, Oxford, England, OX1 4BG.
Please contact clementine.hadfield@oerc.ox.ac.uk for general queries about the conference, or events@eng.ox.ac.uk for registration related queries
The Oxford Battery Modelling Symposium will be held in the heart of Oxford at the Examination Schools with dinner being hosted in the historic setting of St Edmund Hall.
Map and directions to the Examination Schools
The Examination Schools is situated in Oxford city centre and is a 25 minute walk from Oxford's train station where regular trains run to London Marylebone station or Paddington station, both of which are just a few stops by London Underground to St. Pancras station, where Eurostar train connections are available to France, Belgium and beyond. If you are driving to Oxford, parking in the centre is very constrained and we recommend instead parking at one of the local Park and Ride facilities from which regular buses into the centre of town are available. The easiest airport for access to Oxford is London Heathrow and there is a regular bus service that runs between Heathrow and Oxford (terminal 5 is particularly convenient for this). There are also regular direct trains to Oxford from Birmingham Airport, the journey takes about 60 minutes.
There are a number of hotels in close proximity to the venue, including but not limited to: Mercure Oxford Eastgate Hotel, Museum Hotel, Tower House. You can also book rooms in other Oxford Colleges via Conference Oxford - Magdalen, Oriel, Queens, Corpus Christi, Christchurch, New, Merton and Brasenose are all within close proximity of OBMS25. We strongly recommend booking accommodation well in advance as Oxford gets very booked up in the spring.
Information about how to register coming soon.
Registration is now open, please use this link or the SIGN ME UP! button at the top of the page to register. Registration includes: the two-day workshop, keynote lecture, welcome drinks reception and poster session, lunch and refreshment on both days, participant pack, certificate of attendance. There is a charge of £40 to attend the Symposium Dinner, this can be added on at the time of registration.
Early Bird Rate: Standard registration £330; Student registration £230
After 31st January: Standard registration £380; Student registration £280
If you wish to submit a poster abstract for consideration by the OBMS committee, please visit this Google form, which includes full details of the required process. You will need to login with a Google account (if this is prohibitive let us know). The deadline for poster abstract submissions is 5pm GMT on Tuesday 12th March 2024. We will then make decisions quickly and inform people about whether their poster is accepted by Tuesday 19th March (earlier if possible). Please do not deviate from or change the template, if you do we will send your abstract back to you. You may include figures as long as the total length remains one page.
If you would like a quote to start the process, please contact us at events@eng.ox.ac.uk.
The Symposium Dinner will take place on the evening of 15th April 2024, and includes a 3 course meal and wine in Lady Margaret Hall's old dining hall.
David Howey
Charles Monroe
Colin Please
Jon Chapman
Please read the Cvent Privacy Notice before registering.
We value the participation of everyone and want all participants to have an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. Accordingly, all participants are expected to show respect and courtesy to other participants throughout the workshop and through all communication channels, including but not limited to OBMS Slack channel and Zoom. To make clear what is expected, all participants, speakers, exhibitors, organisers and volunteers at OBMS are required to conform to the following Code of Conduct. Organisers will enforce this code throughout the event.
SUMMARY
The Oxford Battery Modelling Symposium is dedicated to providing a harassment-free workshop experience for everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of workshop participants in any form.
* All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds.
* Be kind to others.
* Do not insult or put down other attendees.
* Behave professionally. Remember that harassment and exclusionary jokes are not appropriate at the Oxford Battery Modelling Symposium. Do not send any unprofessional messages to other participants, including but not limited to private messages in Slack and Zoom.
* Participants violating these rules may be asked to leave the symposium at the sole discretion of the organisers.
* Thank you for helping make this a welcoming, friendly event for all.
CLARIFICATIONS
* Harassment includes offensive communication related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.
* Participants asked to stop any harassing behaviour are expected to comply immediately.
* Be careful in the words that you choose. Remember that words can be offensive to those around you. Offensive jokes are not acceptable at the Oxford Battery Modelling Symposium. Excessive swearing is not appropriate at OBMS.
* If a participant engages in behaviour that violates this code of conduct, the organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the symposium.
* Filming/recording of the Oxford Battery Modelling Symposium and sharing or any recordings is strictly prohibited.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of the Code of Conduct Committee via: events@eng.ox.ac.uk
CANCELLATION OF EVENT - IF WE CANCEL
On occasion, unforseen circumstanes may require us to cancel an event. In such circumstances we will give as much notice as possible and endeavour to oganise another event date or refund any fees paid, but no compensation will be paid for any additional costs you may have incurred.
REEFUNDS - IF YOU CANCEL
The following refund policy is applicable for OBMS:
Where notice of cancellation is received, we will refund a proportation of the conference fee. The non-refundable portion of the fee is £100 per person and cannot be reimbursed. Note: the periods reference the day on which we receive your written/emailed notification of cancellation.
NOTICE PERIOD % OF REFUND
More than 14 workings days before the start date - 100% of the refundable portion.
Less than 14 working days before the start date - 0% of the refundable portion.
The refund policy above applies to the registration fee.
