From Molecules to Mindsets

EIRES Energizing Day 2025

Date
Friday October 31, 2025 from 9:15 AM to 4:30 PM
Location
ϸ Campus @ Blauwe zaal, Auditorium
Price
Free
Building
Auditorium
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5 Years of EIRES: The surprising breakthroughs you didn’t see coming

From molecules to mindsets

Welcome to Energizing Day, the event where innovation and forward-thinking collaboration take center stage. After a very successful first edition last year, EIRES (Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems) will organize its fourh Energizing Day. The event is open for anyone interested in the latest developments in energy storage and conversion, from both inside and outside ϸ. We are proud to present a series of top notch speakers who will share their views, solutions and outlooks on the challenges we are facing when it comes to the energy transition. The day leaves plenty of room for networking and the EIRES team is looking forward to meeting you!

This day marks the 5th anniversary of EIRES
Over the past five years, EIRES has built a strong, multidisciplinary community dedicated to accelerating the energy transition. Through cutting-edge research and collaboration, we continue to turn fundamental insights into real-world impact, from materials to full energy systems. EIRES is known for its broad expertise in renewable energy research with communities focusing on the energy transition in the built environment or the greening of the process industry.

 

Impression of the day by Tim Meijer

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Article about Energizing Day 2025

SPEAKERS

Ted Sargent | Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Chicago
Linn Leppert | Department of Computational Chemical Physics, University of Twente
Tina Fawcett | Energy programme, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Álvaro Gutiérrez Martín | Control and Robotics Lab at ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Michel Haller | SPF Institute for Solar Technology, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST)

Curious about our speakers? Read more about their presentations and research

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Chair of the day 
Diana van der Sloot | Program manager EIRES, Eindhoven University of Technology

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PROGRAM

09h15 WALK-IN  |  Registration with coffee & tea
10h00 Opening

Richard van de Sanden
Scientific Director EIRES, ϸ

 
10h30 Presentation

Edward (Ted) Sargent
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Chicago

Increasing solar cell and carbon management efficiency through materials chemistry and systems engineering
11h00 BREAK  |  with exhibition
11h30 Presentation Linn Leppert
Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente
What theory can tell us about materials for solar cells
12h00 Research pitches Short poster presentations by PhD's  
12h30 WALKING LUNCH  |  with exhibition
14h00 Presentation Tina Fawcett
Energy Programme, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Beyond technology: Justice and sufficiency in the energy transition
14h30 Presentation Álvaro Gutiérrez Martín
Department Photonic Technology and Bioengineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
From Insect Societies to Local Energy Communities: Unleashing Distributed Demand-Side Management
15h00 BREAK  |  with exhibition
15h30 Presentation Michel Haller
SPF Institute for Solar Technology, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST)
Aluminium as an energy carrier that heats homes and provides electricity in winter
16h00 Inspiring talk
Artist and designer
Talk on tactile energy infrastructures and the social and cultural sides of the energy transition
16h15 Closure    
16h30 Networking & drinks until 18h00

About Energizing Day

EIRES Energizing Days are open for anyone interested in the latest developments in energy storage and conversion. We are proud to present a series of top notch speakers who will share their views, solutions and outlooks on the challenges we are facing when it comes to the energy transition. The day leaves plenty of room for networking. The EIRES team is looking forward to meeting you!

An impression of the last Energizing Day 2024

Contact information: EIRES office | eires@tue.nl

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Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems