Focusing on the latest advances, present-day challenges and prospects in the field of energy storage, the conference attracted eminent Russian and foreign scholars and researchers: Professor Claude Delmas (Bordeaux Institute of Condensed-Matter Chemistry, France), Professor Shinichi Komaba (Kyoto University, Japan), Professor Matthieu Saubanère (Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, France), Professor An Hardy (Hasselt University, Belgium), and Professor Chris Pickard (University of Cambridge, UK).

 Main topics and speakers:

Electrocatalysis in metal-air batteries: charge transfer and stability, lecturer C.T. Alexander

Electrochemical intercalation: from the battery to a tool for the solid state chemist, lecturer Prof. C. Delmas

Crystal chemistry tools in search, design and analysis of metal-ion battery materials, lecturer Dr. S. Fedotov

Redox flow batteries for charging both electric & hydrogen cars, lecturer Prof. H.H. Girault

Conventional and unconventional syntheses of inorganic materials for electrochemical energy storage, lecturer Prof. A. Hardy

New electrode materials for Li-, Na-, and K-ion batteries, lecturer Prof. S. Komaba

Charge transfer rate controlling factors in ion intercalation reactions: the ion, the solvent and the interface structure, lecturer Dr. V.A. Nikitina

From “sensible” random structures to new materials, lecturer Prof. C.J. Pickard

Poly(ionic liquid)s as potential candidates for all-solid state Li batteries, lecturer Prof. A.S. Shaplov

Carbon ultramicroelectrode arrays as sensors for the electrochemical detection of pathogenic cellular response mechanisms, lecturer O. Simoska

Conceptual Approaches to High-Energy-Density Materials for Li-ion Batteries, Dr. Matthieu Saubanère