Europe’s battery ambitions are clear, but delivering them requires difficult commercial decisions across the value chain. Companies must determine where to invest, which capabilities to build locally and how to secure customers and partners—all while responding to cost pressures, shifting technology requirements and uncertain demand.

Bringing together senior leaders from across the battery ecosystem, this panel will examine what it will take to move from individual projects towards a connected, commercially viable European supply chain.

• Where can Europe build a genuine competitive advantage—and where will international supply remain essential?
• What needs to change to turn announced projects into operating, commercially viable businesses?
• How are companies deciding what to localise, where to invest and which partnerships to prioritise?
• How can upstream, midstream and downstream projects be developed in step with real customer demand?
• How are evolving battery chemistries reshaping investment and supply-chain decisions?
• What will distinguish the European battery businesses that successfully scale over the next five years?