The FASTEST consortium will present three years of research outcomes in digital battery validation, including live demonstrations, technical highlights, and a roundtable on European industrial competitiveness.
Ninove, Belgium, 5 May 2026. The EU-funded FASTEST project will present its main results and achievements at its Final Event on Wednesday, 20 May 2026, marking the culmination of three years of research and innovation in next-generation battery testing. Held in hybrid format at the THON Hotel Brussels City Centre, the event will bring together consortium partners, industry stakeholders, and policymakers to explore how FASTEST innovations are enabling more efficient, reliable, and digitally driven battery validation processes.
FASTEST has focused on transforming battery validation through hybrid testing approaches and digital twins, tools that support faster development cycles while ensuring safety, and reliability from cell to system level. The Final Event will highlight the project’s key technical developments, including its integrated testing platform and methodologies, and will address pathways for industrial uptake and future research directions across Europe.
The programme will open with an overview of the project’s vision and the current challenges facing battery testing and development in Europe. Consortium partners will then present the project’s main technical results, followed by insights into exploitation strategies and the post-project outlook for the technologies and methods developed.
A dedicated cluster session will feature the twinBATT initiative, showcasing synergies with complementary European projects and their collective contributions to the digitalisation of battery testing. The event will also include a roundtable discussion on the role of hybrid testing and digital twins in driving European industrial competitiveness, addressing validation, certification, interoperability, and barriers to wider adoption.
The event will conclude with closing remarks and a networking lunch, offering participants the opportunity to connect with key stakeholders from across the battery value chain.
FASTEST Final Event (Hybrid)
Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Time: 09:30 – 14:00 CET
Location: THON Hotel Brussels City Centre (Room Oslo 1) Avenue du Boulevard 17, 1210 Brussels, Belgium
Registration here https://fastestproject.eu/fastest-final-event/
About FASTEST
Led by ABEE, FASTEST is made up of BMZ Germany, COMAU, FEV, Flash Battery, Flanders Make, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, IKERLAN, INEGI, Mondragon Unibertsitatea, Surrey University, Sustainable Innovations, University of Ljubljana, and VTT. The project has received €4,781,008 in funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program under grant agreement number 101103755.
Contact:
Rocío García (Sustainable Innovations Europe) Communications Manager of the FASTEST Project
Co-funded by the European Union under grant agreement N° 101103755 and by UKRI under grant agreement No. 10078013, respectively. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor CINEA can be held responsible for them.
