The University of Birmingham and the Supergen Energy Storage Network+, together with partners including the International Energy Storage Alliance (INESA) are pleased to announce the 2^nd World Energy Storage Conference (WESC 2022), jointly with the 7^th UK Energy Storage Conference (UKESC 2022). The hybrid opening event will take place on 12^th October 2022, with core proceedings taking place online on 13^th – 14^th October 2022.

Energy storage is a key enabler for the decarbonisation of our energy systems to achieve a Net-Zero future. This joint event aims to provide an inclusive platform for all energy storage researchers and practitioners across academia, industry, government agencies and non-government organisations, to share their work through oral and poster presentation sessions, and to build collaborations through networking.

The conference will include but is not limited to the following topics:

· Role, value and policy of energy storage

· Life cycle analysis and sustainability of energy storage technologies

· Recent advances and breakthroughs in energy storage

· Application of energy storage through integration with renewable generation and energy networks

· Artificial Intelligence and energy storage

· Energy storage for decarbonisation of heating and cooling

· Energy storage for decarbonisation of transport