Lifelong learning for a Green Europe

The rapid upscaling of battery cell production in Europe is leading to current skill gaps: By 2030, up to 300,000 battery experts will be needed along the entire supply chain. We can meet these challenges by providing adequate training programs for battery experts and managers: The reskilling of employees from other sectors (for example in the field of combustion engines), or the more in-depth qualification of employees in areas such as digitalization (for example automation of production processes) contributes to being competitive on the battery market.  

The European Learning Lab Battery Cells (ELLB) is actively engaged in shaping qualification programs in the battery sector with innovative upskilling and reskilling offers and a lively community. Together, we can make Germany and Europe a leading player on the global battery market and thus help to drive the energy revolution in response to the climate crisis.

Our philosophy:

• Close cooperation on a European level
• Iterative exchange with industry partners during the development of the curriculum 
• Agile approach to address changes in the market and quickly create added value
• The learning lab as a nucleus, embedded in a high-level competence network
• Inclusion of the production lines, for example through augmented reality applications
• Innovative possibilities in training and curriculum
• Innovative learning environments based on the new-work-principle
• Virtually interconnected learning, targeted use of smart learning technologies 

Employees of the Fraunhofer Academy, various Fraunhofer-institutes and institutes of the Fraunhofer Battery Alliance, the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Production FFB, RWTH Aachen University and University of Münster (WWU), as well as experts from industry, are jointly developing an innovative curriculum for the up- and re-skilling of the required specialists.

The Team of the European Learning Lab Battery Cells

Dr. Sandra Ebert

Senior Learning Professional and Project Lead ELLB

Zentrale der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Hansastraße 27c
80686 München

Phone +49 89 1205-1527
Fax +49 89 1205-771527
sandra.ebert@zv.fraunhofer.de

Franziska Marie Purr

Learning Professional ELLB

Zentrale der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Hansastraße 27c
80686 München

Phone +49 89 1205-1521
Fax +49 89 1205-771521
franziska.purr@zv.fraunhofer.de

Bettina Tafertshofer 

Learning Professional ELLB  

Zentrale der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft 
Hansastraße 27c 
80686 München 

bettina.tafertshofer@zv.fraunhofer.de 

We are ready to shape Europe's green future together! Are you too? 

Become part of our community – we are looking forward to an exchange on continuing education in the field of battery cells. If you are interested, don’t hesitate to contact Dr. Sandra Ebert, ELLB Project Lead (sandra.ebert@zv.fraunhofer.de). 

Soon you will be able to visit us in our virtual learning world at www.ellb.fraunhofer.de. We are all looking forward to it!