Ilika is set to place its UK-developed solid-state battery technology in front of a specialist energy storage audience at the Faraday Institution Conference 2026, a three-day event taking place in Nottingham from 8 to 10 September 2026.
The company’s participation centres on Matt Stock, Goliath Technical Director, who is scheduled to present on 8 September at 14:40. His presentation, titled ‘Safe and High-Performance Quasi-Solid State Cells Developed in the UK’, gives Ilika a platform to highlight progress within its Goliath battery programme at a conference focused on the next frontiers in energy storage.
Battery technology remains an area where technical validation, safety characteristics and manufacturability are central to commercial positioning. By presenting within a research and innovation setting, Ilika is aligning its work with a wider conversation around how next-generation batteries may move from laboratory development towards real-world deployment.
The Faraday Institution Conference 2026 is built around the theme ‘Next Frontiers in Energy Storage’. The event is designed to bring together participants from across the battery research, development and innovation ecosystem, including academia, industry and policy. Its programme is expected to cover battery science from the UK and internationally, with attention on emerging technologies and applications across electric vehicles, grid-scale storage and aerospace.
Solid-state and quasi-solid-state battery technologies are being assessed on their potential to address challenges around safety, performance, weight, cost and reliability. These are practical considerations that can shape adoption pathways and influence how technology developers are viewed as the market matures.
The conference backdrop reflects the UK’s continued focus on battery research, skills development, market analysis and early-stage commercialisation. The Faraday Institution describes its role as bringing research scientists and industry partners together on commercially valuable projects, with goals that include reducing battery cost, weight and volume, improving performance and reliability, and developing whole-life strategies such as recycling and reuse.
Ilika plc (LON:IKA) is a pioneer in solid state battery technology enabling solutions for applications in Industrial IoT, MedTech, Electric Vehicles and Consumer Electronics.
