ABOUT SDLE

We are proud to announce that the second edition of the Direct Lithium Extraction Symposium will take place October 9^th and 10^th 2025 at KIT to bring together leading experts from research and industry. This symposium will delve into the latest advancements and innovative technologies in the field of direct lithium extraction (DLE), fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange to drive forward this critical sector.

Stay tuned for more updates!

IMPORTANT DATES

Registration                               opens: 15.05.2025

                                                     registration deadline: 15.08.2025

                                                      extended to 30.08.2025!

Poster Abstracts                      submit your abstract here

                                                      submission deadline: 31.07.2025

                                                      extended to 15.08.2025!

Final Program                            planned for August 31^st

DLE Symposium                        October 9^th and 10^th

INVITED SPEAKER (Confirmed)

Sarbajit Banerjee (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)

↘ Insertion Chemistry for Direct Lithium Extraction and Isotope Enrichment

Jeppe Klitgaard (Nanonord A/S)

↘ Lithium Concentration Determination using NMR Relaxometry

Hans-Georg Steinrück (Forschungszentrum Jülich)

↘ Cross-scale understanding of electrochemical lithium extraction

Joshua Füriß (Energie Baden-Württemberg AG)

Victoria Flexer (CIDMEJu-Universidad Nacional de Jujuy)

↘ Integrated membrane approaches for lithium recovery from SouthAmerican natural brines

 ↘ check out her TEDx talk on her work in Jujuy (in Spanish)

Andrew Walker (Evove)

↘ DLE LiVE - outcomes from 1:15 scale demo trials at Northern Lithium

Ernesto Calvo ( INQUIMAE – Universidad de Buenos Aires / LitiAR S.A.)

↘ Electrochemical Lithium Extraction (e-DLE) From Brine By Li + Intercalation

Elisabeth Gorman (Evonik)

John Worth (Geo40)

Ruting Su (International Lithium Association, ILiA)

PROGRAM

Stay tuned for more information in the next weeks!

Our last year’s program (October 2024) you can find under this link.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

We invite all participants to contribute with an oral or poster presentation on their recent work. Abstract submission will open as of 15.05.2025. We accept abstracts within the scope of the following topics:

• Liquid / solid Li extraction technologies
• Membrane & precipitation technologies
• Conversion to battery grade precursors and energy materials
• Electrochem. Li extraction & Desalination Technologies
• Concentration & Purification of Li-brines
• Process engineering of DLE processes of brines
• Geological studies related to Li resources, exploitation and water management

A dedicated session for our recently granted German-Chilean partnership “BRIDGE” will be hosted on Thursday, October 9^th. Therefore, we welcome contributions on the Li extraction from continental brines and related subjects in particular.

Only abstracts adhering strictly to the abstract template will be accepted. The abstract template is provided during the submission process. Abstracts can be submitted through our online submission system  until July 31^st 2025 August 15^th 2025. Letters of Invitation are sent out on a rolling basis via email to the corresponding authors of all accepted abstracts.

Abstract Submission Portal

The abstract template is available here. 

Important information for presenting participants

Poster presentations must be in English. Poster sizes should be DIN A0 (portrait format). All presenters will receive a Poster-ID to find their designated poster wall. The poster walls will be available with begin of the welcome reception. Please mind to remove the poster latest Friday morning.

The symposium is first and foremost an in-person meeting to promote scientific exchange and foster networking possibilities in our community.

REGISTRATION

Conference Fee : 250 EUR

Registration Deadline: August 15^th August 30^th

Please choose the appropriate link below in order to start the registration and payment process depending on whether you are external participant or KIT member.

Registration for external participants (non-KIT)

Registration for KIT members / employees

The participation fee includes coffee, drinks and snacks throughout the duration of the symposium, lunch on Thursday as well as catering during the poster session Thursday evening.

VENUE

The symposium will take place at KIT Campus South directly in central Karlsruhe nearby the Karlsruhe palace. The university campus can be readily reached on foot or by tram (stop “Durlacher Tor / KIT” or “Kronenplatz”).

The event will be hosted in NTI (faculty of Communications Technology), building 30.10, room 030 (ground floor), Engesserstraße 5, 76131 Karlsruhe.

A campus plan can be found here: https://www.kit.edu/campusplan/ (searchable by building and faculty).