The Battery Show 2026

What is The Battery Show 2026, and why does it matter to battery and energy-storage teams?

The Battery Show 2026 runs October 12-15, 2026 at Huntington Place in Detroit, MI. Informa Markets stages it as one event, The Battery Show and Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo. The organiser promotes 16,000+ attendees across Five in-depth conference tracks, which makes it a battery sourcing floor rather than a general electronics show.

The organiser positions it as North America's Largest Showcase for Advanced Battery & EV Innovation, an organiser claim rather than an audited ranking.

Who should exhibit or attend The Battery Show 2026 in Detroit?

Named attendee roles run to Engineers, Executives, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality and Buyers from battery and energy-storage companies. The organiser points exhibitors at buyers sourcing across commercial and industrial transportation, stationary energy storage, portable electronics. It lists Samsung, CATL and LG Chem among its battery cell attendees, and says 87% recommend, specify or make the final decision.

When is The Battery Show 2026, and what are the Huntington Place expo hours?

The event runs October 12-15, 2026, opening with a Monday workshop day on October 12, 2026 from 9 AM to 4 PM. The battery expo floor is then open 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM on Tuesday and 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM on Wednesday. Thursday runs a shorter 9:30 AM to 3 PM before the close.

How do the three expo days split into open battery-floor hours?

The battery floor stays open seven hours each on Tuesday and Wednesday, from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM, then 5.5 hours on Thursday from 9:30 AM to 3 PM. Added across the three exhibition days, that leaves 19.5 open floor hours for booth meetings. See the day-by-day floor-hour breakdown.

Where is The Battery Show 2026 held, and how are the pavilions and zones laid out?

The venue is Huntington Place at 1 Washington Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48226. Dedicated pavilions run from battery recycling to proven lead battery technologies and from the UK's engineering to Germany's. The Open Tech Forum sits at the center of the floor with free education, and the BATT to the Future Zone gathers nine hand-picked exhibits of futuristic battery technologies.

How do The Battery Show 2026 attendees reach Huntington Place and move around Detroit?

The Detroit Air Xpress links downtown Detroit with DTW airport in 30 to 50 minutes one way, running up to 16 roundtrips daily between 3:30 AM and 11 PM. The People Mover forms a one-way loop of about 13 stations, stopping at a Huntington Place Station beside the convention center, with trains every 3 to 5 minutes. Several parking garages sit near Huntington Place for drivers.

Which The Battery Show 2026 pass fits a battery buyer, and what does registration cost?

The Explorer expo pass is free during the Super Early Bird and Early Bird windows, then $69 Standard and $99 Onsite. A Non-Exhibiting Supplier pays $399 flat across all windows. Conference group savings reach 10% for groups of 3 to 5, 20% for 6 to 9 and 25% for 10 or more. Online registration was not accepting registrations for the 2026 event as of September 18, 2026.

What badge, age, refund and visa rules apply at The Battery Show 2026?

For safety, no one under the age of 18 is permitted in the expo halls or conference meeting rooms. A booth receives up to 10 badges per 10x10 booth, and paid explorer pass registrations carry no refund. The organiser waived the $150 conference pass cancellation fee until September 14, 2026, charges a $50 transfer fee to send someone else, and issues a visa invitation letter during registration.

Where should The Battery Show 2026 attendees book Detroit hotels?

onPeak is named the only official hotel provider for The Battery Show North America. Through onPeak the organiser has secured discounted rates at a selection of Detroit hotels, with flexible change and cancellation policies. Reservations run through thebatteryshow@onpeaksupport.com or 1-800-742-3976 toll-free, so nightly rates and a booking deadline sit inside the onPeak channel rather than on the public page.

Which arrival and departure window protects the full The Battery Show 2026 schedule?

Full coverage means landing before the Monday workshop day, which runs October 12, 2026 from 9 AM to 4 PM. The battery floor's last day, Thursday October 15, ends within a 9:30 AM to 3 PM window, and a Detroit Air Xpress hop of 30 to 50 minutes back to DTW frames the return. See the arrival and departure timing worksheet.

Which battery cell, materials and equipment suppliers exhibit at The Battery Show 2026?

The organiser promotes 1,300+ suppliers, running from advanced battery cells and pack assembly to materials, testing, and charging infrastructure. The live directory places BREYER GmbH Maschinenfabrik at booth 4326, a maker of high-precision calender roller presses for lithium-ion battery electrode production. Aleees Texas LLC sits at 6217 as an LFP/LMFP cathode material manufacturer, battery-test maker Admiral Instruments at 3316, welding house AMADA WELD TECH at 3242 and slurry specialist Admix at 6116.

What does the live The Battery Show 2026 exhibitor directory currently list?

As of September 18, 2026, the exhibitor portal and online event directory host lists named exhibitors with booth numbers, such as BREYER GmbH Maschinenfabrik at 4326. The static exhibitor-list page still shows the 2023 Exhibitor list, and no current page publishes a stable 2026 exhibitor total or product-category count. This draft records named entries without a directory-completion figure.

Which battery tracks, speakers and floor sessions anchor The Battery Show 2026 agenda?

The program runs Five in-depth tracks, two of them battery specific. Track A covers Next-Gen Battery Technology, Battery Safety and Battery Intelligence, while Track B covers Battery Supply Chain for Raw Materials, Battery Manufacturing and Battery Recycling. Venkatesh Vasudevan of ExxonMobil keynotes the conference stage.

Brandon Kelly of Peak Energy presents sodium-ion grid storage, and Bob Lee, LG Energy Solution's president in North America, covers US cell manufacturing. The Battery Awards celebrate outstanding achievements across the advanced battery industry, alongside 40+ technical sessions, the free, expert-led Open Tech Forum education and live 15-minute product demos.

When can battery-supplier reps book uninterrupted floor meetings at The Battery Show 2026?

The floor holds open 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM on Tuesday and Wednesday and 9:30 AM to 3 PM on Thursday, seven hours a day then 5.5, for 19.5 bookable hours in total. Delegate networking breakfasts sit in the 8 to 9 AM slot ahead of the floor open, so early conversations fit that pre-floor hour. See the meeting-window planner.

Does The Battery Show 2026 audience match a battery-supplier ICP?

The organiser says 87% of attendees recommend, specify or make the final decision, and 58% are engineering executives. It also reports that 70% hold an active project or one planned within the next twelve months. With Samsung, CATL and LG Chem named among battery cell attendees, the promotional profile fits battery and energy-storage suppliers, though the overlapping percentages are not a single demographic split.

How many battery buyers per exhibitor should a booth plan for at The Battery Show 2026?

The organiser promotes 16,000+ attendees against 1,300+ suppliers on the shared floor. Those promotional figures work out to a ceiling near 12.3 attendees for every exhibitor, and real booth traffic sits below it once repeat visits and clustering are stripped out. The number is a planning ceiling for battery account coverage, not a footfall promise. See the account-coverage method.

Is a mobile app available for The Battery Show 2026 yet?

As of September 18, 2026, the organiser states the mobile app is not live, though it will reach the Apple and Android stores. The reviewed pages name no current app product, platform vendor or feature set for the 2026 edition. This draft therefore records the published status without assigning a download link, release date or capabilities that the organiser has not yet posted.

What does the Map Your Show directory handle, and what remains undocumented for lead capture?

As of September 18, 2026, the exhibitor portal and online event directory host is confirmed for floor planning and company research. The mobile app is not live and no current page publishes the event's onsite lead-retrieval product. With the capture side undocumented, this draft draws no boundary between planning and capture and infers no badge fields, exports or device limits from another edition.

What does it cost to exhibit at The Battery Show 2026, and what is published?

Booth pricing varies between options, and the exhibitor FAQ sends exhibitors to a sales line at 888-463-7805 rather than a public rate. Each 10x10 booth includes up to 10 badges, with extras charged onsite. An official show contractor covers booth furnishings, material handling, labor, rigging, freight and signage, and a VIP Guest Invites offer gives customers a free Explorer pass and 20% off other pass types.

How should a booth size its team for the battery floor at The Battery Show 2026?

The battery floor opens 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM on Tuesday and Wednesday and 9:30 AM to 3 PM on Thursday. A two-person booth held across all three days yields six productive rep-days. At B2Brain's benchmark of 31 scans a productive rep-day, that puts capacity near 186 conversations for the run, close to 9.5 an hour. See the booth-staffing formula.

Which onsite lead-retrieval provider has The Battery Show 2026 named for 2026?

As of September 18, 2026, the exhibitor center lists lead retrieval unit rental among the official 2026 event vendors, but names no provider, device price, order deadline or captured fields. Online registration for the 2026 event is not yet open, so no dated current-edition order form proves the vendor. This draft records the evidence gap and names no lead-retrieval vendor.

What can the official The Battery Show 2026 lead-capture tool record, and what are its limits?

As of September 18, 2026, no current organiser source documents the captured contact fields, qualification fields, export formats or per-device limits of the official lead retrieval unit rental. Because the vendor and its package are not published for the 2026 edition, this draft names no feature checklist and treats capture behaviour as an open gap rather than borrowing detail from another show.

Is there enough published detail to weigh B2Brain against the official The Battery Show 2026 scanner?

As of September 18, 2026, the only verified point is that a lead retrieval unit rental provider is listed as an official vendor. A defensible comparison needs published fields, exports, license terms and device rules for the 2026 package, and those inputs are absent. This draft therefore does not score, rank or claim replacement equivalence between B2Brain and the official scanner.

Should a battery exhibitor plan to run B2Brain, the official tool, or both at The Battery Show 2026?

As of September 18, 2026, the official lead retrieval unit rental is listed only as a category, without event-specific fields, exports or device rules. Without those interface facts, a combined workflow cannot be validated for the 2026 edition. This draft leaves the tool-choice decision open rather than assuming that two tools exchange data or divide duties cleanly.

What should reps capture in every The Battery Show 2026 booth conversation?

Named roles reach Engineers, Executives, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality and Buyers, sourcing across commercial and industrial transportation, stationary energy storage, portable electronics. The floor itself runs from advanced battery cells and pack assembly to materials, testing, and charging infrastructure. Against that mix, a battery booth record earns its place when it logs the buyer role, the cell or material program, the application, purchasing authority and the next step, which fits the 70% who hold an active project.

How should a battery booth hold lead quality against the floor scale at The Battery Show 2026?

With 16,000+ attendees spread over 1,300+ suppliers, the ceiling sits near 12.3 attendees per exhibitor. A two-rep booth working to the 31-scan-per-rep-day benchmark tops out near 62 scans a day, well short of that flow, so which battery accounts a team scans matters more than how many. See the lead-quality benchmark.

How fast should battery leads be routed after the Thursday, October 15 close?

The event runs October 12-15, 2026, and the battery floor's final day ends within a 9:30 AM to 3 PM window. B2Brain's lead-decay figures put conversion near 85% inside two hours and near 9% after a week, so the strongest routing window shuts around 5 PM on October 15, 2026, with the seven-day marker landing October 22, 2026. See the follow-up timing model.

How should a battery exhibitor measure The Battery Show 2026 pipeline without a published booth rate?

As of September 18, 2026, The Battery Show does not publish a per square foot booth rate; the exhibitor FAQ sends exhibitors to a sales line at 888-463-7805. Because a sourced booth cost is absent, this draft computes no cost per booked meeting. Leads-to-Meeting is defined as meetings booked divided by qualified booth leads, and the return decision stays qualitative until a booth rate is quoted, working from the up to 10 badges per 10x10 booth allotment.