EFATS2025 presented by Stirling Cryogenics

5th International Workshop on Cryogenic Electric Powertrains

29 – 30 October 2025

29 – 30 October 2025

University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom

#EFATS2025

Registration

Registration is open here on Ticket Tailor *

Rates will be available for speakers, staff, employees, and students.

People accompanying delegates for the dinner are welcome to register to attend the dinner.

Contact us for group rates of 4 or more delegates.

* We are using Ticket Tailor for delegate fees this year, not Eventbrite as in previous years.

Exhibitors are also welcome; please contact alastair.stewart@macresco.co.uk for more information.

Accommodation

Recommended hotel: The Scholar Hotel – Pollack Estate
Deluxe Double Room for single occupancy
To book please visit https://www.book.accom.ed.ac.uk, and enter promotion code MAC25

Venues

EFATS2025 will be an in person workshop, held at the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland. It will not be broadcast online.

We will hosted by the Applied Superconductivity group at the University of Edinburgh.

The workshop venue will be South Hall, University of Edinburgh, 18 Holyrood Park Rd, Edinburgh EH16 5AU

Reception and Dinner will be held at the Ghillie Dhu, just off Princes Street, Edinburgh. Address: 2 Rutland Place, Edinburgh, EH1 2AD

Social Media

Use #EFATS2025 to let people know you’re attending, and keep in the conversation

Programme Overview

  • 28 October: Pre-workshop Day – possible tours of local facilities
  • 29 October am & pm: Workshop Day 1 – technical presentations, discussions, data gathering, and networking; evening: Dinner
  • 30 October am & pm: Workshop Day 2 – technical presentations, discussions, data gathering, and networking; Tour of university laboratories
  • 31 October: Post-workshop Day – possible tours of local facilities

Note the 2025 workshop will not be broadcast and cannot be attended virtually.

Feedback from Previous EFATS

Many EFATS delegates return each year; of previous EFATS workshops they’ve said:

  • “identification of challenges was top tier”
  • “very well organised”
  • “great mix of industry and academia”
  • “just the right size of meeting”

Join them this year and find out what you’re missing!

#EFATS2025

Sponsors

Programme

Speakers so far confirmed:

  • Helen Leadbetter, UK CAA
  • Xiaoze Pei, University of Bath
  • Ziad Melhem, Oxford Quantum Solutions
  • Francesco Dioguardi, Stirling Cryogenics
  • Markus Mueller, University of Edinburgh
  • Christine Stewart, Macresco
  • Enric Pardo, Savba IEE SAS
  • Grant Lumsden, Robinson Research Institute, Victoria University Wellington
  • Emelie Nillson, Airbus UpNext
  • Ludovic Ybanez, Airbus UpNext

and

  • University of Strathclyde
  • GKN Aerospace
  • Fokker-Elmo

Please use the form below if you’d like to propose a talk.

Workshop Topics and Submissions

We’re looking for papers and presentations at this workshop on the following topics:

  • Machines (generators/motors)

  • Propulsion network (cables, fault current limiting, circuit breakers)

  • Energy conversion (power electronics and energy storage)

  • Regulations

  • Cryogenics, including fuel systems

  • Aircraft integration

  • Ground based operational support & infrastructure, (refuelling, maintenance)

  • Commercial operations

  • Fundamental superconductivity research relevant to HTS propulsion

  • Lessons learned from relevant fields (FuSuMa, HiScale, ZeroAvia, etc)

  • Commercial opportunities

  • Financial investments and funding streams

Presentation Abstract Submission

To submit a talk proposal, please complete and submit this simple form by 31 July 2025. All abstracts will be considered by the Local Organising Committee, and a programme agreed. Admin will contact confirmed speakers by the end of August 2025, and thereafter work with each speaker to ensure programme requirements are fulfilled.

If applicable, enter the name of presenter's research group, team, business unit, etc