September 13, 2018: The next European Lead Battery Conference, the 17ELBC, will be held in the Italian city of Milan, it was confirmed at the 16ELBC gala dinner in Vienna on September 7.

The venue for the next ELBC is kept secret from delegates until the gala dinner at the end of each conference.

The ELBC alternates with the ABC, the Asian Battery Conference, which was held in Kuala Lumpur in 2017 and is set for sunny Bali next year.