On March 12, 2019, Prof. Alejandro A. Franco is giving an invited keynote lecture in the Modval 2019 – 16th Symposium on Modeling and Experimental Validation of Electrochemical Energy Technologies, organized in Braunschweig, Germany. Prof. Franco's keynote is entitled "Multiscale Modeling of Lithium Ion Battery Manufacturing: The ARTISTIC Project" and is going to open the conference.