The conference
language
is English

Vehicle-to-Grid,
Vehicle-to-Home
& Smart Charging

Integration of new flexibilities into the energy markets

2–3 April 2025
in Aachen,
Germany

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Topics and speakers 2025

Wednesday | 10.04.2024

Thursday | 11.04.2024

Introduction to the topic

  • Daniela Kluckert MDB / BMDV
  • Madeleine Brolly / BLOOMBERG / BNEF

Session vehicles
Host: Jan Figgener / ACCURE Battery Intelligence

  • Langbauer Thomas / Silicon Austria Labs GmbH
  • Daniel Makus / Infineon Technologies AG
  • Remi Jeanney / Mobilize
  • Dr. Jens Berger / Group Invention, Innovationsmanagement New Services, Business Models Energy, Energy Markets / BMW Group
  • Dr. Markus Hackmann / P3 automotive GmbH

Session charging infrastructure
Host: Sylvie Römer / ChargeHere GmbH

  • Andreas Perschke / E3/DC GmbH
  • Andreas Adler / Ambibox
  • Alexander Bourgett / eSystems
  • Dr. Stephan Hell / Compleo Charging Solutions GmbH & Co. KG

Session Nets and Components
Host: Dr. Michael Fuhs / Chefredakteur pv magazine Deutschland

  • Markus Halder / SBB Schweizerische Bundesbahnen AG
  • Chris Vertgewall / IAEW der RWTH Aachen
  • Jon Sibley /enX, Australia
  • Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer / ISEA, RWTH Aachen
  • Eduard Castañeda Mañé / WBC Wallbox Chargers Deutschland GmbH

Session Real-life projects I
Host: Dr. Christopher Hecht / ISEA, RWTH Aachen; The Mobility House AG

  • Tomoko Blech / CHAdeMO Association Europe
  • Dr. Xi Zhang / scale-up company EcoG

Session energy systems
Host: Robin Berg / We Drive Solar

  • Jorg van Heesbeen / Jedlix
  • Veronika Brandmeier / The Mobility House AG
  • Esben Hvid Gürcüoğlu Jørgensen / Clever A/S
  • Robin Berg / We Drive Solar

Session Real-life projects II
Host: Sebastian Lahmann / Nationale Leitstelle Ladeinfrastruktur / NOW GmbH

  • Marco Piffaretti / sun2wheel
  • Alexander Gaytandjiev, Michael Rahi / E.ON Group Innovation GmbH
  • Jules van Dijk / TotalEnergies Charging Solutions Nederland B.V

Evening event as part of Advanced Battery Power

The 2025 agenda

Wednesday | 02.04.2025

09:00 – 09:45

Welcome address, introduction to the topic, keynote

09:00 – 09:15
Dr. Christopher Hecht
Data Scientist / ISEA, RWTH Aachen; The Mobility House AG

Jan Figgener
Senior Battery Expert / ACCURE Battery Intelligence; guest scientist / ISEA, RWTH Aachen

09:15 – 09:45
Madeleine Brolly
BloombergNEF

Keynote 1
N.N.

09:45 – 10:05

Poster session, exhibition, break

10:05 – 11:50

Session vehicles

Host: Stefanie Wolff
German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)

10:05 – 10:10
Stefanie Wolff
German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)

Introduction

10:10 – 10:30
Dr. Jens Berger
BMW

BDL Next – Unlocking the potential of bidirectional charging.​ Customer validation of V2H and V2G use cases.

 

10:30 – 10:50
N.N.
Mercedes Benz

N.N.

10:50 – 11:10
Dr. Matthias Kuipers
ACCURE Battery Intelligence GmbH

Understanding battery aging in electric vehicles and V2G scenarios
11:10 – 11:30 Luke Hu Electroder
Challenges and Opportunities to Battery in Vehicle-to-Grid and Designing Cells to Accelerate the mobility transition

11:30 – 11:50
Final discussion session 1

11:50 – 12:50

Lunch break, poster session, exhibition

12:50 – 14:50

Session system integration

Host: N.N.
pv magazine Deutschland

12:50 – 13:10
Host: N.N.
pv magazine Deutschland

Introduction

13:10 – 13:30
Esben Hvid Gürcüoglu Jørgensen

Clever

Electric vehicles in energy markets – a multi-market strategy in practice

13:30 – 13:50
Quentin Maitr
DREEV EDF Group

How to scale up V2G in Europe ?

13:50 – 14:10
Jorg van Heesbeen
Jedlix

Learnings of operating smart charging at a large scale. Best practices and blueprints for the future.

14:10 – 14:30
Dr. Xi Zhang
scale-up company EcoG

The practical aspects of realization of an interoperable CCS V2G solution.

14:30 – 14:50
final discussion session 2

14:50 – 15:10

Poster session, exhibition, break

15:10 – 16:50

Session real-world projects

Host: Johanna Bronisch
UnternehmerTUM

15:10 – 15:30
Johanna Bronisch
UnternehmerTUM

Introduction

15:30 – 15:50

Dr. Xi Zhang
scale-up company EcoG

The rollout of 500 bidirectional shared Renault 5’s in Utrecht, First lessons from the first cars in operation.

15:50 – 16:10
Marco Piffaretti
sun2wheel

Why the World Needs Interoperability of Bidirectional Charging.

16:10 – 16:30
Daniel Makus
infineon

N.N.

16:30 – 16:50
Final discussion session 3

16:50 – 17:20

Christopher Hecht, Jan Figgener
ISEA

Exchange

19:00

Evening reception

Thursday | 03.04.2025

09:00 – 09:20

Introduction

09:00 – 09:20
Christopher Hecht, Jan Figgener
Summary Day 1, Introduction Day 2

09:20 – 11:05

Session Smart & Dynamic tariffs

Host: Sylvie Römer
ChargeHere GmbH

09:20 – 09:25
Sylvie Römer
ChargeHere GmbH

Introduction

09:25 – 09:45
Michael Evans

Octopus

Octopus Power Pack: how Vehicle-to-Grid can remove car charging costs altogether.

09:45 – 10:05
Daniel Mata Renteria
Tibber

Practical implementation of flexibility – From Value proposition to steering aggregated fleets.

 

10:05 – 10:25
Marcus Fendt
The Mobility House

N.N.

10:25 – 10:45
Jaap Burger
Regulatory Asset Project: RAP

Smart and bidirectional EV tariffs and services in Europe: Growing consumer choice and benefits.

10:45 – 11:05
Final discussion session 4

11:05 – 11:20

Break, exhibition

11:20 – 12:25

Session Charging infrastructure

Host: Christopher Hecht
ISEA, RWTH Aachen; The Mobility House AG

11:20 – 11:25
Dr. Christopher Hecht
ISEA, RWTH Aachen; The Mobility House AG

Introduction

11:25 – 11:45
Kai Fieber
ambibox

N.N.

11:45 – 12:05
Stephan Hell
compleo

N.N.

12:05 – 12:25
Final discussion session 5

12:25 – 13:25

Lunch break, exhibition

13:25 – 14:55

Session Grids and Data

Host: N.N.
Nationale Leitstelle Ladeinfrastruktur / NOW GmbH

13:25 – 13:30
N.N.
Nationale Leitstelle Ladeinfrastruktur / NOW GmbH

Introduction

13:30 – 13:50
Tina Hadler
Theben Smart Energy

N.N.

13:50 – 14:10
Jozsef Farkas
Energy Hub Alliance

N.N.

14:10 – 14:30
Mees Muller
TenneT

N.N.

14:30 – 14:50
Doris Johnson
VDI/VDE

Data points, roles, interfaces for a European level playing field for bidirectional charging

14:50 – 15:10
Dr. Sebastian Bothor
Intelligent Energy System Services GmbH 

Challenges of international regulation and standardization for bidirectional charging and best practices.

15:10 – 15:30
final discussion session 6

15:30 – 15:40
Jan Figgener, Christopher Hecht
Farewell

15:40

End of conference

The 2024 agenda

The agenda for 2024 is currently being put together and more information will follow shortly.

Für die Veranstaltung im April 2024 sind unter anderem folgende Redner bestätigt: