Vehicle-to-Grid,
Vehicle-to-Home
& Smart Charging
Integration of new flexibilities
into the energy markets
2–. April 2025
in Aachen,
Germany
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Topics and speakers in 2024
Thursday | April 11, 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 Grids and components
Host: Dr. Michael Fuhs / editor-in-chief 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 Practical 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
- Jorg van Heesbeen / Jedlix
- Veronika Brandmeier / The Mobility House AG
- Esben Hvid Gürcüoğlu Jørgensen / Clever A/S
- Robin Berg / We Drive Solar
Session Practical 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 reception as part of the Advanced Battery Power Conference
- Conference language is English
- Event room NEO
The 2024 agenda
Wednesday | April 10, 2024
09:00 – 09:55
Welcome to the conference participants, 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; Visiting Senior Scientist / ISEA, RWTH Aachen
09:15 – 09:20
Daniela Kluckert MDB
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Digital and Transport
Keynote 1
Bidirectional charging will be an attractiv offer for users of electric cars in the future
09:20 – 09:40
Madeleine Brolly
BLOOMBERG / BNEF
Keynote 2
V2G – Current and Future Adoption
09:40 – 10:00
Poster session, exhibition, break
10:00 – 11:55
Session Vehicles
Host: Jan Figgener
Senior Battery Expert / ACCURE Battery Intelligence; Visiting Senior Scientist / ISEA, RWTH Aachen
10:00 – 10:05
Jan Figgener
Senior Battery Expert / ACCURE Battery Intelligence; Visiting Senior Scientist / ISEA, RWTH Aachen
Introduction
10:05 – 10:25
Thomas Langbauer
Team Leader Architectures & Topologies, Division Power Electronics / Silicon Austria Labs GmbH
Daniel Makus
New business development EV Charging and Infrastructure / Infineon Technologies AG
Challenges and solutions in the implementation of an AC-BiDi Solution
first: Challenges in a BiDi on-board-charger (OBC)
second: AC Wallbox Challenges in the implementation of an AC-BiDi Wallbox
10:25 – 10:45
Remi Jeanney
Product Manager Energy services / Mobilize
Realizing the world’s first commercial V2G product
10:45 – 11:05
Dr. Jens Berger
Group Invention, Innovationsmanagement New Services, Business Models Energy, Energy Markets / BMW Group
Bidirectional Charging – Coupling Energy and Mobility
11:05 – 11:25
Dr. Markus Hackmann
CEO E-Mobility / P3 automotive GmbH
Initial customer experience of a V2H system and an outlook on the rapid realisation of V2G
11:25 – 11:55
Final discussion session 1
11:55 – 13:10
Lunch break, poster session, exhibition
13:10 – 15:15
Session Grids and components
Host: Dr. Michael Fuhs
Editor-in-chief / pv magazine Deutschland
13:10 – 13:15
Michael Fuhs
Editor-in-chief / pv magazine Deutschland
Introduction
13:15 – 13:35
Markus Halder
Programme lead load management / SBB Schweizerische Bundesbahnen AG
Power Demand Management @Swiss Federal Railways – using the flexibility of traction batteries
13:35 – 13:55
Chris Vertgewall
Senior engineer at the IAEW of RWTH Aachen University
Grid hosting capacity of electric vehicles in light of the revision of EnWG §14a
13:55 – 14:15
Jon Sibley
Director / enX, Australia
Integrating V2G in a high-DER environment – the Australian case study
14:15 – 14:35
Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer
ISEA, RWHT Aachen
Effects of Smart and Bidirectional Charging on Battery Aging
14:35 – 14:55
Eduard Castañeda Mañé
Chief Innovation Officer / WBC Wallbox Chargers Deutschland GmbH
Smart charging infrastructure and real-world operation experience
14:55 – 15:10
Final discussion Session 2
15:10 – 15:30
Poster session, exhibition, break
15:30 – 17:35
Session Energy system
Host: Robin Berg
Director / We Drive Solar
15:30 – 15:35
Robin Berg
Director / We Drive Solar
Introduction
15:35 – 15:55
Jorg van Heesbeen
CBO / Jedlix
Learnings from smart charging combining tariffs, solar and VPP
15:55 – 16:15
Veronica Brandmeier
Leiterin der Abteilung Unternehmensstrategie / The Mobility House AG
Experience from commercialisation of Vehicle-to-Grid and Smart Charging
16:15 – 16:35
Esben Hvid Gürcüoğlu Jørgensen
Lead Data Scientist / Clever A/S
Stabilizing the grid with cars – learnings from a year in the market
16:35 – 16:55
Final discussion session 3
17:00
Location: NEO
Robin Berg
Director / We Drive Solar
Utrecht: the first and largest bi-directional city
in the world for 4 years now, what’s next?
Location: Congress Saal
Prof. William Chueh
Stanford University
Keynote | Advanced Battery Power
Building Better Batteries Faster
19:00
Evening event with the participants of the Advanced Battery Power conference
The evening event will take place in the Jovel Music Hall, Albersloher Weg 54, 48155 Münster.
Thursday | April 11, 2024
09:00 – 09:15
Introduction
09:00 – 09:15
Christopher Hecht, Jan Figgener
Summary day 1, introduction day 2
09:15 – 11:00
Session Charging infrastructure
Host: Sylvie Römer
Managing Director / ChargeHere GmbH
09:15 – 09:20
Sylvie Römer
Managing Director / ChargeHere GmbH
Introduction
09:20 – 09:40
Andreas Perschke
Director Battery Business / E3/DC GmbH
Understanding the synergies between stationary and mobile battery storage
09:40 – 10:00
Andreas Adler
Leader Software Energy Systeme / Ambibox
The role of bidirectional chargers in a vehicle-to-home system
10:00 – 10:20
Alexander Bourgett
VP Strategic Development and Research / eSystems MTG GmbH
Challenges in the implementation of an AC-BiDi charging solution
10:20 – 10:40
Dr. Stephan Hell
Head of Technology & IP-Management / Compleo Charging Solutions GmbH & Co. KG
Implementation of grid/energy management and energy supply requirements
10:40 – 11:00
Final discussion session 4
11:00 – 11:30
Break, exhibition
11:30 – 12:25
Host: Christopher Hecht Data Scientist / ISEA, RWTH Aachen; The Mobility House AG
11:30 – 11:35
Dr. Christopher Hecht
Data Scientist / ISEA, RWTH Aachen; The Mobility House AG
Introduction
11:35 – 11:55
Tomoko Blech
Managing Director / CHAdeMO Association Europe
CHAdeMO V2G: a decade of experience and learning
11:55 – 12:15
Dr. Xi Zhang
Director e-Mobility / scale-up company EcoG
Current status & outlook: Implementing V2G according to ISO 15118-20
12:15 – 12:25
Final dicussion session 5
12:25 – 13:25
Lunch break, exhibition
13:25 – 14:55
Session Practical projects II
Host: Sebastian Lahmann
Nationale Leitstelle Ladeinfrastruktur / NOW GmbH
13:25 – 13:30
Sebastian Lahmann
Nationale Leitstelle Ladeinfrastruktur / NOW GmbH
Introduction
13:30 – 13:50
Marco Piffaretti
Co-Founder & President / sun2wheel
Learnings from real-world V2G (DSO and TSO) operation with 50 bidirectional car sharing EVs
13:50 – 14:10
Alexander Gaytandjiev, Michael Rahi
Commissioned by „E.ON Group Innovation GmbH – Mobility Innovation“
Bidirectional charging @E.ON: V2H and V2G with focus on market and customer integration
14:10 – 14:30
Jules van Dijk
Manager Energy & Data Analytics / TotalEnergies Charging Solutions Nederland B.V
Setting the norm – Lessons learned from large-scale smart charging on public EV infrastructure
14:30 – 14:50
Final discussion session 6
14:50 – 15:00
Jan Figgener, Christopher Hecht
Farewell
15:00
End of the conference
The 2024 agenda
- Conference language is English
The agenda for 2024 is currently being put together and more information will follow shortly.
Confirmed speakers for the event in April 2024 include:
