Highlights of the Program
2 days business program:
Learn from real-world case studies by industry leaders.
SHOWCASING INNOVATION:
Discover the latest technology and techniques from across the industry.
leaders talk:
Hear from top-level experts about how to stay ahead in a fast-changing industry.
MULTIPLE STREAMS:
A business program that is multi-disciplinary, giving you a broad view of the industry.
SMART TECHNOLOGIES:
Explore the latest smart and AI-driven solutions, and see how they can be used in your business.
roundtable discussion:
Join talks with industry peers. Share ideas, make connections, and find new partners.
Program
Day 1 :
MONDAY, 20 JULY, 2026
08:30 - 09:30
REGISTRATION AND MORNING REFRESHMENTS
09:30 - 09:40
OPENING ADDRESS
09:40 - 10:10
RESERVED PRESENTATION
10:10 - 10:30
SPEED NETWORKING SESSION
- Exchange business cards and get connected in short one-to-one meetings
- Start the conversation to arrange a more formal meeting later on in the conference
- Share your professional background and discuss your biggest business issues – don't forget your business cards!
10:30 - 11:00
MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
11:00 - 11:30
PANEL DISCUSSION ON SMART GRIDS
11:30 - 11:55
MAKING HYBRID AND STORAGE-ENABLED PPAS BANKABLE: NAVIGATING CONGESTION, CURTAILMENT, AND FLEXIBILITY


Kevni Iljazovski
Blue Power Partners
- Structuring bankable hybrid PPAs balancing congestion risk, curtailment exposure, and incentives
- Navigating permitting delays, grid access uncertainty, and TSO/DSO rules across Europe
- Integrating storage and AI optimisation into PPAs while preserving investment certainty
11:55 - 12:00
Q&A SESSION ON BANKABLE HYBRID PPAS UNDER GRID CONSTRAINTS
12:00 - 13:30
NETWORKING LUNCH AND VISITING THE SMART GRIDS EXHIBITION
13:30 - 13:55
SMART GRIDS: IS THE LAW READY?


Richard Power
Clyde & Co LLP
- Evaluating whether current regulation enables or blocks decentralised mini- and micro-grids
- Interrogating smart contracts for peer-to-peer power trading under existing contract law
- Proposing scalable legal responses to high-volume smart grid disputes, including AI justice
13:55 - 14:00
Q&A SESSION ON LEGAL READINESS FOR DECENTRALISED SMART GRIDS
14:00 - 14:25
OPEN CLOUD-EDGE-IOT PLATFORM FOR FLEXIBLE AND SECURE ENERGY ECOSYSTEMS


Nabil Abdennadher
HES-SO Geneva
- Designing an open Cloud-Edge-IoT architecture prioritising interoperability, security, and trust
- Deploying AI-enhanced flexibility applications through the Swiss pilot to engage prosumers at scale
- Enabling self-adaptive forecasting and co-created services for resilient, community energy models
14:25 - 14:30
Q&A SESSION ON CLOUD-EDGE PLATFORMS FOR ENERGY FLEXIBILITY
14:30 - 15:00
AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
15:00 - 15:30
RESERVED PRESENTATION
15:30 - 15:55
A NOVEL NEURAL NETWORK FOR PROBABILISTIC INTRADAY PRICE FORECASTING


Runyao Yu
Delft University of Technology
- Analysing intraday price risks driven by renewables, demand response, and imbalance costs
- Modelling continuous intraday order books with interaction-aware buy–sell fusion techniques
- Validating non-crossing probabilistic forecasts across high- and low-liquidity EU markets
15:55 - 16:00
Q&A SESSION ON ADVANCED INTRADAY PRICE FORECASTING METHODS
16:00 - 16:25
REAL-TIME PMU INTELLIGENCE FOR A MORE RESILIENT AND DER-READY GRID


Alice Maffezzoli
Zaphiro Technologies SA
- Exploring how real-time PMU data overcomes SCADA limits amid fast DER-driven dynamics
- Enabling proactive congestion control, outage reduction, and predictive maintenance decisions
- Showcasing PMU-based indicators of instability, asset stress, and anomalies in practice
16:25 - 16:30
Q&A SESSION ON PMU INTELLIGENCE FOR DER-READY OPERATIONS
16:30 - 17:30
NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
Day 2 :
TUESDAY, 21 JULY, 2026
09:00 - 09:30
MORNING REFRESHMENTS
09:30 - 09:40
OPENING ADDRESS
09:40 - 10:05
NEW OPTIONS FOR CAPACITY EXPANSION USING MODERN FACTS SYSTEMS


Peter Birkner
House of Energy
- Describing the paradigm shift from renewables, prosumers, and electrification on HV grid load flows
- Detailing how modular SSSC-based FACTS systems enable controllable power flows in meshed grids
- Presenting real-world examples alongside economic and regulatory frameworks for HV deployment
10:05 - 10:10
Q&A SESSION ON FACTS-BASED LOAD FLOW CONTROL IN HV NETWORKS
10:10 - 10:35
ENERGY IS THE CEILING: SCALING EUROPE’S ELECTRIFICATION THROUGH CAPACITY, GRIDS, AND STORAGE


Lidia Aviles
AELSTONE
- Establishing why capacity, grids, and storage define limits for electrification, AI, and industry
- Examining thermal energy storage for heat alongside flexibility options to cut costs and risks
- Identifying policy clarity, infrastructure alignment, and investment certainty for EU deployment
10:35 - 10:40
Q&A SESSION ON UNLOCKING ELECTRIFICATION AT SYSTEM SCALE
10:40 - 11:00
MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
11:00 - 11:25
STABILIZING THE EUROPEAN GRID FROM LIVING ROOMS: RESIDENTIAL FLEXIBILITY

Jan Hicl
Delta Green Europe
- Demonstrating a certified 1 MW residential battery block delivering aFRR to a European TSO
- Activating hundreds of decentralised assets via IoT aggregation with second-level precision
- Building a zero-CAPEX virtual power plant using existing household batteries and heat pumps
11:25 - 11:30
Q&A SESSION ON RESIDENTIAL FLEXIBILITY FOR TSO ANCILLARY SERVICES
11:30 - 11:55
TURNING LARGE FLEXIBLE DEMAND INTO A GRID ASSET


Bipin Patel
Flexionics Energy AG
- Converting fast-acting data centre loads into frequency response, balancing, and congestion relief
- Leveraging dispatchable demand to reduce curtailment and integrate more wind and solar capacity
- Specifying controls, telemetry, optimisation, and market interfaces for scaling from pilots to fleets
11:55 - 12:00
Q&A SESSION ON DISPATCHABLE DEMAND AS A GRID RESOURCE
12:00 - 12:15
FEEDBACK & RAFFLE DRAW
12:15 - 13:30
NETWORKING LUNCH
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