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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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