The full agenda — with receipts

Standard networking window before content starts — worth arriving early if you want floor time with OEM and CPO representatives before sessions fill the agenda.

CharIN's framing session sets the tone for the year: the shift from e-mobility as a standalone vertical to e-mobility as one node in a broader energy system. Expect this to define how bidirectional charging, grid interaction, and standardization priorities get discussed for the rest of the event.

Phoenix Contact sits deep in the connector and charging-hardware supply chain, so this is a chance to hear where component-level roadmaps actually stand versus the industry's stated targets. Useful gauge of whether 2026 hardware timelines match 2024-2025 announcements.

CharIN's own view of the global charging ecosystem matters because the association sits at the center of CCS, MCS, and V2G standardization — its read on ecosystem maturity signals where interoperability gaps still exist for operators and fleet buyers.

A pointed thesis: standards compliance alone hasn't produced reliable, scalable charging systems. Worth attending for what "building systems" concretely means in practice — is this about software stacks, OCPP implementation quality, or grid-side integration?

Mobility Global's forecasting lens is directly relevant to site-selection and capex decisions — the real question for operators is whether utilization projections underpinning current investment cases hold up. Profitability timelines are the crux issue across the CPO industry right now.

Charging infrastructure buildout has repeatedly outpaced or lagged actual EV demand depending on region and segment — this session should clarify which mismatch (oversupply in some corridors, undersupply in others) is driving current stranded-asset and low-utilization concerns.

Break.

Iberdrola/bp pulse operate at the intersection of utility-scale renewables and retail charging, making this a credible source on how V2G is actually being priced and dispatched in live energy markets rather than pilot programs. Relevant to anyone assessing V2G revenue models.

Siemens' framing — charging as an energy-system problem, not a hardware problem — matters because grid connection delays and capacity constraints are now bigger bottlenecks for CPOs than charger procurement itself.

Battery storage is increasingly pitched as the fix for grid capacity limits at charging sites; Voltfang's perspective should clarify whether BESS is being deployed as a genuine capacity workaround or mainly for peak-shaving economics — the difference matters for site economics.

Bringing utility, storage, and industrial-charging voices together on one panel exposes where the three roadmaps (grid upgrades, storage deployment, charging rollout) are and aren't synchronized — the honest answer to "how to succeed" likely reveals where today's biggest execution risk sits.

Logistics slot for exhibitors and testing partners to stage hardware ahead of the show floor opening — no content value for attendees planning their session schedule.

Networking window — the informal deals and vendor comparisons often outweigh the formal agenda at this stage of a conference day.

Germany's national coordination body for charging infrastructure sets policy and funding priorities that ripple across the EU's largest freight market — anyone selling into DC fast-charging or MCS for trucks needs to know where Berlin is steering standards and subsidies. Key question: how much of Germany's public charging buildout is actually reaching depot and corridor sites versus passenger cars.

Milence is the Daimler/Volvo/Traton joint venture building pan-European heavy-duty charging corridors, making this a direct signal of where OEM-backed capital is flowing for megawatt charging (MCS) and grid integration. Should answer: what site-selection and grid-connection bottlenecks are actually slowing corridor rollout today.

Shell's move into heavy-duty charging as a service tests whether fuel retailers can pivot their forecourt and fleet-fueling relationships into electricity — a bellwether for incumbent energy majors versus pure-play CPOs. Watch for concrete uptime, utilization, or fleet-onboarding numbers rather than strategy talk.

A project-level view from construction and logistics electrification matters because these sectors face harsher duty cycles, remote sites, and weaker grid access than urban fleets — the real test of whether charging infrastructure can follow demand rather than the reverse. Expect concrete numbers on uptime, grid constraints, or total cost versus diesel.

Brings together OEM-backed (Milence), oil-major (Shell), utility (LichtBlick), and government (German national charging authority) perspectives — a rare cross-check on whether pilot-stage heavy-duty charging can actually scale without one party subsidizing the others. The real question: whose business model breaks first without further public funding.

Networking window between the heavy-duty charging block and the V2G/flexibility sessions.

The Mobility House has pushed vehicle-to-grid and smart charging commercially longer than most, so this session is a check on whether decentralized flexibility is moving from demonstration to revenue — critical for anyone pricing V2G business cases against grid tariffs. Expect claims about aggregated flexibility volumes or market participation to be scrutinized.

As charging hardware commoditizes, the margin and differentiation move to control software — this session should clarify whether "software-defined" here means real dynamic load management and market participation, or just another vendor dashboard. Matters to anyone evaluating CPO or EMS platforms for long-term lock-in risk.

IEA Task 53's cross-lab, multi-vendor interoperability work is one of the few efforts trying to break V2G out of single-OEM silos — directly relevant to fleet operators and utilities wary of betting on proprietary V2X stacks. Should answer how close the 25 partners actually are to a common protocol versus parallel pilots.

Bringing an aggregator, a software vendor, and an international standards researcher together forces a direct comparison of commercial reality versus interoperability roadmap for V2X — the gap between the two is exactly what's holding flexibility revenue back from EV fleets and homeowners alike. Listen for concrete blockers: regulation, hardware certification, or grid operator readiness.

Networking break — no session content to assess.

E.ON positioning AI and customer-facing tech as the next layer atop charging infrastructure signals where utilities see margin shifting — from hardware uptime to data-driven services. Charging operators should listen for concrete use cases (dynamic pricing, predictive maintenance, customer retention) versus strategic framing, since E.ON's scale makes its roadmap a proxy for where large utilities will push CPOs next.

"Energy as a service" is the pitch every flexibility vendor makes, but the hard question is whether enerkii's model actually shifts capex risk off site hosts and CPOs or just repackages financing. Worth attending to see what profitability metrics and scaling constraints they disclose — most EaaS talks skip the unit economics that matter to operators deciding build-vs-outsource.

Enercity sits at the intersection of municipal utility and mobility rollout, a vantage point few speakers have — the session should clarify how grid-side investment decisions are actually being sequenced against charger deployment, not just repeat the general narrative that EVs help the transition. Relevant to anyone negotiating grid connection timelines with a municipal utility.

Bringing E.ON, enerkii and enercity together to name what industry can't fix alone is the session to watch for actual friction points — permitting, grid capacity allocation, tariff design — rather than consensus statements. Useful gauge of how aligned utility and vendor priorities really are heading into policy discussions.

Closing remarks — logistics, not technical content.

Conference close — no session content.

Networking event, sponsored by Phoenix Contact — relevant for relationship-building, not technical takeaways.

Hands-on interoperability/testing day — the value is in which protocols and use cases (ISO 15118, Plug&Charge, OCPP) get tested, not stated here; attendees should confirm the test matrix in advance.

Kickoff to CharIN's Testival — sets expectations for which standards and interoperability scenarios will actually be demonstrated on-site, worth attending just to get the scope before committing time to specific test stations.

Guided walkthrough of the test setups — the real value for attendees is seeing live interoperability testing (e.g., Plug&Charge, DC fast charging protocols) in action rather than in slides; check which vendors and use cases are represented on the floor.

Grid buildout and charging rollout are only as fast as the permitting, workforce, and local-utility coordination behind them — this is where mobility and energy transition rhetoric meets municipal reality. With ZVEI and VDE involved, expect a policy/standards angle on what's actually slowing local implementation. Relevant to anyone hitting permitting or grid-connection delays in Germany.

Networked chargers are now attack surfaces tied to payment systems, grid communication (OCPP, ISO 15118), and eventually V2G — a breach isn't hypothetical, it's an operational and liability risk. Phoenix Contact's presence signals a hardware/component-level view rather than pure IT security theory. CPOs and OEMs sourcing connected hardware should care about what's addressed and what's left open.

Hydrogen-electric sector coupling is often pitched as complementary rather than competing, but the real question is whether combined 'energy habitats' actually solve local grid stability problems or just add complexity. Worth attending to see if the case is grounded in a working site or remains conceptual.

Battery storage is becoming the default answer to grid-constrained charging sites, but the economics only work if BESS does more than peak-shave — this session should clarify what other revenue or grid-service roles are being built in. Relevant to anyone sizing storage for charging hubs where grid connection is the bottleneck, not chargers.

A physical showcase rather than a talk — value here is seeing integrated charging, storage, and grid tech running together instead of on slides. Useful for assessing real-world integration claims against actual hardware.

DC microgrids reduce conversion losses and can simplify integrating storage, PV, and charging on one bus — but design standards and best practices are still immature compared to AC. Anyone planning multi-asset charging sites should want concrete guidance here, not just the efficiency pitch.

Mercedes-AMG has performance and brand reasons to push charging speed limits beyond current CCS/MCS norms — the open question is whether this is about vehicle-side innovation, infrastructure requirements, or both. Relevant to anyone tracking where charging power ceilings are actually headed next.

Grid connection delays are the single most-cited blocker to scaling charging infrastructure in Europe right now — this session should name where the complexity actually sits (permitting, DSO capacity, planning processes) and what's being done to cut it. Directly relevant to every CPO and site developer stuck in queue.

Second run of the hands-on showcase — same value proposition: judge integration claims by what's physically demonstrated, not marketing copy.

A guided walkthrough of a working DC grid installation — useful for validating the theoretical efficiency and integration claims made in the DC grid design session against actual deployed hardware.

Power electronics — converters, inverters, power supplies — are the unglamorous but decisive factor in charging efficiency, footprint, and grid integration cost. Worth attending for component-level detail on where losses and cost actually get engineered out, not just system-level narratives.

Charging hardware is commoditizing; the differentiation and margin are shifting to energy management layered on top — load balancing, tariff optimization, V2X. This session should clarify what 'intelligent' concretely means in Phoenix Contact's stack versus competitors, relevant to CPOs deciding whether to build or buy that layer.

No abstract or speakers listed, so the value here hinges entirely on delivery: is 'All Electric Society' a Siemens-style vision framework being localized for charging infrastructure, or a concrete park/campus case study? Attendees should walk in expecting to learn whether this is strategic narrative or deployable reference architecture, and judge accordingly.

Copper and cable theft at public chargers is a real, costly operational problem—stations go offline, insurance costs rise, and uptime SLAs suffer, with fixes ranging from cable-locking hardware to CCPA/inductive charging to remote monitoring. With Phoenix Contact's E-Mobility connector expertise on stage, expect a hardware-vendor's view on prevention rather than a neutral market survey; CPOs and site hosts should listen for what 'lessons from beyond the industry' actually means in cost and retrofit terms.

'Charge repay' signals a managed-service/financing model for charging hardware—likely bundling equipment, maintenance and payment into a subscription so operators avoid large capex. The real questions for CPOs and site owners: what's the total cost versus buying outright, who bears failure/downtime risk, and how portable is this across non-Phoenix Contact hardware.

Standard event wrap-up—useful mainly for any late-announced action items or follow-up commitments from the two-day agenda, not new technical content.

CharIN sponsorship signals this is networking among standards-aligned players (CCS, ISO 15118, plug-and-charge ecosystem), making it a chance to gauge where interoperability initiatives and vendor alliances are heading informally, off the main stage.

Likely a hands-on/technical validation session rather than a talk track—value depends entirely on what's being tested (interoperability, hardware, protocol compliance) and with whom, none of which is specified here.

Third consecutive testing day suggests a multi-day interoperability or certification event running parallel to the conference program; professionals should confirm scope and participating vendors directly, as none are listed.