CharIN Testival EUROPE · Blomberg · 22–25 September 2026

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4 days, 2 stages, 54 sessions — you can't see it all, so don't try. Pick the route that matches your job and follow the timeline. Thumbs it up if it worked.

Roll-out & Network Development

Infrastructure planners and network expansion leads scaling charging footprints.

From strategic vision to on-the-ground build-out, tracking how supply, demand and heavy-duty corridors actually get deployed.

Day 1 — Tuesday, 22 September

  1. 09:05
    Main From ambition to execution: turning vision into scalable reality

    Sets the execution mindset before you commit capital to steel in the ground.

  2. 09:45
    Main Reality check: Who will charge where, how quickly and will it be profitable for operators?

    A blunt profitability gut-check on where your next sites should actually go.

  3. 10:15
    Main Bridging the gap: why supply and demand are out of sync – and how to fix it

    Diagnoses the supply-demand mismatch that's stalling your rollout curve.

  4. 13:20
    Main Powering electric trucks at scale: Germany's approach to charging infrastructure

    Germany's blueprint for scaling truck charging corridors, straight from the source.

  5. 14:05
    Main No diesel, no limits: construction and logistics go electric - a project view

    A live project view on electrifying construction and logistics fleets.

  6. 14:20

Day 2 — Wednesday, 23 September

  1. 10:30
    Public Day Mobilitäts-und Energiewende: Umsetzung beginnt vor Ort

    Grounds the mobility transition in local implementation reality.

  2. 11:45
    Public Day The All Electric Society Park (German & English)

    Walk the showcase to see rollout concepts in physical form.

  3. 13:30
    Public Day Best practices: planning and design of modern direct current grids

    DC grid design know-how that shapes every future site layout.

  4. 14:00
    Public Day Bottleneck grid connection – how complexity can be reduced

    Tackles the single biggest delay factor in every rollout timeline: grid connection.

  5. 14:15
    Public Day DC Grid Showcase tour at the All Electric Society Factor (German & English)

    See a working DC grid deployment before you spec your own.

Software & Interoperability

Engineers and product leads building the protocols and platforms behind charging.

The stack from standards to V2X software, cyber security and grid-integrated intelligence.

Day 1 — Tuesday, 22 September

  1. 09:30
    Main Standards were only the starting point — building systems is the real mission

    Reframes standards as the floor, not the finish line, for real system-building.

  2. 11:10
    Main Renewables & grid: integration in V2G energy markets

    Where V2G software meets renewable grid integration head-on.

  3. 11:40
    Main Storage as infrastructure: how BESS unlocks the full potential of renewable energy

    BESS as a software-orchestrated layer, not just a battery box.

  4. 15:15
    Main The software-defined energy system: why digitalization changes everything

    The core thesis: digitalization is rewriting the entire energy stack.

  5. 15:30
    Main From proprietary V2G to multiparty interoperability with 25 industry partners and 7 permanent international laboratories

    25 partners, 7 labs — the interoperability proof point you need to see.

  6. 15:45
    Main Making V2X and flexibility mainstream: what is in place? And, what is still missing?

    A gap analysis of what's still missing before V2X ships at scale.

Day 2 — Wednesday, 23 September

  1. 09:50
    Public Day CharIN Testival Tour

    Hands-on look at the interoperability testing rigs behind the standards.

  2. 10:30
    Public Day Cyber security in the EV charging infrastructure

    Security can't be an afterthought once your charging stack is networked.

  3. 11:00
    Public Day Combining hydrogen and electric mobility: Energy habitats for sector coupling and grid stability

    Sector coupling logic that your software architecture will need to absorb.

  4. 13:30
    Public Day Best practices: planning and design of modern direct current grids

    DC grid design principles that constrain your control software.

  5. 14:30
    Public Day Power electronics as a key driver for the energy transition

    The hardware-software boundary that defines what's controllable at all.

  6. 15:00
    Public Day Beyond charging – intelligent energy management for an electrified world

    Closes the loop on intelligent energy management as a software problem.

CPO & eMSP Operations

Charge point operators and eMSPs running the day-to-day charging business.

Profitability, customer experience and the operational headaches that hit the P&L.

Day 1 — Tuesday, 22 September

  1. 09:45
    Main Reality check: Who will charge where, how quickly and will it be profitable for operators?

    Asks the profitability question you live with every quarter.

  2. 13:50
    Main Bringing innovation into customer solutions for heavy-duty charging

    Customer-facing innovation for heavy-duty charging you can put on your roadmap.

  3. 14:05
    Main No diesel, no limits: construction and logistics go electric - a project view

    A fleet electrification case study with real operational lessons.

  4. 16:20
    Main Beyond the plug: AI, customers and the future of integrated energy systems

    AI-driven customer experience is the next operational differentiator.

  5. 16:35
    Main Making energy flexible, scalable and profitable: energy as a service

    Energy-as-a-service models that could reshape your margins.

Day 2 — Wednesday, 23 September

  1. 15:00
    Public Day Beyond charging – intelligent energy management for an electrified world

    Intelligent energy management directly hits your operating costs.

  2. 15:30
    Public Day How to solve the problem of cable theft in charging infrastructure – lessons from beyond the industry

    Cable theft is a real, expensive operational headache — here's how others solved it.

  3. 16:00
  4. 18:30
    Main Evening Event sponsored by CharIN

    Close the day networking with the operators and partners you just heard from.

Policy & Regulation

Regulators and public-affairs professionals shaping the rules of the transition.

Where industry ambition collides with grid, permitting and political reality.

Day 1 — Tuesday, 22 September

  1. 09:15
    Main Driving the future of charging: the charging ecosystem from a global perspective

    A global-perspective framing before the policy detail sessions start.

  2. 11:55
    Main The race between grid, charging and demand: how to succeed?

    The three-way tension between grid, charging and demand that every regulation touches.

  3. 13:20
    Main Powering electric trucks at scale: Germany's approach to charging infrastructure

    Germany's national approach — a template for other jurisdictions.

  4. 15:45
    Main Making V2X and flexibility mainstream: what is in place? And, what is still missing?

    Flags the regulatory gaps still blocking V2X mainstreaming.

  5. 16:50
    Main How e-mobility accelerates the energy transition

    Connects e-mobility policy directly to the broader energy transition.

  6. 17:05
    Main European energy transition at scale: what industry and politics must solve together

    The closing ask: what industry and politics must solve together.

Day 2 — Wednesday, 23 September

  1. 10:30
    Public Day Mobilitäts-und Energiewende: Umsetzung beginnt vor Ort

    Local implementation reality that policy design has to reckon with.

  2. 11:00
    Public Day Combining hydrogen and electric mobility: Energy habitats for sector coupling and grid stability

    Sector coupling raises cross-cutting regulatory questions worth tracking.

  3. 14:00
    Public Day Bottleneck grid connection – how complexity can be reduced

    Grid connection permitting complexity is a direct policy lever.

  4. 15:30
    Public Day How to solve the problem of cable theft in charging infrastructure – lessons from beyond the industry

    A crime-and-infrastructure issue with clear regulatory angles.