OCA Plugfest Australia · Canberra · 21–23 October 2026
OCA Plugfest Australia
Every session with context, every exhibitor linked to its ChargiPedia profile, and a route plan for whatever your job title says.
18 sessions 9 speakers
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Day 1 ·09:45–10:00 ·Main
OCA Opening
Chargalytics context
The Open Charge Alliance maintains OCPP, the protocol most charge point operators depend on to talk to their hardware, so its priorities shape vendor roadmaps. The questions to ask are where OCPP development is heading and how much weight grid integration and security carry in that plan. Anyone buying chargers or backend software should care.
Software & Interoperability
CPO & eMSP Operations
3 further reads
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- Filter by who it's for. Rollout, procurement, commercial, exec, advisory or technical.
- Further reading. The stories behind each session, from our own archive and the news wire.
- Every speaker, linked. Straight through to their ChargiPedia profile and their company's.
Don't walk Canberra at random
Six ready-made routes — sessions worth sitting in, booths worth the detour, in an order your feet will thank you for.
Software & Interoperability
How OCPP, CSIP-AUS and edge control fit together, and how to secure and test them before V2G arrives.
CPO & eMSP Operations
Keeping a network compliant, secure and grid-ready, and knowing what the next protocol changes mean for operations.
Policy & Regulation
How standards, cybersecurity and system planning can support coordinated, bidirectional charging.
Board Members & Investors
The strategic picture: lessons from Europe, system-level opportunity, market enablement and the V2G horizon.
Where
Programme data compiled from the official OCA Plugfest Australia agenda; sessions move, rooms change. Verify against the official agenda.