Suggested routes, by role
3 days, 1 stages, 18 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.
Software & Interoperability
Engineers and architects building or integrating charger, backend and grid-facing software.
How OCPP, CSIP-AUS and edge control fit together, and how to secure and test them before V2G arrives.
Day 1 — Wednesday, 21 October
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10:00–10:30
Main OCPP-to-DSO communications: OCPP and CSIP-AUS working together in practice
Start with the core question of how OCPP and CSIP-AUS work side by side in real deployments.
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11:30–12:00
Main Local controller architecture: OCPP, CSIP-AUS & edge resilience
See where the protocols meet at the edge, and what keeps sites running when the network drops.
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12:30–13:00
Main EV Charger Security - OCPP Security Implementation Guide
This is the practical security implementation guide you will end up building against.
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15:20–15:50
Main Testing best practices
Pick up testing habits that will make the following testing days far more productive.
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16:20–16:50
Main V2G, vehicle-grid integration and future OCPP developments
Get a look at where OCPP is heading as V2G and vehicle-grid integration mature.
CPO & eMSP Operations
Charge point operators and mobility service providers running live networks and customer-facing services.
Keeping a network compliant, secure and grid-ready, and knowing what the next protocol changes mean for operations.
Day 1 — Wednesday, 21 October
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10:00–10:30
Main OCPP-to-DSO communications: OCPP and CSIP-AUS working together in practice
Learn what DSO communication will demand of your fleet and backend in practice.
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12:00–12:30
Main Cybersecurity alignment - regulatory postures to vehicle charging
Find out which regulatory security expectations are heading for operators.
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12:30–13:00
Main EV Charger Security - OCPP Security Implementation Guide
Turn those expectations into concrete OCPP security steps for your chargers.
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15:20–15:50
Main Testing best practices
Better testing means fewer surprises and faster, cheaper rollouts of new hardware.
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16:20–16:50
Main V2G, vehicle-grid integration and future OCPP developments
Get ahead of V2G and the OCPP changes that will shape your service offering.
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17:00–18:30
Main Networking drinks & bites
Compare notes with peers and vendors over a drink while the day's ideas are fresh.
Policy & Regulation
Regulators, government advisers and industry-policy leads shaping the rules around charging and the grid.
How standards, cybersecurity and system planning can support coordinated, bidirectional charging.
Day 1 — Wednesday, 21 October
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10:30–11:00
Main OCPP-to-DSO communication II: Community observations and forward directions
Hear what the community has seen in DSO communication and where it should go next.
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12:00–12:30
Main Cybersecurity alignment - regulatory postures to vehicle charging
See how different regulatory postures on security line up for vehicle charging.
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14:00–14:30
Main Australians overseas: a wrap up of key findings from the VGN in Europe
Take home lessons from Europe that Australian policy can borrow or avoid.
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14:30–15:00
Main Connecting system planning and industry capability: Realising the promise of coordinated and bidirectional charging
This is where grid planning meets industry capability for coordinated and bidirectional charging.
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15:50–16:20
Main Forward direction in market enablement
Close with the settings that will determine whether the market can scale.
Board Members & Investors
Directors and investors judging where the charging market, and the capital behind it, is heading.
The strategic picture: lessons from Europe, system-level opportunity, market enablement and the V2G horizon.
Day 1 — Wednesday, 21 October
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14:00–14:30
Main Australians overseas: a wrap up of key findings from the VGN in Europe
Learn what more mature European markets reveal about where value and risk sit.
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14:30–15:00
Main Connecting system planning and industry capability: Realising the promise of coordinated and bidirectional charging
Understand how grid planning and bidirectional charging could open new revenue and constrain old models.
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15:50–16:20
Main Forward direction in market enablement
Get a read on the market conditions that will drive investment decisions.
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16:20–16:50
Main V2G, vehicle-grid integration and future OCPP developments
Judge how close V2G really is to commercial reality.
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17:00–18:30
Main Networking drinks & bites
Use the drinks to test your read of the day with operators and technologists.