OCPP Plugfest Europe · Dublin · 22–23 September 2026

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2 days, 2 stages, 20 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

Developers, OCPP implementers and standards engineers who live for the plugfest bench.

A hands-on thread bouncing between live interop testing and the keynotes on security, standards and OCA's future.

Day 1 — Tuesday, 22 September

  1. 9:30–11:00
    Plugfest OCPP Plugfest test slot 1

    Get your build on the test bench before the main stage fills up.

  2. 11:10–11:30
    Main From National Infrastructure to Global Standards: The Evolution of OCA

    See where OCA is steering the standards you code against.

  3. 11:30–12:00
    Main Keynote: Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure

    Critical infra security framing every charger you'll ever certify.

  4. 12:00–12:30
    Main Why Open Standards Matter Now More Than Ever

    The philosophical case for the open protocols you maintain.

  5. 15:00–15:30
    Main Two futures of EV charging: Interoperability, Security and Scale

    Two competing visions of interoperable charging, laid out head to head.

Day 2 — Wednesday, 23 September

  1. 9:30–11:00
    Plugfest OCPP Plugfest test slot 5

    Fresh morning slot, fresh bugs to squash.

  2. 11:00–12:30
    Plugfest OCPP Plugfest test slot 6

    Keep the interop momentum going with slot 6.

  3. 13:30–15:00
    Plugfest OCPP Plugfest test slot 7

    Afternoon push through the remaining conformance cases.

  4. 15:00–16:30
    Plugfest OCPP Plugfest test slot 8

    Second-to-last chance to lock down edge cases before travel.

  5. 16:30–18:00
    Plugfest OCPP Plugfest test slot 9

    Final slot – ship your fixes before the plugfest closes.

Policy & Regulation

Civil servants, regulators and standards-policy people tracking how electrification law meets the road.

From opening framing through security and standards keynotes to Ireland's own digital-policy case study, ending on the delivery panel.

Day 1 — Tuesday, 22 September

  1. 10:30–10:40
    Main Opening Remarks

    Set the tone for the day's regulatory conversation.

  2. 11:10–11:30
    Main From National Infrastructure to Global Standards: The Evolution of OCA

    Understand how national rules feed into global standards bodies.

  3. 11:30–12:00
    Main Keynote: Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure

    Critical-infrastructure security is now a policy question, not just an IT one.

  4. 14:00–14:30
    Main Ireland's EV Infrastructure and Digital Policy Perspective

    A live case study of Ireland's own digital policy approach to EV rollout.

  5. 15:30–16:15
    Main Panel discussion: Delivering Electrification at Scale

    Hear how policy translates into actual delivery at scale.

  6. 16:15–16:30
    Main Closing remarks

    Wrap the day's regulatory threads together.

Board Members & Investors

Board members, financiers and strategic decision-makers scanning the market for signal.

The high-level narrative arc – opening vision, national electrification story, the delivery panel, and a closing dinner for the real conversations.

Day 1 — Tuesday, 22 September

  1. 10:30–10:40
    Main Opening Remarks

    Frame the day before committing your time to any single track.

  2. 10:40–11:10
    Main Welcome to Ireland – A Story of Electrification

    The market story behind Ireland's electrification – exactly the context investors need.

  3. 15:30–16:15
    Main Panel discussion: Delivering Electrification at Scale

    Where rollout, policy and capital actually meet on stage.

  4. 16:15–16:30
    Main Closing remarks

    Catch the takeaways before the room empties.

  5. 17:00–21:00
    Main Dinner & Cultural Experience at Johnnie Fox's

    The real deals get made over dinner, not on stage.

Roll-out & Network Development

Network planners and site developers scaling charging infrastructure on the ground.

Ireland's electrification story, grid realities, and the panel on delivering rollout at scale.

Day 1 — Tuesday, 22 September

  1. 10:40–11:10
    Main Welcome to Ireland – A Story of Electrification

    A national-scale rollout story to benchmark your own plans against.

  2. 14:00–14:30
    Main Ireland's EV Infrastructure and Digital Policy Perspective

    Concrete policy detail shaping where and how you can build.

  3. 14:30–15:00
    Main Grid Flexibility and the Future Energy System

    The grid constraints that will decide your next site's timeline.

  4. 15:30–16:15
    Main Panel discussion: Delivering Electrification at Scale

    Practical lessons on delivering electrification at real scale.