The full agenda — with receipts

Opening remarks from the European Commission set the political tone for the day — watch for signals on how AFIR, the Electricity Market Design reform and upcoming smart-charging guidance will actually be enforced. For operators and OEMs, this is where you gauge whether Brussels sees bidirectional charging as a near-term compliance issue or a longer-term ambition.

V2G remains stuck between pilot and product across most of Europe, and this session lays out where legislation (ISO 15118-20 mandates, grid access rules, market design) is unblocking business models versus where it's still stalling them. Anyone building a bidirectional charging product needs to know which member states are closest to viable revenue stacks and why others aren't.

No agenda details available — the acronym alone suggests an interoperability or open-ecosystem initiative worth tracking for anyone dealing with cross-platform charging standards. Key question: what problem is this initiative solving that existing standards bodies (OCPP, OCPI, ISO 15118) aren't already addressing?

Regulatory sandboxes have proven smart and bidirectional charging works technically; the harder problem is turning national pilots into bankable business models at scale. With a Renault OEM voice, an energy flexibility provider and a Dutch ministry official on stage, expect a real debate on where national implementation is outrunning — or lagging — EU-level policy.

No description or speakers listed, so the substance is unclear — likely a CharIN/CEI-adjacent standards or ecosystem initiative. Worth attending to determine whether it duplicates or complements existing interoperability efforts already crowding this space.

Multi-vendor interoperability is the single biggest blocker to scaling V2G commercially, and this session tackles it head-on with testing and certification specialists from JRC, VEDECOM, ElaadNL and DEKRA. The real question for the industry: is there an agreed minimum viable stack yet, or is every deployment still a bespoke integration project?

No description or speaker details provided — likely tied to the Trialog consortium's work on EV smart charging standards or interoperability testing. Attendees should look for concrete deliverables rather than status updates.

No agenda details available; Best4Grid suggests a grid-flexibility or V2G project name. The value here depends entirely on whether results (not just project scope) are presented.

Enedis and Stedin are two of Europe's largest DSOs actively piloting EV flexibility for congestion management — this is a chance to hear directly from grid operators rather than aggregators or OEMs about what they actually need from V2G. Central question: are DSOs ready to procure EV flexibility as a standard grid tool, or still treating it as experimental?

No description or speakers listed — ePowerMove appears to be a named project or initiative, but its relevance to smart/bidirectional charging isn't established from the title alone. Worth confirming scope before prioritizing this session.

Interoperable aggregation platforms are the missing link between fleets of bidirectional chargers and grid/market revenue streams — without them V2G and V2H remain isolated pilots. Depot charging is the logical first proving ground since fleets offer predictable schedules and concentrated flexibility volumes. Watch for how open the proposed 'Coalition of the Willing' architecture actually is versus vendor-locked platforms like Easee's or PIONIX's own stacks.

A cluster session likely grouping V2X-adjacent talks or demos; the value for attendees will hinge on which use cases (V2G, V2H, V2B) and which maturity stage — pilot or commercial — are actually represented.

OEM commitment is the long-standing bottleneck for V2G — chargers and grid codes can be standards-ready while vehicle-side bidirectional support and warranty terms lag. With EC, UNECE and industry association voices in the room, this session should surface where ISO 15118-20 and grid-code harmonization actually stand versus where they're still paperwork, and whether manufacturers like Ampere are committing to production timelines or just pilots.

A closing session pairing European Commission policy officials with Task53 signals this is about translating pilot-stage V2G learnings into regulatory and standardization priorities for the next phase. Anyone tracking EU flexibility market design or vehicle-grid integration mandates should note what commitments or timelines get stated here versus left open.