Register Now! "Empowering people for the smart energy system of the future"

24.9.2015, Berlin, Germany

Final conference of the S3C project

Register now for the final conference of the S3C project to be held in Berlin on the 24th of September 2015.

Participants will:

  • Get results from three years of research and practice on customer engagement in the energy area
  • Learn about the development and testing of our innovative Smart Grid engagement toolkit containing practical tools and guidelines
  • Hear about best practices for people and community activation on a regional level from the S3C Family of Projects
  • Get to know successful Smart Energy Products & Services catering to the Smart Consumer, Smart Customer and Smart Citizen
  • Discuss current and future challenges for Smart Energy Research
  • Meet interesting partners from academia and industry for your next Smart Grid project at our networking dinner on the evening of the 23rd of September
  • Participation is free of charge!
 

Preliminary Agenda

The official opening of the Final conference of the S3C project will be at the networking dinner on the 23rd of September, starting at 18:00 at the venue of the final conference.
 
09:15 
Registration and Coffee

10:00
Welcome
  • Erik Laes, VITO, S3C project coordinator
  • Ludwig Karg, B.A.U.M. Consult, S3C project manager
10:10
Keynotes
Richard Hampton, S3C project officer, DG Research, European Commission

Maher Chebbo, President of ESMIG
11:00
Key results from the S3C project
Erik Laes (VITO)
11:30
Panel 1: Smart Energy Community Approaches
Moderation: Koen Straver & Matthijs Uyterlinde (ECN)
Panelists
  • Han Vandevyvere, project coordinator of the City-zen project, VITO
  • Maja Bendtsen, EcoGrid project leader at Østkraft
  • Andreas Schläpfer, president of the Energy Model Zurich, coordinator of the energienetz GSG
  • Vera Nunes, InovGrid and InovCity projects, EDP Distribuição
  • Simon Strandberg, STUNS energi
12:45
Lunch

13:45
Panel 2: Smart Energy Research beyond S3C
Moderation: Erik Laes (VITO) & Kerstin Niemeier (B.A.U.M. Consult)
Panelists
15:00
Coffee Break

15:30
Panel 3: Smart Energy Products & Services
Moderation: Ludwig Karg
Panelists
  • Pallas Agterberg, director of strategy, Alliander
  • Tobias Graml, CTO and spin-off founder, BEN Energy
  • Gerhard Kleineidam, project "WUN-Wohnlabor Energie" (energy home lab), SWW Wunsiedel
  • Fredrik Lundström, Programme manager research and innovation department, Swedish Energy Agency
  • Hemma Bieser, managing partner, avantsmart
16:45Farewell
Erik Laes (VITO) & Ludwig Karg (B.A.U.M. Consult)
17:15End of Conference

 

Panel 1: Smart Energy Community Approaches

Drawing upon community dynamics and emphasizing a sense of place were two of the seven cross-cutting success factors for an active customer engagement identified within S3C. In this panel, the importance and opportunities of community approaches in the area of smart energy are discussed. Representatives from the S3C Family of Projects showcase best practice examples as well as their collaboration with the S3C project to optimize the engagement of their consumers.
Why can previously passive users become active when they are included in a community approach? How can these community dynamics be activated? What are the short term and long term effects? How are community driven incentives different from traditional monetary incentives?
 

Panel 2: Smart Energy Research beyond S3C

In this panel, the audience will choose two to three of the nine key challenges identified within the S3C project for further research on customer engagement in the area of smart grids. Together with representatives from the S3C Advisory Board and further experts, we will take a look at the findings of S3C regarding the chosen key challenges and discuss what implications result from those findings for future research and practice.
What has been achieved in consumer research for future energy systems so far? Which are the remaining or new challenges that still have to be addressed in research and practice? What can be taken over from the results of S3C? Where do we have to go further?
 

Panel 3: Smart Energy Products & Services

In the third panel, you will learn about the first businesses centering around engaging consumers for energy behaviour changes and the companies making use of their business models, since we’ll invite suppliers as well as representatives from the potential demand side of Smart Energy products. Together, they will highlight the drivers and barriers to the market and discuss the factors influencing the success of the new business cases.
Can you build a business case around engaging and empowering people? Which role do community dynamics play in field, especially with regards to gamification approaches? What is key to developing a sound "human centric” business case in the energy field?
 
Venue

Neue Mälzerei

Friedenstr. 91 | 10249 Berlin, Germany
Download directions to the venue here!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Book your hotel now!

Due to the Berlin Marathon taking place the weekend after the event, hotel rooms are scarce and booked up quickly. Make sure to book your hotel room in time!


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