Opening of the conference
Thomas BirrAgenda
An overview of our program points .
06.10.2020 - 11:15
Electrification: Overcoming complex challenges via innovation
Followed by Q&As with the audience
Dr.-Ing. Leonhard Birnbaum
06.10.2020 - 12:00
E-Mobility for trucks and buses: Batteries, hydrogen or both?
Panel discussion
Dr. Lioudmila Simon, Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer, Dr. Frank-Detlef Drake, Dr. Götz Frhr. von Esebeck, Prof. Detlef Stolten
06.10.2020 - 12:45
Networked mobility as an integral part of the energy system
Impulse speech followed by panel discussion
Dr. Lioudmila Simon, Mathias Wiecher, Dr. Armin Gaul, David Balensiefen
06.10.2020 - 13:25
Inspirational Leadership: How to successfully accelerate transformations
Inspirational Talk
Rene Esteban
06.10.2020 - 13:45
Disruptive Session: Hydrogen
Followed by fireside chat
Katherina Reiche, Andreas Feicht, Dr. Klaus Bonhoff
06.10.2020 - 14:45
Managing complexity with flexibility solutions: how to make it work in practice
Impulse speech, followed by a fireside chat
Maik Staudt, Adam Engström, Andreas Breuer, Dr. Jan Bergholz
06.10.2020 - 15:30
Technology driving NetZero from grassroot
Impulse speech
Thierry Delaporte
06.10.2020 - 16:00
Can global partnerships make a real change for local business?
Panel discussion
Mickey Steiner, Stefan Padberg, Chris Darby, Thomas Birr
06.10.2020 - 16:30
Measuring what matters: Microsoft Environmental Sustainability
Impulse speech
Vanessa Miler-Fels
07.10.2020 - 11:15
Dr. Karsten Wildberger
Connectivity: The new frontier for 2020s Energy and Industry
07.10.2020 - 12:00
Why don´t corporates collaborate more with startups?
Impulse speech followed by a fireside chat
Sebastian Weber, Marco Beicht
07.10.2020 - 12:45
The (r)evolution of waste
Fireside chat
Stefan Hakansson
07.10.2020 - 13:25
Better together – Driving the energy transition with our customers
Inspirational talk
Axel Löber
07.10.2020 - 13:45
Disruptive Session: Energy autarky
Impulse speeches Followed by fireside chat
Ewald Hesse, Prof. Dr. Monika Sturm
07.10.2020 - 14:45
Citizen Energy Communities: Green energy meets people power
Panel discussion
Luis Arturo Hernández Salmerón, Frank Höttemann, Thomas Döring, Dr. Roman Höller, Thomas Oppelt
07.10.2020 - 15:30
Connected energy: from central to decentral to micro. How micro will it be?
Impulse speech and panel discussion
Dr. Christof Kortz, Dr. Jens Strüker, Stephan Noller
07.10.2020 - 16:00
What is human and what is work in superhuman future
Impulse speech
Martin Wezowski
07.10.2020 - 16:30
The customer of tomorrow – quite familiar yet different
Panel discussion
Nils Gohmert, Cornelius Boerner, Linda Schäfer
08.10.2020 - 11:15
Digitalization: Optimizing, democratizing & transforming energy
Followed by Q&As with the audience
Dr. Thomas König
08.10.2020 - 12:00
Dr. Xiaohu Tao, Susanne Fabry, Dr.-Ing. Stefan Küppers
Digitalization of grid infrastructures: From ChatBots to digital grid control
08.10.2020 - 12:45
Who needs energy trading in a decentral digital energy world?
Impulse speech and panel discussion
Dr. Andreas Heinen, Sven Otten, Dr. ing. Stefan Kampshoff, Antti Belt
08.10.2020 - 13:25
Society and economics of the metaverse
Inspirational talk
Jan Berger
08.10.2020 - 13:45
Disruptive Session: Quantum computing
Impulse speech followed by fireside chat
Dr. Juan Bernabé-Moreno, Stephen Jordan
08.10.2020 - 14:45
Is E.ON transforming itself inside out with digitalisation?
Panel discussion
Dr. Victoria Ossadnik, Dr. Johannes Teyssen, Johan Mörnstam, Stefan Gross-Selbeck
08.10.2020 - 15:30
Launch of the venturing and collaboration platform of E.ON
Introduction of the new venturing and collaboration platform & Panel discussion
Thomas Birr, Ines Bergmann-Nolting, Jan Lozek, Knut Johansen, Mostafa Akbari-Hochberg, Carola Wahl
08.10.2020 - 16:00
Dr. Tudor Constantinescu
The transformative power of energy system integration
08.10.2020 - 16:20
Energy Industry: Where to from here?
Closing of the conference
Dr. Johannes Teyssen