PROGRAM

09:00 – 09:30    Check-in

09:30 – 09:40    Welcome address, Craig Morris BVSS

09:40 – 10:00    Keynotes: 

  • Plug-In Solar – the beginning of a global movement (Sonia Dunlop, Global Solar Council)
  • The European status (Leah Le Penuizic, Solar Power Europe)

10:00 – 10:15    The German Case (Christian Ofenheusle, BVSS)

10:15 – 10:40   MASplug – planting plug-in solar grassroots (Michelle Kreisig, Anker)

10:40 – 11:05   PIPV USA – a legislative success story (Kevin Chou, BrightSaver)

11:05 – 11:35    Plug-in Solar in the IEC/Cenelec standardization process (Catherine Körbächer, tbc)

11:35 – 11:45    Group photo

11:45 – 12:30   Networking Lunch

12:30 – 13:30   Panel: A call for EU harmonization (moderator: Craig Morris, BVSS)

  • Kęstutis Kupšys, Lithuanian Consumer Alliance/EWSA;
  • Marine Cornelis, Next Energy Consumer;
  • Arnaud Etienne, Pluginfo.be;
  • Sven Giegold, Deputy Chairman German Green Party;
  • DG ENER representative (tbc)

13:30 – 14:30   Panel: Beyond a fixed power limit – solutions to circuit overload

  • Antonia Ginsberg-Klemmt, Gismo Power;
  • Stephan Scherer, Craftstrom; 
  • Marcus Vietzke, indielux

14:30 – 15:30   Innovation Campus – presentations by our sponsors

15:30 – 15:45   Networking Coffee Break

15:45 – 16:30   Resilience and stability – the untapped potential of Plug-In Batteries (Christian Ofenheusle, BVSS)

16:30 – 17:00    How to hack a microinverter (Marlon Starkloff, Jakkaru)

17:00 – 17:15    Behavioral change from PIPV (Elisabeth Kneppers, GIZ)

17:15 – 17:20    Summary, outlook and call to action (Craig Morris, BVSS)

17:20 – 18:00    Connect and celebrate the plugin solar revolution!

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