PROGRAM

(preliminary)

09:00 – 09:30
Check-in

09:30 – 09:35
welcome adress
Craig Morris – BVSS

09:35 – 09:50
Key Note: Plug-In Solar – the beginning of a global movement
Leah Le Pénucic – Solar Power Europe

09:50 – 10:05
The German Case
Christian Ofenheusle – BVSS

10:05 – 10:35
MASplug – planting plug-in solar grassroots
Michelle Kreisig – Anker SOLIX

10:35 – 11:05
PIPV USA – a legislative success story
Kevin Chou – Bright Saver

11:05-11:35
Plug-in Solar in the IEC Standardization Process
tbd

11:35-11:45
Group Photo

11:45- 12:30
Networking Lunch

12:30 – 13:30
Panel: Regulation and Standards
Michelle Kreisig – Anker SOLIX
Leah Le Pénucic – Solar Power Europe
Kęstutis Kupšys – Lithuanian Consumer Alliance/EWSA
Moderation: Craig Morris

13:30 – 14:30
Panel: Beyond a Fixed Power Limit – solutions to circuit overload
Antonia Ginsberg-Klemmt – Gismo Power
tbd
Moderation: Christian Ofenheusle

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

15:30 – 15:45
Networking Coffee Break

15:45 – 16:30
Resiliance and Stability – on the untapped potential of plug-in batteries
Christian Ofenheusle, BVSS

16:30 – 17:00
How to Hack a Microinverter
tbd

17:00 – 17:15
Grid Forming Microinverters?
tbd

17:15 – 17:20
summary, outlook and call to action
Craig Morris, BVSS

17:30 – 18:00
Connect and celebrate the plug-in solar revolution!

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