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 (Lennart van Walsum, 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 – what second-movers can learn from Germany as a first-mover (Michelle Kreisig, Anker, and Craig Morris, BVSS)

10:40 – 11:00   PIPV USA – a legislative success story (Kevin Chou, BrightSaver)

11:00 – 11:35    Resilience and stability – the untapped potential of Plug-In Batteries (Christian Ofenheusle, BVSS)

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;
  • Marine Cornelis, Next Energy Consumer;
  • Arnaud Etienne, Pluginfo.be;
  • Mariana Mesquita, DG ENER
  • Michael Bloss, MEP

13:30 – 14:30   Panel: Beyond a fixed power limit – solutions to circuit overload (moderator: Christian Ofenheusle, BVSS)

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

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

  • SunenergyXT
  • Solar-Hook
  • Balkonsonne.App
  • Balkonsolar eV

15:30 – 15:45   Networking Coffee Break

15:45 – 16:15   How to hack a microinverter (Marlon Starkloff, Jakkaru)

16:15 – 16:45    Behavioral change from PIPV (Elisabeth Kneppers, GIZ)

16:45 – 17:00    Summary, outlook and call to action (Craig Morris, BVSS)

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

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