Venue
Chicago Conference Center
Chicago Conference Center, 205 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606

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Event Date Tue Jul 11 CDT - Wed Jul 12 CDT (over 1 year ago)
In your timezone (EST): Tue Jul 11 1:00am - Wed Jul 12 1:00am
Location Chicago Conference Center
205 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606
Region Americas
Details

This massive increase in EV charging infrastructure will have important implications for the grid, and present stakeholders with significant challenges - and opportunities.

It convenes top industry experts and utility professionals to examine how growing EV adoption rates will impact the network, and what investments are needed to ensure grid stability and benefit. Case studies of current utility programs and deployments will be discussed with an eye toward refining strategies, identifying technologies, and implementing business models that will ensure widespread EV adoption is optimized for all parties involved.

Topics to be Addressed Include:

• Latest in smart charging and wireless charging
• Trends in EV adoption and implications for utilities
• Innovations in charging infrastructure
• V2G advances, opportunities, challenges and pilots
• Providing incentives to increase consumer demand for EVs
• EV and battery advances, and implications for charging infrastructure
• Integrating and optimizing renewable energy resources
• Integration of EV charging into microgrids
• Energy storage and EV charging
• Utility case studies and programs to date
• Scaling up existing charging operator networks
• Impact of EVs on grid operations and planning
• Regulatory requirements and standards
• Reuse of EV batteries into grid-scale energy storage systems
• Modeling and grid architecture planning: ensuring that charging is a grid benefit
• Charging station operators perspective
• Municipal perspectives and initiatives
• EV manufacturer perspectives on charging infrastructure requirements
And more

Speakers

2023 Speakers

Violetka Dirlea
EY-Parthenon Principal, Strategy and Transactions, Ernst & Young LLP

Oscar Rodriguez
Executive Chairman and CEO, NovaCHARGE

Adam Procell
CEO, Zeplug USA

Michael Stadler
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Xendee

Chris Phenner
Vice President, Business Development, FLASH

Nina Sadighi, P.E., SME
Sr. Program Manager, Electrical Engineering Base-Building Engineering Strategy, Global Reliability Team, Amazon

Sowmya Holla, P.E.
Senior Technical Program Manager, Electrical Engineering, Amazon

Mobeen Mahmood
Staff Power Electronics Engineer, Rivian Automotive

Victor Atlasman
Director of Engineering, Charging Ecosystems and Energy Storage Solutions, Atlis Motor Vehicles

Jim Cahaly
Business Development Manager, Intralogistics and Integrated Services, Wieland Electric

Tom Tansy
CEO, DER Security Corp Chairman, SunSpec Alliance

Chris Maguire
CEO, NextEdge

Katrina Smallacombe
Solutions Engineering Manager, Geotab

Andrew Ewing
Senior Solutions Engineering, Geotab

Amy Barzdukas
Chief Marketing Officer, WiTricity

Cole Rosson
Director, Business Development, Sparkion

Chris Foley
Survey Service Leader, Westwood Professional Services

John Incorvaia
Market Segment Leader, Renewable Energy & EV Charging, GPRS Inc.

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• AutoGrid
• wieland
• KEYSIGHT

GOLD SPONSORS:
• ZEPLUG
• NovaCharge

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• AURORA CIRCUITS