How to Best Leverage EV Flexibility with Smart and Bi-directional Charging?

Tuesday, May 06, 2025

Time
02:30 pm - 04:00 pm
Hall
ICM München
Room
Room 13 B

This session will explore how smart and bidirectional charging can improve grid integration and sustainability within EV infrastructure. We will also discuss how to make smart charging a mainstream solution, focusing on intuitive design, seamless integration with the grid and other sectors, energy management, and key legal considerations to create a more accessible and efficient charging ecosystem.

02:30 pm - 02:35 pmWelcome & Setting the Scene

Andreas Jahn

Senior Associate

Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)

02:35 pm - 02:47 pmGrid Benefits of Smart EV Charging in Europe - Case study France

Dr. Julia Hildermeier

Senior Associate EU

Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)

02:47 pm - 02:59 pmDriving Flexibility: How Incentives Shape EV User Behavior and Reduce Grid Costs - Insights and Implementation from a Discrete Choice Experiment

Speaker tba

02:59 pm - 03:11 pmVehicles to Grid - First European Connection Requirements Coming Up

Bernhard Schowe-von der Brelie

Managing Director

FGH GmbH

03:11 pm - 03:23 pmGrids & Benefits - Pioneering Grid- and Marketfriendly Charging

Dr. Johanna Bronisch

Head of Energy Innovation

UnternehmerTUM

03:23 pm - 03:35 pmVehicle-to-Grid (V2G): A Key Technology for the Energy Transition

Dr. Matti Sprengeler

Strategy and Business Development Manager

The Mobility House GmbH

03:35 pm - 03:55 pmPanel Discussion

03:55 pm - 04:00 pmClosing

Andreas Jahn

Senior Associate

Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)

Speakers
Speaker
Bernhard Schowe-von der Brelie, FGH GmbH

Managing Director

Germany

Bernard Schowe-von der Brelie is the Managing Director of FGH GmbH and also responsible for the research area of power systems technology at FGH Research Association. He has been active in the German Grid Code Compliance Certification since 2008 and has now shifted is long-term experience to the international level as a convener of IECRE WG10 and active member of CLC TC8X WG03. He also joins the Euroepean Stakeholder Committee on Grid Connection and actively contributed to the ongoing revision of the European Network Codes.

Speaker
Dr. Julia Hildermeier, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)

Senior Associate EU

Belgium

Julia Hildermeier is team lead e-transport in RAP's Europe team. In addition to providing research and policy analysis on integrating electrified transport in a smarter and decarbonized power markets, she leads RAP's electric transportation program for RAP's Europe department including strategic planning and outreach in Brussels and beyond. Before coming to RAP in 2018, Hildermeier worked for the European Federation for Transport & Environment, advocating for a cleaner, fairer, and more sustainable transport system. As clean vehicles and e-mobility officer, she conducted policy research and managed internal and external research projects, co-created and implemented the organization's advocacy strategy on electro-mobility, and advised decision-makers at the EU level as well as in key Member States. This included expanding stakeholder coalitions and networks, such as the European Platform for Electro-Mobility. Julia Hildermeier holds a doctorate in sociology from Humboldt University Berlin and Ecole Normale Superieure Cachan in Paris. Her academic work included identifying the path-rupture potential of environmental regulation in the European automotive and transport sector. Previously, while earning a master's degree in social sciences and serving as a research assistant in an EU-funded project at Berlin's Center for Social Sciences, she compared the innovation potential of electric vehicle battery politics in Germany and France. Hildermeier publishes and reviews papers in scientific journals on mobility and climate topics. A native German speaker, Julia is also fluent in English and French.

Speaker
Dr. Matti Sprengeler, The Mobility House GmbH

Strategy and Business Development Manager

Germany

Dr. Matti Sprengeler is Strategy and Business Development Manager at The Mobility House Energy, where he is responsible for building partnerships with leading automotive OEMs and utility companies across Europe. He brings deep expertise in the energy, automotive, and solar industries, with a strong focus on business development and growth. Prior to his current role, he was researcher on vehicle-grid-integration at Fraunhofer ISE and held various strategy positions in the energy industry, particularly in renewables and electric mobility. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems and an M.Sc. in Energy Engineering.

Speaker
Andreas Jahn, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)

Senior Associate

Belgium

As a RAP senior associate in Berlin, Andreas Jahn focuses on issues relating to the German 'Energiewende', or energy transition, helping develop and advance regulatory options for a carbon-neutral power sector, including demand-side resources and tariff design. He also supports RAP's work throughout Europe. Jahn has extensive experience with power markets and regulation, as well as knowledge of the German national political arena. Prior to joining RAP, Jahn was responsible for all energy policy and regulatory matters as the director of regulatory affairs at lekker Energie, a German electricity and gas provider. Through his work as a senior expert for the Association of New Energy Suppliers, he gained valuable insight into political decision-making processes and legislative procedures. He was also a member of the Federal Ministry of Economics' task force on legislation to implement grid regulation in Germany. In addition to his native German, Andreas speaks fluent English and advanced Spanish.

Speaker
Dr. Johanna Bronisch, UnternehmerTUM

Head of Energy Innovation

Germany

Dr. Johanna Bronisch is responsible for building up Energy as one of four sector specific ecosystems at UnternehmerTUM, Europes largest Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center. In her role, is in charge of bringing together key stakeholders at the intersection of the energy and mobility sector in industry funded multistakeholder sprint projects. These currently focus on use-phase associated CO2-emission accounting for EVs as well as the implementation of smart charging strategies that take into account electricity prices as well as local and regional grid capacity constraints. Johanna is a trained Psychology and has a PhD in Neuroscience.

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