Interoperability Through Conformance Testing

Christoph Stürmer is the head of CharIN Academy, a subsidiary of the industry association CharIN e.V., which promotes standards for electric vehicle charging worldwide. He began his professional career at Daimler-Benz AG as a product manager for engines and transmissions and strategic planner. This was followed by more than 10 years at IHS Automotive. He then lead the global automotive think tank Autofacts® at PwC and was equity partner at Vindelici Advisors. He is also a co-founder and shareholder of a start-up company for mobile batteries and battery-as-a-service.

Sebastian Lahmann is the head of the Team Implementing at the National Centre for Charging Infrastructure. The National Centre for Charging Infrastructure, operating under the roof of the federally owned NOW GmbH, coordinates and manages activities to expand the charging infrastructure for battery electric vehicles in Germany on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport (BMDV). As Team Lead Implementing, Mr. Lahmann is particularly involved in the technical foundations of the funding programs initiated by the BMDV and the tendering of the 'Deutschlandnetz' (Germany-wide electric high-power-charging network). He, along with his team, analyses and defines the technical requirements for the overall charging infrastructure system and oversees the regulatory framework. The scope of application ranges from the energy supply network to charging equipment and extends to the vehicle itself. The focus is on charging infrastructure for both passenger cars and heavy duty vehicles.

Jayson Dong is Senior Manager for Public Policy at ChargePoint, the world's leading and most open electric vehicle charging network. In the position since November 2022, Jayson coordinates the company's policy engagement at EU level as well as across Spain and Italy. For almost ten years, Jayson has worked as an expert on EU sustainability/transport policies (i.e., renewables, decarbonisation of transport, etc.). Prior to joining ChargePoint, Jayson worked in-house at a major Spanish renewable energy utility and a European EV trade association focussing on renewables and overarching e-mobility policies.

Lukas is a leader of P3's work on charging infrastructure and energy technologies and serves automotive OEMs, utilities, charge point operators, charge point manufacturers, suppliers, and private-equity investors in Europe and North America. In his role as Principal Charging & Energy, he focuses on helping clients develop new charging infrastructure and energy products as well as optimize rollout and operations of these products. Additionally, he is responsible for P3's energy lab in Osnabrück, Germany, that offers testing, engineering and benchmarking services in order to improve reliability and interoperability between technologies and products across the e-mobility and energy ecosystem.

Beat Kreuter , Vice President Business Line Product Safety Testing at DEKRA. Beat Kreuter hails from Switzerland and has spent 20 years of his professional career in Asia working for different testing and certification companies before returning to Europe. At DEKRA he is responsible for the Business Line Product Safety Testing with special attention to EVs and EV supply equipment as an emerging technology. Beat Kreuter is an active member of the CharIN focus group interoperability and conformance and the Open Charge Alliance compliance WG