Recording of Wednesday, June 24, 2026 | The smarter E Europe Exhibition Program 2026 | Language: English | Duration: 8:39 .

Innovations in Energy Management and Services Across Europe

The World Economic Forum highlighted advancements in energy management, including a keynote session by Jens focusing on utility and energy retail sectors. Key strategies involve connecting consumer devices like solar inverters and electric vehicles to enhance energy management, optimize dynamic tariffs, and create additional revenue streams for utilities. Oekostrom in Austria has successfully implemented the Smart Save feature, allowing customers to easily connect devices and start saving with minimal effort. Sweden's initiative for smart heating optimizes energy efficiency in buildings, utilizing real-time data for better comfort and reduced carbon emissions. In the UK, E.ON Next's Energy as a Service model offers hardware installations under a monthly fee, emphasizing simplicity and transparency for customer satisfaction. Moreover, an innovative EV charging system allows customers to optimize charging based on preferences, ensuring comfort while providing a user-friendly experience. Additionally, Podero, supported by notable investors, aims to integrate its utility app into trading systems and encourage collaboration on energy flexibility.

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Speaker

Christian Strobl
Chief Commercial Officer
Podero

Talk of session: Demand-Side Flexibility in Action: Best Practices from the Flexible Demand Management Industry

Demand-side flexibility is rapidly emerging as a cornerstone of a resilient, renewable-ready electricity system-and the central focus of the Flexible Demand Management Industry (FDMI), which is dedicated to unlocking, optimising, and valuing flexible demand.This session will bring together four speakers representing key segments of the FDMI to showcase concrete projects and real-world case studies demonstrating how demand-side flexibility is already being deployed in practice. Participants will gain insights into successful implementations-from enabling consumers and businesses to actively manage their energy use, to supporting peak load management, balancing services, and the integration of renewable energy. By highlighting practical experiences across different technologies, markets, and regulatory contexts, the session will illustrate how collaboration between technology providers, market actors, and policymakers can accelerate the deployment of demand-side flexibility. These examples will showcase the tangible benefits flexibility can deliver for the electricity system, businesses, and consumers.The session will conclude with an open Q&A, inviting participants to engage directly with the presenters on the lessons learned, challenges encountered,and policy needs shaping the future of demand-side flexibility.

Further Talks of this session:

Welcome and Introduction

Speaker

Nanna Moe
Head of Communications & Partnerships
smartEn

To Talk

Industrial Smart Electrification: With Great Power Comes Greater Opportunity

Speaker

Sylvie Tarnai
Chief Strategy Officer
ENERGY POOL

To Talk

Maximising the Value of Renewable Energy and Flexibility

Speaker

Dries Bols
CEO
LIFEPOWR

To Talk

The World's Biggest Battery is Already Parked in Your Driveway

Speaker

Konrad Hanschmidt
CEO
Gridio

To Talk

Integrate, Control and Orchestrate with Confidence to Scale and Deploy Everywhere

Speaker

Diogo Brito
Lead Electrical Engineer
Smart Energy Lab - Association

To Talk

Q&A Round

Speaker

Nanna Moe
Head of Communications & Partnerships
smartEn

To Talk

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