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

Podero works with utilities and energy retailers to optimize devices like solar inverters, batteries, EVs, heat pumps, and ACs. By connecting these devices, Podero helps customers use energy when prices are low and allows utilities to trade flexibility on energy markets. Live projects include Oekostrom’s “Smart Save” in Austria, smart heating with E.ON Sweden, and an energy-as-a-service model with E.ON Next in the UK. Key learnings: customers are generally open to automation, but the offer must be simple, transparent, comfortable, and allow manual control when needed. Podero launches quickly with white-label tools and later integrates into utilities’ own systems.

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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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