5th EV Charging Infrastructure Summit - North America

Organized by the Smart Grid Observer the 5th EV Charging Infrastructure Summit - North America July 15-17 2024 in Chicago 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:

• Addressing charger performance issues
• Latest in smart charging and wireless charging
• Trends in EV adoption and implications for utilities
• Innovations in charging infrastructure
• Toward the Net-Zero EV: tech options and policies
• 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
• Utility case studies and programs to date
• Energy storage and EV charging
• 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

Forum Audience:

Network strategists and executives at investor-owned municipal and rural utilities

Grid operations engineers and planners

EV program managers and fleet managers

Charging station infrastructure owners

Consultants and system integrators

EV manufacturers and charging network operators

Regulatory and standards professionals

Technology innovators and equipment vendors

Energy storage communications and power control solutions providers

Urban planners and municipal transporation analysts

Researchers analysts and university professionals

Renewable energy providers and technology vendors

Financial and venture capital professionals

Sample Attendee Feedback on Previous Editions:

Very positive. Everything was scheduled well and the info was informative. Quality speakers lunch was very good and the timing of everything was reliable

- Veronon Procell Energy Engineering Director Zeplug

Great presentations and variety of topics covered - great mix of thought leaders

- Pat MGinnis Chief Strategy Officer Tweddle Group

Excellent and informative

- Jack McElligott Emergency Fuel Management Macro Logistics

I thought the conference was overall great due to the structure of the event and the diversity of presentations. It helped answer uncertainties around EV/V2G and tie loose ends that I may not have been able to put together previously.

- Jack van Schoonenberg Account Manager Keysight Technologies

Great diversity of companies and good speech topics. Nice variety. The Amazon panel with Rivian was great.

- Benjamin Spiro Business Development American Wire Group

Very good conference -- the format kept things moving.

- Rex Peckens Director of Trades Technology Lansing Community College

This Summit was beneficial in expanding ideas for implementation of EV infrastructure - sharing of ideas and solutions

- Shelby Tyne Load Bank Engineer Hawthorne CAT Power Systems

This has truly been an excellent experience in every way - well organized well-rounded agenda excellent speakers and good exhibits. There really wasn't anything that was not high quality at this conference. This was not only extremely informative but truly an exciting forum experience.

- Larisa Dobriansky Chief Business & Policy Innovation Officer General Microgrids

I enjoyed this conference - it exceeded my expectations! I liked best the mix of utility and vendor participants

- Eric Lambert EV Charging Product Manager Hubbell

The Summit was great -- intimate informative and productive. The participants are deeply involved and fit the topic.

- Palina Leibinskaya CEO & Founder TimeTick

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