Programme 2019

POLITICAL KEYNOTE AND Q&A
Taking the 2019 energy transition forward: more market economy, more cost efficiency, more Europe

Peter Altmaier
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy

ENERGY-INDUSTRY KEYNOTE AND Q&A

Dr. Frank Mastiaux
Chairman of the Executive Board
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

CROSSING SWORDS

with

David Balensiefen
Founder & CEO
gridX GmbH, and others

PARALLEL
EXPERT TALK IN THE TEGEL ROOM
Digital marketing in the energy sector: Who‘s impressing the customers and where is it all heading?

The digitisation of client relations by technology companies such as Amazon, Apple and Netflix has fundamentally changed what customers expect in terms of early interaction. Now energy providers must also live up to these expectations if they are to compete effectively for (private) customers. Against this background we plan to present live examples of digitisation being used in the energy sector and to discuss with industry experts some of the issues arising, including:

• How can energy providers impress and excite their customers by way of digital interaction?
• What kind of new solutions for digital energy marketing have already been introduced by the (digital) market leaders?
• What do energy providers have on the agenda for the ongoing development of digital marketing?
• What are the main challenges for implementation?
• WHow can these be successfully addressed?

Jörg Stäglich
Partner
Oliver Wyman GmbH
Speaker to be agreed

IMPULSE
International Energy Perspectives

Irene Rummelhoff
Executive Vice President, Marketing, Midstream & Processing
Equinor ASA

DISCUSSION WITH INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES

including

Ditlev Engel, CEO, DNV GL
Maria Moræus Hanssen, CEO, DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG
Wolfgang Langhoff, Chairman, BP Europa SE
Dr Markus Tacke, CEO Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

PARALLEL
WORKSHOP IN THE TEGEL ROOM
Digitisation in the energy industry – scaling ideas and realising the benefits
In recent years energy companies have come up with all kinds of ideas on how digitisation should be used and many of these have already been tried out – true to the motto: ‘accept to fail’. After having made substantial investments in some areas it is now time to focus, to generate value and to achieve sustainable success. For many companies this constitutes a real challenge.

Your speakers:

Dr. Marcus Eul, Managing Director and Partner Digitisation in the Energy Industry, PwC Strategy& Germany
Philipp Schmidt, Partner, PwC Energy & Utilities Germany

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
The energy policy strategies of other regions and what the German market can learn from them

European perspective

Martin Neubert
CEO,
Ørsted Offshore

Asian perspective: hydrogen strategy – looking towards Japan
Speaker to be agreed

Middle East

Dr. Christof Rühl
Advisory Board
Crystol Energy

To the US

Philippe Ducom
President,
ExxonMobil Europe

IMPULSE
The future role of coal in Germany‘s power generation strategy

Dr. Rolf Martin Schmitz
CEO
RWE AG

PANEL DEBATE

Annalena Baerbock, Party Leader, Alliance90/The Greens
Andreas J. Goss, Chairman/CEO, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Dr. Rolf Martin Schmitz, CEO, RWE AG
Stanislaw Tillich, Co-Chairman of the Structural Change Commission

TALK
GERMANY AFTER THE E.ON/RWE DEAL
The future of downstream, sales and the customer interface.
Which business model will win out?

Dr. Thomas König, Member of the Board, E.ON SE
Katherina Reiche, General Manager, VKU e.V.
Gero Lücking, Member of the Executive Management, LichtBlick SE

PANEL DEBATE
Security of gas supply under focus

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, Director Internal Energy Market, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission
Hans Coenen, Vice President Corporate Business Development, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie
Stephan Kamphues, Management Spokesman, Vier Gas Transport GmbH
Dr. Rainer Seele, Chairman of the Management Board, OMV AG

KEYNOTE
New technologies are revolutionising the energy industry: AI, machine learning & Co.

Jennifer Zhu Scott
Founding Principal
Radian Partners

Reality check: what does this mean for German energy providers?

Dr. Thomas Schlaak
Partner, Partner, Head of Power & Utilities
Deloitte

Talk with

Jennifer Zhu Scott

KEYNOTE AND Q&A
Report on digitisation in the energy sector: smart products for smart customers

Dr. Marie-Luise Wolff
Chair of the Management Board
ENTEGA AG and BDEW President

SPEED BEST PRACTICE
RPA, Digital Attacker and IoT: automation and networking for a better customer experience

Paul-Vincent Abs, Managing Director, E.ON Metering GmbH und e.kundenservice Netz GmbH
Dr. Susanna Zapreva, Managing Director, enercity AG

Other speakers to be agreed

IMPULSE
China as a game changer

Felix Zhang
Group Executive Director
Envision Energy

POWER TALK

Dr. Gerhard Holtmeier
CEO
GASAG AG

IMPULSE

Manon van Beek
Chair of the Management Board and CEO
TenneT Holding B.V.

GRID TALK
Market design & digitisation: Does the regulatory regime have to change (and how)?

Lex Hartman, Managing Director, TenneT TSO GmbH, and Member of the Board, TenneT Holding B.V.
Jochen Homann, President, Federal Network Agency

PRACTICAL MATTERS
A fossil-free Europe within a generation – How is this possible?

Talk mit
Magnus Hall
CEO & President
Vattenfall AB

CHOOSE FROM 4 DIFFERENT SESSIONS
PARALLEL SPECIALIST SESSIONS

A. Marketing of RES-E: What’s next?

• The 100-days rule and its consequences for the production and marketing of renewable electricity
• Revenue options for post-EEG plants
• PPA as a possible contractual model

with

Dr. Klaus Meier, Managing Partner, wpd windmanager GmbH & Co. KG
Kathrin Witsch, Editor Renewable Energies, Handelsblatt

B. Digital customer interfaces – the future of sales and marketing and the benefits of platforms

• Changing customer behaviour is forcing a rethink: What can the energy utilities learn from other sectors?
• Digitally based products and sales strategies
• Big Data, predictive analytics – one click takes you to a new product?

Dr Stefan Engelhardt
Vice President, Industry Business Unit Utilities
SAP SE

C. Smart mobility: charging infrastructure, smart data & Co.

Moderator:

Franz W. Rother
Managing Editor
Edison

• Technological advances in the automotive world
• Business models for energy providers: charging stations, car-sharing, leasing
• Data and platforms: benefits and correct usage

An interview with representatives from the automotive and energy industries

D. Startup tour of Berlin

Tour A: Mapping/Location Technology presented by the startups Targomo and Datalyze Energy
Tour B: Machine Learning/AI presented by the start-ups Merantix & acs-plus
Tour C: Tour of a Corporate Innovation Lab

with
Dr. Bastian Halecker
CEO & Founder
Nestim GmbH

CEO IN DIALOGUE WITH YOUNG LEADERS
How is the transformation going at power utility level?
Discussion of the insights from the Future Leader Programme with

Dr.-Ing. Christian Bogatu, CEO & Co-Founder, Fresh Energy
Dr. Michael Buijzen, Senior Business Development Manager, Smart Energy Solutions & E-Mobility, Präg Energie

Moderation:
Prof. Dr. Jens Strüker
Director of the Institute of Energy Economics INEWI
Fresenius University

ENERGY-POLICY THEORIES IN THE CROSSFIRE
Discussion session with energy organisations and politicians

Robert Busch, Managing Director, BNE e.V.
Stefan Kapferer, Managing Director, BDEW e.V.
Dr. Joachim Pfeiffer, Member of the Bundestag, CDU
Michael Theurer, Member of the Bundestag, FDP

FIRESIDE CHAT

with

Sigmar Gabriel
former Federal Minister

This year’s highlight

The ceremonial presentation of the Handelsblatt Energy Awards will for the fi rst time take place on the second evening of the conference.

Come along and be inspired by some of the outstanding projects on view. Get to know the year‘s industry pioneers and visionaries and forge valuable new contacts.

Coaches depart at 19.00 hrs for Berlin’s Communication Museum.

IN CONVERSATION
Does the future belong to platforms and portals?

Peter Vinnemeier
Founder
Trivago N.V.

Data driven business models for energy suppliers in 2025

Dr. René Fassbender
Founder and Managing Director
OmegaLambdaTec GmbH

SCIENCE TALK
Power-to-X as an enabler of sector coupling: future-oriented technologies on the test bench
Speaker to be agreed

DISCUSSION
Forging ahead with decarbonisation – levers for the energy system of the future

• The industry commitment to the 65% target: when the conditions are right.
• Renewable energies, sector coupling and grid expansion
• R&D: incentives for additional investment

Florian Henle, Managing Director, Polarstern GmbH
Andreas Kuhlmann, Director, German Energy Agency (dena)
Additional speakers to be agreed

FUTURE WORKSHOP SECTOR COUPLING
Startups and research projects under the spotlight

Dr. Karsten Schmidt, Corporate Business Development Manager Energy, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Deputy Chairman, Open District Hub e.V.
Dr. Cornelius von der Heydt, Chief Commercial Officer, Hydrogenious Technologies GmbH
Additional speakers to be agreed

DISCUSSION
The future of mobility: rivalry or parallel existence for hydrogen, gas and e-mobility?

• New propulsion systems, new fuels and the role of the driverless vehicle – business models for energy companies

Florian Barsch
CEO
ExxonMobil Central Europe Holding

A discussion with representatives from the automotive and energy industries and the new technology sector

Sector coupling in Vienna

Karl Gruber
CEO
Wien Energie GmbH