Franco Accordino is the Head of the "Intelligent Connected Mobility, Energy and Internet of Things" unit within the European Commission's Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT). The unit focuses on connected intelligent systems, including technologies and infrastructures for autonomous vehicles, drones and swarms, IoT and operating systems. Its scope covers system integration and deployment in vertical application domains, including energy grids, agrifood, mobility and logistics, advancing European leadership in physical AI, intelligent, interconnected technologies.

Prior to this role, Franco was the Head of the "Investment in High-Capacity Networks" working on the deployment and take-up of 5G standalone networks submarine and terrestrial backbone cables, connectivity policies and regulations. He also led the "Knowledge Management and Innovative Systems" unit delivering advanced solutions for the European Commission's internal take up of data analytics, participatory platforms (futurium) and artificial intelligence.

Before becoming Head of Unit, Franco led the foresight Task Force “Digital Futures” aiming to devise 2050’s visions and policy ideas underpinned by the digital transformation.

Before joining the European Commission, he worked at the ETHZ/CSCS National Supercomputing Centre of Switzerland and at the National Research Council of Italy where he conducted research on formal methods, languages and tools for complex systems specification.

He has a long-standing experience in several information technology fields, including formal methods and software engineering, cloud and distributed systems, network centric operating systems, web platforms, AI, machine learning and data analytics.

Hussein Al Haj Hassan is responsible for the EV charging team at Vedecom, an institute dedicated to innovation in sustainable mobility and the energy transition. With a PhD in telecommunications and an extensive background in standardization, Hussein leads a team of experts focused on advancing smart and bidirectional charging solutions, ensuring interoperability, and bridging research, testing, and standardization to accelerate the deployment of reliable charging infrastructure.

Hussein also serves as the convener of IEC TC 69 JAG 22, which focuses on the interoperability of standards, and IEC TC 69 JWG 11. In addition, he is an expert within the Sustainable Transport Forum (STF) and an active member of Task 53.

Jane Amilhat, who took over the management of unit Clean Transport Transitions in the Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) of the European Commission in April 2021, is coming from Directorate General for Energy (DG ENER) where she was 3 years Deputy Head of Unit in charge of Energy infrastructures and Regional cooperation. Jane Amilhat worked in the private sector after her engineer/economist study in France and Germany. She started her career in the industrial/energy sector (Danone, Gaz de France/Engie, RWE Trading). She joined the European Commission in Directorate General for Environment (previously DG ENV, now DG CLIMA) from 2006 until 2008, where she was responsible for international climate change negotiations and sectorial climate policies. She has been dealing with Energy and industrial issues when she started at Directorate General for Trade (DG TRADE) at the end of 2008. She was responsible for Russia and the Eastern Partnership but also the Western Balkans and Switzerland when she became Deputy Head of Unit at DG TRADE in 2014.

Maja held various positions in the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs between 1996 and 2016. Based in Brussels from 1999 until 2011, she was responsible for horizontal coordination of the Croatian accession negotiations. In 2011, she moved back to Zagreb and was responsible for setting up and management of the system of national coordination of European Affairs. In 2015 she became Assistant Minister for Europe in the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.
On 1 December 2016, she became Deputy Director-General in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, responsible for coordinating the activities related to investment, innovative and sustainable transport, in support of the Commission President’s priorities.

Delphine Beauvir has been working in the Energy sector for more than 20 years. She is currently Head of Innovation Team on eMobility within the French DSO, Enedis (EDF group). As a Distribution System Operator operating on 95% of continental France, Enedis is one of the key players in the development of electric mobility in France. Her team conducts studies and experiments to anticipate and facilitate the integration of electric mobility into the network.

Delphine Beauvir hold a Master of Science in economy and statistics from ENSAE.

Gabrielle Clark is the Public Affairs Manager at E-Mobility Europe since October 2026, focusing on EU policy files related to infrastructure and the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles.

Prior to this position, she was at Eurelectric for two and a half years as an Energy & Climate Policy Officer leading the electricity industry’s advocacy on the electrification of transport, buildings, and industry within Europe.  She is originally from Seattle, WA in the U.S.A and holds a Master’s in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna.

Baerte de Brey works at Stedin, a Dutch DSO. Responsible for analyzing the longterm effect of electric mobility on the electricity grids, Baerte helps building a sustainable business case around this transition. This includes vehicle2grids, solving regulatory barriers and cyber security. He graduated from Leiden University in 2001 with a law degree and received a MBA from Nyenrode Business University in 2006.

Davide De Michino is Head of Global Product Management at Enel X Global Retail, where he leads solutions in EV charging, distributed generation (solar and storage), and energy services. He also leads Small Asset Flexibility, focusing on Evs, residential batteries, and smart HVAC systems. In addition, he contributes to industry advocacy as Speaker at CharIN and Chair of the SmartEN e-Mobility Task Force, promoting interoperability, flexibility, and sustainable mobility.

Didier Deruy is EV Charging Ecosystems Expert Leader (CTO) at Ampere, where he is responsible for the technical, normative, and regulatory roadmaps related to the EV charging experience across all Renault Group brands.

With over 20 years of experience in the electric vehicle sector, he served as Project Manager for the development and assembly of Renault’s first EV battery pack. For more than a decade, he has been working on AC-based Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) integration using the CCS2 connector and ISO 15118 standard—from early-stage research and prototypes to the first mass-market rollout with the Renault 5 and the PowerBox system.

Didier is also an active member of the ACEA V2G Expert Group and the ACER/ENTSO-E Grid Connection Stakeholder Committee.

Martin Engelbrecht is Lead Engineer for Powertrain System Integration and Charging Systems Expert at AVL, one of the world’s leading mobility technology companies specializing in development, simulation, and testing for the automotive industry and other sectors such as industrial energy systems.
With over 20 years of experience in the automotive domain, he has worked on projects with and for numerous OEMs across Europe, Asia, and North America, primarily focusing on powertrain and E/E development. Over the past 15 years, Martin Engelbrecht has become a recognized expert in vehicle charging systems and charging infrastructure, playing a key role in bridging the gap between vehicle technology and energy supply.

Patrick Eugster studied Mechanical Engineering at ETH in Zurich with a focus on electric vehicles and the energy system. Since beginning of 2025 he is the Project Coordinator for Task 53 (INBID – Interoperability of Bidirectional Charging) within EV-TCP (and Deputy Operating Agent), the “Electric Vehicle Technology Collaboration Programme” by the IEA, which is supported by 18 Countries and aims to harmonize AC, DC, and wireless bidirectional charging on a global scale.

Marcus Fendt studied Industrial Engineering in Munich. He began his professional career in
1994 at Siemens in the USA and then moved to Bosch in the automotive industry. From 1999 to
2004, he worked as a strategy consultant at Accenture in the energy sector. In 2004, Marcus
Fendt took on global responsibility for product management at luxury goods manufacturer
Swarovski, overseeing nearly one billion euros in revenue.

The disruption brought by electromobility and renewable energy led him, together with former
colleagues, to found The Mobility House in 2010. As Managing Director of The Mobility House
Energy, he is responsible for Sales, Business Development, and Marketing.

Together with leading car manufacturers, energy providers, as well as corporate and fleet
customers, he has implemented international collaborations and projects focused on the
intelligent charging of electric vehicles and fleets. These range from reducing grid load and
system-friendly charging for CO₂ reduction, to Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), and the commercialization
of vehicle batteries and stationary storage systems as flexibility options on energy markets in
Germany, Europe, the USA, and Asia. The biggest milestone to date: In 2024, The Mobility
House Energy, together with Renault’s subsidiary Mobilize, launched the first V2G product for
end customers on the French market.
Marcus Fendt is also Managing Director of Amsterdam Energy ArenA, one of the most
innovative V2G and storage projects using vehicle batteries, as well as of The Mobility House
entities in France and Singapore.

Alexander Funke has worked roughly 10 years in various positions in the energy sector before he joined BMW Group 8 years ago. At BMW Group he is working as an Energy Market Expert focusing on charging related services within the Group Invention department. With his background across both the automotive and energy sector he offers a broad perspective on the current and future development of Vehicle-to-Grid and Smart Charging.

Hannes Gauch is an Energy Technology Analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, where he works on transport technology and innovation, with a focus on electric vehicles, aviation and shipping. For the IEA's Global EV Outlook 2026, he led analysis on vehicle-to-grid integration, software-defined vehicles and autonomous driving. He has also contributed to major IEA publications including Energy Technology Perspectives, the State of Energy Innovation and the Global Hydrogen Review.

Before joining the IEA, Hannes was a researcher at the University of Cambridge, where he developed digital tools for early-stage building design and lectured on transport decarbonisation. He holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London.

Frank Geerts is director smart charging at ElaadNL where he accelerates the widespread market deployment of smart and bidirectional charging. He leads a team of experts representing the Dutch grid operators. Some examples of Franks’ recent activities are the National Scale-up program for Smart Charging in the Netherlands (Smart Charging for All) and a European Scale-up project for Smart Charging and bi-directional charging (SCALE) Frank has over 25 years’ experience in the energy sector and 15 years’ experience in the eMobility sector. He is a regular speaker on international conferences.

Chris Heron is the Secretary General at E-Mobility Europe, overseeing all activities of the association. A British and Belgian national, Chris has worked in EU trade associations across the electric vehicle supply chain over the last 13 years. He joined E-Mobility Europe after a decade leading the public affairs and communication programme for Eurometaux, Europe’s metals association, where he was an instrumental industry voice in raising Critical Raw Materials up the EU political agenda.

Joerg Hofmeister is Head of Charging & Energy for Ford in Europe and a member of Ford’s European Senior Leadership Team. Over a 15-year career in e-mobility, he has held charging-related roles at Audi and Volkswagen in Germany and the US, before leading the rollout of motorway fast-charging infrastructure and related mobility services at Autobahn Tank & Rast. At Ford, he oversees the charging and energy ecosystem across 21 European markets, bringing together customer solutions and external partnerships. His current focus is making electric mobility easier to use —including scaling smart and bidirectional charging so that electric vehicles can play their role as part of the the wider energy system. 

Christian Jacobsson is Co-founder and CEO of Energy Bank, a company developing and providing technical solutions and business models for Vehicle-to-X (V2X). Energy Bank is currently running a pilot with 200 bidirectional chargers capable of both V2H and V2G, with Vattenfall acting as the receiver of the aggregated flexibility. Together with Volkswagen Group Sweden, Porsche Moon and Volkswagen AG, Energy Bank is preparing the commercial rollout of V2X in Sweden. Christian holds a PhD in particle physics and has spent more than two decades in senior leadership roles across Europe’s energy sector, including positions at E.ON, Fortum, Uniper and Alpiq. He combines deep technical expertise, energy-market experience, and entrepreneurial focus in the commercialization of bidirectional charging and flexible energy assets. 

Pieter Looijestijn has been has driven the rollout of electric vehicles and charging stations in the Netherlands for over 14 years, and he remains committed to driving the shift to sustainable mobility. His current focus is on moving beyond the mere availability of charging infrastructure toward a user-centric market that invites all user groups to come on board.

Pieter was invited to panel at V2G leaders in his capacity of chair of the United Nations cluster on Fast and Smart Charging (UN-ECE EV F&SC). The cluster is currently finalising its global road map bi-directional charging. It will provide key insights on the way forward for the different regions of the world. The road map complements other studies by clearly setting out what gaps need to be addressed at international, supra-national and national level.

In his day-to-day work Pieter is the policy coordinator for light-duty vehicle charging at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. The Netherlands has been one of the front-runners in the promotion and adoption of electromobility and is especially known for its recharging infrastructure. In his role, he is in the lead for implementing the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation and is representing the Netherlands in the current debates on the future of the charging infrastructure sector.

Before joining the ministry, Pieter was one of the driving forces behind the creation of a dedicated regional government body for the Amsterdam area to manage electromobility. He later became manager of its charging infrastructure team, which oversaw the installation of tens of thousands of charging stations.

Pieter began his career as a consultant, and later as an independent consultant, initially focusing on innovation funding before gradually moving into the electromobility sector. He holds a Master's degree in International Public Administration.

Henrik Madsen is Professor in Mathematical Statistics at the Technical University of Denmark with a special focus on Stochastic Dynamical Systems since 1999. Appointed Professor II at NTNU in 2017. His main research is related to analysis and data-driven modelling of stochastic dynamical systems. This includes signal processing, estimation, digital twins, forecasting, and control.

The applications are mostly related to the data- and AI-driven digital transformation of energy systems, self-operating markets and autonomous power grids. According to Google Scholar he is currently the most cited researcher in the World on ‘Demand-side Flexibility’ and second on ‘Smart Energy Systems’. He has authored or co-authored approximately 750 papers and 12 books. The most recent books are General and Generalized Linear Models (2011); Integrating Renewables in Electricity Markets (2013), Statistics for Finance (2015), and Statistical Modelling of Occupant Behaviour (2024).

Joe Matta joined Renault Group in 2022 to lead activities related to energy services, with a strong focus on the electric vehicle charging experience. He currently leads the team responsible for developing innovative energy services, associated business models, and strategic partnerships, with a particular focus on smart charging and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) solutions.

Prior to joining Renault Group, Joe held various positions across the smart mobility and EV charging ecosystem, contributing to European initiatives aimed at accelerating the deployment of advanced EV charging solutions and the integration of electric vehicles into the broader energy system.

Lucie Mattera is the Secretary General of ChargeUp Europe, the voice of the electric vehicle (EV) charging industry. ChargeUp Europe is committed to delivering a seamless charging experience for EV drivers, incentivising investment and creating a consumer-centric, open market model for charging infrastructure in Europe. Lucie has extensive European political and policy experience, having worked in the European Parliament, at cabinet level in the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance and the European Commission, in the cabinet of the President of the European Council and at the U.S. Mission to the EU. She also has leadership experience in trade and green organisations in Brussels. She is committed to further shaping the EV charging sector and placing it at the heart of the EU’s twin digital and green transition.

Dr. Marco Möller is a physicist with a PhD from TU Darmstadt. He is co-founder and CEO of Pionix and chairs the Technical Steering Committee of EVerest, the open-source software stack for EV chargers. Together with his co-founders and the Pionix team, he started EVerest and gave it to LF Energy, part of the Linux Foundation. Today it is one of the biggest open-source projects in energy worldwide, with a global community of charger makers, operators and OEMs. Marco and his team work on standards such as OCPP and ISO 15118. He is a former board member of LF Energy and the Open Charge Alliance. Pionix offers engineering services, hardware and cloud products for software-defined EV charging.

Marc Mültin is a technology executive and entrepreneur with 16 years at the convergence of EV charging, V2G, and smart energy systems, and a co-author of ISO 15118 and OCPP 2.0.1 / 2.1. At Believ Ltd, a national UK charge point operator, he leads the transformation into a data-driven organisation: a central data platform that unifies critical business systems and breaks down silos, plus agentic AI applied across diagnostics, operations, customer support, and site selection. The result is a more reliable and more performant charging network. He also writes Current Affairs, a Substack newsletter read by over 7,000 CPOs, fleet operators, OEMs, and policymakers.

Mark Nicklas is the Head of Unit Automotive & Mobility Industries in the Commission’s DG Industry, Single Market, Entrepreneurship & SMEs (DG GROW) since 2022, responsible for the industrial policy for the European mobility industries (automotive, rail supply, maritime) and the single market legislation for motor vehicles. The unit prepared the Industrial Action Plan for the EU automotive sector. He has been a Head of Unit in DG GROW since 2016, with previous responsibilities for innovation, industrial strategy and international value chains. He started his European Commission career in DG Mobility & Transport in 2003. Before joining the Commission, he worked in the telecommunications industry in Germany. Mark holds a Ph.D. in economics.

Giovanni Palazzo

Giovanni Palazzo is an experienced manager in the automotive and energy industries. He began his career at Mercedes-Benz Italia in the Smart Electric Drive division and moved to Volkswagen AG in 2011, where he held various positions, including Head of E-Mobility Business Models. Between 2018 and 2023, Palazzo moved to the U.S. and served as President and CEO of Electrify America, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group of America that is driving the development of a nationwide fast-charging network in the U.S. and Canada. 

Marco Piffaretti is an entrepreneur with 40 years of experience in the electromobility sector. He is the founder of numerous companies and projects, including Protoscar, the EV Project Mendrisio, Alpiq e-Mobility, EVTEC, GOFAST, sun2wheel, and V2X Suisse. Currently, he serves as the Operating Agent for Task 53 (INBID – Multiparty Interoperability of Bidirectional Charging) within EV-TCP, the “Electric Vehicle Technology Collaboration Programme” by the IEA, which is supported by 18 Countries + EC and aims to harmonize AC, DC, and wireless bidirectional charging on a global scale.

Øyvind Stavland Osjord is CEO of Easee, a Norwegian energy technology company working to make electrification effortless and accessible to everyone. Previously Easee’s CFO, he brings a strong business perspective to the opportunities and challenges of Europe’s energy transition.

Under his leadership, Easee is building on its installed base of more than one million chargers to expand its role in energy services and flexibility. He is particularly focused on how connected technology can help Europe make better use of existing grid capacity, accelerate electrification and turn smart and bidirectional charging into practical, scalable solutions.

Paula Rey García is Head of the Unit for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy at the European Commission DG Energy. She joined the European Commission in 2005, with roles first in DG Environment, and later in DG Health and Food Safety. She works in DG Energy since 2012, having held positions in the areas of energy efficiency and financing, and as Deputy Head of unit for buildings and products, and subsequently as Deputy Head of Unit for renewables policy. Prior to joining the European Commission, she worked for the United Nations Environment Programme, and earlier on in the private sector as consultant.

Rolf Riemenschneider drives the research and innovation agenda under the programme Horizon Europe where he coordinates the R&I agenda related to the strategy on Cloud-Edge Computing and Internet of Things. As senior expert, he leads the research, innovation and deployment of the next generation of the IoT with strong computing capacity at the edge exploring features like device virtualisation, interoperability, real-time, and distributed intelligence and in particular the integration of artificial intelligence at the edge. He also contributes to the unit’s implementation strategy of data spaces for farming, mobility and energy.

A strong focus of his work aims at paving the way for an interconnected mobility and energy sector, where he works together with DG ENERGY on the Digitisation of the Energy System with Digitalisation of Energy Action Plan published in 2022 (COM/2022/552). Key actions include an AI roadmap for energy, an energy data space , interoperable data-driven solutions, interfaces, blueprints and standards for orchestrating flexibility across different sectors like home, building, energy, and smart and bidirectional charging through emerging concepts like ‘The AI-powered Digital Spine’.

Michael Schade is Head of Smart Charging Solutions at Mercedes-Benz, responsible for the market introduction of intelligent charging solutions, with a strong focus on smart and bidirectional charging and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G).

With more than 15 years of experience at Mercedes-Benz, Michael combines a strong technical background in electric vehicles and electric powertrains with experience in product management, strategy and charging. Before taking over his current role, he headed PMO & Strategy for Charging Solutions at Mercedes-Benz Mobility and held several positions in electric powertrain development and system integration.

Today, his focus is on making electric mobility even more attractive for customers through scalable, intelligent charging solutions, while creating new opportunities at the intersection of mobility and energy.

Laurent Schmitt has joined dcbel early January 2022 as CEO of Dcbel Europe as well as head of Utility vertical while funding Digital4Grids. He has been working for the last 25 years through the Automation, IT and Digitisation of the Power Industry. Before joining Dcbel, he was the Secretary General of ENTSO-E for the past 4 years and Global Smart Grid Strategy Leader at General Electric Grid Solutions.

Laurent worked in Europe, the United States and Asia, on all sectors of the electricity value chain from power generation controls, intro trading and market, Grid management as well as DER integration and Microgrid community.

Laurent has contributed to several strategic committees in CIGRE, IEC, EPRI and ETIPSnet and is now the Chair of the Digital Committee of SmartEn (the European association for Demand Side Flexibility) as well as Co chair through the European V2X coalition of willing and represents SolarPowerEurope through the Demand Response European Stakeholder meeting. He is also convenor of the Working Group 21 of Technical Committee 57 of the IEC designing data exchange standards between Grid and Market Operators and Behind the Meter Distributed Energy Resources

Dr.-Ing. Harald Scholz received his degrees in engineering from the University of Karlsruhe. Since 2013, he has built up and engages in further developing the Electro-Mobility Laboratories of the Joint Research Centre, a Directorate General of the European Commission. He is a member of the CEN-CENELEC‘s E-Mobility Coordination Group and a Sustainable Transport Forum (STF) Expert upon request of DG MOVE, Brussels. With strong links to JRC’s partners e.g., the U.S. DoE Argonne National Laboratory, and the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) in Pune, he is the Project Leader for e-mobility infrastructure research at JRC, coordinating the lab-cluster ‘‘EU Interoperability Centre for Electric Vehicles, Smart Grids and Smart Homes’’ at Ispra (IT) and Petten (NL). Recently he took over to lead the EC’s laboratory participation in the IEA EV Technology Cooperation Programme, Task 53, on Bidirectional Charging. Collaborating with industry, academia, and governments globally, he assures pre-normative tests of EVs, charging infrastructure, and its embedding in smart grids. In 1997, he joined EC’s DG Research and led projects on alternative fuel vehicles in EU’s research framework program (FP) 4 and 5, later managing the communication of FP5‘s energy and environment sectors. He changed to EC’s Directorate General JRC in 2001, where he first worked in PV system monitoring, IEA relations, and later environmental research management and communication. He had been a scholar and is a lifetime member of the German Academic Merit Foundation.

Maja Sig Vestergaard is a Chief Consultant at Ramboll, where she advises public authorities and international institutions on sustainable mobility and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. She has led and supported numerous European projects on EV charging strategy, procurement, business models, and market development, working with national governments, municipalities, and financial institutions. Her work focuses on enabling the transition to zero-emission mobility through effective policy, investment, and delivery frameworks. At the V2G Leaders Event, she will present the European Commission's study on Smart Charging and Bidirectional Charging and its implications for the future integration of electric vehicles into the energy system.

Lennart van Dijk works at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management as a policy officer in charging infrastructure. His focus is on bidirectional charging. As such, he and his team drafted a National Roadmap for Bidirectional Charging (published in June 2026). His current priorities are the building of a national scale-up programme for bidirectional charging (running from 2027-2030). Relevant past experiences are policymaking for smart charging and price transparency. He holds a Master degree in Public Administration as well as a Master degree in European Union Studies.

Mark van Stiphout is currently Deputy Head of Unit in DG Energy in the unit that is responsible for Digitalisation, Competitiveness, Research and Innovation. His responsibilities centre around digitalisation of energy, in particular the implementation of the Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and AI in the Energy Sector. He is also involved in the EU’s energy research and innovation agenda and the Energy Union Competitiveness Progress Report and was leading the interinstitutional negotiations on the Net Zero Industry Act on behalf of DG Energy.

Until the 1^st of November 2014 he was a member of the Cabinet of the Commissioner for Energy, Günther H. Oettinger, and before that he was assistant to the Director-General for Energy, and from 2006 to 2010 he was responsible for the liberalisation of the internal market for natural gas as Policy Officer in DG Energy in the Electricity and Gas Unit.

Previous roles include consultancy on renewable energy projects at Ecofys and market analyst at Cogas Energie.

Dr. Corneliu Barbu has been a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Aarhus University since 2016. Before this, he held technical and leadership roles at General Electric in the United States, and Siemens and Vestas in Denmark.

His research interests include control of power electronics, integrated energy systems, wind energy, and energy storage applications. He currently coordinates and participates in several European projects to develop energy storage systems for grid and e-mobility applications, as well as microgrid installations in Africa. He holds an M.S. and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of California and has co-authored seven international patents.

Leonhard Bartsch is Manager of Energy System and Services at Ford-Werke GmbH. In this capacity, he leads a team responsible for coordinating the introduction of energy services and standardization efforts as a core part of Ford's European Charging Team. Their key focus lies in the implementation of Smart Energy services within a harmonized energy environment, as well as aligning roles and responsibilities for various stakeholders to ensure a stable and robust energy ecosystem. Representing Ford in crucial external national and European forums enables vital alignment and the exchange of ideas with diverse partners in a rapidly transforming environment.

Anaïs Baudrier holds a degree as Expert in European Projects Management (2012) and has joined ERTICO-ITS Europe mid-2025 as Project Manager.

There she is coordinating the SMARTIN project and contributing to periASTY as WP leader for Communication, Dissemination, Capacity Building and Exploitation activities. She is also involved in the ePowerMove Project tackling the optimisation of EV charging with smart grids, bidirectional tech, and predictive controls, enabling efficient, scalable, and sustainable e-mobility.

Dr. Ignacio Lacalle (male) is a Researcher and Teaching Assistant at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), a public University in the South-East of Spain. Ignacio is a Telecommunications Engineer (2014) from UPV and received his Ph.D. (Dr. Ing.) in 2022. The expertise of Ignacio is mainly rooted in the Internet of Things field, having participated in 10 national and EU research projects such as HE aerOS, MSCA AIAS, HE MISSION, H2020 ASSIST-IoT and others, related mainly to distributed systems, interoperability, added value services, data processing, cybersecurity and manageability, inter alia. Ignacio has performed various roles in those projects (ranging from Developer to Community Manager or Project Manager). In addition, most of those projects focused on applying IoT-related innovations, particularly in the fields of energy, maritime ports, manufacturing, agriculture, and others. Ignacio has authored or co-authored more than 30 publications in relevant journals and conferences.

Olivier Maridat, director of Trialog, is an expert on e-mobility topics and challenges. As a member of ISO/TC22 technical committees, he is shaping the future standards of electromobility. 

Gonçalo Mendes is an Associate Professor at LUT University, in Finland. The current theme of his work is the increasing role electric mobility plays in the flexibility and stability of energy systems. At LUT’s Laboratory of Electricity Markets and Power Systems, he researches and teaches various other topics, including techno-economic analysis of energy systems, energy communities, and energy policy.

He has been involved in several European RIA and IA projects. Since 2023 he has been the European coordinator of the DriVe2X project for LUT, and since 2025 also of the V2X Cluster of EU projects.

Dr. Mendes is a Fulbright Alumni (Carnegie Melon University) and a former Visiting Researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), from the University of California. Over the years, he has been involved with IEEE PES, CIGRE, CIRED, and EERA. He is also currently a Visiting Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. He holds a Ph.D. with Distinction in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Lisbon/MIT Portugal since 2017.

Hugo Morais is a senior researcher at the Portuguese R&D Institute INESC-ID and an Associate Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. With a background in Electrical Engineering (specializing in Power Systems) and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2012), he has contributed to over 40 academic and industrial research projects, ranging from national, to French and European funded initiatives. At INESC ID he is the coordinator of four ongoing Horizon Europe projects and is actively involved in the other four. 

His research primarily focuses on advancing smart grid technologies and tools. He has been actively involved in the development of strategies for electric mobility integration in power systems. 
Hugo Morais (IEEE Senior Member, 2018) has received 26 awards and authored over 250 scientific papers, including more than 100 published in international peer-reviewed journals, with more than 8,000 citations. He also serves as an editor for several leading scientific journals, including Energies, Electricity Journal, and Frontiers in Energy Research. 

Marko Paakkinen is working as a Senior Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. He has been working on various electrification topics, such as electric bus fleet piloting and scaling, e-truck retrofitting and light electric vehicles, but mostly on different EV charging technologies and interfaces from the application perspective. His current research topics are focused on charging, including V2G, megawatt charging (MCS) and wireless charging. Recently Mr. Paakkinen has been focusing on AC V2G interoperability in an EU project ePowerMove. His roles have included building a test laboratory for VTT for component and system level validation, validation of the communication protocols in chargers and vehicles, and participating in building a pilot in Helsinki, as well as following up on the relevant standardisation and specification work. He has recently joined the work of Task 53. Mr. Paakkinen has been working on electric mobility topics for the last 10 years, with 20 years of prior experience in designing electronics for challenging environments, automation in off-road vehicles and embedded software.

After a PhD in Physics and 20 years of experience in R&I in Medical Imaging, Cécile Rabrait is now working at Trialog, as a European project manager in the fields of smart grids, energy transition, energy digitalization and semantic interoperability. She is also coordinating the internal knowledge management activities of the company.

Serge Ravary is currently a V2G and EV Energy Services Expert at Ampere, a subsidiary of Renault dedicated to electric vehicle engineering.

He joined Renault in 1999 and transitioned to the field of electric mobility in 2008, initially serving as Project Leader for the Twizy light on-road vehicle powertrain and later for the E-TECH hybrid powertrain. In 2021, he became System Architect for the EV charging system, contributing to the design and validation of innovative features including AC Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), Vehicle-to-Load (V2L), Plug & Charge, and 800V charging technologies.

In 2025, he joined the expert team responsible for developing interoperable V2G, V2H (Vehicle-to-Home), and smart charging services. Since early 2026, he has also been an active member of Task 53, contributing to the advancement of international e-mobility and grid integration initiatives.

Alois Steiner has studied mechanical engineering and economics at Graz University of Technology from 2004-2010. In 2010 he started working at Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH in Graz and wrote his PhD thesis at Graz University of Technology about heat pump systems for electric vehicles, which he finished in 2014. Since 2013 he is Co-Team Leader for Innovative Energy Management & Comfort Systems at Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH

Malthe Thingvad is an experienced electrical engineer dedicated to advancing the green transition in the transportation sector by leveraging eMobility solutions, including demand response and ancillary services, to enhance power grid stability and sustainability. His work focuses on bridging the gap between emerging technologies and commercial products through collaborative international projects.

He holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark and has five years of experience in the eMobility sector. With expertise in energy markets, smart charging, electric vehicle grid integration, and battery and grid modeling, he specializes in simulation, testing, and the development of innovative solutions.