Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, edge computing, and blockchain have propelled European industries and societies into a new era of an AI-driven Age, which is transforming everything and changing it right now, in real time. These converging technologies are reshaping the industrial fabric of our world, enabling swift adaptation of individual sectors due to economic and climate challenges, and in essence demanding cross-sector cooperation in order to drive a competitive and sustainable transition of key sectors like mobility, buildings, or energy.
Energy systems are becoming increasingly decentralised, driven by the rise in renewable energy sources and electrical assets. Flexible assets such as electric vehicles, heat pumps, solar panels, residential batteries, etc., will link the energy sector to mobility and living to benefit from affordable green electricity and reduce its carbon footprint. At the core of the AI-driven age, secure and trusted methods will be required to safely integrate energy flows across different sectors and allow different energy assets to interact with the grid in a trusted manner.
The objective of the workshop is to address trusted and seamless data exchange across different sectors and explore aspects like ID management, distributed ledger, digital wallet, SSI, and edge computing for key applications that are piloted through the pilot project O-CEI, like smart buildings, electric vehicle (EV) charging, and more.
The EU-funded O-CEI project will pilot innovative solutions to drive cross-domain standards for flexible energy solutions by orchestrating cross-domain data sharing, minimising energy footprint, and promoting open standards for virtualisation and interoperability.
Agenda and Speakers
- 9.30-09.50 - Rolf Riemenschneider - EC intervention for policy in Decentralised ID, sovereignty and DLT in energy-related large IoT deployments
Panel: Decentralised ID in DERs
- 09.50-10.00 – Prof. Carlos E. Palau (UPV) – Panel introduction: Data privacy centralisation or decentralisation: key challenges in Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)
- 10.00-11.00 – Panel about Decentralisation in DERs
- KEYNOTE PITCH: - 10.00-10.20 Prof. Jens Strüker (Fraunhofer Blockchain Lab) - The Need for a Digital Spine: How Web3-Technologies Unlock DER Flex Potential
- 10-min pitch: Mr. José Cantera (IOTA) – IOTA Tangle and digital Identity applied to digital product passports
- 10-min pitch: - Mr. Jan Peters (PLE) – Accountability of energy flexibility (TBD)
- 20-min Panel and Q&A from audience: Prof. Jens Strüker, Mr. José Cantera, Mr. Jan Peters, Prof. Carlos E. Palau
Panel: Industry Takeaways in Key Sectors
- 11.00-11.10 – Mr. Óscar Lázaro (INNO) – Panel introduction: Industry takeaways: Key challenges and trends in Decentralised ID, data sovereignty and DLT for Energy in Cloud-Edge-IoT
- 11.10-12.30 – Panel about Industry takeaways in key sectors
- KEYNOTE PITCH: - 11.10-11.30 Mr. Max Helmig / Thomas Hahn (SIEMENS AG) – D??
- 10-min pitch: Mr. Mathieu Schumann (EDF) – Demand-side energy management and flexibility in French energy distribution
- 10-min pitch: - Mr. Mathias Bölke (SCHNEIDER) - Energy Data-X: relevance of Data Spaces in the Industry
- 10-min pitch: - Mr. Bernhard Peischl (AVL) – Importance of tamper-proof assets in Renewable Energy Communities and EV battery passport
- 10-min pitch: - Mr. Thomas Hahn / Max. Helmig (SIEMENS AG) - Role of IMX, OPC-UA and DLT/privacy in Digital Product Passport for Industry4.0
- 20-min Panel and Q&A from audience: Max Helmig/Thomas Hahn, Mr. Mathias Bölke, Mr. Bernhard Peischl. Mr. Mathieu Schumann, Mr. Óscar Lázaro
Session: Broader Perspective Sectors
- 12.30-13.20: Session about broader Perspective : O-CEI related technologies as enabling solutions
- 15-min presentation - Mr. Madalin Neag (OpenNebula) - Creating synergies with the IPCEI-CIS and the Virt8ra architecture
- 15-min presentation Mrs. Anhelina Kovach (Ikerlan) – Gaia-X and IDSA Connection: Tangle Integration
- 15-min presentation – Mr. Mario Petruzzella (Arsys) - Role of Verifiable Credentials (COP-PILOT connection)
- 10-min presentation: Mr. Georgios Stavropoulos (CERTH) – O-CEI’s angle & next steps
- 13.20-13.30 - Closing