Conference Program

Conference Smart Energy Forum
Den 1
09 Oct 2024
Den 2
15 Oct 2025
Den 3
16 Oct 2025
9:00-9:30

Smart Energy Forum –Conference Program Draft (1st Day- Wednesday-Oct 15, 2025 in English+Czech)

Opening Ceremony – Jaroslav Dorda, Conference Organizer
Foreword- Petr Hladik, Minister of Environment
Foreword-  Martin Bursik, President of EREF
Foreword-  Tomas Kazda, President of Czech Battery Cluster

09:30-10:30

Session No. 1: Key Trends in PV and ESS till 2030

Radovan Kopecek

PV Cell and Module Technology: Status, Roadmap and Stability

09:30-10:00
Radovan Kopecek
Managing Director
Advanced Cell Concepts at ISC Konstanz & Member

Understanding of Operational Impacts of Advanced Li-On Cells on BESS Performance

10:00-10:30
Speaker to be announced
10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:30

Session No. 2: : Role of PV and BESS in New Energy Mix of Czechia and Changes in Grid-Connection of New RESS

René Neděla

Current State of New Energy Conception and the Role of RES+Energy Storage in Future

11:00-11:20
René Neděla
Director of Energyuclear Resources
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Štěpán Chalupa
Aleš Hradecký
Aleš Hradecký
René Neděla

Topics for Panel Discussioon: Future Perspective of PV and BESS In the Energy Mix of Czechia

11:20-12:30
Speaker to be announced
Štěpán Chalupa
Předseda
Komora OZE
Aleš Hradecký
Předseda
CAFT
René Neděla
Director of Energyuclear Resources
Ministry of Industry and Trade

▪ Representative of Czech TSO (CEPS)
▪ TBA

 

Topics of the Panel Discusssion:

– Blackout in Spain and its impact on Furture of Energy Industry
– Key Drivers of PV and BESS Boom by 2030?
– Changes in Grid Connections of PV and BESS projects
– Future outlook&challenges of PV and BESS at the Era of Cost Parity
– Which Business Models will prevail?
– How is new Legislation changing the „PV game“?

12:30-13:30

Lunch Break

13:30-14:40

Session No. 3: Safety in PV and BESS- Myths & Reality

Torsten Brammer

Key Note

13:30-14:00
Torsten Brammer
Founder and Member of the Board
WAVELABS Solar Metrology Systems GmbH
Maxine C.
Torsten Brammer
Artur Claire

Panel Discussion on Quality of PV in Practise

14:00-14:40
Maxine C.
Head of Global Sales
SmartHelio
Torsten Brammer
Founder and Member of the Board
WAVELABS Solar Metrology Systems GmbH
Artur Claire
Director of Technology
Sinovoltaics

▪  Panelist tba (LONGi)
▪  Panelist tba (GoodWe 

Moderator: Jan Mastny, Independent PV Expert

 Topics of the Panel Discusssion:

– I’m not rich enough to buy cheap PV components?
– Where do investors in PV systems make the most mistakes?
– Testing the quality of PV components
– How to eliminate errors in the design and operation of power plants?

14:40-15:00

Coffee Break

15:00-16:20

Session No. 4: Retrofits and Yield Optimalization of PV and BESS

First Real Lessons learned from Retrofit of PV using new BESS

15:00-15:20
Speaker to be announced

▪ reserved for a partner

Maxine C.

Using AI for PV Yield Optimization

15:20-15:40
Maxine C.
Head of Global Sales
SmartHelio

Legal Aspects of PV and BESS retrofits in Czechia

15:40-16:00
Speaker to be announced

▪ reserved for a partner

16:00-17:00

Session No. 5: Permitting and New Legislation

Simulation of RfG in PV Plants in Practise: Real-Life Lessons learned from Czechia

16:00-16:20
Speaker to be announced

▪  Speaker to be announced (SOLSOL)

Pavel Doucha
Pavel Doucha

LEX OZE 3 and New Law on Acceleration Zones for RES

16:20-16:40
Pavel Doucha
Partner
Doucha Šikola advokáti s.r.o.
Stanislav Hes

Changes in Grid-Connnection for new PV and BESS Projects in CEZ Distribution Grid

16:40-17:00
Stanislav Hes
Expert pro koncepci distribuce
ČEZ Distribuce a.s.
17:00

Discussion

9:00-15:40

Smart Energy Forum –Conference Program Draft (2nd Day- Thursday-Oct 16, 2025)

09:00-10:40

Session No. 1: Optimization of Operation BESS and Financing

Julian Jansen

Key Note

9:00-9:20
Julian Jansen
Vice-President
EASE
Artur Claire

Presentation

9:20-9:40
Artur Claire
Director of Technology
Sinovoltaics
Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies

How to eliminate 5 Biggest Risks when Putting BESS into Operation

9:40-10:00
Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies
CEO
ACCURE Battery Intelligence

                                                  

Pavel Beran
Ing. Pavel Beran

Optimizing CAPEX and OPEX in BESS Projects – Lessons from the Realized Projects in Czechia and Slovakia

10:00-10:40
Ing. Pavel Beran
Head of Energy Financing
Komerční banka a.s

▪  Panelist tba
▪  Panelist tba
▪  Panelist tba

Topics of the Panel Discusssion:

– I’m not rich enough to buy cheap BESS components?
– How are prices developing?
– If a BESS does not perform as planned, a project can fail. What specifications should be
considered?
– How can warranty conditions best be defined in relation to the operating strategy?
–  Which specifications should be considered, for example, weight, energy density, or logistics?

10:40-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:40

Session No. 2: How to Profit by Flexibility Trading

Storage as a means to mitigate risk in PPA Contracts

11:00-11:20
Speaker to be announced

                                                 

Martin Kašák

Strategy of CEPS when purchasing Ancilliary Services and Flexibility

11:20-11:40
Martin Kašák
Director of Section Energy Market
CEPS
David Vodička
Tomáš Mužík

Algorithmic Trading of Renewables towards reaping the Benefits of Energy Flexibility

11:40-12:00
David Vodička
Member of the Board of Directors
BOCHEMIE a.s
Tomáš Mužík
Country Manager
Nano Energies
Cyril Svozil jr
Cyril Svozil

First Experience from Provision of Ancilliary Service for Czech TSO by BESS operated at Industrial Plant of FENIX Group in Jesenik

12:20-12:40
Cyril Svozil
Ředitel společnosti
AERS s.r.o.

                                                 

12:40-14:00

Lunch Break

14:00-16:00

Session No. 3: Cybersecurity and Safety of BESS and PV

Erika Langerová

Cyber Security of BESS – what to primarily focus on?

14:00-14:20
Erika Langerová
Head of Cybersecurity Research
CTU UCEEB
Jindřich Stuchly

What does it take to be cyberprotecte when operating PV+BESS

14:20-14:40
Jindřich Stuchly
Technical and Sales Manager
SolarEdge Technologies Ltd.

                        

Impacts of New Czech Cybersecurity Legislation on Operation of BESS and PV

14:40-15:00
Speaker to be announced

                        

Erika Langerová
Tomáš Kazda
Jindřich Stuchly

Panel Discussion: New Trends and Cybersecurity and Safety of BESS

15:00-15:40
Erika Langerová
Head of Cybersecurity Research
CTU UCEEB
Tomáš Kazda
Předseda
Český bateriový klastr
Jindřich Stuchly
Technical and Sales Manager
SolarEdge Technologies Ltd.

▪  TBA

 

  Topics of the Panel Discusssion:
– Innovations and Trends in Cybersecurity
– Legislation Impact
– New BESS Technologies

15:40

End of Conference

The conference organizer reserves the right to change the program.