Powertage 2024: With exciting insights into the future of energy
From Tuesday, June 4, 2024, the Powertage will bring together the players in the Swiss electricity and energy industry at Messe Zürich and celebrate its 20th anniversary. The event will bring together around 150 exhibitors and provide a platform for discussing current challenges and innovations. The highlight is the specialist forum with keynotes, panel discussions and showcase projects. The main theme: the transition to a sustainable energy system.
Every two years, the Power Days bring together experts, decision-makers, specialists and innovative companies from the Swiss electricity and energy industry. Together with the Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (VSE), Electrosuisse, the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) and swissmig, the Power Days promote dialog on current, complex issues and the exchange of knowledge.
Focus on key industry topics
The tenth edition of the meeting place for the Swiss electricity industry will take place at Messe Zürich from June 4 to 6, 2024 - precisely in the week in which the new Electricity Act, which is intended to set the course for a successful transformation of the energy system, will be voted on in Switzerland. Under the guiding theme "Conversion to a sustainable energy system", three specialist forums and the exhibition will shed light on key topics: renewable electricity supply, security of supply in Switzerland, digitalization and artificial intelligence as well as skills change - all cross-cutting issues for the economy and society.
Highlights in the Powertage specialist forum
The Powertage expert forum, organized under the patronage of the VSE, will start on 4 June 2024 with a focus on the political course and framework conditions of the energy transition. Konrad Zöschg, Head of Technology at Swissgrid, will open the forum with his keynote speech "Innovation & digitalization in the transmission grid", in which he will present concrete examples of innovative and digitalized further development of the grid. Afterwards, SFOE Director Benoît Revaz, the Secretary General of the EnDK Jan Flückiger, VSE Director Michael Frank and Konrad Zöschg will discuss the necessary course for the progress of the energy transition.
On the second day, under the patronage of Electrosuisse, the focus will be on core technological elements. Rudolf Meier, President of CIGRE CH, Managing Director of EnerTrans and Head of EVT at Bouygues Energies & Services, will provide an overview of CIGRE.org and show practical examples of how the knowledge management platform can be used efficiently to create and share expertise on energy systems. This will be followed by presentations on important trends such as artificial intelligence, cyber security, electromobility integration and power electronics in electricity grids.
The last day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, is dedicated to transformation and collaboration. In his keynote speech "The Power of Imagineering - A Guide to Shaping the Future", transformation researcher Jörg Metelmann emphasizes that real change requires not only knowledge and skills but also social participation. This will be followed by Franziska Barmettler (Zurich Cantonal Councillor and Head of Sustainability at IKEA Switzerland)Alexander Keberle (member of the Executive Board and responsible for the energy dossier at economiesuisse) and Alena Weibel (Head of Corporate Communications at Axpo) will take a seat on the podium to discuss the challenges of the energy transition, the lessons learned in recent years and future paths.
Leading providers under one roof
Around 150 leading suppliers from the industry will be presenting their products, technologies and services from various areas of the electricity industry at the Powertage exhibition. Energy start-ups will also provide exciting impetus by showcasing their innovations in the xplor Startup Village. The classic exhibition will be complemented by the Speakers Corner, where start-ups will compete in the afternoon with innovation pitches and established companies will present their solutions and products.
Source: www.powertage.ch
