Exploring new business models & partnerships in the electric power value chain

More and more actors will depend on electric power to deliver value to their customers. But power, as in megawatts, is a limited resource and we urgently need to find ways to share it responsibly - and new ways to collaborate.

Welcome to Clarion Hotel SeaU in Helsingborg on the 7th of June between 09.00-16.00. Register your interest now and we will contact you shortly!
The summit “Flexing our Power” will explore and co-create the foundations of this collaboration. Inspirational talks and engaging round-table discussions will cover a range of topics, including requirement for successful power partnering, novel and scalable joint business models and demands of the digital-and green transition.

Whether you are a manufacturer of electrical equipment or EVs, a property manager, a developer of digital solutions and platforms for electric storage and frequency control or a business inventor, we welcome you to set the foundation for the future power landscape.

You are in the center!

Take a seat at our roundtables – with 80 other guests from all over Europe - and be part of shaping the future. Listen, talk, and discuss, in person, how we all need to come together to create a sustainable value chain connected to electric power.

The roundtables will be moderated and documented by protocol drivers under Chatham House Rules, in both English and Swedish.

Who are you? Business leader or innovators from the industry, the public sector, academia, or civil society.

What will be discussed? The new value chain of electric power (swedish ”Effekt”), and how we all need to work together if we are to maintain sustainable development on both city and citizen level.

Questions like…

Do the new flex markets promote steering for what’s best for the planet?
How does flexibility relate to your power-dependent customer offering if you’re a so-called prosumer in the future?
How do we give the product companies the right incentives to be part of the value chain and avoid being commoditized?

Ideal outcome

We highlight and agree upon shared challenges with the emerging electric power value chain.
We identify shared business opportunities to further work with
We’ll meet again - “Flexing our power” is only our first summit, where we jointly meet again in the autumn to set the foundations of a new European standard.

You leave with new business contacts and opportunities!

Talare

Professor

Robin Teigland

Chalmer University

Keynote speaker

Professor Robin Teigland is a globally sought after speaker. In 2019, she was ranked as one of Sweden’s top 100 public speakers. She urges audiences all over the world to start acting in the digital world and the importance of testing the new technology – to be able to understand the revolutionary impact that it has. Robin’s lecturing and research interests reside at the intersection of strategy, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Head of Innovation and Transformation

Lisa Olsson

City of Helsingborg

Moderator

Lisa Olsson, Innovation Leader of the Year 2021, has worked for 20+ years in the private sector. She most recently came from Länsförsäkringar, where she started and ran an innovation hub, Lfant. Two years ago, she joined Helsingborg City, where she brought her knowledge of innovation processes and systemic transformation to achieve real change for societal needs.

Technical Manager

Anders Björling

Castellum

Speaker

Anders Björling has been working for Siemens Building Technologies for over 20 years and now at Castellum Real Estate company for 8 years as a Technical Manager at group company level. Areas such as central agreements and purchasing, risk prevention work and corporate insurance, energy & media, real estate IT and technical information systems within the technical administration are areas that are included in area of responsibility.

In recent years, electricity usage costs have increased and it´s efficiency has decreased along with changes in the regulatory payment system. Castellum took the initiative 2 years ago to develop a power strategy together with 5 different energy companies, flexibility aggregators and some experts in the area. This work resulted in a common power strategy that we use today in our commercial properties energy systems.

CEO and Founder

Björn Berg

Ngenic

Speaker

Björn is a true energy nerd, dedicated to accelerate the transformation of the energy system towards 100% renewable energy. Digitalization of energy distribution and consumption is the key tool for him and Björn is co-founder and CEO of Ngenic AB a company that provides digitalization products and services that truly changes the view on how to get consumers and energy companies to collaborate towards this common goal.

Director Product Management

Stefan Calling

Nibe

Speaker

My name is Stefan Calling and I am working as Director of Product Management at NIBE. NIBE Energy Systems offer high-tech solutions for heating, ventilation, cooling and heat recovery that reflect today's demand for sustainable construction. I have worked with Product Development in various roles for 20 years and have a great passion of realizing an idea to a commercial product and making profitable growth. I have a Master of Science degree in Electronic Engineering and Technology Management.

CEO

Nils Söderström

Renbloc

Speaker

Nils Söderström has 15+ years of experience from the energy business working as a founder, business developer and company leader. He has worked all spectrums of energy, from planning nuclear portfolio management products at Vattenfall, to installing off-grid solar systems on the roof tops of Mogadishu. Nils started renbloc together with Gustaf Svensson early 2019 with a mission to provide energy transparency to the market. We let consumers know - in real time - where their energy comes from. Armed with this insight we strive to advance energy awareness and energy transparency, building a world where consumers have total control of their energy sources and CO2 emissions

Director of Product Management

Filip Kjellgren

Vinnova

Speaker

Before joining Vinnova, Filip Kjellgren worked as a consultant in the development of renewable energy systems and electric vehicles for OEMs around the world. He is today Vinnova’s (Sweden's innovation agency) strategist for the area of sustainable mobility and focuses on creating equal, fair and sustainable accessibility for everyone in Sweden. Filip is also coordinating all of Vinnova’s initiatives around the electrification paradigm and is behind the creation of acclaimed initiatives such as "ASTER", "Street Moves" and "Reel".

Business Innovator

Erik Wilson

Öresundskraft

Opening speaker

Erik Wilson joined Öresundskraft only 6 months ago, to contribute to, and be part of the global transformation of the energy system. He was recently a leader within the Swedish AI and Innovation system after his experiences as a founder and entrepreneur. Today he is one of the leaders within Öresundskraft that are working to enable a future of flexible electric power. Flexibility will enable a more sustainable society where the energy production, consumption and grid are in constant harmony on a local level, which will enable the broad and fast electrification we now see taking place.

Senior Projektmanager

Håkan Zaar

Öresundskraft

Speaker

The solution to the resource shortage in the world is something that we only can solve together. As responsible for the rollout of the new meter infrastructure Håkan gives the customer a possibility to get involved in tomorrow’s challenges.

Teamlead Business Innovation

Jessica Hård

Öresundskraft

Speaker

With extensive experience from leadership and innovation in the international energy market and the industrial sector, Jessica now focuses on creating the business of the future that will be part of the solution when the energy system changes. Through future research and interest in new technologies and business models, fruitful collaboration across segment boundaries can be created. The charging station in collaboration with Volvo is a good example!

Agenda

The future electric power value chain

In a future where we no longer have unlimited cheap energy, we need to work together to create win-win synergies for the end-user to maintain today’s comfort.

To control electric power and the steering of loads, comes down to who is owning customer relation – or is it? And is it always connected to what’s best for the planet?

”Welcome to 2035” (Erik Wilson, Öresundskraft)
Let us visit the energy landscape of 2035 – What does it look like? What business models brought us here? What roles do we all play?
”The battle of the P1-gate…“ (Håkan Zaar, Öresundskraft)
Recently, all Swedish energy companies started rolling out and installing smart energy meters, ready by 2025, to enable “a more open information sharing” for the customer. Since there is only one P1-gate, energy tech companies are fighting for the initial connect to monitor and steer power. What business opportunities is this creating, and what challenges does it bring?
“…and the war of the customer relation ownership” (TBA)
One shouldn’t forget the product companies, who until this day have been owning the customer relationships. How are they navigating the introduction to the energy tech start-ups controlling their products? Will they follow their bag pipe and risk being “commoditized”, or create their own solutions?
The butterfly effect in steering and optimization (Björn Berg, Ngenic)
Control signals – what is it, how does it affect the energy system if we only optimize on a property level, and what new business opportunities comes with controlling them? CEO and founder of Ngenic, Björn Berg will share insights.
A true green steering signal – is it possible? (Nils Söderström, Renbloc)
With more renewable energy in the grid users might need to adapt their behaviour to external weather conditions. Do we need a “green steering signal” too - What is it, and how can it be used to change user behaviour? CEO and found of Renbloc, Nils Söderström, will share his thoughts.

Successful partnerships and collaborations in a continuously changing digital and green future.

We already see electric power becoming a horizontal challenge, much like digitalisation, that we all need to learn working with. Horizontal challenges often benefit from working together in new ways, and partnerships.

But how do you take the right strategic decisions regarding partnership and way forward, and in what arenas and with what tools do we collaborate around electric power?

Leadership and partnerships in the future (Robin Teigland as keynote speaker, Prof @ Chalmers university)
Professor Teigland kicks-off the second track by sharing insights from her research interests which resides in the intersection of strategy, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. She shares her thoughts on the importance on leadership and partnership in the future.
Control or be controlled, that is the question – learnings from enabling open innovation to your heat pump (Stefan Calling, NIBE)
Nibe, one of the world leaders of sustainable indoor climate solutions decided early on to open-up for having their heat pumps and boilers to be controlled by othersListen to Stefan Calling talking about their partner position decision 10 years ago. Would they do the same today - Have they gained new opportunities or been commoditized?
How electric power is becoming an opportunity to the real estate (Anders Björling, Castellum)
Castellum, one of Sweden’s largest real estate owners, realized electric power was a new question they needed a holistic take on. Together with partners from the energy sector, they wrote the “Electric power strategy” (sv. Effektstrategin) where they paint a picture how their portfolio can start contributing to the energy market, and not only consuming, and what shared opportunities comes from it. Anders Björling, from Castellum will tell us more about learnings from their work, and how partnerships let us move
Future arenas and tools for horizontal partnerships (Panel discussion: Filip Kjellgren, Vinnova and Robin Teigland + 2 TBA)
We’ll end the “partnerships in the future” discussion with a panel discussing learnings from the speakers while highlighting: how horizontal innovation can be managed, how we run faster together, how we collaborate cross-border, and what national and international platforms are there?

Novel and scalable joint business models

Even if you have not realized it, electric power is connected to everything we do - so should its business opportunities. As electric power becomes a horizontal enabler, new opportunities emerge.

Charging as a Service – It’s challenges and business opt (Volvo Trucks and Öresundskraft)
Öresundskraft and Volvo Trucks will discuss how they decided to join together, and how they think about the scalable opportunities connected to public charging and its exponential business opportunities on the electric power transaction.