Smart Grid Observer
Industry Events
by SGO
April 18-19, 2023 | Chicago  |  Website
June 13-14, 2023 | Washington, D. C.  |  Website

July 11-12, 2023 | Chicago  |  Website​​
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Recently Concluded
March 19-21, 2024 | Chicago |  Website
April 30 - May 2, 2024 | San Diego |  Website
October 22-24, 2024 | Detroit |  Website

January 28-29, 2025 | Atlanta |  Website

  • Achieving charging network reliability and resiliency
  • Technology advances and enabling developments
  • Success strategies for utilities and charging network operators
  • Interoperability, standards and integration issues
  • Addressing concerns over EV range, charger performance and reliability
  • Energy storage and microgrid applications for EV charging infrastructure
  • V2G potential and progress to date
  • Wireless charging advances 
  • Utility case studies and programs to date
March 18-19, 2025 | Barcelona |  Website

  • Effective microgrid design, implementation and operation
  • Refining the business case for off-grid, remote, and island mini-grids
  • Latest technology advances for microgrids: rooftop solar, energy storage, fuel cells, AI and more
  • Utilizing off-grid energy systems at the village level to advance zero carbon goals
  • Key case studies and lessons learned from the field
  • Policy and regulatory considerations for achieving rural electrification
  • Financing issues, requirements and strategies for success
February 18-19, 2025 | London |  Website

  • Technology advances and challenges: Enabling V2X charging to be scheduled, remotely controlled, and aggregated across multiple locations and devices
  • Achieving the scale-up of required enabling technologies for V2X
  • Driving V2G commercialisation: Identifying customer preferences and value propositions
  • Addressing barriers to innovating new products and services
  • Progress toward vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-building in the UK
  • Use cases and business models for V2X applications
  • DNO perspectives on V2G challenges and opportunities
June 3-4, 2025 | Chicago |  Website

  • The current status of nation-state level APTs
  • Defense-in-depth strategies for ICS/SCADA environments
  • Meeting and exceeding regulatory requirements
  • Protecting ICS networks from ransomware attacks
  • Architecting a network security solution to address cyber threats
  • Deception technology and other emerging innovations
  • Conducting in-depth risk assessments
  • Case studies, lessons learned, and success strategies moving forward
July 15-17, 2025 | Chicago |  Website

  • Utility advances and programs for enabling EV charging
  • Scaling up existing charging operator networks
  • Impact of EVs on grid operations and planning
  • Regulatory requirements and standards developments
  • Technology innovations enabling the next-generation of charging efficiency
  • Modeling and grid architecture planning: ensuring that charging is a grid benefit
  • Municipal perspectives and initiatives
April 22-24, 2025 | Northern California |  Website

  • Enhancing customer experience and acceptance
  • Compensation mechanisms for customers, utilities and stakeholders
  • Role of the aggregator in VGI fulfillment
  • DOE perspectives on V2G
  • Policy and regulatory enablers for V2G in the U.S.
  • Gap analysis and integration of competing industry standards
  • Mapping the migration path from V1G to V2G