7th EV Charging Infrastructure Summit - North America, July 15-17 2025, Chicago

Speaking Opportunities


7th EV Charging Infrastructure Summit - North America, July 15-17 2025, Chicago The 7th EV Charging Infrastructure Summit - North America examines enabling technologies, market challenges and strategies for utilities and other industry stakeholders seeking to optimize the charging infrastructure and ecosystem for the growing wave of EV adoption in the U.S.

Industry practitioners, technology end users, researchers, and executives who are interested in delivering a presentation at the Summit, serving as session moderator, or participating on a panel discussion are welcome to submit a speaking proposal.

Guidelines for Submitting a Speaking Proposal

Individuals who wish to deliver a 30-minute, stand-alone presentation or organize a 60-75 minute panel session with multiple speakers should submit the following:
    1. Speaker name, title, company, and contact information
    2. Presentation title (or title of panel session)
    3. Abstract of presentation or panel session (150 words)
    4. Speaker biography and photo
    5. Bullet list of 4-5 Key Learning Points from the presentation or panel session
Proposals should be emailed to: speak@smartgridobserver.com by Friday, March 21, 2025

Additional Guidance
  • We ask that proposals be non-commercial in nature. Submissions will be carefully reviewed by the Program Advisory Group to ensure depth and relevance to the program.

  • Presentations that emphasize case studies, best practices, and real-world results are encouraged.
Topics to be addressed include:

  • Latest in smart charging and wireless charging
  • Addressing concerns over charger performance, reliability and security
  • Trends in EV adoption and market direction
  • Success strategies for starting and growing a charging network in the U.S.
  • Innovations in charging infrastructure and enabling technologies
  • Providing incentives to increase consumer demand for EVs
  • Market trends, opportunities and challenge for the industry
  • EV and battery advances, and implications for charging infrastructure
  • Integrating and optimizing renewable energy resources
  • Charging station operators perspectives
  • Integration of energy storage and microgrids with EV charging
  • Utility case studies and programs to date
  • Scaling up existing charging operator networks
  • Impact of EVs on grid operations and planning
  • Regulatory requirements and standards developments
  • Reuse of EV batteries into grid-scale energy storage systems
  • Modeling and grid architecture planning: ensuring that charging is a grid benefit
  • Municipal perspectives and initiatives
  • EV manufacturer perspectives on charging infrastructure requirements
  • And more

    For further information or to discuss a possible presentation, please contact us.