Digital Heat: STORM final conference

In 2018, the STORM project is coming to an end. The final results were shared during the Digital Heat conference on 29 May in Brussels.

The event was jointly organised with the Flexynets project and showcased the latest technology developments on digitalisation in district heating. Topics covered included smart district energy, sector coupling, electricity grid and storage integration, smart district heating controllers, and much more.

Programme & presentations

Keynote Speeches: Paul Voss – Managing Director, Euroheat & Power and Svet Mihaylov – Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Connect

Results of the STORM Project: Christian Johansson – CTO, NODA and Sofia Lettenbichler – Project Officer, DHC+ Technology Platform

Intervention on GDPR & Experience from Denmark: Steen Schelle Jensen – Head of Product Management Solutions, Kamstrup

Panel 1: Smart energy management systems – Moderator: Alessandro Provaggi, Head of DHC+ Technology Platform

• Anton Koller – Divisional President District Energy, Danfoss
• Matteo Pozzi – Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Optit
• Ebba Löfblad – Partner & Senior Consultant, Profu
• Henrik Wickström – Project leader Digital Services, Mälarenergi AB

Results of the FLEXYNETS project: Roberto Fedrizzi – Group Leader, EURAC and Dirk Pietruschka – Managing Director, Enisyst

Digital Roadmap for District Heating & Cooling: Dirk Vanhoudt – Senior Researcher, EnergyVille/VITO

Panel 2: Energy sector coupling  – Moderator: Ralf-Roman Schmidt – Senior Research Engineer, AIT

• Cristian Muresan – Head of the Engie Lab ‘Future Buildings and Cities’
• Frauke Thies – Executive Director, smartEn
• Rodolphe de Beaufort – Project Director Digital, Tilia
• Daniel Trier – Head of Department & Project Manager, PlanEnergi

Final remarks: Karlis Goldstein – Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Energy

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