Driving the energy transition: EIZ’s third Annual Meeting

The Energy Innovation Centre (EIZ) has organised its third symposium. Around 120 experts from the fields of energy technology and Energy Economics will gather on 2 June 2026 in Building B2 on the campus of the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg to discuss solutions for the energy transition. There will also be presentations on the latest research findings from the six EIZ research laboratories, as well as laboratory tours.

The following day (3 June 2026), the EIZ will host a specialist forum entitled “Transport and Distribution” as part of the 26th Brandenburg Energy Day. Two innovation tours will also take place, visiting the Energy Economics Lab (EECON Lab) and the Electric Power Systems Lab (EPS Lab).

The 3rd Annual Meeting of the EIZ marks the final overall project meeting of the EIZ within Funding Phase 1. Following a positive evaluation of the activities carried out and planned, the application for Funding Phase 2 is currently under review by the project management organisation Jülich and the relevant ministries. There is confidence that the EIZ will be able to continue its work on 1 October 2026.

Specialist presentations, scientific sessions, poster presentations

The agenda for the 3rd Annual Meeting is packed. Following welcoming remarks by BTU President Prof. Gesine Grande, Lab Director Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mario Schenk (EPS Lab) and Stefan Müller from the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, participants can look forward to a varied programme. This consists of specialist presentations from academia and industry, scientific sessions and a poster presentation.

The keynote speeches will be delivered by Jörg Dorn, Head of Converter Technologies at Siemens Energy Global, on the topic “High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Transmission – State of the Art and Future Trends” (9.45 am) and Stefan Dohler, CEO of EWE AG and President of BDEW, on the topic “The Flexible Energy System: The Key to Climate Neutrality and Industrial Resilience” (5 pm). 

The 3rd Annual Meeting will feature three parallel sessions:

Session 1 – 11:00

• Track A.1 – Yellow Hall: Multiphase flow, irreversible Port-Hamilton systems, hydrogen infrastructure, climate dividend
• Track B.1 – Small Hall: Turbulence modelling, synthetic attack generation, sentiment analysis, risk perception,
• Track C.1 – Training Room: Green Hydrogen Production, Stochastic Forward Modelling, Virtual Reality (VR), Subsidies 

Session 2 – 1.30 pm

• Track A.2 – Yellow Room: Anomaly Detection, Honeypot, Transport Policy, P2X
• Track B.2 – Small Hall: Turbulent annular flow, reverse engineering, solar and wind energy, methanol-water mixtures
• Track C.2 – Training Room: Stochastic Engine Models, Virtual Power Plants, Heat Pumps, CO2 Methanisation 

Session 3 – 3.30 pm

• Track A.3 – Yellow Hall: Turbulence, State-Periodic Dynamics, Fault-Tolerant Control, Wind Turbines
• Track B.3 – Small Hall: Metastability, wind loads, regional identities, water electrolysis
• Track C.3 – Training Room: Heat Flow Optimisation, Local Public Transport, Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed, Geothermal Energy Storage 

To conclude, the EIZ will guide visitors through five of its six laboratories

The programme concludes at 6.00 pm with a one-hour lab tour. The EIZ will showcase a selection of exciting demonstrators and its modern research infrastructure in the premises of the Energy Economics Lab (EECON Lab), the Electric Power Systems Lab (EPS Lab), the Energy Storage and Conversion Lab (ESC Lab), the High Power Grid Converter Lab (HPGC Lab) and the Control Systems and Cyber Security Lab (COSYS Lab). In small groups, interested conference participants can visit the following highlights on parallel tours:

• EECON Lab – LUVRE – Lusation Virtual Reality Experiments
• EPS Lab – Power System Simulator, Micro Grid, BiCCS
• ESC Lab – Catalysis Laboratory and Hydrogen Centre
• HPGC Lab – Modular Multi-Stage Converter Laboratory
• COSYS Lab – Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Laboratory