Artificial Intelligence in Battery Storage: Hype or Real Benefit?

Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Time
09:00 am - 10:30 am
Hall
ICM München
Room
Room 13 B

Artificial intelligence is currently on everyone's lips. There is a real hype around the Lensa AI Photo App and ChatGPT. Even in the field of battery storage, more and more AI-based services are being offered. In this session, we want to show you what benefits you can already expect today.

09:00 am - 09:05 amWelcome & Introduction

Dr. Alexander Hirnet

Vice President C&I

sonnen GmbH

09:05 am - 09:20 amArtificial Intelligence in Battery Storage: Hype Or Real Benefit?

Prof. Dr. Holger Hesse

Professor for "Smart Energy Systems"

University of Applied Sciences Kempten

09:20 am - 09:30 amWhat About 2nd Life? Where Artificial Intelligence Usually Fails and How to Deal With It.

Mandy Schipke

CEO

NOVUM engineering GmbH

09:30 am - 09:40 amAI-Driven BESS Lifecycle Prediction: How Data Supports Safety Reliability and Profitability

Marc Mennekes

Customer Success Manager

ACCURE Battery Intelligence GmbH

09:40 am - 09:50 amGPT-4 Powered Intelligent Agents: Redefining Microgrid Management

Boris Cergol

Regional Head of Data

Endava

09:50 am - 10:00 amHow AI Can De-Risks The Operation and Optimize The Business Case For Grid-Scale Battery Storages - Real World Examples

Dr Stephan Rohr

Founder & Co-CEO

TWAICE

10:00 am - 10:30 amPanel Discussion

Speakers

Speaker

Marc Mennekes, ACCURE Battery Intelligence GmbH

Customer Success Manager

Germany

Marc Mennekes is a Senior Battery Expert and part of the customer success team at ACCURE Battery Intelligence. He earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering at RWTH Aachen with energy storage systems and aging analyses of lithium-ion batteries at the heart of his studies. Previously, Marc was a Graduate Research Student at the Chair for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies (ISEA) and he worked for BMW Group both in Europe and the U.S. gaining experience analyzing battery field data with a focus on safety, reliability, and sustainability. Since 2020 he has been translating ACCURE's customers' needs into innovative battery analytics and monitoring solutions, helping to improve their battery business in terms of safety, lifetime, and performance.

Speaker

Boris Cergol, Endava

Regional Head of Data

Slovenia

Boris Cergol holds a PhD in Mathematical Statistics and has more than 15 years of experience implementing machine learning projects across various industries. As Regional Head of Data at Endava, he is dedicated to growing the companie's data capabilities in the Adriatic region. Thoroughout his career, Boris has co-founded and led a data consultanty, established a new AI departement within an IT services company, and advised governments on AI strategy and standards. He is passionate about innovation and maintains a good track record of spotting key technology trends early on. In recent years, his main areas of interest have been large language models and other generative AI technologies.

Speaker

Dr Stephan Rohr, TWAICE

Founder & Co-CEO

Germany

Dr. Stephan Rohr is Co-CEO at TWAICE. TWAICE supports enterprises across industries with predictive battery analytics software based on digital twins. Customers are empowered to develop and use battery systems more efficiently and sustainably while making them more reliable and durable. Before founding TWAICE with Dr. Michael Baumann, Stephan completed his Ph.D. at the Technical University of Munich after working in start-ups, PE, and in consulting. Stephan's battery specific domain expertise derives from over 6 years of academic research into Li-ion batteries with a particular focus on the economic implications.

Speaker

Prof. Dr. Holger Hesse, University of Applied Sciences Kempten

Professor for "Smart Energy Systems"

Germany

Holger Hesse holds a PhD in physics and Postdoctoral researcher in the field of energy management and battery energy storage. He is assistant head of the chair for Electrical Energy Storage Technology at Technical University of Munich. This research group focusses on modelling, optimization and control of battery storage systems for stationary applications. Holger Hesse will be head of the newly fronded Professorship "Smart Energy Systems" at the University of Applied Sciences Kempten, focusing techno-economic modelling and machine learning control of battery assisted energy systems.

Speaker

Mandy Schipke, NOVUM engineering GmbH

CEO

Germany

Mandy Schipke is Co-Founder and CEO of the AI-Company NOVUM since nine years. Additionally, she is head of management board of the Energy Cluster of Saxony, where she is responsible for all topics related to batteries. Together with her two teams she works on making batteries more sustainable, secure and predictable and has therefore been awarded multiple times, e.g. with the digital energy award from innogy and google or the future mobility award from Volkswagen.

Speaker

Dr. Alexander Hirnet, sonnen GmbH

Vice President C&I

Germany

Alexander leads Sonnen's commercial and industrial storage development activities in the position of Vice President C&I since 2019. Prior to sonnen, Alexander helped build the stationary energy storage business unit at VARTA as technical director. He has a diploma and a doctorate in physics.

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