Ladegespräche 2026
2026
Networking evening on 11 Nov · Main day on 12 Nov in Stuttgart
Charging infrastructure is becoming customer business.
How can utilities turn charging into digital customer business — not just a cost-intensive operation?
No trade fair. No product show.
- Closed utilities & energy provider circle
- 12 November 2026
- Hosted by Stadtwerke Stuttgart
- Concept & moderation: OB7
- 60–80 participants
Who will control public charging tomorrow?
- › Utilities & energy providers
- › EMP platforms
- › OEMs / automotive
The build-out phase is over. Operations reality begins now.
Charge points are in place. Now customer access, data sovereignty, systems, and economics matter — together.
Customer access
Who has direct contact with the driver — and what role do roaming, EMPs, and ad-hoc charging play?
Data sovereignty
Which data is missing day to day to actually steer sites, users, and economics?
Economic viability
Where do real costs arise — and when does public charging infrastructure pay off in operation?
More than exchange at the end.
The outcome of Ladegespräche 2026 is a joint action paper with prioritised fields of action, open questions, and next steps for practice.
Action paper Ladegespräche 2026: How utilities develop charging infrastructure as digital customer business
- ▸Key problem areas from a utilities perspective
- ▸Shared guiding questions and working group results
- ▸Prioritised fields of action
- ▸Quick wins and strategic measures
- ▸Open questions for market, regulation, and technology partners
- ▸Proposals for further working groups and follow-up formats
Committed together
The participant circle commits to the action paper — and presents the results at the next Ladegespräche.
Maya Mustermann
Head of eMobility
Three areas where utilities must decide today
Currently being finalised with the participating utilities and published shortly.
Pre-event evening and main day — clear outputs, not a trade fair programme
Currently being finalised with the participating utilities and published shortly.
Carried together.
Stadtwerke Stuttgart as host, OB7 in concept and moderation — flanked by selected utility and industry partners.
Stadtwerke Stuttgart
Organiser, venue and host of Ladegespräche 2026.
OB7
Programme design, working group logic and action paper.
Next Ladegespräche
Ladegespräche travels across Germany. After Stuttgart 2026, a different utility takes on the host role each time — a rotating circle of organisers for the coming editions.
TBA
Host to be announced in time
TBA
Rotating circle of utilities
Impulses from selected experts
20-minute impulse + 10 minutes of Q&A — no trade fair keynotes, no product shows.
Keynote
Who will control public charging tomorrow? A strategic impulse from outside.
Working group customer & market
Customer access, visibility, and direct customer relationship
Working group business case
Cost structure, financing, regulatory cost drivers (metrology law), and economic viability
Working group data & systems
KPI logic, data sovereignty, and single source of truth
Pre-evening on November 11
The evening before, we invite you to an informal get-together and networking — at the EnergiePlaza of Stadtwerke Stuttgart, a unique experience space for e-mobility and energy topics. Over catering, genuine table conversations unfold, with no stage and no fixed programme.
Want to join the pre-evening? Just tick the box in the registration form.
For utilities that do not want to leave charging to platforms.
Register your interest — we will follow up with participation details.