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
One keynote, three workshops
On the main day: a strategic impulse from outside, then three parallel working fields with clear leads.
Holger Bach
Head of Traffic & Environment, Head of Mobility & Technology
ADAC Württemberg e.V.
Experiences, satisfaction and expectations of EV owners – findings from the June 2026 user survey
Business case
Objective
Participants understand which levers determine the economics of public charging infrastructure, from site selection to follow-on investment. They apply these levers to their own constraints and leave with prioritised starting points for their business case.
Workshop lead
- Jonny GerhardtHamburger Energiewerke Mobil GmbH
- Philip MüllerOB7 GmbH
Customer & market
Objective
Participants exchange practical experience between Stadtwerke: how customers experience charging and which approaches follow for their own organisation.
Workshop lead
- Florian HägeleStadtwerke Stuttgart GmbH
- Philipp PohlDEW21 Dortmunder Energie- und Wasserversorgung GmbH
Data & systems
Objective
Participants develop a shared understanding of how to work with operational data in charging infrastructure — from knowing their own KPIs, through interpreting them correctly, to acting on them: deriving concrete, economically sound measures such as dynamic pricing on the spot market or load management.
Workshop lead
- Lukas AderStadtwerke Stuttgart GmbH
- Michael KucharzukOB7 GmbH
Pre-event evening and main day
Check-in & shared breakfast
Welcome and a shared start to the day.
Voices
- HostStadtwerke Stuttgart
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
For utilities that do not want to leave charging to platforms.
Register your interest — we will follow up with participation details.