12th VDV Electric Buses Conference and exhibition ElekBu

12th VDV Electric Buses Conference and exhibition ElekBu

Mobility of the Future 16-17 March 2021 · Digital

– Political and social framework– Sector coupling and hydrogen– Field reports from public transport companies– Depot designs– Power supply and charging management– Battery development and battery handling

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12th VDV Electric Bus Conference and exhibition ElekBu

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Mobility of the Future

12th VDV Electric Buses Conference and exhibition ElekBu

The bus market is facing radical restructuring. The EU and the federal government push the change forward. Their goal: to make tomorrow‘s mobility fossil-free. To this end, various instruments, regulations and laws are currently being modified at the same time. As the technical development advances rapidly, the transport companies are forced to make substantial and long-term investments with uncertainty. Plus, the unanswered question of how to react to the national implementation of the Clean Ve-hicles Directive. One thing is clear: the decade of the e-bus - whether battery-elec-tric or fuel cell - has begun.

As a result, transport companies have to make many fundamental decisions. The pro-curement of new buses is not enough: For the conversion to electrical energy in the form of a battery or hydrogen, new systemic approaches are necessary: tank and charging concepts, depot design, parking and IT systems for disposition taking into account the range or Tank and loading capacities must be designed. New space has to be found, new security areas have to be designated, the staff has to be retrained. It is therefore time to exchange experiences on operational and technical implementation, the latest developments, successfully introduced processes - perhaps also errors - as well as further training for employees and other topics. The ElekBu offers exchange opportunities with manufacturers and service providers and shows the potential of current and new technology and concepts.

The publication of the federal funding program for the procurement of e-buses is ex-pected in January, immediately before the VDV electric bus conference and the exhi-bition ElekBu: a volume of up to 800 million euros is available for the period up to 2024. The program intends to provide funding of 80 percent of the additional costs of vehicles and 40 percent of the infrastructure - which can be combined with state subsidies. In order to make the right decisions about the system change and to learn from each other in the industry, the exchange of experiences is now crucial.

Our combined event offers the ideal environment to find the right technology and as-sociated funding programs for your own company.

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Live stage March 16, 2021 Stream March 16, 2021

THE PROGRAM

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Focus on generation, transport, storage, depot design, petrol station

11:30Local hydrogen production Conrad Tschersich, Managing Director AWG Abfall-wirtschaftsgesellschaft mbH Wuppertal

11:45 Green hydrogen / Production costs and usesTilo Vogdt, Authorized officer, WV Energie AG

12:00Storage and transport of hydrogen in LOHCDr. Marcus Guzmann, CSO Chief Sales Officer, Hydro-genious LOHC Technologies GmbH

12:15 Fuel cell technology as an alternative in public trans-port conceptsAlexander Bunzel, VCDB VerkehrsConsult Dresden-Berlin GmbH

12:30Challenges in H2 refueling in heavy-duty applications (bus)Markus Wiedemann, Head of the Automotive Division, Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG

12:45 Fuel Cell Electric Buses- a solution with many advan-tages for zero-emission public transitOben Uluc, Sales Director, Ballard Power Systems Inc.

13:00 Speakers Corner: Conrad Tschersich, Managing Director AWG Abfall-wirtschaftsgesellschaft mbH Wuppertal

13:45The infrastructure of the future: hubs and high-performance charging stationsIngo Reese, Ekoenergetyka Polska S.A.

09:00Opening of reception, exhibition and the matchmaking

Focus on political and social framework conditions

10:00Greetings from the organizersMartin Schmitz, Managing Director Technology, Associa-tion of German Transport Companies (VDV) and Executive Chairman of Forum for Transport & Logistics 10:05GreetingsIngo Wortmann, President of the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV)

10:15 Opening lecture Sate Secretary Dr. Tamara Zieschang, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure

10:35GreetingsCem Özdemir MdB, Chairman of the Committee on Trans-port and Digital Infrastructure, German Bundestag

10:55GreetingsKurt-Christoph von Knobelsdorff, Managing director, NOW GmbH

11:05Keynote: Future of Electric DrivesProf. Dr. Manfred Schrödl, Institute board, Institute for Energy Systems and Electrical Drives, TU Wien

11:30The VDV Bus Study - Decade of the Bus Christiane Henrich-Köhler, Senior Managerin Infrastruc-ture & Mobility, PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH

11:50Lunch break with a visit to the exhibition, networking via the networking tools and product presentations


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14:00The colors of hydrogenMarcel Corneille, Managing Director, EMCEL GmbH

14:15Operating experience with the largest H2 bus fleet in GermanyDr. Marcel Frank, Managing Director, Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH

14:30Actively shaping the traffic transition - framework conditions for industrial zero emission operationHenrik Behrens, Managing Director, Transdev GmbH

14:45 Speakers Corner: Dr. Marcel Frank, Managing Director, Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH

Focus on battery technology - operational experience

15:15 The new e-CITEA Boris Höltermann, VDL Bus & Coach Deutschland GmbH

15:30 UhrEfficient operation despite electric busesMatthias Rogge, Managing Director, ebusplan GmbH

15:45We electrify the city!Christoph Scholz,Head of automotive engineering and Lukas Lexy, Head of maintenance projects and deputy operations manager on German Ordinance on the Construc-tion and Operation of Rail Systems for Light-Rail Transit / German Federal Regulations on the Operation of Motor Transport Companies for Passenger Services, BOGESTRA AG

16:00Speakers Corner: Matthias Rogge, ebusplan GmbH

Coffee break with a visit to the exhibition, networking via the networking tools and product presentations

Focus on charging management and energy supply

13:00 The Berlin way Dr. Rolf Erfurt, Board member operations, Berliner Verkehrsbe-triebe AöR

13:15 Charging infrastructure and provider of depot visualization and load and charging managementThomas Volk, Managing Director, Stromnetz Hamburg GmbH

13:30 Cloud-based smart grid solutionAlexander Wolf, Stadtwerke München GmbH

13:45 The change of a bus depot to an e-bus depotWolfgang Reitmeier, Head of Departments and Workshops, Electromobility, Association of German Transport Companies (VDV)

14:00 eBus charging technology - from theory to practice with SiemensAndreas Laske, Siemens AG

14:15Speakers Corner: Alexander Wolf, Stadtwerke München GmbH Coffee break with a visit to the exhibition, networking via the networking tools and product presentations

Focus on battery technology - operational experience

15:30 Market overviewDieter Hanke and Kirsten Krämer, Omnibusspiegel

15:45The eCitaro - introduction of technology and vehicle variants Daniel Vorgerd, Head of High Voltage System Application, Daimler Buses

16:00 Findings from the SUVEREN research project - Derivations on the electric bus industryLukas Fast, FOGTEC Brandschutz GmbH

16:15 BOB-Battery trolleybus in SolingenAdrian Dogge, Stadtwerke Solingen GmbH

16:30 Speakers Corner: Dieter Hanke and Kirsten Krämer, OmnibusspiegelCoffee break with a visit to the exhibition, networking via the networking tools and product presentations


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Live stage March 17, 2021


International experience reports

Moderation: Arno Kerkhof, Head of Bus Transport Unit, K&I , UITP (The International Association of Public Trans-port)

16:30News and report about UITP activities and from the UITP bus committeeArno Kerkhof, UITP

16:45 Title followsChristophe Martin, GROUPE TEC Belgien

17:00Title followsLidia Leon, Head of Service, EMT Madrid

17:15Comparative analysis of operating costs E-buses, CNG- buses, Diesel- buses in the life cycle of the vehicles - Case studySlobodan Misanovic, Projektmanager, GSP Beograd

17:30E-Buses in London - a Network Planning PerspectiveBob Blitz, Bus Network Planning Manager, Transport for London

17:45ASSURED ProjectAida Abdulah, Senior Project Manager, UITP (The Interna-tional Association of Public Transport)

18:00 Survey on best practices in BRT and bus network planningStéphane Bis, Technical director and project management, Semitan

18:10- 20:00Virtual get together in the matchmaking toolVisit of the exhibition (appointment required)

17:30Status of the conversion of the KVB bus fleetJörn Schwarze, Member of the Board,, Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG

17:40Electric buses new in the depot: Open interfaces - seamless integrationKlaus Schipper, Head of Sales andStephan Fromm, Head of Innovation Management, Verkehrsautomatisierung Berlin GmbH

17:50 Kiel charged upDr. Stephan Nahmer,Member of the Executive Board, SBRS GmbH and Thomas Mau, Head of Operations and Technology /Authorized officer, KVG Kieler Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH

18:00 E-buses - how far can we get? Elke Maria van Zadel, Head of Technology, IT and Infrastructure, ÜSTRA Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG and Managing Director, regiobus Hannover GmbH

18:10 - 20:00Virtual get together in the matchmaking toolVisit of the exhibition (appointment required)

Focus on Battery developments

8:30GreetingsWerner Overkamp, Vice President of the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) and Chairman of the Board of Directors BUS

8:35Opening LectureState Secretary Jochen Flasbarth, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

8:50Current status of developments in battery technology / battery marketProf. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer, Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives, ISEA / RWTH Aachen

09:10Battery systems for city buses: options, technologies and production in GermanySven Schulz, CEO AKASOL AG


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Focus on depot design / charge management and heating / air conditioning / ventilation

10:30The new Ebusco 2.2 e-articulated bus Limitless range with DB Long Range Regio Bus Ebusco 3.0 : composite busPeter Bijvelds, Ebusco B.V.

10:40 DB Regio Bus - Requirements and challenges in regional transport Christopher Alting, Head of Production Bus Division, DB Regio AG

10:50Maximizing efficiency with battery and thermal management system solutionsTobias Maier, Product Manager, Webasto Group

11:00 Wabtec: smart charging solutions for sustainable public transportSimon Evenblij, Product Manager Charging e-Mobili-ty, Mining & Commercial Vehicles, Power Collection Business Unit, Stemmann-Technik GmbH

11:10Electromobility at MAN - Your questions - our answers Frank Krämer, MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland GmbH

11:20 Speakers Corner: Tobias Maier, Webasto Group

Lunch break with a visit to the exhibition, networking via the networking tools and product presentations

Focus on processes and system selection

12:50 System selection decision-making processDr. Michael Faltenbacher, Team Lead Transport and Mobility, thinkstep AG

13:00Decision-making process on the way to e-mobilityJanine Mielzarek, Authorized officer electromobility and new mobility, Offenbacher Verkehrs-Betriebe GmbH

09:25Microvast Sustainable Battery Solutions Tailored for Smart CitiesMaximilian Noll, Director Sales & Program Management, Microvast, Inc.

09:40 Fire protection for battery busesProf. Dr. Roland Goertz, Head of the Chair for Chemical Safety and Fire Protection, Bergische Universität Wupper-tal

09:55 Speakers Corner: Prof. Dr. Roland Goertz, Bergische Universität WuppertalCoffee break with a visit to the exhibition, networking via the networking tools and product presentations

Focus on depot design / charge management and heating / air conditioning / ventilation

11:35 Future of the sustainable transport Erhan Eren, Business Director Deutschland, Österreich und Schweiz, Iveco Magirus AG

11:45Experience with management systemsToralf Müller, Managing Director, Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH

12:00Electromobility in the depot Stefan Tintera, Product manager electromobility, initperdis GmbH

12:10E-bus operation in Münster since 2016 - experiences, challenges and opportunitiesEckhard Schläfke, Operations manager for transport operations, Stadtwerke Münster GmbH

12:30 Experience with data of electric buses - Who is the owner of the data, how reliable is it and how important is the range predictionRené Rothe, IVU Traffic Technologies AG

12:45Speakers Corner: Eckhard Schläfke, Stadtwerke Münster GmbHLunch break with a visit to the exhibition, networking via the networking tools and product presentations


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13:15Extract from many years of e-mobility experience and its success factors in partnership with a well-known operator from GöteborgMarie Carlsson, Director Business Solutions, Volvo Bus Corporation

13:30 The importance of vehicle data for the efficient control of the depot and loading processes Eric Nöh, Head of Sales Public Transport, PSI Trans-com GmbH

13:45 Eliminating guesswork with data – Understanding and predicting e-bus battery behaviorAndreas Gronarz, TWAICE Technologies GmbH and Alex Schabert, ViriCiti B.V.

14:00 Speakers Corner: Eric Nöh, PSI Transcom GmbH

Lunch break with a visit to the exhibition, networking via the networking tools and product presentations

Focus on Assistance with the introduction of e-mobility

15:15 Retrofitting instead of buying a new one - conver-sion from diesel to electric busesHarald Ludescher, Sales Manager, Ziehl-Abegg Automotive GmbH & Co. KG

15:25 Our way to regular service with electric buses in LeipzigTorsten Schmidt, Project manager for electric buses, Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB) GmbH

15:35New version of VDV publication 260 charging infrastructure for electric buses Eberhard Nickel, Chairman of the VDV Committee for Electrical Energy Systems (AEE), Leipziger Verkehrs-betriebe (LVB) GmbH

15:45 Carefree operation of the E-bus depot - thanks to VDV 463 and vCharM Rebekka Haisch, Product Management Expert, Vector Informatik GmbH

16:00 until 17:00End of the conference Visit to the exhibtion (appointment required)

14:15 ABB charging solutions for the sustainable reduction of emissions in local public transport Christof Kunze, Produkt Manager HVC, ABB AG

14:25 Hess e-bus, standard and moreMarc Fischer, Sales Director Bus Systems, Carrosserie HESS AG

14:35 Autonomous and electric through the city: new solutions from ZF Jochen Benz, Head of Key Account Management and Business Development, ZF Mobility Solutions GmbH and Bernd Wachter, Commercial Vehicle Technology - Director Sales Europe, ZF Friedrichshafen AG

14:45 New depot and charging infrastructureMark Hogenmüller, Managing Director / Operations Manager, Reutlinger Stadtverkehr RSV Service GmbH

15:15Coffee break with a visit to the exhibition, networking via the networking tools and product presentations

Focus on Assistance with the introduction of e-mobility

15:30VDV activities to define the vehicle data setMinh-Thuy Truong, Head of the automotive department, Asso-ciation of German Transport Companies (VDV)

Tax aspects of e-mobility (energy storage, recovery, etc.)Petra Maring, Head of Tax Department, Association of German Transport Companies (VDV)

15:40E-mobility - insurable ?!Christian Pfeifer, DVA GmbH

15:50Sustainable procurement for battery busesJanina Heel, Sustainability Management Officer, Hamburger Hochbahn AG

16:00Requirements for training for workshop employeesRico Seipel, Project manager e-mobility, Dresdner Verkehrsbe-triebe AG

16:15 until 17:00End of the conferenceVisit to the exhibtion (appointment required)


Stéphane BisSemitan

OUR MODERATION


OUR SPEAKERS

Kurt-Christoph von KnobelsdorffNOW GmbH

State Secretary Jochen FlasbarthFederal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Bob BlitzTransport for London

Marcel CorneilleEMCEL GmbH

Christopher AltingDB Regio AG

Jochen BenzZF Mobility Solutions GmbH

Lukas FastFOGTEC Brandschutz GmbH

Mark HogenmüllerReutlinger Stadtverkehr RSV Service GmbH

Janina HeelHamburger Hochbahn AG

Marie CarlssonVolvo Bus Corporation

Dr. Michael Faltenbacherthinkstep AG

Christiane Henrich-Köhler PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH

Adrian DoggeStadtwerke Solingen GmbH

Boris HöltermannVDL Bus & Coach Deutschland GmbH

Rebekka HaischVector Informatik GmbH

Dr. Volkhardt Klöppnerüstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG

Dr. Rolf ErfurtBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe AöR

Aida AbdullahUITP (The International Association of Public Transport)

Dieter HankeOmnibusspiegel

Erhan ErenIveco Magirus AG

Alexander BunzelVCDB VerkehrsConsult Dresden-Berlin GmbH

Andreas GronarzTWAICE Technologies GmbH

Martin SchmitzManaging Director Technology, Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) and Chairman of the Forum for Transport and Logistics

Minh-Thuy TruongAssociation of German Transport Companies (VDV)

Wolfgang ReitmeierAssociation of German Transport Companies (VDV)

Arno KerkhofUITP (The International Association of Public Transport)

Reiner BieckDEVK Versicherungen

Dr. Marcus GuzmannHYDROGENIOUS LOHC TECHNOLOGIES GmbH

Prof. Dr. Roland GoertzBergische Universität Wuppertal

Peter BijveldsEbusco B.V.

Simon EvenblijStemmann-Technik GmbH

Marc FischerCarrosserie HESS AG

Stephan FrommVerkehrsautomatisierung Berlin GmbH

Dr. Marcel FrankRegionalverkehr Köln GmbH

Henrik BehrensTransdev GmbH

Frank KrämerMAN Truck & Bus Deutsschland GmbH


OUR SPEAKERS

Ingo WortmannAssociation of German Transport Companies (VDV)

Christian PfeiferDVA GmbH

Bernd Wachter ZF Friedrichshafen AG

Werner OverkampAssociation of German Transport Companies (VDV)

Eckhard SchläfkeStadtwerke Münster GmbH

Elke Maria van ZadelÜSTRA Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG and regiobus Hannover GmbH

Alexander WolfStadtwerke München GmbH

Toralf MüllerVerkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH

Slobodan MisanovicGSP Beograd

René RotheIVU Traffic Technologies AG

Christophe MartinGROUPE TEC Belgien

Janine MielzarekOffenbacher Verkehrs-Betriebe GmbH

Dr. Jan MarienIsabellenhütte Heusler GmbH & Co. KG

Petra MaringAssociation of German Transport Companies (VDV)

Daniel VorgerdDaimler Buses

State Secretary Dr. Tamara ZieschangFederal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure

Conrad TschersichAWG Abfallwirtschaftsgesellschaft mbH Wuppertal

Thomas VolkStromnetz Hamburg GmbH

Thomas MauKVG Kieler Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH

Markus WiedemannStuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG

Oben UlucBallard Power Systems Inc.

Tilo VogdWV Energie AG

Eric NöhPSI Transcom GmbH

Harald LudescherZiehl-Abegg Automotive GmbH & Co. KG

Lukas LexyBOGESTRA AG

Stefan Tinterainitperdis GmbH

Dr. Stefan NahmerSBRS GmbH

Rico SeipelDresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG

Torsten SchmidtLeipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB) GmbH

Jörn SchwarzeKölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG

Lidia LeonEMT Madrid

Christoph ScholzBOGESTRA AG

Sven SchulzAKASOL AG

Matthias Roggeebusplan GmbH

Prof. Dr. Manfred SchrödlTU Wien

Tobias MaierWebasto Group

Christof KunzeABB AG

Andreas LaskeSiemens AG

Klaus SchipperVerkehrsautomatisierung Berlin GmbH

Alex SchabertViriCiti B.V.

Cem Özdemir MdBGerman Bundestag

Kirsten KrämerOmnibusspiegel

Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe SauerISEA / RWTH Aachen

Ingo ReeseEkoenergetyka Polska S.A.

Maximilian Noll Microvast, Inc

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