Program conference
Smart Energy Hubs
12 november 2025
The programme will be further developed over the coming period. Keep an eye on the website for updates.
08.45 - 09.30
Main entrance
Registration and coffee/tea
09.30 - 10.45
Plenary hall 1st floor
Plenary opening session
09.00 - 09.10
Professor Yashar Hajimolana:
welcome and logistics guides for the conference
Prof. Hendrik Lund: Keynote speaker
Prof. Hendrik Lund: Keynote speaker
10.45 - 11.00
Main hall
Short break
11.00 - 12.20
Parallel sessions 1
12.20 - 13.30
Main hall
Lunch and networking
13.30 - 14.30
Parallel sessions 2
14.30 - 15.00
Main hall
Break
15.00 - 16.00
Parallel sessions 3
16.00 - 16.15
Main hall
Short break
16.15 - 16.45
Plenary hall 1st floor
Plenary closing session
16.45 - 17.30
Main hall
Networking and drinks
08.45 - 09.30
Main entrance
Registration and coffee/tea
09.30 - 10.45
Plenary hall 1st floor
Plenary opening session
09.00 - 09.10
Professor Richard van leeuwen and ass. Professor Yashar Hajimolana:
welcome and logistics guides for the conference
Plenary keynotes:
Perspectives on Smart Energy Hubs
chaired by Prof. Richard van Leeuwen
09.10 - 09.25
Pavol Bauer, Professor DC Systems, Energy Conversion Storage, TU-Delft: Energy hubs - basic building block for energy transition
09.25 - 09.35
Jorian Bakker, senior policy advisor climate & energy, Dutch ministry for climate and green growth: Dutch government policies on development of smart energy hubs
09.35 - 09.45
Marjolein Bot, director of program on energy system integration, Topsector Energy: Topsector energy working program Smart Energy Hubs
09.45 - 09.55
Bart van der Laan, program manager energy flexibility, Alliander: Impact of Smart Energy Hubs for DSOs
09.55 - 10.15
Questions and debate
10.15 - 10.30
Main hall
Short break
10.30 - 12.00
Parallel sessions 1-3
Room 1
Session 1: Local and regional energy planning, spatial and infrastructural aspects of Smart Energy Hubs
Chaired by: Richard van Leeuwen
Chaired by: Richard van Leeuwen
Session keynote Sebastian Thiede: Towards decarbonisation of manufacturing industry
Joris Knigge and Jeroen Janissen: The energy transition in urban planning and development; towards an integral approach
Timo te Velde:
Smart Energy Hubs at the Municipality of Enschede - Lessons Learned from Practice
Smart Energy Hubs at the Municipality of Enschede - Lessons Learned from Practice
Rick Stratingh:
Solutions for grid congestions on business parks: Groningen Stroomt Door
Solutions for grid congestions on business parks: Groningen Stroomt Door
Ghiami Shamsoddin:
Investigate electricity consumption reduction potential during winter using PVT
Investigate electricity consumption reduction potential during winter using PVT
Room 2
Session 2: preventing and solving congestion on medium/low voltage networks
Chaired by: Cihan Gercek
Chaired by: Cihan Gercek
Session keynote Edmund Schaefer:
Sizing energy storage while considering financial, environmental and grid peak reduction objectives: a neighbourhood case
Sizing energy storage while considering financial, environmental and grid peak reduction objectives: a neighbourhood case
Shalika Walker:
Predictive control and energy flexibility for buildings
Predictive control and energy flexibility for buildings
Hans Meerman:
Tackling grid congestion by connecting neighbours
Tackling grid congestion by connecting neighbours
Aditya Pappu:
Flexibility sizing for Energy Communities under Dynamic Grid Constraints
Flexibility sizing for Energy Communities under Dynamic Grid Constraints
Hans Schokker:
RAAK MKB Project NOWATT
RAAK MKB Project NOWATT
Room 3
Session 3: Smart Energy Hubs solutions
framework and applications
Chaired by: Lisanne Havinga
Chaired by: Lisanne Havinga
Session keynote Michiel van Dam:
Scaling smart energy hubs: the slippery slope to success
Scaling smart energy hubs: the slippery slope to success
Jeike Wallinga:
Development of industrial estate energy hubs: Accelerating the energy transition through effective interventions of local government
Development of industrial estate energy hubs: Accelerating the energy transition through effective interventions of local government
Willem Wijnen:
Smart Change Management in Smart Energy Hubs
Smart Change Management in Smart Energy Hubs
Sjoerd Doumen:
Making Energy Hubs Even Smarter by Providing Trade Between Energy Hubs and Communities
Making Energy Hubs Even Smarter by Providing Trade Between Energy Hubs and Communities
Michel Chatelin:
Unlocking the Full Potential of Energy Hubs with Programmable Energy
Unlocking the Full Potential of Energy Hubs with Programmable Energy
12.00 - 12.45
Main hall
Lunch and networking
12.45 - 13.00
Plenary hall 1st floor
Formal opening of Saxion Energy Flexibility lab by Stephan Maathuis, Dean of Saxion academy Life Science, Engineering and Design
13.00 - 14.30
Parallel sessions 4-6
Room 1
Session 4: cyber secure and interoperable ICT-systems and device interfaces for monitoring and control of Smart Energy Hubs
Chaired by: Edmund Schaefer
Chaired by: Edmund Schaefer
Session keynote Gerwin Hoogsteen: Rethinking interaction for a resilient and cyber-secure system
Dwijasish Das:
DC Wind Energy Hubs for a Sustainable Future
DC Wind Energy Hubs for a Sustainable Future
Deepak Tunuguntla:
Explainable AI/ML forecasting models
Explainable AI/ML forecasting models
Eyuel Debebe Ayele:
IECON: IoT Edge Computing for Carbon Neutral Communities
IECON: IoT Edge Computing for Carbon Neutral Communities
Room 2
Session 5: Hydrogen integration in Smart
Energy Hubs
Chaired by: Fenna van de Watering
Chaired by: Fenna van de Watering
Session keynote Benno Aalderink:
Developments and outlook for decentral hydrogen integration in the Netherlands
Developments and outlook for decentral hydrogen integration in the Netherlands
Monika Sharevska:
Renewable Energy System with Hydrogen Production and Methanol Storage for Efficient Electricity Supply-Demand Balancing
Renewable Energy System with Hydrogen Production and Methanol Storage for Efficient Electricity Supply-Demand Balancing
Lauro Oliveira:
Renewable Hydrogen Hubs in the Netherlands: Assessing the feasibility of hydrogen production technologies integration
Renewable Hydrogen Hubs in the Netherlands: Assessing the feasibility of hydrogen production technologies integration
Richard van Leeuwen:
The energy system in Twente and the role of underground hydrogen storage
The energy system in Twente and the role of underground hydrogen storage
Room 3
Session 6: East Netherlands Smart Energy Hubs pilot program
Chaired by: Robert-Niels van Droffelaar
Chaired by: Robert-Niels van Droffelaar
Session organised by Oost-NL about experiences and lessons learned from the pilot Smart Energy Hub projects in East-Netherlands.
Robert-Niels van Droffelaar:
Program and
learnings (focus on organization)
learnings (focus on organization)
Wouter Heres:
Smart Energy Hub Broeklanden
Smart Energy Hub Broeklanden
Rutger Beekman:
Smart Energy Hub Almelo A1 Deventer (focus on tools)
Smart Energy Hub Almelo A1 Deventer (focus on tools)
Thomas Pesiwarissa:
Smart Energy Hub Lorentz (focus on EMS)
Smart Energy Hub Lorentz (focus on EMS)
Panel discussion
14.30 - 14.45
Main hall
Short break
14.45 - 16.15
Parallel sessions 7-9
Room 1
Session 7: multi-commodity smart grids,
sector coupling and power to X.
Chaired by: Abhishek Singh
Chaired by: Abhishek Singh
Session keynote Daniël Bakker: Exploration of potential grid capacity reduction for multi- commodity smart energy hubs in three industrial areas in the Netherlands
Maja Sharevska:
Optimization of design and operation of an energy hub using different strategies
Optimization of design and operation of an energy hub using different strategies
Pepijn van den Bent:
Realized and Operational Smart Energy Project Thermen Soesterberg and Heat Central Groenpoort (for district heating/cooling)
Realized and Operational Smart Energy Project Thermen Soesterberg and Heat Central Groenpoort (for district heating/cooling)
Juan López:
Developing Digital Twins for Industrial Microgrids: The Ecofactorij Case Study
Developing Digital Twins for Industrial Microgrids: The Ecofactorij Case Study
Ewoud Vos:
SynergyS: a market-based approach for multi-commodity energy hubs
SynergyS: a market-based approach for multi-commodity energy hubs
Room 2
Session 8: Smart charging in Energy Hubs
Chaired by: Johann Hurink
Chaired by: Johann Hurink
Session keynote Cihan Gercek:
Grid design and grid aware EV charging
Grid design and grid aware EV charging
Andreas Ligtvoet:
Charging Energy Hubs - cooperating to electrify logistics
Charging Energy Hubs - cooperating to electrify logistics
Ali Saklaoui:
Coordinated Optimization of Logistics Electric Fleet and Energy Management System of Constrained Energy Hub
Coordinated Optimization of Logistics Electric Fleet and Energy Management System of Constrained Energy Hub
Tim van 't Wel:
Energy Hubs for High Power Charging of Zero Emission Logistics
Energy Hubs for High Power Charging of Zero Emission Logistics
Jim Kienhuis:
Optimization of location of Energy Storage in Grids
Optimization of location of Energy Storage in Grids
Room 3
Session 9: MOOI EIGEN: new and open tools for Smart Energy Hub projects
Chaired by: Miloš Bunda
Chaired by: Miloš Bunda
Session keynote Natalia Kuznetsova and Attila Németh
A framework for a social cost-benefit analysis for energy hubs
A framework for a social cost-benefit analysis for energy hubs
Stage 1: driving towards steward ownership of the future security of supply
Joey Willemse and Tamara Oukes:
bottom-up development of shared responsibility using a participation framework
Vincent Kamphuis:
developing future local energy vision using a Plan Design toolsuite
Joey Willemse and Tamara Oukes:
bottom-up development of shared responsibility using a participation framework
Vincent Kamphuis:
developing future local energy vision using a Plan Design toolsuite
Stage 2: translating the local energy vision into an actual design
Vincent Kamphuis:
Plan Design toolsuite
Gerwin Hoogsteen:
energy system simulations using Demkit
Pelle van den Heuvel:
legal framework
Timo van Ingen:
tender strategy
Vincent Kamphuis:
Plan Design toolsuite
Gerwin Hoogsteen:
energy system simulations using Demkit
Pelle van den Heuvel:
legal framework
Timo van Ingen:
tender strategy
Stage 3: realizing the Energy Hub
Haike van de Vegte:
development of a
shared SCADA/EMS system for local
matching of supply and demand
development of a
shared SCADA/EMS system for local
matching of supply and demand
Stage 4: asset management and exploitation of the Energy Hub
Miloš Bunda:
the exploitation entity
Miloš Bunda:
the exploitation entity
16.15 - 16.30
Main hall
Short break
16.30 - 17.00
Plenary hall 1st floor
Plenary closing session
16.30 - 16.45
Takeaways from organising chairs and session chairs, moderated by: Robert-Niels van Droffelaar
16.45 - 16.55
Best presentation award ceremony by: ass. Professor Yashar Hajimolana
16.55 - 17.00
Closing by: Professor Richard van Leeuwen
17.00 - 17.30
Main hall