Agenda

Note: Subject to change. Additional speaker and session information TBA

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Registration and Welcome Continental Breakfast

9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Workshop 1: V2G AC Technologies and Standards
Facilitator: James Mater, Senior Director - Smart Grid, Quality Logic

12:30 - 1:30 pm
Lunch

1:30 - 5:00 pm
Workshop 2: V2G Policy and Regulatory Issues: Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities
Facilitator: Zach Woogen, Executive Director, Vehicl-Grid Integration Council (VGIC)

5:00 - 6:30 pm
Networking Drink Reception (open to all Forum attendees)

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

8:00 - 9:00 am
Welcome Coffee and Registration

9:00 - 10:00 am
Opening Plenary Session: State of the V2G Union
John Holmes, Sr Principal Energy Advisory, American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
Additional panelists TBA

10:00 - 10:30 am
Demo Overviews and Introductions
Each company conducting a demo will give a brief overview of their equipment and presentation

10:30 - 11:00 am
Networking Coffee Break

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Demo Tours and Interactive Discussion
Exhibits
The purpose is to show that the pieces are in place to do standards-based V2G at scale in an interoperable manner (vs proprietary solutions)

12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00 - 3:00 pm
Demo Tours and Interactive Discussion
Exhibits

3:00 - 4:15 pm
The Higher-Level Policy Context for V2G in the U.S.
Moderator: Blake Heidenreich, Strategic Advisor - Transportation Electrification, Southern California Edison (SCE)
Panelists TBA

4:15 - 4:30 pm
Coffee Break

4:30 - 5:30 pm
Harmonizing Global Standards for V2G
Panelists TBA

5:30 - 7:00 pm
Networking Reception

Thursday, October 23, 2025

8:00 - 9:00 am
Welcome Coffee and Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 10:15 am
Opening Plenary Session: Building a Roadmap -- Commercialization of V2G / Bidirectionality in the U.S.
Panelists TBA

10:15 - 10:45 am
Networking Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:00 pm
Breakout Sessions:
-- Interoperability and Standards Update
-- V2X Pilots and Case Studies -- The Massachusetts Initiative
-- Replicable Learnings from California's V2B Implementations
-- International Persepctives: A Report on V2X in Japan

12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00 - 2:15 pm
Technology & Interconnection Issues Around V2G AC
Panelists TBA

2:15 - 2:45 pm
Networkng Coffee Break

2:45 - 4:00 pm
V2G Cybersecurity Issues
Panelists TBA

4:00 - 4:30 pm
Concluding Comments