How Digitalisation and AI enable the Energy System of Tomorrow

Europe’s energy system is being rewired in real time. Digitalisation and AI are moving from pilots to production, touching critical infrastructure and reshaping how we generate, balance, store, and consume energy. The promise: smarter grids, faster forecasting, resilient operations, and meaningful decarbonisation. The tension: new complexity, governance challenges, and the energy footprint of digital infrastructure itself.On this evening, we bring together sustainability, energy, and digitalisation to explore what’s real today and what it will take to get to tomorrow. We’ll examine where AI delivers outsized value across the energy value chain, what risks demand careful design and oversight, and how to weigh the energy consumption of digital tools against the savings and efficiencies they unlock.What to expect from the event:Candid perspectives from industry experts on where digitalisation and AI are creating impact now—and what’s still hype; hands-on company booths to meet players across the ecosystem, from grid tech and analytics to flexibility solutions; and plenty of time for networking to connect with practitioners, founders, and domain experts shaping the next energy system.The agenda:18:00 - Doors open, chat & get to know 18:30 - Why Sustainability always mattered at Netlight18:45 - Panel on How Digitalisation and AI enable the Energy System 20:00 – Networking & drinksLanguage: EnglishYour hosts: Netlight is an international digital consulting firm, helping leading companies to succeed in the digital landscape, from advice to implementation. Our ambition is to co-create and be an augmented partner to our clients as they explore the digital landscape. Our clients range from industry-leading enterprises to disruptive startups turning into unicorns. We strive to be role models - conscious of positive change at the forefront of society's digital transformation. Creativity thrives in an inclusive and diverse culture. Together with our ambitious clients, we engage in challenges to make a sustainable impact.Flexa turns German homes into a virtual power plant. We pool more than 60,000 households equipped with solar panels and batteries, trading their combined output directly on the power exchange. Software and AI do the heavy lifting—forecasting generation and consumption in fifteen-minute slots, and continuously optimizing whether batteries charge, discharge, or sit idle as weather and market prices shift. By steering thousands of decentralized batteries together, we shift electricity into hours when renewable power is highest, scaling toward hundreds of thousands of homes. Behind this technology are small, mission-driven, and cross-functional teams, bringing together diverse perspectives and skills to drive real impact together.cleverwatt is a Munich-based energy-tech company that turns industrial sites into actively managed energy systems. We build a data-driven model of each site to steer batteries, PV, EV charging, and flexible production loads directly onsite and in real time. Continuously re-forecasting the next 72 hours, our software optimizes assets across peak shaving, solar self-consumption, and spot market trading at the same time—deciding at every moment which combination pays best. The result: existing onsite flexibility is continuously monetized instead of sitting idle. We help mid-sized industrial and commercial companies in Germany cut energy costs and decarbonize without becoming energy traders themselves.Wheelchair Accessible