6th V2G Business, Policy
and Technology Forum: Fall 2025

Achieving the Potenital of Vehicle-to-Grid in North America

Organized by SGO, the 6th V2G Business, Policy and Technology Forum, October 21-23 in Detroit examines obstacles and challenges to effectively achieving the potential of V2G in North America. The goal is to identify appropriate solutions and implementation success strategies for grid operators, OEMs, fleet operators and other stakeholders across market verticals. A key theme will be leveraging V2G to achieve grid resiliency and accommodate growing load on the network.

This is the leading conference for V2G in the U.S. If you're organization is involved with EVs or the future of charging networks in North America, this is a must-attend event.

Early Bird registration is available through this Friday, Sept 19.
Be sure to reserve your seat today and save.

Recently Added Speakers Include:

Brian Calka
SVP, Distribution Operations
DTE Electric

Dave Bend
Vice President
WeaveGrid

Antony Martin
Group Product Manager
Lucid Motors

David Patterson
Executive Director
CHAdeMo Association

Thomas Carroll
Cyber Security Researcher
PNNL

Leah Brams
Manager
Highland Electric Fleets

Adam Wilkinson
Lead Solution Architect
Irdeto

Rodney McGee
Chief Engineer University of Delaware

Ben Burns
Director of Energy Transition
Eaton

Michael Sanders
Manager of CPI
Salt River Project

Tim Farquer
Superintendent
Mercer County Schools
and Founder, Bus2Grid

To view the full list of speakers for October, click here

Agenda

Sponsor

Exhibit

Topics to be Addressed Include:

• V2G AC Technologies and Standards: An Introductory
• Regulatory Issues: Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities
• Best Practices and Lessons Learned from V2G Deployments
• Updates on IEEE 1547, 1741-SC and Other Key Standards Progress
• The Higher-Level Policy Context for V2G in the U.S.
• Harmonizing Global Standards for V2G
• Building a Roadmap -- Commercialization of V2G / Bidirectionality
in the U.S.
• Moving Away from Matched-Pair Interop to Certification Testing
• Update on Massachusetts' V2X Program
• Electric Buses as Backup Power: Replicable Learnings from
California 's V2B Implementations
• Cybersecurity Aspects of V2G
• International Perspective: V2X in Japan
• When Will V2G AC Be Ready for Scaling / Prime Time?
• And more

Live Demos of Standards-Based V2G Systems

The Fall 2025 edition of the Forum will feature live demos of
standards-compliant V2G systems in operation, leveraging a bidirectional interconnection with the DTE Energy grid. Demo companies include: Heliox, Keysight Technologies, QualityLogic, Pacific Power Source, Synop, Autel Energy, Voltra, Telus Power Green and others. More info