The Program

Session - Live translation available in English.

09:00 - 10:30 | Festsaal | German

Session - Live translation available in English.

11:00 - 12:30 | Festsaal | German

Energy transition from below - how citizens combine technology, community and the future - Live translation available in English.

13:30 - 15:00 | Festsaal | German

How can a village become an energy self-sufficient system? What role will blockchain, tokenization and fault prediction play in the electricity grid of the future? Friedrich Pichler shows how Stanz im Mürztal has built resilience with technology and community. Rainer Rosegger explains how participation, acceptance and regional value creation work in rural contexts - and what urban districts can learn from this. Tom Fürstner demonstrates how tokenization makes renewable energy tradable. And Florian Speer provides insights into AI-supported models that detect forecasting errors before they occur - for a stable, low-CO₂ electricity grid.

• Dipl-Ing. Friedrich Pichler (pichlerConsult e.U.): Stanz the energy-resilient village stands firm - even in stormy times

  Energy drives machines. But energy actually drives everything in our world, including the people of Stanz im Mürztal. They took their energy future into their own hands 10 years ago and have become a little more independent and self-determined from the energy drip of the big world with clever technology, communication and courageous citizens. Friedrich Pichler, the former mayor of Stanz im Mürztal, a small rural community in Styria/Austria, tells you what all this has to do with a sociologist, token engineering and an alert village community.

• Mag. Rainer Rosegger (agentur scan): Learning from the village means learning to share: energy, community, future

  How does social innovation succeed in dealing with technological change? Using the Stanzertal energy community as an example, Rainer Rosegger shows how participation, acceptance and regional value creation work in rural contexts - and what urban districts can learn from this. Can blockchain also create solidarity?

• Tom Fürstner (Riddle&Code): Electricity becomes a community: tokenization as a new operating system for energy sharing

  What happens when energy is more than just a kilowatt hour? In renewable energy communities, surplus energy suddenly becomes a social and economic good. Tokenization makes it shareable, tradable - and traceable. This example of a decentralized energy transition from below shows how digital tools such as blockchain help to make local surpluses visible and enable new forms of participation

• Florian Speer (Optimax Energy GmbH): Between dark doldrums and light breezes: stabilizing our electricity grid with forecasting models

  For electricity to flow reliably from the socket, the power grid must be in balance at all times: more electricity must never be consumed than generated - and vice versa. However, this is difficult to predict, especially with wind and solar power. Grid operators have to compensate for the fluctuations that occur - this costs money and causes CO₂ emissions. At Optimax Energy, we develop models that detect and reduce such imbalances at an early stage. The particular difficulty is that we do not predict electricity consumption or production itself, but rather the errors that others make in their forecasts.

Strengthening understanding: Digital tools for citizen communication - Live translation available in English.

15:30 - 17:00 | Festsaal | German

Marcus Wollschläger (Lecos GmbH), Mike Reichmuth (Stadt Leipzig/Stadtplanungsamt), Sasha Becker (referat-digitale-stadt-82) and Thomas Grössel (Appsfactory GmbH)

This session will present digital tools that promote interaction between citizens and the administration. These tools aim to increase the acceptance of administrative processes and make it easier to understand complex issues. Among other things, the following will be discussed: How can artificial intelligence support the understanding of official decisions? How can the city of Leipzig enter into dialog with citizens on the energy transition? How can digital tools and technologies improve citizen communication?