2nd Community of Practice (COP) Workshop

The ReFlex project - Replicability Concept for Flexible Smart Grids - within ERA-Net Smart Grids Plus, funded from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program aims at

1. the development of a replicability concept and guidelines for the deployment of technologically feasible, market based and user-friendly solutions for smart grids with a high level of flexibility
2. the establishment of a ReFlex Community of Practice (COP) for knowledge exchange between regional Smart Grid demo regions across the participating countries by providing workshops and demo site visits to practitioners, stakeholders and researchers.

We would like to invite you to the second COP Workshop taking place from the 18th to 20th October 2017 in Malmö (Sweden)

2^nd Communities of Practice (COP) Workshop
This event will bring together project partners, stakeholders and experts of the 8 Smart Grid demo sites participating in the project. Some great ideas and outputs have already been developed in the past months. Your contribution is crucial to the project progress and success. We therefore ask for and require your fullest constructive co-operation and active participation.

Objectives of the workshop

• Present the objectives and first results and get feedback from the ReFlex community,
• Learn from the field testing experiments carried out in Malmö and from the other ReFlex community partners as well as external partners,
• Identify and discuss cross-cutting issues (marketplace, stakeholders, and technology) encountered in the 8 demo regions,
• Agree on the structure, content and target groups of the ReFlex guidebook.
  
  Preliminary agenda
  Day 1 (18/10) - afternoon: guided tour through the demo site,
  Day 2 (19/10) - morning:   poster gallery focusing on external projects and ReFlex demo sites,
  Day 2 (19/10) - afternoon: parallel group sessions to discuss replicability and scalability issues identified as of importance by the projects partners, presentation of and discussion about the structure and target groups of the ReFlex guidebook,  
  Day 3 (20/10) - morning: presentation of and discussion about first results from the WPs (replicability concept, simulation studies), agenda setting for last COP and planning of upcoming events.
  
  Short presentation of the demo site Malmö
  The City of Malmö has ambitious environmental goals: by 2020, the city’s organization is to be climate neutral, and by 2030, all of Malmö will be 100-percent sustained by renewable energy. Hyllie – Malmö’s largest development area – will lead the way toward the most sustainable city.

  The Smart grids for a sustainable energy system in Hyllie has the support of the Swedish Energy Agency and is being implemented by the City of Malmö and E.ON in cooperation with building developers and other players. Four focus areas and targets for sustainable city development have been identified:

  •        Energy supply: 100% renewable or recovered energy supply by 2020, sufficient portion of energy requirements is supplied through local renewable energy,
  •        Transport: Sustainable public transport (gas, electric),
  •        Infrastructure: Integrated system of electricity, gas, heating and cooling,
  •        Consumption: Energy efficient buildings connected to a smart grid, a climate-smart life style should be facilitated.
  
  Workshop Start & End
  From Wednesday 18th October 2 pm to Friday 20th October 1 pm.
  
  Workshop Venue & Travel
  The COP workshop will take place at

  Quality Hotel View
  Hyllie Stationstorg 29,
  215 32 Malmö, Sweden
  +46 40 37 41 00
  https://www.nordicchoicehotels.com/hotels/sweden/malmo/quality-hotel-view/

  The venue is located in Malmö, in the new build part of the city called Hyllie that is also subject of our conference. We will be at the Quality Hotel View for our three days.
  

  Travel to the venue is very easy from Copenhagen Airport. In the arrival hall you buy a ticket to Malmö and downstairs you take the train towards Malmö and get off at the first stop after around 12 minutes. The station is called “Hyllie” and the hotel is located 50 meters from the train station entrance.
  
  Accommodation – Option 1: Workshop Venue

  The accommodation is provided on site at the Quality Hotel View. We would kindly request you to book your accommodation by yourself.
  When making reservations at Quality Hotel View (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), please attach the following booking number - 2110GR007713 - to guarantee you get the contracted discount rate (1095 SEK incl. VAT and breakfast). You can check-in from 3 pm on the 18^th.
  
  Accommodation – Option 2: Hotels located in the city center

  If you would rather stay in the city center, we recommend to choose a hotel close to one of the two train stations, “Malmö Central” or “Triangeln”. This way you can easily get to/from the Airport as well as to/from the venue location. Nice hotels here are
  
  Elite Hotel Savoy Malmö
  Norra Vallgatan 62,
  211 22 Malmö, Sweden
  +46 40 664 48 00
  https://www.elite.se/en/hotels/malmo/hotel-savoy/
   
  Or
  
  Scandic Triangeln
  Triangeln 2
  211 43 Malmö, Sweden
  +46 40 693 47 00
  https://www.scandichotels.com/triangeln