Name: Advanced Decision-Making for Net-Zero Energy Systems
Start: 2025-11-27T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-28T21:15:00+01:00
Location: Graz University of Technology

Advanced Decision-Making for Net-Zero Energy Systems

from Thursday, 27 November 2025 (09:00) to Friday, 28 November 2025 (21:15)

Monday, 24 November 2025
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Thursday, 27 November 2025

09:00 Welcome Coffee
Welcome Coffee
09:00 - 09:30

09:30 Welcome and Introduction
Welcome and Introduction
09:30 - 10:00
**Opening Remarks** – Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. **Horst Bischof** (Rector of TU Graz) **Words of Welcome** – Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. M.Sc. **Sonja Wogrin** (Head of the Institute of Electricity Economics and Energy Innovation)
10:00 Session 1: Aggregation, Decomposition and Learning for Optimization
10:00 - 12:00
Contributions

10:00 Sonja Wogrin, Luca Santosuosso, Thomas Klatzer, Benjamin Stöckl (Graz University of Technology)

11:00 Zhi Gao (Utrecht University)

11:20 Leonard Göke (ETH Zurich)

11:40 Robert Gaugl (Graz University of Technology)
12:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 - 13:15
13:15 Session 2: Community-Based Energy Provision, Infrastructure and Market Design
13:15 - 15:15
Contributions

13:15 Lesia Mitridati (Technical University of Denmark)

14:15 Shobhit Singhal (Technical University of Denmark)

14:35 Lorenzo Zapparoli (ETH Zurich)

14:55 Luca Bertoni (Utrecht University)
15:15 Coffee Break and Poster Walk
Coffee Break and Poster Walk
15:15 - 16:00
16:00 Session 3: Transition Strategies and Policy Modeling
16:00 - 18:00
Contributions

16:00 Matteo Gazzani (Utrecht University)

17:00 Julia Tiggeloven (Utrecht University)

17:20 Matteo Massera (Utrecht University)

17:40 Nour Boulos (ETH Zurich)
19:30 Evening Dinner
Evening Dinner
19:30 - 00:00
Friday, 28 November 2025

08:30 Morning Coffee
Morning Coffee
08:30 - 08:45
08:45 Session 4: Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
08:45 - 10:25
Contributions

08:45 Francesca Maggioni (University of Bergamo)

09:45 Giovanni Micheli (University of Bergamo)

10:05 Wanhong Yu (ETH Zurich)
10:25 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:25 - 10:40
10:40 Session 5: Modeling Energy Storage
10:40 - 12:00
Contributions

10:40 Elina Spyrou (Imperial College London)

11:40 Jacob Mannhardt (ETH Zurich)
12:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 - 13:35

13:35 Energy System Economics Modeling at VERBUND
Energy System Economics Modeling at VERBUND
13:35 - 13:50
Rudolf Zauner und Andreas Eichhorn
13:50 Session 6: Resilience and Optimization Techniques
13:50 - 15:10
Contributions

13:50 Giovanni Sansavini (ETH Zurich)

14:50 Francesco De Marco (ETH Zurich)
15:10 Session 7: Expansion Planning
15:10 - 16:30
Contributions

15:10 Anthony Papavasiliou (National Technical University of Athens)

16:10 Alfredo Oneto (ETH Zurich)
16:30 Poster Award and Closing Session
Poster Award and Closing Session
16:30 - 17:00
**Announcement of Poster Award Winners** – Robert Gaugl **Reflections on the Workshop and Final Remarks** – Sonja Wogrin

18:00 Social Event (Optional but fun! Tour through the local Christmas markets – at your own expense.)
Social Event (Optional but fun! Tour through the local Christmas markets – at your own expense.)
18:00 - 21:00

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