CharIN Academy Trainings

Actively shape the thriving e-mobility market with your innovative and interoperable EV charging products.

What is the CharIN Academy?

CharIN Academy is the educational initiative of the CharIN association providing everyone an opportunity to benefit from practice-oriented trainings on e-mobility and charging topics. It is our mission to support the global transition to emission-free mobility by offering industry-leading trainings on e-Mobility & EV charging topics.

Our experienced trainers are leading experts in their respective domains and deliver state-of-the-art know how to interested parties of all knowledge levels in a pragmatic and interactive way. It is our goal to enable the whole ecosystem.

While we are continuously developing our global training program we are excited to already provide you with our next courses:

Training: Charging Communication with ISO 15118

Next Dates: April 3 & 4 (Basic) / April 8 & 9 (Advanced)

General information about the Trainings

Get a perfect jumpstart into the industry-approved charging communication standard ISO 15118 in Basic Training.

With the Advanced Training you can take a deep dive into the topic of secure charging communication with the user-convenient Plug & Charge feature of ISO 15118.

Both courses incorporate insights on the cutting-edge technology of ISO15118-20, Advanced Training diving deeper into the data security-related changes.

 In collaboration with

In collaboration with

Switch EV Ltd.

Trainings: e-Mobility in the Middle East

Next Date(s): April 18 & 25, May 02, 2024

The "e-Mobility in the Middle East" series is a 3-course program for industry experts and investors. It covers the Middle East's electric mobility market, regulations, and trends, including charging infrastructure, challenges, and investment prospects.

The course also discusses local manufacturing, consumer adoption, and emerging EV technologies, making it valuable for businesses eyeing regional expansion.


April, 18: Beginner Level

MENA - The upcoming hotspot of e-mobility growth

While the MENA region is mostly known for its vast wealth (and consumption) of fossil energy resources, countries in the region are undergoing a rapid strategic re-orientation and are putting clean, affordable and sustainable clean and transport at the forefront of their investment strategies.

Get an insider's view of e-mobility in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and adjacent countries and understand the evolving business potential there.

April, 25: Practitioner Level

e-Mobility Strategy in MENA: Rules, Regulations, Funding and Projects

Gain detailed insights into the framework of e-mobility developments in MENA countries, starting from legal frameworks, rules and regulations, through to government strategies and funding resources from private, national and international sources.

As e-mobility is at the center of national development programs, strategic opportunities abound but require local knowledge, connections and understanding for their development.

May, 02: Expert Level

Best Practice: How to build a successful emobility business in MENA

Learn from successful examples of establishing e-mobility businesses in MENA countries, from EV manufacturing to CPO and EMSP operations. With markets growing rapidly and funding readily availalbe, the region offers significant opportunities for both expanding existing business models but also bottom-up inception of new corporations.

Gain access to the most important business communities and netowrks in the region and connect with opinion leaders and decision makers.

Organized by

Organized by

Charging Interface Initiative (CharIN) e. V.

CharIN's expert

Ahmed Samir Elbermbali

Ahmed is the Managing Director for CharIN in the Middle East Region and the Sustainability Market Leader for the Middle East at Bureau Veritas, with extensive experience in the sustainability and clean energy industry.

Short description

As a trusted advisor to regional clients, he assists them in achieving their net-zero goals.

Ahmed's expertise in clean energy and sustainable mobility is highlighted by his role as the Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEV) Lead at the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, where he advocated for the ZEV Declaration to accelerate the transition to ZEVs in leading and emerging markets.

Ahmed Samir Elbermbali

Ahmed Samir Elbermbali
Managing Director MENA

Training series: Market & Customer - Charging Choice and Quality

Next Date(s): June 20, 21 & 24, 2024


The three courses cover different aspects of the all-important topic of charging quality and its impacts on user choice. Each course can be taken independently of the others.


June, 20: Beginner Level

»The Public Charging Experience – A Global Overview«

In this Beginner-Level module, you will get an overview on the relevance and attractiveness of public charging in different countries, the factors that influence charging behaviour and how these relationships are likely to change in the coming years.

June 21: Practitioner Level

»Global CPO and EMSP Loyality: What works and what not.«

In this module at Practitioner-Level, we will present the most relevant factors influencing customer loyalty among CPOs and eMSP service providers and how vendors can successfully place their offerings on the market.

June, 25: Expert Level

»How to scale innovation: Smart Charging«

This module on Expert-Level will illustrate why so many innovations fail and how this can be prevented. The modul introduces a generic and agile method to determine the most important prerequisite for the success of an innovation, the product-market fit.

The approach will be explained using bidirectional charging (V2H and V2G) as an example.

Presented by

Presented by

USCALE GmbH

Yout Trainer

Dr. Axel Sprenger

Dr Axel Sprenger is the founder and Managing Director of USCALE GmbH, a market research company specialising entirely in eMobility.

About USCALE

USCALE conducts annual customer studies on all touchpoints of the e-mobility customer journey, the results of which Axel will incorporate into the course units. Before founding USCALE, he held various management positions at Mercedes-Benz and was Managing Director of JD Power Europe.

Dr. Axel Sprenger

Dr. Axel Sprenger
Founder and Managing Director of USCALE GmbH

Training: Communication for Charging Systems

Basic Charging, ISO 15118: Introduction to High-Level Communication, and Advanced Features of ISO 15118: Plug and Charge


June 2024

  • Tuesday, June 18
  • Wednesday, June 19
  • Tuesday, June 25  

October 2024

  • Wednesday, October 16
  • Thursday, October 17
  • Wednesday, October 23

December 2024

  • Tuesday, December 10
  • Wednesday, December 11
  • Thursday, December 12

General information about the Trainings

Book the training session that perfectly suits you and expand your knowledge out of 3 parts.

The Topic "Basic Charging" in Session 1 gives an overview of charging in general based on IEC 61851 and explains the fundamental tasks.

Session 2 is all about "ISO 15118: Introduction to High-Level Communication" and gives you an insight of the ISO 15118 specific protocol stack, it introduces the high-level communication and explains the fundamental tasks of all protocols.

The new Session 3 „Advanced Features of ISO 15118: Plug and Charge“ goes deeper and complements the Session 2 mainly by the Plug and Charge feature with all its additional processes, i.e. handling of certificates.

 In collaboration with

In collaboration with

Vector

Your Trainer

Guido Grothues

Guido Grothues is working for more than ten years as a Senior Technical Trainer at the Vector Academy in Stuttgart.

Short description

Vector develops tools, software, hardware and ingenious solutions to simplify the development of embedded systems. Guido has access to a team of experts, like consultants, co-authors of standards, product developers and support engineers. He has a strong technical background reaching from classical telecommunication systems, mobile networking to satellite communications.

Currently he develops and conducts trainings for: Automotive Ethernet, Automotive Cybersecurity, Combined Charging System, and more...

Guido will support you to become more efficient by sharing his and Vectors tremendous knowledge in an easy, digestible and, as much as possible, practical way.  

Guido Grothues

Guido Grothues
Vector Academy

Contact person

Christoph Stürmer

CEO CharIN Academy

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