Technology Track – Topic

1. DC nano- and micro-grids
2. Direct PV solar to appliances
3. Battery energy storage systems
4. Multi-value appliances with integrated PV
5. Grid-forming solutions for multi-inverter grids
6. Integrating PV solar, thermal and storage
7. Scalable grid using plug-n-play DER resources
8. Black start and switching of IBR rich grids, including grid-transformer transients
9. Stability of decentralized microgrids under unbalance, harmonic and fault conditions
10. Clean cooking, cooling, transportation and other high-power solutions for energy access
11. Bottom-up grid w/o comms or central control
12. Pumping, graining, milling and other productive use solutions
13. Collaborative control of autonomous multi-vendor grid-connected inverters
14. Energy access solutions for high-latitude communities
15. Infinitely scalable IBR rich grids
16. Communications, sensing, IoT and other enabling technologies for energy access
17. Autonomous ad hoc fractal microgrids that operate with generation surplus or shortage
18. Electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility
19. Power quality issues

Impact Track – Topic

1. Policies for accelerating deployment of new energy access solutions
2. Technology adoption and co-creation challenges in energy access
3. Scalable business models for last-mile
4. Centralized vs decentralized energy systems
5. Viable business cases for productive energy use
6. Ensuring interoperability across vendors and fast-moving technology generations
7. Energy justice and Leave No One Behind solutions
8. Operation and maintenance of energy access solutions
9. Gender and energy nexus
10. Integrated pay-go and commerce platforms for secure scalable energy systems
11. Solutions enabling consumer financing and affordability
12. Energy resilience solutions