AgriVoltaics Industry Forum Europe

Program
AgriVoltaics Industry Forum Europe 2025

October 21-22, 2025
Sheraton Milan San Siro, Milan, Italy

08:30 - 09:30
Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:30 - 10:30
Wake Up, It's Time for the Future of Agrivoltaics
Magnolia
10:30 - 10:45
Show & Tell: Sponsor Presentations on Stage
10:45 - 11:15
Snack & Chat
11:15 - 12:30

Magnolia

Technology is Key!

See how design choices cut costs and boost agronomic value—from dynamic structures to lightweight modules and crop-protection integration. Then explore how AI and software turn field data into smarter layouts, yield estimates, and tracked co-optimization of energy and agriculture. Do we follow the right TRACKs?

11:15 - 11:20

Introduction by the Moderators

Ronald Knoche, CEO, REM Tec
Oliver Hörnle, Lead of Agri-PV Working Group, Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE

11:20 - 11:25

Informed Static & Dynamic Structural Design of an Advanced Agrivoltaic Plant

Marco Ferrari, Informed static & dynamic structural design of an Advanced Agrivoltaic plant, ENI

11:25 - 11:30

PV Integration Into Crop Protection - Lightweight Structure

Leo Vöhringer, Management, Voen Vöhringer Gmbh & Co KG

11:30 - 11:35

Lightweight Modules: Potential for AgriPV

Robert Händel, CEO, OPES Solar Mobility GmbH

11:35 - 11:50

Discussion

11:50 - 11:57

Crops & Geography Parameters for Designing Added Value AgriPV Structures

Rim Charafeddine, Landscape Agricultural Engineer, REM Tec

11:57 - 12:04

Crops and Pasture Yield Estimation from Modelling

Caroline Godard, Agronomy and Carbon Expert, ActeAgriPlus

12:04 - 12:11

Track Smart, Harvest Twice: Flexible Optimization in Agrivoltaics

Maddalena Bruno, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE

12:11 - 12:30

Discussion & Closing

Moderator

Ronald Knoche
CEO, REM Tec

Moderator

Oliver Hörnle
Lead of Agri-PV Working Group, Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE
12:30 - 13:15
Networking Lunch
13:15 - 14:15
Business Models: Reasons for Both Well-Established and New Models
Magnolia
14:15 - 14:30
Coffee Before the Final Session
14:30 - 15:50
Applied Agrivoltaics
Magnolia
15:50 - 16:00
Event Wrap-up
Magnolia
Your Contact Person

Your Contact Person

Tina Barroso

Conference Management

"We go one step beyond. We unite worlds. BayWa Group. Agri-PV. Industry Forum Europe.
The agriculture & energy sectors are undergoing radical changes. I look forward

Stephan Schindele, Head of Product Management Agri-PV, BayWa r.e., Head of Product Management Agri-PV, BayWa r.e.