Johannisburg Palace above the river Main in Aschaffenburg, with three forum attendees talking in the foreground next to a building with a rooftop solar array and a green facade.

Praxisforum Energie und Kommune 2026

Name: Praxisforum Energie und Kommune 2026 in Aschaffenburg
Start: 2026-09-17T07:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-17T13:00:00.000Z
Location: VHS Aschaffenburg

Thu, September 17, 2026, 09:30 AM–03:00 PM

VHS Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany

At this practical forum in Aschaffenburg, it-novum and the City of Aschaffenburg, together with Fraunhofer IIS and Ernst Heitland GmbH & Co. KG, show how municipalities and utilities use data to make energy, buildings and infrastructure more transparent, efficient and controllable. The programme covers sensor data in ThingsBoard, mioty as an IoT foundation for smart city and smart metering, and intelligent water management. In the afternoon, participants share their own experiences and use cases at a round table.

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Highlights

✦Free of charge for professional users from end-user companies. IT consultancies as well as solution, software and technology providers pay a participation fee of 450 euros.

✦Live demo and dedicated stand by Fraunhofer IIS on mioty as a robust, scalable and energy-efficient IoT foundation

✦Field report from the City of Aschaffenburg on sensors and ThingsBoard in day-to-day operation, from data quality and radio coverage to mounting and maintenance

✦Intelligent water management with real-time monitoring, leak detection and AI-based alerting

✦Round table in the afternoon: share experience, set standards, reuse solutions

✦Welcome address by the Lord Mayor of Aschaffenburg

✦Livestream until the lunch break, no Zoom account required. The round table takes place on site only.

✦Hosted by it-novum together with the City of Aschaffenburg

Agenda

9:30 AM
Arrival, coffee and snacks
10:00 AM
Welcome and intro
Petra Schwerdtfeger, Smart City Officer at the City of Aschaffenburg, and Michael Deuchert, Head of Professional Services at it-novum, open the forum.
10:15 AM
Sensors in ThingsBoard: experience from Aschaffenburg as a basis for municipal exchange
Petra Schwerdtfeger shows how sensors and ThingsBoard are used in building management and energy topics: sensors, dashboards, alerting, data quality, radio coverage, mounting and maintenance.
10:50 AM
Digital sovereignty for municipalities and utilities: mioty as a robust foundation for IoT
René Dünkler, Technology Marketing at Fraunhofer IIS, presents mioty as a robust, scalable and energy-efficient IoT foundation for smart city and smart metering, including a live demo.
11:45 AM
Intelligent water management for municipalities and utilities
Stefan Rist, Sales at Ernst Heitland GmbH & Co. KG, shows real-time monitoring, leak detection and AI-based alerting.
12:15 PM
Lunch break
The livestream ends here. The afternoon programme takes place on site only.
1:45 PM
Welcome address by the Lord Mayor of Aschaffenburg
1:50 PM
Round table: share experience, set standards, reuse solutions
Participants exchange best practices on sensors, data points, dashboards, rule chains and operating models.
2:45 PM
Wrap-up with coffee and cake