The FleX Factor, a high-energy showdown where innovation meets entertainment, brings the brightest minds in the Flexible Demand Management Industry to the FLEXCON stage. Industry innovators will pitch their game-changing solutions to a panel of judges and to you – the audience, in a live, interactive format. Cast your vote, cheer on your favourites, and help decide who truly has the ultimate FleX Factor!
2025 Judges
Jill Huber
Serge Morel
About Jill Huber
Jill Huber drives the development of flexibility solutions at BKW Energie AG, where she is responsible for integrating distributed energy resources into virtual power plants. Her work focuses on enabling flexibility from consumer-side assets to participate in energy markets and contribute to a more resilient power system. Jill holds a Master’s degree in Energy Science and Technology from ETH Zurich.
About Serge Morel
Serge Morel started building products when he was 12. During his studies as a Computer Science Engineering, Serge served as CTO at Stampix in Ghent and later co-founded Checkpod. His talent for turning ideas into reality has made him a driving force in tech, leading teams and crafting solutions with impact.
Now, as CTO of Powernaut, Serge is on a mission to decentralise energy.
Peter Paul van Voorst tot Voorst
Marcia Poletti
About Peter Paul van Voorst tot Voorst
Peter Paul van Voorst tot Voorst is the CEO and founder of Skoon Energy. Skoon Energy is an AI-powered software platform for flexible energy. On the platform, various forms of energy can be managed, such as battery systems, solar panels, and generators. Skoon’s platform provides flexibility to grid operators, helping to resolve grid congestion and prevent blackouts.
About Marcia Poletti
Marcia is Head of European System Change at Octopus Energy. She has held senior roles at Ofgem and DECC, shaping regulation, strategy, and decarbonization frameworks. Marcia’s expertise includes governance, market reform, demand-side policy, and system flexibility.
2025 Pitchers
Gridcog is energy project modelling software helping accelerate the global deployment of flexible assets. With over 10,000 sites modelled across Europe, Australia, and North America, we empower leading energy transition players to make smarter, data-driven investment decisions. Our platform delivers accurate simulations across global markets and technologies with regularly benchmarked data, enabling teams to design and scale clean energy projects with confidence.
European utilities use Podero to unlock their next generation of energy products. Podero’s fully integrated SaaS platform automatically manages their device fleets, steering according to their trading systems. We integrate into app, backend, trading, ERP and customer support systems to ensure a commercially scalable solution, as well as advising on go-to-market strategy and execution.
Pythia Energy Intelligence is a Delft-based energy-tech startup, spun out of TU Delft and HKV, focused on advanced forecasting and risk analysis for renewable energy systems. Our mission is to make energy systems more predictable and resilient with AI-powered, real-time solar forecasts and operational risk tools.
The energy transition is moving fast. The grid? Not so much. That’s where Scoptvision comes in. We build smart, hardware-independent charging software that turns any EV charger into a grid-aware powerhouse — no extra hardware, just cloud intelligence. We help Charge Point Operators (CPOs) become energy orchestrators. With Scoptvision, CPOs can: Unlock new revenue streams, Reduce operational risks and costs, Help EV drivers and fleet managers save money, Turn fleets into flexible grid assets. All as a fully white-labeled solution — under your brand, not ours.
