The digital DSO: from market trends to grid reality

A 45-minute expert talk with Daniela Haldy-Sellmann, Richard Schytte and Daniel Neumann on the market trends, regulations and partnerships that are shaping how distribution grids are planned, connected and operated.

PV systems, heat pumps, EV charging and storage are all arriving at once on grids that were not designed for them. 
Investment needs are enormous, experienced planners are scarce, and regulators keep raising the bar. The question is no longer whether DSOs digitalize their processes, but how fast, and with which partners. 

What the Experts Will Discuss

• The market trends reshaping electricity system operators across Europe and how modern software answers them (Daniela Haldy-Sellmann)
• The Nordic playbook: cloud migration in practice and operational experiences in Norway (Richard Schytte) 
• The German regulatory push: AGNES, NEST, §14a EnWG and low-voltage grid control and what they mean for grid planning, grid connection, congestion management and time series management (Daniel Neumann) 
• Why partnerships set the pace: Volue’s long-term partnership with Esri, and the Volue–SAP partnership in the field of Distributed Energy Resources 
• Customer success stories from the Nordics and the DACH region: how DSOs are already putting this into practice 

Session Details 

📅 Tuesday, November 3, 2026
⌚ 11:00 CET | 45 minutes including Q&A
🖥️ Held in English | Live expert talk with moderated discussion and audience Q&A 

🗣️ Moderator: Daniela Haldy-Sellmann, GM Distribution and Asset Operations, Volue
🎤 Speakers: Richard Schytte, SVP of Distribution, Volue & Daniel Neumann, Business Development Lead, Germany, Volue

About the Speakers

Daniela Haldy-Sellmann is the General Manager for Distribution and Asset Operations at Volue. As global expert and moderator of this session, she works with electricity system operators across Europe on the market trends driving grid digitalization, and the software strategies to respond to them. 

Richard Schytte is the SVP of Distribution at Volue. He works with Nordic DSOs on their digitalization journey, including the migration from on-premise Netbas to the cloud-native NIO platform, and represents Volue’s long-term partnership with Esri. 

Daniel Neumann is the Business Development Lead for Volue in Germay. He works with German DSOs on the digitalization of grid planning, grid connection and time series management driven by regulations such as AGNES, NEST and §14a EnWG, and on the Volue–SAP partnership in the Distributed Energy Resources area.