The event opened with an introductory speech from the FABRIC project coordinator and workshop co-chair, Dr. Angelos Amditis, who welcomed everyone, informed the attendees about the overall workshop's objectives as well as the topics to be presented by the rest of the speakers and proposed a list of issues to be discussed during the dialogue session that was scheduled to take place at the end of the workshop. Subsequently Prof. Joachim Taiber, from Clemson University, talked about a testbed located in the Southeast of the US that was built up to support the wireless charging of electrified vehicles. During his speech, first experiences in the development of such a testbed were provided while suggestions were made with respect to standardization aspects of wireless charging, particularly in context with in-motion wireless charging and road electrification.

Following that, the technology suppliers perspectives towards the standardisation of WPT have been presented by Grzegorz Ombach, Vice President of Qualcomm, Konrad Woronowicz, Fellow Expert at Bombardier Transportation and Jeff Muhs, Director of WiTricity. Specifically, Grzegorz Ombach, talked about magnetic solutions towards interoperability for stationary, semi-dynamic and dynamic charging while Mr. Woronowics set a number of questions to incite the discussion on whether there is now a solid ground to standardise WPT or  other parties from a broader circle should be involved in the process. In addition, Mr. Muhs gave an overview of WiTricity Corporation’s involvement in International Standards Development. 

OEMs perspective on the issue has been presented by Jae Seung Lee, Research Manager at Toyota Research Institute of North America. In particular, Jae Seung Lee talked about the importance of the involvement of multiple stakeholders in the WPT project ecosystem tin order to succeed a wide social adoption.

Finally standardisation experts, namely Keith Wilson,Project Manager in SAE INTERNATIONAL, Michael Scholz, Senior consultant in P3 automotive GmbH and Project Leader of the ISO JPT 19363, Peter Van den Bossche, Lecturer at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Secretary of IEC TC69 and Gian Maurizio Rodella, Director of CUNA provided a detailed overview of the current state of the standardisation in electromobility and discussed about the future plans of the international standardisation bodies for WPT.

 Α report including all discussed topics is available here, while all performed presentation may be found here.