The essentials
Two days of talks, workshops and test drives for anyone who drives, fixes, installs or plans around electric vehicles. Bring the car if you have one.
- Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October 2026, 09:00 to 17:00 both days
- The Leaf Event Hall, Assesteenweg 12, 1740 Ternat
- Three rooms running in parallel, plus a test track outside
- Free to attend — registration closes on 10 October
About the summit
The EV Summit started as forty people in a workshop arguing about charging cables. It is now the largest gathering for electric-vehicle owners in this part of Europe, and it has kept the same rule: everything on the programme has to be useful to somebody who owns the car, not only to somebody who sells one.
Friday is the working day — grid connections, fleets, standards, the awkward economics. Saturday is the owners' day, with clinics, buying advice and the test track running all afternoon. You are welcome at either, or both.
Who comes
Owners and the curious
People on their first electric car, people on their fourth, and people still working out whether it fits their week. No jargon on the main stage.
Installers and technicians
Independent garages, wallbox installers and workshop staff. The Workshop room is written for you and the sessions are hands-on.
Fleets, grid and policy
Anyone planning around charging at scale — depots, municipalities, cooperatives, network operators and the people writing the rules.
Programme
Three rooms run at the same time: the Main stage for talks, the Workshop room for hands-on sessions capped at forty people, and the Test track outside. Registration, lunch, coffee and the Friday drinks are shared — nothing is programmed against them, so you can plan your day around the breaks.
Full programme
- 09:00–09:45Registration, coffee and a look around
- 09:45–10:00Welcome · The Watt Garage team
- 10:00–10:45Opening: what actually breaks when you charge every day · Marieke Vandenberghe
Two years of fault data from home and public chargers, and what it says about where the money is worth spending.
- 11:00–11:45Charging on a shared driveway · Sofie Lambrechts
How four households in one street split a connection, a cable and a bill.
- 11:00–11:45Reading a battery health report without guessing · Priya Raghavan
- 11:00–11:45Cold-weather range, measured on the day · Bram Coppens
- 12:00–12:45What a fleet learns in its first year · Idris Okonkwo
- 12:00–12:45Choosing a wallbox: the six questions that matter · Bram Coppens
- 12:00–12:45Ride and drive — first slots
Ten-minute drives in the demo fleet. Book at the desk on the morning.
- 12:45–13:45Lunch
- 13:45–14:30Getting a grid connection without waiting a year · Tomas Nyström
- 13:45–14:30Diagnostics with a thirty-euro reader · Priya Raghavan
- 13:45–14:30Towing and payload, and what they really cost you
- 14:45–15:30Panel: should charging be treated as a public service? · Karim Boulahia
A grid engineer, a cooperative and a fleet operator on the same stage. Questions from the floor for the last twenty minutes.
- 14:45–15:30Insurance, warranty and the used market · Elena Marchetti
- 15:30–16:00Coffee
- 16:00–16:45Second-life batteries: what happens after the car · Sofie Lambrechts
- 16:45–17:00Close of day one
- 17:00–19:00Drinks in the courtyard
Included, and usually the best hour of the day. The food truck stays until 20:00.
- 09:00–09:30Doors open and coffee
- 09:30–10:15The year in charging, in numbers · Elena Marchetti
- 10:30–11:15Buying used with confidence · Bram Coppens
What to check, what to ignore, and the three questions that tell you most about a car's life so far.
- 10:30–11:15Solar, home battery and car as one system · Tomas Nyström
- 10:30–11:15Tyres, pressure and the efficiency you can feel
- 11:30–12:15What the new charging rules mean for you · Karim Boulahia
- 11:30–12:15Running a charge point as a side business · Idris Okonkwo
- 11:30–12:15Ride and drive — second slots
- 12:15–13:15Lunch
- 13:15–14:00Repairability, parts and the right to fix · Marieke Vandenberghe
- 13:15–14:00Apps, roaming and paying at the post · Priya Raghavan
- 14:15–15:00Owners' clinic — bring your questions
No slides. Five people on stage answering whatever the room asks.
- 15:00–15:45Community lightning talks
Eight speakers, five minutes each. Put your name down at the desk before lunch.
- 16:00–16:30Closing remarks and the prize draw
- 16:30–17:00Pack down, and goodbye
Speakers
Eight confirmed so far, with the lightning talks still open — put your name down at the desk on Saturday morning.
What you get
Included when you register
There is no paid tier. Everything below comes with the free ticket.
- Entry to both days and every session
- Lunch and coffee on both days
- A test-drive slot, booked at the desk on the morning
- Friday evening drinks in the courtyard
- Parking, with 40 charge points on site
Getting there
The Leaf Event Hall, Assesteenweg 12, 1740 Ternat
By car — twelve minutes from the ring road, signposted from the exit. 400 spaces, 40 of them with 11 kW charging. By train — Ternat station is a fifteen-minute walk, or take the shuttle that meets every train between 08:15 and 09:45. By bike — covered racks by the main door, and a repair stand if you need one on the way home.
View on map →Partners
The summit is free because these people pay for the room, the coffee and the demo fleet.
Questions
Nothing. Entry is free — we ask you to register so we can count lunches, test-drive slots and seats in the workshop room.
No. Roughly a third of the people who come are still deciding, and a good part of Saturday is written for them.
No. Register once and come to whichever day suits you — your badge will be at the desk either way.
Yes. 400 spaces on the north side, 40 of them with 11 kW charging, free while you are at the summit. First come, first served.
The track is for the demo fleet only, for insurance reasons. Bring your car anyway — the owners' parking is where half the conversations happen.
Yes, on both days, with vegetarian and vegan options. Tell us about allergies when you register and the kitchen will sort it out.
Yes, and they come free. Under-12s need to stay with an adult anywhere near the test track.
Main stage sessions are filmed and go online about two weeks afterwards. Workshops are not recorded, so that people can ask awkward questions.
There are a handful of stands left. Email us and we will send the partner pack the same day.
Doors open in
Come along
Free, two days, and you can change your mind about which one right up to the morning. Registration closes on 10 October.