Co-creating and partnership working for innovation: exploring the curation of EON Next Gen Home Energy as a Service

19 May 2026
Innovation Lounge

The energy sector is at a pivotal moment. Transforming how energy is delivered, experiences and valued by customers is essential to achieving a clean energy future. This session brings you the team who engineered EON Next Gen Home energy as a service as they talk through:

  • The challenges and opportunities presented by co-creation and partnership working
  • First-hand experiences from the innovation journey
  • The co-curation of services which change the way energy is valued and consumed
  • Successful approaches to true innovation and partnership working
  • Overcoming sticking points and barriers and how competing organisations can work together

Facilitator
Dulcie Omonubie, Senior Innovation Manager - E.ON Next

Panel
Zac Curtis, Project Lead - EON Next Gen Homes - EON Next
Mike Lonergan, Partnerships Director - Vaillant Group
David Humphriss, Head of Residential - Solar Edge
Christian Steiner, Head of Customer Success - Podero

Chairperson
Dulcie Omonubie
Dulcie Omonubie, Senior Innovation Manager - E.ON Next
Speakers
Zac Curtis
Zac Curtis, Project Lead - EON Next Gen Homes - EON Next
Mike Lonergan
Mike Lonergan, Partnerships Director - Vaillant Group
David Humphriss
David Humphriss, Head of Residential - Solar Edge
Christian Steiner
Christian Steiner, Head of Customer Success - Podero