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