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Shuttle Service - Between Official Hotels & Convention Center (Room Lobby B)

17 Apr 18
6:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Tracks: Attendee Services

The following hotels will have shuttle service provided to and from the Colorado Convention Center; all other properties are walking distance to th... More...

Authors Breakfast (Four Seasons Ballroom 4)

17 Apr 18
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Attendee Services

Offered for authors of Panel, Forum and Super Sessions to discuss logistics with their session chairs on the day of the presentation. More...

Bag Check - $3.00/item (Room 711)

17 Apr 18
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Tracks: Attendee Services

Items must be collected by the end of day.  Not responsible for items left after hours.  More...

Registration (Lobby A/F (Meeting Room Level))

17 Apr 18
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Attendee Services

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Student Breakfast / Ice Breaker (Four Seasons Ballroom 2)

17 Apr 18
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Tracks: Collegiate Program

Graduate and undergraduate students registered for the conference are invited to join the LOC Collegiate Committee for a complimentary breakfast an... More...

IEEE PES T&D Show Office (Room 301)

17 Apr 18
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Attendee Services

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Speaker Ready Room (Room 101)

17 Apr 18
7:30 AM - 2:30 PM

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Distribution System: Delivering Power to the Customer (Room 603)

17 Apr 18
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Plain Talk

The focus of this course is to provide attendees with an overview of the issues associated with the planning, engineering, design, operation, and a... More...

OPENING SESSION: UTILITY OF THE FUTURE: DEFINING A BUSINESS MODEL FOR GROWTH (Room Bellco Theatre)

17 Apr 18
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Tracks: Super Session

Speaker(s): Gregory Bolino
You will not want to miss keynote speaker Gregory Bolino as he kicks off this year’s conference with a special Opening Session presentation &... More...

Member Lounge (Room Lobby B)

17 Apr 18
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Attendee Services

This lounge is for IEEE PES members and their spouses/companions, offering a quiet place to sit and have a conversation with a colleague. Your regi... More...

A Hierarchical ADMM Based Framework for EV Charging Scheduling (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): B. Khaki ; C. Chu ; R. Gadh
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Advancing Utility Maintenance and Construction with Augmented and Virtual Reality (Room 401)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Zachary Wassenberg ; Mark Kulchycki ; Micah Tinklepaugh ; A. Vukojevic ; A. Washburn
This panel of industry and technology experts will discuss their experiences with augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) while exploring t... More...

Are Electric Utilities Ready for the Era of Big Data? (Room 110)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): K. Chen ; D. Dorr ; M. Massoumy ; Nanpeng Yu ; Nanpeng Yu ; P. Zhao
The electric utility industry is being swamped by petabytes of data coming from various sources such as smart meters, phasor measurement units, SCA... More...

Cost Optimal Control of Microgrids Having Solar Power and Energy Storage (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): N. Gupta ; E. Collins ; O. Faruque ; G. Francis ; M. Harper ; R. Meeker ; A. Newaz ; J. Ospina
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Distribution Locational Marginal Price for Grid-connected Microgrids in Real-time Balancing Market (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): Y. Du ; F. Li ; Y. Wei ; H. Yuan
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Economic and Reliability Benefits of Power Flow Control Technologies: Hardware and Software (Room 403)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Alberto Del Rosso ; Mostafa Sahraei-Ardakani ; E. Ela ; B. Li ; T. Nudell ; P. Ruiz
Power systems across the world experience transmission congestion that can lead to significant costs. In the United States, billions of dollars a y... More...

Exhibit Hall Open (Room Exhibit Halls A-F)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Attendee Services

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High Performance Computing for Operations and Transmission Planning at CAISO (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): A. Alam ; G. Gopinathan ; B. Shrestha ; J. Wu ; R. Xu ; R. Zhao
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Housing Assistance (Room Lobby A)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Attendee Services

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Overhead Transmission Line Uprating and Upgrading (Room 113)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Jose Daconti ; Jose Daconti ; D. Bryant ; O. Lynch ; J. Mccall ; D. Wabnegger
This panel will address overhead line uprating and upgrading feasibility and the major feasibility aspects to be taken into account before deciding... More...

Plug-in Electric Vehicle Planning Toward DDPP Constrained by Electricity Grid Limitation (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): A. Hajebrahimi ; I. Kamwa
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Power System Economics (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): Jie Li
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Pre-Commercial Demonstration of a Direct Non-iterative State Estimator (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): X. Jiang ; B. AVRAMOVIC ; B. FARDANESH ; V. GHARPURE ; Y. HU ; M. LELIC ; G. STEFOPOULOS
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Privacy-Preserving Economic Dispatch in Competitive Electricity Market (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): L. Wu ; J. Li
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Provision of Grid Services from DR Resources (Room 106)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Farrokh Rahimi ; A. Ipakchi ; J. Laundergan ; J. Lian ; Ning Lu
The electric power utility landscape is changing due to a combination of factors including increasing levels of renewable and distributed energy re... More...

Real-Time Contingency Analysis with RAS Modeling at CAISO (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): G. Gopinathan ; A. Alam
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Regional Assessment of Virtual Battery Potential from Building Loads (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): D. Wu ; T. Fu ; H. Hao ; K. Kalsi
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Reliability Price Mechanism of Distribution Network with Distributed Generation (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): Y. Zheng ; B. Chen
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Residential DC House Cost Benefit Analysis (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): L. Sun ; M. Baran ; D. Lubkeman
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Restaurant Reservations / City Info Assistance (Room Atrium Lobby)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Attendee Services

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Smart Cities: A Collaboration Between Government, Communities, Utilities and Business (Room 109)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): William Abolt ; Russell DeSalvo ; James Mazurek ; E. Silverman
The macro themes that shape cities around the world are changing. To address challenges from changing climate to increasing congestion, cities are ... More...

Substation Risk Analysis - A Hidden Failure Model (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): J. Delport ; V. Centeno ; J. Thorp
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Techniques Used by Utilities to Review Their Outage Data (Room 203)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): John Mcdaniel ; H. Caswell ; A. Hofman ; T. Thomas
Focus on reliable power delivery has intensified over the last two decades.  More and more customers expect that their power will be on all th... More...

Technologies to Enhance Grid Resiliency, Reliability and Sustainability: Needs, Trends and Emerging Solutions (Room 103)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Dongbo Zhao ; C. Herbst ; S. Meliopoulos ; Julio Romero Aguero
Power system encounters significant challenges for its resilient, stable and reliable operation given the recently incorporated renewable and dynam... More...

Utility Financials (Four Seasons Ballroom 2)

17 Apr 18
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Collegiate Program

Electric utilities are businesses. How they run their business depends largely on their ownership structure, as well as local and federal regulatio... More...

Progress Rail UAS, Confined Space Inspection Flight Demonstration (Room 3953)

17 Apr 18
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Demonstration of UAS inspection flights in confined and hazardous environments More...

Conference Luncheon (Room Exhibit Halls A-F)

17 Apr 18
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Tracks: Collegiate Program, Special Events

Tuesday the exhibit hall opens with over 800 companies ready to show you the newest products and services and what better time to see up close thes... More...

Measure- The Drone as a Service Company Drone Demo (Room 3953)

17 Apr 18
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Measure will be demonstrating some of the drones and equipment they use for their energy and and construction solutions. More...

NREL - National Renewable Energy Laboratory Tour ESIF - Energy Systems Integration Facility

17 Apr 18
12:15 PM - 3:45 PM

Tracks: Technical Tour

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is focused on creative answers to today's energy challenges.  From breakthroughs in fundam... More...

Xcel Energy's Trading Floor

17 Apr 18
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Technical Tour

Visit Xcel Energy's downtown Denver location for an overview of electric operations on the Xcel Energy trade floor.  Topics of discussion ... More...

A Security Distance Based Design Method for Active Distribution Systems Integrating Multiple Distributed Generations (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): J. Liu ; H. Cheng ; Z. Lan ; Q. Xu ; L. Yao ; P. Zeng
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A Simplified Parallel Power System Restoration for Large-scale Transmission Grids (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): S. Abbasi ; Masoud Barati ; G. Lim
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Applications of Energy Storage in Power Delivery Systems: Real-Life Experiences, Challenges, Solutions and Lessons Learned (Room 106)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Julio Romero Aguero ; Babak Enayati ; D. Haughton ; A. Kling ; N. Rivera Jr. ; P. Tyschenko ; C. Wong
Applications of energy storage technologies, particularly Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), are receiving considerable attention in the power ... More...

Business Cases for Microgrid Implementations (Room 113)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Ning Lu ; Laurie Miller ; J. Giraldez ; D. Lubkeman ; D. Mueller ; S. Pullins ; K. Schneider
Microgrid experts from industry, academia, and national laboratories will present value propositions for applications of microgrids and business ca... More...

Combined Transmission and Distribution Test System to Study High Penetration of Distributed Solar Generation (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): N. Samaan ; M. Elizondo ; J. Holzer ; R. Huang ; X. Ke ; Ning Lu ; Y. Makarov ; Q. Nguyen ; S. Sridhar ; M. Vallem ; B. Vyakaranam ; Jiyu Wang ; X. Zhu
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Decentralized Multi-area Look-ahead Dispatch for Cross-regional Renewable Accommodation (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): X. Lai ; Z. Luo ; Y. Wang ; Q. Xia ; J. Yang ; H. Zhong
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Enhancing Asset Management Intelligence: Best Practices in Data-Driven Decision Making (Room 401)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Robert Otal ; Matthew McGrath ; Alex Mogilevsky ; Chong Ng
Electric utilities continue to face substantial challenges – both internally and externally via state and provincial regulators, to make prud... More...

Future Reliable and Cost-effective Integration of Distributed Energy Resources: Technologies, Pilot Projects and Challenges (Room 110)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Bin Wang ; D. Black ; R. Gadh ; Salman Kahrobaee ; Yubo Wang ; Nanpeng Yu
Integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER), such as Electric Vehicles (EVs), Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and renewable generations,... More...

Impact of Simplified Convection Model in Overhead Lines Thermal Rating Calculation Methods (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): S. Abdul Rahman ; K. Kopsidas
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Keeping Grids Resilient: Transformer Exchange Within a Few Days and Further Options to Maximize Network Stability (along the entire energy value chain) (Room 203)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Ewald Schweiger ; K. Cheung ; P. Mueller ; T. Prevost ; G. Rincon
Would you like to have the possibility to be able to exchange a transformer within a few days? Keeping the light on at all times calls for fast rea... More...

Operation of Distribution Networks with Volatile Supply and Controllable Data Center Demand (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): A. Vafamehr ; M. Khodayar
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Optimal Participation of Compressed Air Energy Storage in Energy and Ancillary Service Markets (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): R. Khatami ; K. Oikonomou ; M. Parvania
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Power Quality and EMC Issues Associated with Future Electricity Networks (Room 103)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Francisc Zavoda ; M. Bollen ; R. Das ; T. Laughner ; S. Ronnberg
The increasing complexity of the electric power network and its management, growing demand and service quality expectations such as greater grid re... More...

Power System Operation and Planning (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): Ibrahim Krad
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Progress Rail UAS, Confined Space Inspection Flight Demonstration (Room 3953)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
Demonstration of UAS inspection flights in confined and hazardous environments More...

Real-Time Bi-directional Electric Vehicle Charging Control with Distribution Grid Implementation (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): Y. Xiong ; C. Chu ; R. Gadh ; B. Khaki
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Topological Adjustment of Distribution Grids based on Grid Performance Indicators for Improved Planning and Operation (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): D. Wolter ; I. Mladenovic ; C. Schacherer ; M. Zdrallek
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Transactive Energy Methods: Techniques and Approaches for Interaction Between Distribution Grid Participants (Room 109)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Shawn Chandler ; Trevor Hardy ; P. Heitmann ; Farrokh Rahimi ; R. Shandross
This panel will explore transactive energy simulation, intelligent system interaction, information models, blockchain integration with transactive ... More...

True North: Making More Ethical Decisions (Room 207)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Ethics Session

Speaker(s): Corey Ciocchetti
During this highly anticipated session motivational speaker Corey Ciocchetti will discuss inspiring integrity and ethical decision making. An Assoc... More...

Value Engineering: Optimizing Solutions while Balancing Function and Cost (Room 403)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): N. Bargas ; R. Berzescu ; K. Goldstein ; Oscar Santos ; Oscar Santos ; H. Sharifnia
This panel will outline and share the Southern California Edison's (SCE) Value Engineering (VE) efforts focused on improving the value of goods... More...

Virtual Bus Angle for Phase Angle Monitoring and its Implementation in the Western Interconnection (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): H. Yuan ; Y, Lu ; H. Zhang
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What They Don’t Teach You in School (Four Seasons Ballroom 2)

17 Apr 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Collegiate Program

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Measure- The Drone as a Service Company Drone Demo (Room 3953)

17 Apr 18
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Measure will be demonstrating some of the drones and equipment they use for their energy and and construction solutions. More...

A Response-Function-Based Coordination Method for Transmission-Distribution-Coupled AC OPF (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): Z. Li ; Q. Guo ; H. Sun ; Jianhui Wang ; T. Xu
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Alternative Database Designs for the Distribution Common Information Model (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): T. Mcdermott ; T. Gibson ; E. Stephan
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Analytic Methods for Power Systems (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): Arif Sarwat
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Cascading Trees and Power System Resiliency (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): Emanuel Bernabeu ; Y. Chen ; K. Thomas
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Energy Resource Scheduling with Multiple Iterations for the Validation of Demand Response Aggregation (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): J. Spinola ; Pedro Faria ; Z. Vale
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Estimate the Lost Phasor Measurement Unit Data Using Alternating Direction Multipliers Method (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): M. Liao ; D. Shi ; Z. Wang ; Y. Xiang ; Z. Yu ; W. Zhu
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Grid Friendly Appliance Controllers to Increase the Dynamic Stability of Networked Resiliency-based Microgrids (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): F. Tuffner ; N. Radhakrishnan ; K. Schneider ; Y. Tang
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IEEE PES Young Professionals (Room 106)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Collegiate Program, Panel Session

Speaker(s): Aaron St. Leger ; B. Dupuis ; J. Ferrera ; Bala Kotharu ; Aaron S. Leger
This panel highlights PES Young Professionals and provides an opportunity for them to share research or projects that they have been working on. More...

Open-Source Suite for Advanced Synchrophasor Analysis (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): Pavel Etingov ; R. Diao ; J. Follum ; Z. Hou ; D. Kosterev ; X. Li ; Y. Liu ; G. Matthews ; F. Tuffner ; H. Wang ; S Yang ; Y. Zhang
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Reality Check on Energy Storage (Room Bellco Theatre)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Super Session

Speaker(s): Damir Novosel ; Shay Bahramirad ; Ramon Leon Candela ; David Geier ; Vibhu Kaushik ; Eric Seidler
Energy storage promises the ability to mitigate renewable DER variability and improve T&D utilization and economics. “Shared applications... More...

Reliability Data and Assessment for HVDC Bipolar Links (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): A. Camargo ; M. Rios
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Reliability Forecasting and Investment Optimization (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): Robert Otal ; A. Bakulev ; S. Seewald
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Resilient Information Architecture Platform for Smart Systems (RIAPS): Case Study for Distributed Apparent Power Control (Room 505)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Forum Session

Speaker(s): Y. Du ; A. Dubey ; G. Karsai ; D. Lubkeman ; S. Lukic ; H. Tu
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Superconducting Systems: Effective Solutions for the Modernization of Power Grids (Room 103)

17 Apr 18
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Panel Session

Speaker(s): Frank Schmidt ; S. Chen ; F. Frentzas ; M. Ross ; R. Ryu ; M. Stemmle
Significant progress has been achieved in the development of power applications for high temperature superconducting (HTS) technologies, in particu... More...

Progress Rail UAS, Confined Space Inspection Flight Demonstration (Room 3953)

17 Apr 18
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Demonstration of UAS inspection flights in confined and hazardous environments More...

Measure- The Drone as a Service Company Drone Demo (Room 3953)

17 Apr 18
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
Measure will be demonstrating some of the drones and equipment they use for their energy and and construction solutions. More...

Student Reception (Room Punch Bowl Social (Off Conv. Ctr Property))

17 Apr 18
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Tracks: Collegiate Program

Take a break from the conference to enjoy a night out with other students. Experience a unique setting, eat some delicious food and enjoy parlor-st... More...