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| Sunday 02 September – Pre-Symposium Activities | |
| UPB Rectorat-Building, Hall AN | |
| from 14:30 | Registration Opens |
| 16:00-17:00 | Tour UPB labs |
| Meeting Point – Hall AN | |
| 17:00-19:00 | Welcome Reception |
| Monday 03 September – Morning Session | |
| UPB Rectorat-Building AN010 | |
| 09:00-09:05 | Mihaela Albu (University Politehnica of Bucharest) & Maria Brucoli (EDF Energy R&D), Symposium Co-Chairs |
| Welcome to Bucharest | |
| 09:05-09:20 | Anton Anton (Minister for Energy, Romania) & Ioan Dumitrache (Romanian Academy) |
| Official Opening of the Bucharest 2018 Symposium on Microgrids | |
| 09:20-09:30 | Nikos Hatziargyriou (NTUA & HEDNO), Symposium Steering Committee Chair |
| The Microgrid Symposium Tradition | |
| 09:30-11:00 | Europe Session 1 |
| Chairs: Diana Strauss-Mincu (DERLab) & Samuli Honkapuro (Lappeenranta University of Technology) |
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| 09:30-09:50 | Nikos Hatziargyriou (NTUA & HEDNO) |
| The Future of Microgrids in the 2050 ETIP SNET Vision | |
| 09:50-10:00 | Discussion |
| 10:00-10:20 | Christian Dumbs (ENEDIS) |
| Embedded Microgrids Within the InterFlex Project | |
| 10:20-10:30 | Discussion |
| 10:30-10:50 | Josep Guerrero (University of Aalborg) |
| Maritime Microgrids | |
| 10:50-11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 | Europe Session 2 |
| Chairs: Goran Strbac (Imperial College) & Jan von Appen (Fraunhofer IEE) |
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| 11:30-11:50 | Goncalo Mendes (Lappeenranta University of Technology) |
| LUT Developments on Microgrids-Related Research | |
| 11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:00-12:20 | Enrico De Tuglie (Politecnico di Bari) |
| The Prince Lab Microgrid Test Bed | |
| 12:20-12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| Monday 03 September – Afternoon Session | |
| 13:30-15:30 | The AMERICAS Session |
| Chairs: James Cale (Colorado State University) & Farid Katiraei (Quanta Technology) |
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| 13:30-13:50 | Farid Katiraei (Quanta Technologies) – Canada – pdf Goncalo Cardoso (Berkeley Lab) – United States – pdf Felipe Valencia (University of Chile) – Central and South America – pdf |
| Overview of Microgrids in The Americas | |
| 13:50-14:00 | Discussion |
| 14:00-14:20 | Mohammad Shahidehpour (IIT, Chicago) |
| Transactive Energy in Networked Microgrids | |
| 14:20-14:30 | Discussion |
| 14:30-14:50 | Alex McEachern (Power Standards Lab) |
| The Future of Stability Measurements on Microgrids | |
| 14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
| 15:00-15:20 | Anurag Srivastava (Washington State University) |
| Measuring and Enabling Resiliency in Microgrids | |
| 15:20-15:30 | Discussion |
| 15:30-15:45 | Group Photo Shoot |
| 15:45-16:00 | Short Break |
| 16:00-17:30 | PANEL Session: Local Energy Communities |
| Chairs: Chris Marnay (Berkeley Lab & MgDoM) & Hiroshi Asano (CRIEPI) |
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| 16:00-17:30 | Hirohisa Aki (University of Tsukuba) – pdf Mahesh Bhave (NTPC Bus. School) – pdf Maria Brucoli (EDF Energy R&D) –pdf Hyeyoon Jeong (KDN) – pdf Pierluigi Mancarella (University of Melbourne) -pdf Mihai Sanduleac(UPB) – pdf Mohammad Shahidehpour (IIT, Chicago) – pdf Ioannis Vlachos (NTUA) – pdf Nan Zhou (Berkeley Lab) – pdf |
| 17:30-18:00 | Move to Hotels |
| 19:30-22:30 | Symposium Dinner |
| Hanu’ lui Manuc Restaurant (Bucharest Old Town) | |
| Tuesday 04 September – Morning Session | |
| 9:30-10:30 | POSTER Introduction Session |
| Chairs: Maria Brucoli (EdF R&D) & Shigeru Bando (CRIEPI) |
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| 09:30-10:30 | Each poster presenter gives a 3 min teaser: |
| poster 1, poster 2, poster 3, poster 4, poster 5, poster 6, poster 7, poster 8, poster 9, poster 10, poster 11, poster 12, poster 13, poster 14, poster 15, poster 16, poster 17, poster 18, poster 19, poster 20, poster 21, poster 22, poster 23. |
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| 10:30-11:30 | Coffee break and posters viewing |
| 11:30-12:30 | PANEL session: Emerging Microgrid Technologies |
| Chairs: Mohammad Shahidehpour (IIT, Chicago) & Lucian Toma (University Politehnica of Bucharest) |
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| 11:30-12:30 | Petru Ruset (Siemens Romania) – pdf Arunprasanth Sakthivel (RTDS) – pdf Martti Ylikoski (Nokia) – pdf Andreas Eberhard (PSL) – pdf Paul Roege (Typhoon HIL) – pdf Tilo Buehler (ABB) – pdf Jason Qin (Microgrid Lab) – pdf Luis Manuel Alves (EDP Distribution) – pdf |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| Tuesday 04 September – Afternoon Session | |
| 13:30-15:30 | ASIA Session |
| Chairs: Saad Sayeef (CSIRO) & Alex Chong (A*STAR) |
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| 13:30-13:50 | Pierluigi Mancarella (University of Melbourne) & Meiqin Mao (Hefei University of Technology) |
| Overview of Microgrids in Asia | |
| 13:50-14:00 | Discussion |
| 14:00-14:20 | Zhaoxia Xiao (Tianjin Polytechnic University) |
| Coordination Control of Shipboard Microgrids | |
| 14:20-14:30 | Discussion |
| 14:30-14:50 | Markson Tang (Daily Life) |
| Off-grid Microgrid Projects in Southeast Asia | |
| 14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
| 15:00-15:20 | Hak-Man Kim (Incheon National University) |
| Resilient Hybrid Technology for High-Value Microgrids (RHYTHM) | |
| 15:20-15:30 | Discussion |
| 15:30-16:00 | Break |
| 16:00-18:00 | REMOTE Session |
| Chairs: Xavier Vallve (TTA) & Ryoichi Hara (Hokkaido University) |
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| 16:00-16:15 | Dongjun Won (Inha University) |
| DC Island Microgrid in Korea | |
| 16:15-16:20 | Discussion |
| 16:20-16:35 | Saikat Chakrabarti (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) |
| Development of a Smart Microgrid R&D Platform in the Indian Context | |
| 16:35-16:40 | Discussion |
| 16:40-16:55 | Michael Ross (Yukon College) & Farid Katiraei (Quanta Technology) |
| Practical Considerations for Remote Microgrid Design and EMS | |
| 16:55-17:00 | Discussion |
| 17:00-17:15 | Arnaud Henin (Gommyr) |
| Solar Battery Microgrids vs. Solar Home Systems | |
| 17:15-17:20 | Discussion |
| 17:20-17:35 | Chun-Der Chang (CHEM) |
| Penghu Dongjiyu Microgrid Enhancement | |
| 17:35-17:40 | Discussion |
| 17:40-17:55 | Heleno Sanches (ECREEE) |
| Hybrid Microgrids in Cabo Verde | |
| 17:55-18:00 | Closing Session |
| Back-up Speakers |
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| Suitable for session: | Asia |
| Hirohisa Aki (University of Tsukuba) |
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| Microgrids for Resilience and Recovery from a disaster |
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| Suitable for session: | Europe |
| Mihai Sanduleac (University Politehnica of Bucharest) |
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| Enabling Microgrids by Rhizomes of the EU NobelGrid project |
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| Maria Brucoli (EdF R&D) |
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| CommUNITY – Brixton commercial non wires microgrid |
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| Jan von Appen (Fraunhoffer IEE) |
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| New approaches for energy management and grid integration for decentralized energy systems |
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| Suitable for session: | The Americas |
| Chris Lute (NREL) |
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| Microgrid Projects in Central America |
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| Chris Marnay (Berkeley Lab) |
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| DC Distribution in Buildings |
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| Suitable for session: | Remote |
| Kostas Latoufis (NTUA) |
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| Hybrid PV/Wind Minigrids for Rural Community Energy Projects |