The Kythnos 2008 Symposium on Microgrids took place on 2nd June 2008 on Kythnos Island, Greece (Kythnos Bay Hotel Lobby Conference Room)
Here’s the final agenda, program and attendee list in pdf files.
Morning Sessions
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Chris Marnay (Berkeley Lab) The Microgrid Symposium Tradition |
| U.S. Session | Chair: Ben Kroposki (National Renewable Energy Lab) |
| 9:10 – 9:30 | Merrill Smith (U.S. Dept. of Energy) Overview of Microgrid R&D in U.S. |
| 9:30 – 9:50 | Robert H Lasseter (University of Wisconsin, Madison) CERTS Microgrid |
| 9:50 – 10:10 | Steve Fredette (UTC Power, United Technologies Group) Microgrid Opportunities for UTC Power |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | discussion |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | coffee break sponsored by CRES |
| Japan Session | Chair: Toshifumi Ise (Osaka University) |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Hirofumi Nakama (NEDO) Grid-Connection Projects by NEDO: Results from Fiscal Year 2007 |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Keiichi Hirose (NTT Facilities) Update on the Sendai Demonstration of a Multiple Power Quality Supply System Movie: Sendai Project (19.3MB) |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Ryoichi Hara (Hokkaido University) & Toshihisa Funabashi (Meidensha Corp.) Demonstration Project of a 5MW PV Generator System at Wakkanai |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | discussion |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Remote Application: Xavier Vallve (Trama TecnoAbiente) PV-Hybrid Microgrids for Rural Electrification: Field Experience |
| 12:40 – 12:50 | Specail Remote Report: Ioannis Margaris (Nat. Tech. U. of Athens) Electrification in Isolated Regions of Mexico |
| 12:50 – 13:00 | discussion |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | buffett lunch sponsored by CRES |
Afternoon Sessions
| E.U. Session | Chair: Johan Driesen (K.U. Leuven) |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Nikos Hatziargyriou (National Tech. U. of Athens) Overview of Microgrid R&D in Europe |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Sjef Cobben (Continuon, The Netherlands) Bronsbergen: First Microgrid in The Netherlands |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | João Peças Lopes (U. of Porto) Operational Control of Microgrids and Multi-Microgrids |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | discussion |
| 15:50 – 16:10 | coffee break sponsored by CRES |
| Canada & Other countries session | Chair: Geza Joos (McGill University) |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Konrad Mauch (K.M. Technical Services) Overview of Microgrid R&D in Canada |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Reza Iravani Supervisory Control of a Grid Interative Wind-Battery System |
| 16:50 – 17:00 | Special Report: Byung Han (Myongji University) Overview of Microgrid R&D Plans for Korea |
| 17:00 – 17:10 | Special Report: Alex Chong (A*STAR, Singapore) Overview of Microgrid R&D Plans |
| 17:10 – 17:30 | discussion |
| 17:30 – 17:50 | open discussion on challenges of microgrid research and deployment |
| 17:50 – 18:00 | Nikos Hatziargyriou (National Tech. U. of Athens) Symposium Wrap-up |
dinner sponsored by NTUA at Detzis Taverna, Hora