The Montréal 2006 Symposium on Microgrids took place on 23rd June 2006 at Le Grand Lodge Mont-Tremblant, Québec, Canada

Here’s the final program and attendee list in pdf files. Presentations are linked below.

Morning Sessions (Room Grand Lodge 1-2-3)

7:30 – 8:30Continental Breakfast (Room Chez Borivage)
8:30 – 8:40Chris Marnay (Berkeley Lab)
Opening Remarks
Canada SessionChair: Lisa Dignard-Bailey (Natural Resources Canada)
8:40 – 9:00Lisa Dignard-Bailey and Farid Katiraei (Natural Resources Canada)
Overview of Microgrid Research and Development Activities in Canada
9:00 – 9:25Reza Iravani (University of Toronto)
Control and Protection Requirements for Microgrids
9:25 – 09:50Chad Abbey (Natural Resources Canada) and Susan Tang (BC Hydro)
IEEE 1547.4 Guideline for Intentional Islanding of Distributed Generation and BC Hydro’s Planned Islanding Experience
09:50 – 10:20discussion
10:30: 11:00break – Exterior Grand Lodge
Japan SessionChair: Hiroshi Asano
10:40 – 11:00Satoshi Morozumi (NEDO)
Overview of Microgrid Research and Development Activities in Japan
11:00 – 11:25Toshifumi Ise (Osaka University)
Advantages and Circuit Configuration of a DC Microgrid
11:40 – 12:00Atsushi Denda (Shimizu Corp)
Shimizu’s Microgrid Research Activities
11:50 – 12:20discussion
12:20 – 13:30Buffet lunch – Room Chez Borivage

Afternoon Sessions Room Grand Lodge 1-2-3

US SessionChair: Chris Marnay
13:30 – 13:50Poonum Agrawal (U.S. Dept. of Energy) and Bernard Treanton (CEC)
Overview of Microgrid Research and Development Activities in the U.S. Part I

Overview of Microgrid Research and Development Activities in the U.S. Part II

13:50 – 14:15Sakis Meliopoulos (Georgia Institute of Tech.)
Microgrid Modeling Needs: Safety and Dynamic Interaction of Distributed Energy Resources
14:15 – 14:40John Stevens (Sandia National Lab)
Examining Microgrid Operation and Protection at the CERTS Microgrid Testbed
14:40 – 15:05discussion
14:40 – 15:05Remote Applications Section
Dana Brandt (Ecotech Energy Systems)
Microgrids in Community Scale Renewable Energy Systems
15:05 – 15:35discussion
15:35 – 15:50break – Exterior Grand Lodge
EU sessionChair: Johan Driesen and Nikos Hatziagyriou
15:50 – 16:10Manuel Sanchez Jimenez (EC DG Research)
Overview of Microgrid Research and Development Activities in the E.U.
16:10 – 16:35Johan Driesen (KU Leuven)
Vision of SmartGrids – Technology Platform
16:35 – 17:00Britta Buchholz (MVV Energie)
Microgrids in European Electricity Networks
17:00 – 17:30discussion
17:30 – 17:40Nikos Hatziargyriou (National Tech. U. of Athens)
Closing Remarks

dinner Room Robert Hanley

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montreal_navigantmicrogridsfinalreport.pdf2.28 MB