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| Tuesday 28 November – Pre-Symposium Activities | |
| 15:00-17:00 | CSIRO Energy Centre site tour |
| 17:00-19:00 | Cocktail reception |
| Wednesday 29 November – Morning Session | |
| 09:00-09:05 | Saad Sayeef, CSIRO & Symposium Chair |
| Welcome | |
| 09:05-09:20 | Nuatali Nelmes, Lord Mayor of Newcastle |
| Official Opening of the Newcastle 2017 Symposium on Microgrids | |
| 09:20-09:30 | Ryoichi Hara, Hokkaido Univ., & Int. Symposium Steering Committee Chair |
| The Microgrid Symposium Tradition | |
| 09:30-11:00 | ASIA Session 1 |
| Chairs: Dong-Jun Won (Inha University) and Jaeho Choi (Chungbuk Nat’l U) | |
| 09:30-09:50 | Alex Chong, A*STAR, Toshifumi Ise, Osaka University |
| Overview of Microgrids in Asia | |
| 09:50-10:00 | Discussion |
| 10:00-10:20 | Xiaofeng Sun, Yanshan University |
| New Direction of Microgrids in China | |
| 10:20-10:30 | discussion |
| 10:30-10:50 | Samson Shih, EPGC |
| Achieving High Reliability: Design Considerations for Microgrids | |
| 10:50-11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 | ASIA Session 2 |
| Chairs: Jianhua Zhang (North China Power U.) and Hak-Man Kim (Incheon U.) | |
| 11:30-11:50 | Dong-Jun Won, Inha University |
| Construction of IoT based Campus Microgrid in Seoul National University | |
| 11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:00-12:20 | David Stephens, Horizon Power |
| DER Control and Optimisation on Horizon Power’s Microgrids | |
| 12:20-12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| Wednesday 29 November – Afternoon Session | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Plenary Session |
| Chairs: Ron Brandl (Fraunhofer IWES) and Ali Mehrizi-Sani (Washington State U.) | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Peter Asmus, Navigant |
| Microgrids: A Global View | |
| 14:00-15:30 | Panel Session : State-of-the-art in Microgrid Hardware |
| Chairs: Ron Brandl (Fraunhofer IWES) and Ali Mehrizi-Sani (Washington State U.) | |
| 14:00-15:30 | – Cyprian Peters (RTDS Technologies, Canada) |
| – Craig Blizard (ABB, Australia) | |
| – Pierre-Francois Allaire (OPAL-RT, Canada) | |
| – Owen Lock (S&C Electric Company, Australia) | |
| – Frankie Lu (Siemens, Australia) | |
| – Ronald Hall (Hybrid Microgrid Systems, Australia) | |
| 15:30-15:45 | Group Photo Session |
| 15:45-16:00 | Short Break |
| 16:00-17:00 | POSTER Introduction Session |
| Chairs: Chairs: Mihaela Albu (Politehnica U. of Bucharest) and Shigeru Bando (CRIEPI) | |
| 16:00-17:00 | Each poster presenter gives a 3 min teaser. |
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| 17:00-17:30 | Move to Hotel |
| 18:30-20:30 | Symposium Dinner |
| Thursday 30 November – Morning Session | |
| 9:30-11:30 | EUROPE Session |
| Chairs: Goncalo Mendes (Lappeenranta U. of Tech.) and Mar Martinez (K.U. Leuven) | |
| 09:30-09:50 | Britta Buchholz, ABB, and Maria Brucoli, EdF Energy R&D |
| Overview of Microgrids in Europe | |
| 09:50-10:00 | Discussion |
| 10:00-10:20 | Samuli Honkapuro, Lappeenranta U |
| Microgrid Opportunities in Finland | |
| 10:20-10:30 | Discussion |
| 10:30-10:50 | Mar Martinez, K.U. Leuven |
| ElectrifyMe.org | |
| 10:50-11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:00-11:20 | Axel Seibel, Fraunhofer IWES |
| Grid-Forming Inverters in Microgrids | |
| 11:20-11:30 | Discussion |
| 11:30-12:30 | Lunch |
| Thursday 30 November – Afternoon Session | |
| 12:30-14:30 | THE AMERICAS Session |
| Chairs: Jim Cale (Colorado State U.) and Guillermo Jimenez (U. of Chile) | |
| 12:30-12:50 | Brian Miller, NREL, Alexandre Prieur, NRCan, Guillermo Jimenez, U. of Chile |
| Overview of Microgrids in Americas Miller Prieur Jimenez | |
| 12:50-13:00 | Discussion |
| 13:00-13:20 | Fereidoon Sioshansi, Menlo Energy Economics |
| Innovation and Disruption at the Grid’s Edge | |
| 13:20-13:30 | Discussion |
| 13:30-13:50 | Brian Miller, NREL |
| NREL Microgrid Controller Challenge Event | |
| 13:50-14:00 | Discussion |
| 14:00-14:20 | Ali Mehrizi-Sani, U. of Washington |
| Stability Considerations in Microgrids | |
| 14:20-14:30 | Discussion |
| 14:30-15:00 | Break |
| 15:00-17:30 | Remote Session |
| Chairs: Xavier Vallvé (TTA) and Alexandre Prieur (NRCan/RNCan) | |
| 15:00-15:20 | Choo Fook Hoong, NTU |
| REIDS project at Semakau Landfill | |
| 15:20-15:30 | Discussion |
| 15:30-15:50 | Kamlesh Khelawan, The World Bank |
| Microgrids – A Solution for Electricity Access in the Pacific Island Countries? | |
| 15:50-16:00 | Discussion |
| 16:00-16:20 | Dow Airen, NT Power & Water Corporation Replaced by Yasuhiro Kojima, see below in Back-Up Speakers |
| Daly River High Penetration Power System (cancelled) | |
| 16:20-16:30 | Discussion |
| 16:30-16:50 | Junpei Baba, University of Tokyo |
| Introduction of R&D Project on Grid Integration of Variable Renewable Energy | |
| 16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
| 16:30-16:50 | Pekik Dahono, Bandung Institute of Technology |
| Applications of Microgrid for Remote Areas in Indonesia | |
| 17:20-17:30 | Discussion |
| 17:30-18:15 | Closing Session |
| 16:30-16:50 | Mihaela Albu, Politehnica U. of Bucharest |
| Bucharest 2018 Symposium on Microgrids | |
| Back-Up Speakers | |
| David Edwards, Horizon Power Grid Automation Tool Using an IoT Backbone | |
| Jim Cale, CO State U. Smart Village Microgrids | |
| Ryoichi Hara, Hokkaido U. Energy Storage Applications in Microgrids | |
| Guillermo Jimenez, Co-Construction Methodologies and EMS Applications in Microgrids | |
| Yasuhiro Kojima, Mitsubishi Microgrid Systems for Remote Islands | |
| Chris Marnay, MgDoM LLC AC vs. DC Building Electricity Distribution | |
| Maria Nuschke & Ron Brandl, Fraunhofer IWES Towards Holistic Testing: Development of a Microgrid Controller |