The Santiago 2013 Symposium on Microgrids took place in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday & Thursday, 11 & 12 September 2013.
The purpose of the symposium is to exchange information internationally on the current state of research on microgrids and to identify key technical, economic, and policy issues that should be addressed by future work.
The presentations are linked in the agenda below, or as a zip file at the bottom of the page.
The final attendee list can also be downloaded here or via PDF at the bottom of the page.
| Monday & Tuesday, 9 & 10 September | |
| 08:00 – 18:30 | IEEE ChileCon 2013 (same hotel) |
| Wednesday 11 September: Morning Session, San Cristobal Ballroom A+B | |
| 08:00 – 09:00 | registration & continental breakfast (San Cristobal C) |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Maria Paz de la Cruz, Chilean Renewable Energy Centre Welcome to Santiago |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Chris Marnay (symposium chair), Berkeley Lab ; Johan Driesen (deputy symposium chair), Catholic University, Leuven The Microgrid Symposium Tradition |
| Americas 1 – Chair: Rodrigo Palma, University of Chile (deputy chair: Guillermo Jimenez) |
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| 09:30 – 09:50 | Guillermo Jimenez, University of Chile Survey of Microgrid R&D in Latin America |
| 09:50 – 10:00 | discussion |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Antonio Sarasua, National University of San Juan, Argentina Battery Model for Microgrid Studies |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | discussion |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | break (San Cristobal C) *please take this time to view the posters |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Nicanor Quijano, University of the Andes, Colombia SILICE: A Colombian Smart Microgrid Pilot |
| 11:20 – 11:30 | discussion |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | Nelson Stevens, Wireless Energy Chile Wireless Energy: A Microgrid Electric Utility Service |
| 11:50 – 12:00 | discussion |
| backup speaker | Franco Fernando Yanine, Catholic University of Chile Homeostatic Control of Microgrids |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | lunch in Quijote Ball Room |
| Wednesday 11 September: Afternoon Session | |
| Americas 2 – Chair: Jim Cale, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (deputy chair: Reza Iravani) |
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| 13:30 – 13:50 | Jim Reilly, Reilly Associates U.S. Smart Grid Program |
| 13:50 – 14:00 | discussion |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Lisa Dignard-Bailey, Natural Resources Canada Status of Microgrid R&D in Canada |
| 14:20 – 14:30 | discussion |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Bobby Sagoo, GE Holistic Energy Management for Urban Microgrids |
| 14:50 – 15:00 | discussion |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Anurag Srivastava, Washington State University The WSU Microgrid |
| 15:20 – 15:30 | discussion |
| backup speaker | Jim Cale, NREL Energy Systems Integration Facility |
| backup speaker | Chris Marnay, Berkeley Lab LA Air Force Base V2G Pilot Project |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | group photo shoot at the hotel pool |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Break (San Cristobal C) *please take this time to view the posters |
| Europe – Chair: Miky Albu, Politehnica U. Bucharest (deputy chair: Stathis Tselepis) |
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| 16:00 – 16:20 | Nikos Hatziargyriou, ETP on Smartgrids Overview of European Smartgrids Initiatives |
| 16:20 – 16:30 | discussion |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Gonçalo Mendes, Instituo Superior Tecnico Microgrid Adoption Scenarios |
| 16:50 – 17:00 | discussion |
| 17:00 – 17:20 | Alexandre Oudalov, ABB New Technologies for Microgrid Protection |
| 17:20 – 17:30 | discussion |
| 17:30 – 17:50 | Vincenzo Antonucci, ITAE CNR-ITAE Microgrid Research |
| 17:50 – 18:00 | discussion |
| 18:00 – 18:20 | Olimpo Anaya-Lara, Strathclyde University Microgrid Research Lessons for Future Smart Grids |
| 18:20 – 18:30 | discussion |
| backup speaker | Angel Diaz, Tecnalia Microgrid Opportunities within Spain’s Smart Grid Initiatives |
| 20:30 | Dinner in Sheraton Restaurant |