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Convenor – Louise Watts email

2025 D2 Technical Presentation – Slide Pack
2025 D2 Technical Presentation – Video

• ICT applied to digital networks throughout the end-to-end power system including smart meters, energy management systems (EMS), Internet of Things, big data
• Communication solutions for information exchange between all participants in the electrical power system
• Interoperability and data exchange (file format, frequency, etc.) between all participants in the electrical power system including network operators, market players, off-grid premises
• Cyber security issues at all levels from field equipment through to corporate IT including governance constraints, system design, implementation, testing, operation and maintenance
• Technologies and architectures to ensure business continuity and disaster recovery
• IT systems to support the decision-making process in Asset Management

Convenor – Dr Winston Yan email 

2025 D1 Technical Presentation – Slide Pack
2025 D1 Technical Presentation – Video

• Fundamental aspects of new and existing materials for electro-technology (conducting and insulating materials for electrical use)
• Multi-component insulating arrangements with one or more electrical insulating materials used in conjunction with associated conducting parts
• Diagnostic techniques and related knowledge rules
• Emerging test techniques.

Convenor – Jennifer Gannon email

2025 C6 Technical Presentation – Slide Pack
2025 C6 Technical Presentation – Video

• Enabling technologies for renewable and distributed energy resource integration and application: active network management, micro-grids, virtual power plants, distribution management systems (ADMS, DERMS), DER monitoring and control, aggregation systems, platforms, block-chain applications
• Innovative solutions for DER and distribution technology deployment: smart inverters and power electronic interfaces and interconnection device applications, MV/LV DC supply systems, distribution system modernization
• Storage technologies: deployment of various storage technologies such as electrochemical electric battery energy storage systems, flywheels, flow batteries, and new storage technologies, hydropower, hydrogen, multi-energy solutions (with thermal storage), power2X applications (power to heat, power to gas …), electric vehicles.
• New approaches to configure new distribution systems for enhanced reliability and resilience: islandable grid connected micro-grids, power exchange between micro-grids.
• Consumer integration and empowerment: Demand side integration and participation, demand response, load management, smart load, new customer sectors such as electric vehicles, smart home and smart meter applications with impact on distribution systems.
• Smart cities: integrated distribution system technologies, power, control and information and communication technology deployment for flexibility, integration of multi-energy systems.
• Rural Electrification, islanded power systems and individual customer off-grid systems and solutions.

Convenor – Ben Vanderwaal email 

2025 C5 Technical Presentation – Slide Pack
2025 C5 Technical Presentation – Video

• Market structures and products such as physical and financial markets and the interaction between them, contracts, internationally integrated markets.
• Techniques and tools to support market actors such as demand and price forecasting profit estimation, financial risk management etc.
• Regulation and legislation such as regulation objectives, extension and limits, price regulation of transmission, and ancillary services, transmission/distribution coordination and interactions, international harmonization, environmental and regulatory objectives etc.
• Evolution of markets and regulation from wholesale transmission focus to include retail distribution. The increasing interaction between regulation and markets throughout the electric power system value chain and the ability of markets and regulation to cater to rapid evolutions in dynamic / variable generation, demand and storage technologies and behaviours.
• Coordination of regulation, funding and trading arrangements for new assets and technologies expansion in new market structures, including the trend of decentralization of operations with distributed applications; the remaining assets coexisting with the retirement of other in utilities; the consideration of legacy trading arrangements in the new market arena