Dear Reader, The Cairns Symposium on “The end-to-end electricity system: transition, development, operation and integration” was a great success with more than 1300 registrations (including around 400 from overseas), 240 presentations, 12 tutorials and workshops and 51 meetings of committees and working groups. This was the largest Symposium ever held by CIGRE and the largest event ever held outside Paris. With the world ramping up investments in the energy transition, there is strong demand to solve the technical challenges, to find ways to more efficiently deliver key projects and to rapidly increase the supply of critical plant. The symposium provided an ideal forum to discuss these challenges and to develop global contacts for future connection. A special thankyou to Terry Killen and Alex Cruickshank who both worked tirelessly over many months to ensure the event was a success. This edition includes:
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a brief summary of the best papers as nominated by the respective Study Committees the Cairns23 Symposium.
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You tube Links to the technical Tutorials presented at the Cairns23 Symposium
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A summary of key issues arising from the Senior Leaders Forum held at the Cairns23 Symposium
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Information and link to the 2024 Paris Session
Our Australian Technical Panel Presentation Day is coming up soon, face to face in Sydney on Monday 27 November. The following morning, we hold the 2023 Annual General Meeting. Both events are being hosted by Ausgrid and we thank them for their generosity in supporting us for these events. Further details are available on the CIGRE Australia website. As next year approaches, we are now gearing up for the 2024 Paris sessions. Over 1700 papers have been submitted for Study Committee review. It promises to be a fantastic event. We encourage those who are intending to attend to book early as accommodation will be tight in Paris with the session held just after the Olympics and with a partial overlap with the Paralympics. Registrations open early in 2024 – more detail will be provided in due course. Best Regards Peter McIntyre Chief Executive Officer CIGRE Australia Phil Southwell Technical Editor. ==============================================
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