Program

  Tuesday, March 10th, 2020
8.00 am - 6.00 pm Registration (Ballroom Foyer)
9.00 am - 10.15 am Tutorial: Introduction to Real Time Digital Simulation and its Applications for Renewables
  Power Electronics and Microgrids (Bellsouth Auditorium)
10.15 am - 10.45 am Break (Ballroom Foyer)
10.45 am - 12.00 pm Tutorial: Introduction to Real Time Digital Simulation and its Applications for Renewables
  Power Electronics and Microgrids (Bellsouth Auditorium)
12.00 pm - 1.00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1.30 pm - 5.30 pm Technical Tour: Itron Facility in Oconee, SC
6.00 pm - 7.30 pm Welcome Reception (Madren Conference Center)
  Wednesday, March 11th, 2020
8.00 am - 5.30 pm Registration (Ballroom Foyer)
8.15 am - 8.40 am Welcome & Opening Remarks (Bellsouth Auditorium)
  Dean Anand K. Gramopadhye, College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences
  Clemson University, SC
8.40 am - 9.20 am Opening Plenary I: Distribution Automation: Past, Present and Future
  Mr.Frank C. Lambert, IEEE PES President, Georgia Tech - NEETRAC (Bellsouth Auditorium)
9.20 am - 10.00 am Opening Plenary II: Intelligent Systems: Challenges and Opportunities for Reliability and Security
  Mr. Sam Chanoski, Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center, NERC (Bellsouth Auditorium)
10.00 am - 10.20 am Break (Ballroom Foyer)
10.20 am - 12.00 pm Paper Session W - M I: Emerging Topics in Power Systems(Bellsouth Auditorium)
10.20 am - 12.00 pm Paper Session W-M-II: Electric Transportation/Vehicles (Ballroom C)
12.10 pm - 1.10 pm Lunch (Ballroom A/B)
12.20 pm - 1.10 pm Plenary III: NSF Activities in AI and Data Science with Applications to Power Systems
  Dr. Anthony Kuh, National Science Foundation, USA (Ballroom A/B)
1.15 pm - 3.30 pm Panel I: Distributed Control for Power Distribution Systems (Bellsouth Auditorium)
3.30 pm - 4.00 pm Break (Ballroom Foyer)
4.00 pm - 5.30 pm Panel II: Intelligent power electronics for future power and energy system (Bellsouth Auditorium)
6.30 pm - 8.30 pm Banquet (Ballroom A/B)
  Thursday, March 12th, 2020
8.00 am - 5.30 pm Registration (Ballroom Foyer)
8.30 am - 9.15 am Plenary IV: Accelerating Innovation for the Electric Power System
  Mr. Stephen Stella,Electric Power Research Institute (Bellsouth Auditorium)
9.15 am - 10.00 am Plenary V: Integrating Ultra-High Levels of Variable Renewable Energy in Power Systems
  Dr. Benjamin Kroposki, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (Bellsouth Auditorium)
10.00 am - 10.20 am Break (Ballroom Foyer)
10.20 am - 12.00 pm Paper Session T - M I: Power System Transmission (Bellsouth Auditorium)
10.20 am - 12.00 pm Paper Session T - M II: Photovoltaics (Ballroom C)
12.00 pm - 1.10 pm Lunch(Ballroom A/B)
12.20 pm - 1.10 pm Plenary VI: Integrated System and Operations Planning
  Dr. Drew Clarke, Duke Energy, USA (Ballroom A/B)
1.10 pm - 3.45 pm Paper Session T - A I: Power System Security and Resiliency(Bellsouth Auditorium)
1.10 pm - 3.45 pm Paper Session T - A II: Microgrids (Ballroom C)
3.45 pm - 4.15 pm Break (Ballroom Foyer)
4.15 pm - 5.30 pm Paper Session T - A III: Demand Impact and Management(Bellsouth Auditorium)
4.15 pm - 6.00 pm Paper Session T - A IV: Power Converters (Ballroom C)
6.30 pm - 8.30 pm Supporter and Exhibitor's Reception (Ballroom A/B)
  Friday, March 13th, 2020
8.00 am - 12.00 pm Registration (Ballroom Foyer)
8.30 am - 10.10 am Paper Session F - M I: Power System Analysis and Control(Bellsouth Auditorium)
8.30 am - 10.10 am Paper Session F - M II: Power Quality(Seminar Room I)
10.10 am - 10.30 am Break (Ballroom Foyer)
10.30 am - 11.30 am Closing Plenary VII: New and Emerging Digital Technologies
  Mr. Ajay Madwesh, Analytics and Cognitive, Deloitte Consulting (Bellsouth Auditorium)
11.30 am - 12.00 pm Closing Remarks (Bellsouth Auditorium)
12.00 pm - 1.00 pm Lunch