The FPS Economy, SME, Self-Employed and Energy – DG Energy & EnergyVille, would like to invite you to the public workshop of the International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN):
Building the flexible power systems.
From analog to digital, from lorry to EV, from customers to prosumers
12 September 2017, 09:30-18:00
All over the globe, governments have set ambitious targets for the deployment of renewable energy sources. Unlocking the full flexibility potential throughout the power system is essential to enable these objectives. This ISGAN public workshop gathers world-class speakers from international organizations, public authorities, utilities and research institutes to exchange views on current and future energy policies, to showcase best practices and to bring together experts in various technologies to come to a power system vision.
At Thor Central
Thor Park 8000
3600 Genk
Belgium
| Session 1 – High-level introduction | |
|---|---|
| 10h00 – 10h15 | Jean-Marc Delporte, Chairman FPS Economy, SME, Self-Employed and Energy |
| 10h15 – 10h30 | Mark Van Stiphout, Deputy Head of Unit for New energy technologies, innovation and clean coal, European Commission SMART AND CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL (PDF, 1.1 MB) |
| 10h30 – 10h45 | Ronnie Belmans, CEO EnergyVille & CEO GSGF Research into sustainable energy and smart energy systems (PDF, 767.27 KB) |
| 10h45 – 11h00 | Karin Widegren, Chair ISGAN ISGAN in a nutshell (PDF, 1 MB) |
| 11h00-11h30 | Coffee break |
| Session 2 – Overview of International Activities on Flexibility | |
| 11h30 – 13h00 | Moderator: Nancy Mahieu, Director General for Energy Rui Luo, CEM secretariatSusanne Ackeby, ISGAN Overview of International Activities on Flexibility ISGAN, Annex 6 Power T&D Systems (PDF, 474.79 KB) Edwin Haesen, EcofysPieter Vingerhoets, GSGF Flexibility around the world (PDF, 847.22 KB) |
| 13h00 – 14h00 | Lunch |
| Session 3 – Smart grids contributing to a flexible power system | |
| 14h00 – 15h30 | Moderator: Roberto Zangrandi, EDSO for Smart Grids Bob Hebb, Elia Challenges and opportunities decentralised flex (PDF, 1.27 MB) Atul Bali, NSGM-PMU, INDIA Flexibility in Indian Power System (PDF, 370.48 KB) Steven Hauser, GridWise Alliance Donghan Feng, State Energy Smart Grid R&D Center of ChinaJohn Ward, CSIRO Building the flexible power systems (PDF, 1007.1 KB) |
| 15h30 – 16h00 | Coffee break |
| Session 4 – Towards a smart & flexible power system | |
| 16h00 – 17h30 | Moderated: Michele de Nigris, IEA End-Use Working Party Vice-Chair Electricity Russ Conklin, ISGANAdrej Jentsch, DHC District Heating and Cooling as a key element of a smart power grid (PDF, 582.13 KB) Roland Bründlinger, PVPS Towards a smart & flexible power system (PDF, 528.96 KB) Bert Gysen, ECES Energy Conservation through Energy Storage (ECES TCP) (PDF, 638.9 KB) Filip Johnsson, IETSSession 1 – High-level introduction Increasing the value of wind and solar Towards smart and flexible power systems (PDF, 528.96 KB) |
| Session 5 – Conclusions | |
| 17h30 – 17h45 | Wim Dries, Mayor of the City of Genk |
| 17h45 – 19h00 | Networking Reception |
