Energy Systems in Transition
The 2020 APIC Forum officially kicked-off the new APIC- NSERC Alliance grant project titled ‘Towards Future Interconnected Electric System.’ This project involving the University of Alberta, University of Calgary, AESO, AltaLink, ATCO Electric, Enmax, Epcor, and FortisAlberta focuses on the following four research themes:
- Theme 1: System Modeling and Artificial Intelligence for Power Systems
- Theme 2: Advanced Power Electronics for the Smart Grid
- Theme 3: Grid Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy
- Theme 4: Safety and Security for the Smart Grid
Access Forum materials (presentations and videos) using this link.
Forum Agenda and Activities:
Time | Activities and Speakers |
9:00 – 9:05 | Opening Remarks Gurb Hari, APIC Board Chair |
9:05 – 9:30 | APIC-Alliance Project Introduction Petr Musilek, Professor and Program Lead Investigator, University of Alberta |
9:30 – 10:00 | Industry Keynote 1: Transportation Electrification William York, ATCO |
10:00 – 10:30 | Industry Keynote 2: Digital Twin Sharan Bajwa and Truman Seto, ENMAX |
10:45 – 11:15 | Industry Keynote 3: Enhancing Outage Response with AMI Chris Chapelsky, EPCOR |
11:15 – 12:15 | Co-Investigator Pitches Part 1 Theme 1 researchers: Petr Musilek, Hamid Zareipour, Tim Weis, Lori Thorlakson Theme 2 researchers: Greg Kish, Qing Zhao, John Salmon, S. Ali Khajehoddin |
13:00 – 14:00 | Co-Investigator Pitches Part 2 Theme 3 researchers: Ryan (Yunwei) Li, Andy Knight, Wilsun Xu, Omid Ardakanian Theme 4 researchers: Hao Liang, Lianne Lefsrud, Yindi Jing, Marek Reformat |
14:00 – 14:30 | Interactive Networking Session Attendees broken into theme-based breakout rooms to brainstorm potential future projects |
14:30 – 14:40 | Closing Remarks Gurb Hari, APIC Board Chair |
The Forum 2020 was held virtually on November 13, 2020 and attended by over 130 participants from industry and academia.
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