TIME | TITLE | PRESENTER |
08:00 – 08:30 | Breakfast and welcome | |
08:30 – 09:10 | Modular Multilevel Converter Systems for HVDC Applications | Dr. Gregory Kish, UofA |
09:10 – 09:50 | Coordination of HVDC and STATCOM to Enhance Inverter Fault Recovery | Mr. Humud Said, ATCO Electric |
09:50 – 10:30 | HVDC Power Oscillation Damping Controller Design Methodology and Application | Dr. Yunfei (Carl) Wang, Altalink |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break | |
10:45 – 11:25 | Power Electronics-Dominated Smart Grids for DER Integration | Prof. Yunwei (Ryan) Li, UofA |
11:25 – 12:05 | Lessons from the Lab – Building NAIT’s Industry Microgrid Test Lab | Mr. Christopher Loo & Mr. Shawn Wilkie, ATCO Electric |
12:05 – 13:00 | Lunch | |
13:00 – 13:40 | HIL and RCP Capabilities of Real Time Digital Simulators for Modern Power Converter Applications | Dr. Wei Li, OPAL-RT |
13:40 – 14:20 | Challenges of Integrating Renewable Energy Sources to Weak Transmission Grids | Mr. Adam Chevrefils, Manitoba Hydro International |
14:20 – 14:35 | Break | |
14:35 – 15:15 | On Capabilities of the RTDS Simulator for HVDC and Power Electronics Applications | Dr. Ramin Mirzahosseini, RTDS |
15:15 – 15:55 | Recent Trends of Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems | Dr S. Ali Khajehoddin, UofA |
15:55 – 16:35 | Power Electronics for Smart Utility Interface and Energy Storage Systems | Prof. John Salmon, UofA |
16:35 – 17:00 | Closing and Networking | |