Program

Monday 26/11
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13:00	14:00	Registration for Tutorials and SG4SC Foyer
14:00	17:00	Tutorials Importance of ‘correct’ Policy & Regulation for energy system integration (ESI), William D’haeseleer Meeting room 7 Smart Electric Vehicle Charging, Prof. Johan Driesen Meeting room 6
16:00	17:30	Registration Foyer
16:30	18:00	Visit of Energyville Labs (1) Start in Foyer
18:30	21:00	Welcome reception La Grande Salle
Tuesday 27/11
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08:00	09:00	Registration Foyer
09:00	09:30	Introduction & Opening Auditorium Geert Deconinck, Chair of the IEEE International Forum SG4SC Kathleen Sterckx, manager Thor Park Daniel C. Toland, IEEE Smart Cities
09:30	10:15	Keynote 1: Diego Pavia, CEO InnoEnergy Auditorium
10:15	11:00	Keynote 2: Kris van Daele, Vice President Smart Homes and Buildings at Niko Group Auditorium
11:00	11:30	Coffee break
11:30	13:00	Tech session 1: City of Genk as a Smart City Chair: Philippe Gelders, technical director infrastructure, City of Genk Auditorium The city of Genk actively facilitates the transition to a smart city. This session will showcase how concrete plans for heat network, for wind energy integration, for smart control of heating devices and for smart lighting implement this ambition. Philippe Gelders, technical director infrastructure, City of Genk Kris Lemkens, City of Genk Peter Vos, City of Genk
13:00	14:00	Lunch
14:00	15:30	Tech Session 2A: Inclusive Energy Transition session Chair: Geert Deconinck, KU Leuven and Margot Weijnen Auditorium Panelists: Margot Weijnen Zofia Lukszo The Role of Hydrogen in Shaping an Inclusive Energy Transition Nikoleta Andreadou, JRC Petten Demand Reponse in the Inclusive Energy Transition Nauman Aslam Efficient Charging Management Strategies for Electric Vehicles: the Role of Communication in Shaping an Inclusive Energy Transition Aad Correlje, TU Delft The Challenge of Energy Justice in Shaping an inclusive Energy Transition	Tech session 2B: Electromobility – V2X technologies, overcoming gaps and barriers Chair: Cristina Corchero Garcia, Catalonia Institute for Energy research Meeting room 6 Panelists: Peter Bach Andersen, Senior Researcher at DTU Carlo Mol, project Leader Energy Technology at VITO Bram van Eijsden, Project Manager Innovation, ElaadNL Laura Brown, Centre Manager, National centre of Energy Systems Integration (CESI) at Newcastle University
15:30	16:00	Coffee break
16:00	17:30	Tech session 3: Machine Learning for Smart Grids Chair: Loi Lei Lai, Guangdong University of Technology Auditorium Panelists: Chun Sing Lai, University of Leeds Computational Intelligence for Energy Storage and Photovoltaic Sizing Alfredo Vaccaro, University of Sannio Decentralized Information Processing in Smart Grids by Self-Organizing Dynamic Agents Yan Xu, Nanyang Technological University Data-Driven Analytics for Power System Stability Joe Zhao yang Dong, University of New South Wales Outlook of Blockchain in Smart Grids Hossam A. Gabbar, University of Ontario Loi Lei Lai, Guangdong University of Technology Intelligent-based Multiple Time-of-Use Compensation for Industrial Demand Response
16:00	19:00	Visit of EnergyVille Labs (2) Start in Foyer
19:00	19:30	Departure for diner
19:30		Diner
Wednesday 28/11
Start	End
08:00	08:30	Registration Foyer
08:30	09:00	Keynote 3: Ronnie Belmans, CEO Energyville EnergyVille: from black gold to green gold Auditorium
09:00	10:30	Tech Session 4A: Distributed monitoring and advanced measurements in smart cities Chair: Dr. Ana Dumitrescu, Politehnica University of Bucharest Meeting room 6 Panelists: Dr. Carlo Muscas, University of Cagliary Information Quality in Distributed Measurement Systems for Smart Grids Dr. Ferdinanda Ponci, RWTH Aachen Dr. Anne Mutule, IPE Riga The Role of Advanced Metering in Smart Cities Dr. Edo ardo Patti, Politecnico di Torino Smart Metering Architecture to Foster Services in Smart Grids	Tech Session 4B: SEEV4City-debate on “Future of V2G and smart charging” Chair: Jan Cappelle, KU Leuven Coordinated by Hogeschool van Amsterdam Auditorium 09:00 – 09:30 “Lessons learned from the SEEV4City-project: Technical challenges of 6 smart grid pilots” – Jan Cappelle, KU Leuven 09:30 – 10:30 “Debate: Synergies between EV’s and renewables” – Robert van den Hoed, AUAS Panelists: Peter Van den Bossche, Secretary of IEC TC69 Marc Trahand, Nuvve Corp Vincent Vancaeyzeele, Eandis Hugo Niesing, Resourcefully Tim Oosterop
10:30	11:00	Coffee break
11:00	12:30	Tech session 5A: New roles in the grid, customer engagements Chair: Antonios Marinopoulos & Nikoleta Andreadou Meeting room 6 Panelists: Shafiuzzaman Khan Khadem, International Energy Research Centre, Ireland Local Energy Communities (Sustainable and Smart) – Their role in future Smart Cities: Who, What and How? Roberto Zangrandi, Secretary General of EDSO for Smart Grids Making Smart Electricity an Everyday Choice: Distribution, Local Energy and Smart Cities Nuno Vasco Lopes, DTx: Digital Transformation Colab The Social Perspective: The Role of the Citizen in Future Smart Cities Alvaro Nofuentes, the NOBEL GRID project The Challenges of the European Energy Transition	Tech Session 5B: Multi-Agent Systems and AI for smart networks Chair: Ann Nowé, VUB State of the art in multi-agent reinforcement learning and network management allows to manage modern networked systems (e.g. smart grids, telecom networks, traffic control) through software. This session highlights the result of SMILE-IT. Auditorium Panelists: Chris Develder, UGent, IDLab-IBCN Reinforcement Learning for Coordinated EV Charging Steven Latré, UAntwerpen, IDLab-MOSAIC Reinforcement Learning for Other Domains Tim Molderez, VUB Marlon – A Programming Language for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in Smart Grids Chris Hermans, VITO, Geert Deconinck, KU Leuven Multi-Agent Learning for Demand Response
12:30	13:30	Lunch
13:30	15:00	Tech session 6A: Living Labs and Hardware test facilities Chair: Thomas Strasser, AIT Meeting room 6 Renewable energy sources are key enablers for a sustainable energy supply of the future. The intermittent behaviour of them and their limited storage capabilities present new challenges to power system operators in maintaining power quality and reliability. However, the increased availability of advanced automation and communication technologies has also provided new intelligent solutions to these challenges. Previous work has presented various new methods to operate highly interconnected power grids with corresponding components in a more effective way. As a consequence of these developments the traditional power system is transformed into a cyber-physical system, a smart grid. The goal of this panel is to discuss the importance of living labs and research facilities in the development and validation of smart grid systems. Panelists: Thomas Strasser, AIT Is There Still a Need for Power Systems/Smart Grid Laboratories? Henrik Bindner, DTU Key Role for Experiments in Labs for Providing Real Input to Real Solutions Erik de Jong, DNV GL Power Cybernetics – The future of Validation Ibrahim Abdulhadi, University of Strathclyde The Role of Systems Testing in De-risking Smart Grid Control and Automation Peter Palensky, TU Delft RTDS Interfacing for Integrated Power Systems Steffen Vogel, RWTH Aachen Virtually Interconnected Laboratories for Large Power-System Simulations Davood Babazadeh, OFFIS Smart Energy Simulation and Automation Laboratory	Tech session 6B: Education and training in smart grids and smart cities Chair: Prof. Johan Driesen, KU Leuven Coordinated by the European University Association Auditorium Panelists in this session will focus on education and training needs and innovative teaching methods for smart grids and cities. Panelists will actively engage with the audience and challenge them to reflect on interdisciplinary skills for tackling the energy transition from a holistic perspective (addressing technical, societal, entrepreneurial, market aspects etc.). Panelists: Dr. Douglas Halliday, Durham University Smart Education and Training for Smart Grids and Smart Cities: The Role of Universities Dr. Lucian Toma, University Politehnica of Bucharest Adapting the Academic Programs in UPB to Comply with the Smart grid Requirements Dr. Hartmut Dumke, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Plus Energy Districts – How to Empower, Repeat and Accelerate “PED succes stories” by Evaluation and Training Means Ms. Stela Nenova, ENTSO-E
15:00	15:30	Coffee break
15:30	17:00	Tech session 7A: Cyber Security and Resilience Chair: Dr. Thomas Schlechter, Security is a Quality Criteria Meeting room 6 Panelists: Ravinder Venugopal, Managing Director, OPAL-RT, Germany GmbH i. Gr., Nuremberg, Germany Cyber-Resilience and Security for Smart Grids and Smart Cities: The Role of Real-Time Simulation Davood Babazadeh, R&D Group Manager, OFFIS e. V., Oldenburg, Germany Methods to Enhance Cyber-Physical Resilience in Energy Systems Ehsan Sheybani, PhD AI for Big Data in the Smart Grid	Tech session 7B: Multi-carrier energy Chair: Panos Moutis Auditorium Panelists: Spyros Skarvelis-Kazakos Reliable, resilient, intelligent, integrated energy systems Meysam Qadrdan Maximising flexibility through multi-scale integration of energy systems Panayiotis (Panos) Moutis Distributed battery storage systems as a savings mechanism in a bottom-up approach Graeme Hawker Assessing the value of competing carriers for domestic heat: analysis paralysis or spoiled for choice?
17:00	17:30	Lessons learned and closing Auditorium