Dear colleagues,
The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences is hosting an
ENERGY SYSTEMS WEEK in Cambridge, Monday-Thursday, 24-27 May 2010. Full
details of the event are available from
www.newton.ac.uk/programmes/SCS/esw.html
To apply to participate please fill out the form at
www.newton.ac.uk/cgi/ofb-esw; there is no fee for the technical
sessions.
The week is divided into three parts:
A. Mon 24 - Wed 26 May: Tutorial lectures on power system modelling
aimed at mathematicians, given by experts in the field. Confirmed
speakers are:
- Ben Hobbs (Johns Hopkins/Cambridge) and Danny Ralph (Cambridge): "What
makes electricity different? Dumb Grids, the Ultimate Just-in-Time
Problem, and Polar Bears" and "Things we don't know how to do: Huge
nonconvex smart auctions; Combining financial and structural models; and
Multilevel games"
- Sean Meyn (Illinois): "Dynamic models for electric power markets"
- Glenn Vinnicombe (Cambridge): Power system control (title TBC)
- Janusz Bialek (Durham): "Wide area blackouts: why do they happen and
how can modelling help?"
- Daniel Kirschen (Manchester): "New formulations of the Optimal Power
Flow (OPF) problem"
- Mark O'Malley (University College Dublin): "Mathematical modelling for
wind energy integration studies"
B. Wed 26 May: Open for Business, in which academic and industry leaders
give a strategic overview of key challenges in the field, followed by a
panel discussion and reception. Confirmed speakers are:
Sean Meyn (Illinois), Steve Smith (Ofgem), Janusz Bialek (Durham), Chris
Murray (National Grid)
C. Thu 27 May: Industry day, in which industry practitioners outline
opportunities, challenges and problems, leading to potential
collaborations between academia and industry.
Confirmed presenters include representatives from:
- Department of Energy and Climate Change (including future uncertainty
in economic projection models)
- KEMA consulting (smartgrid control)
- National Grid Control Centre (demand forecasting)
- UK Research Councils Energy Programme.
We hope you will be able to attend, all or part of the week.
Best regards,
Chris Dent
p.s. we would also be grateful if you could forward this to any
mathematical colleagues who might be interested in participating.
--
Dr. Chris Dent,
Senior Research Associate,
School of Engineering and Computing Sciences,
Durham University,
South Road,
Durham DH1 3LE.
U.K.
Tel: +44 (0) 191 33 42393
Web: http://www.dur.ac.uk/ecs/engineering/staff/rastaff/?id=7876
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