Day one - Tuesday 24 September
09:00 | Registration and refreshments |
09:15 | Chair's Welcome Carl Johnstone, Director, i4 Asset Management, UK |
09:20 | Session 1: Electricity Networks – What does the future hold? Faith, Natukunda, System Capability Manager, National Grid ESO, UK |
10:00 | Session 2: Renewables Integration Chidinma Agwu, Senior HV/MV Components Engineer, Orsted, UK |
10:45 | Refreshment break |
11:00 | Session 3: High voltage switchgear Mark Waldron, Switchgear Technical Leader, National Grid, UK |
12:00 | Session 4: Design of high-voltage power transformers Raj Pal, Senior Transformer Design Engineer, GE Grid Solutions Ltd, UK |
13:00 | Lunch |
14:00 | Session 5: High voltage system stresses and insulation coordination Ian Cotton, Head of Research, School of Engineering, University of Manchester, UK |
15:00 | Refreshment break |
15:10 | 20 minutes walk to the lab |
15:30 | Lab session 1: Practical demonstrations of testing in the HV laboratories |
17:30 | End of day one |
Day two - Wednesday 25 September
09:00 | Refreshment available |
09:10 | Session 6: High voltage testing techniques HansErik Keiser, Head of Section, High-Voltage Laboratory, KEMA Laboratories Arnhem, DNV GL – Energy, Netherlands |
10:10 | Refreshment break |
10:20 | 20 minutes walk to the lab |
10:40 | Lab session 2: Practical demonstrations of testing in the HV laboratories |
12:40 | Lunch |
13:40 | Session 7: High voltage overhead power lines - AC and DC Jon Knapper, Managing Director, Allied Insulators Group LTD, UK |
14:40 | Session 8: High-voltage cable systems Andrew Barclay, Principal Engineer, Kinectrics International Europe, UK |
15:40 | Refreshment break |
16:00 | Session 9: Testing for endurance and reliability: high voltage renewable power systems Mario Jochim |
17:00 | End of day two (optional networking) |
Day three - Thursday 26 September
09:00 | Refreshments available |
09:10 | Session 10: Power electronics – technologies and applications Professor Mike Barnes, University of Manchester, UK |
10:10 | Session 11: Asset Management – an industrial perspective interactive session Carl Johnstone, Director, i4 Asset Management, UK |
11:10 | Session 12: Offshore maintenance - TBC |
12:10 | Lunch |
13:10 | 20 minutes walk to the lab |
13:30 | Lab session 3: Practical demonstrations of testing in the HV laboratories |
15:30 | Refreshments/ Movement break |
15:40 | Session 13: Lifetime Asset Management Carl Johnstone, Director, i4 Asset Management, UK |
16:40 | Session 14: Novel high-voltage materials Mark Lashbrook, Technical Director, M&I Materials, UK |
17:40 | Chairman’s final review and closing remarks |
17:45 | End of day three - close |