Program

Preliminary Technical Program Schedule (Updated Oct. 16, 2017)

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Sunday, October 22

15:00Registration Begins
15:00 - 17:00Terrance Lounge
Mini-tutorial by IEEE Standards Association
Chair: Andrew Kostiuk
19:00 - 21:00Reception
Host: Prof. Denard Lynch

Monday, October 23

Battleford
8:45 - 9:00Chair: Jonathan Palmer
Welcome Speech: Prof C. Y. Chung
Opening Speech: Prof. Witold Kinsner
9:00 - 10:00Keynote 1: Mike Marsh, SaskPower
10:00 - 10:20Coffee Break
Salon BatocheKelseyTerrace
10:20 - 12:00Session 1:

Solar Energy
Chair: Prof. Vijay Sood
Session 4:

Data Analytics
and Computation Methods
Chair: Prof. Hany Farag
Industry Session 1:
Renewable Energy Future

Chair: Mark Pollock
12:00 - 13:20Lunch
13:20 - 15:00Session 2:

DG and Microgrids
Chair: Prof. Carl Ho
Session 5:

Electric Vehicles
Chair: Aboutaleb Haddidi
Tutorial:

EMTP-RV

Chair: Andrew Kostiuk
15:00 - 15:20Coffee Break
15:20 - 17:00Session 3:

DG and Microgrids
Chair: Prof. John Lam
Session 6:

Wind Energy
Chair: Shengjun Huang
Tutorial:

EMTP-RV
Battleford
17:00 - 19:00Women in Engineering Session
Co-Chairs: Nataliia Petryshyn, SaskPower & Nasim Abdollahi, University of Manitoba
Hudsons Pub
19:30 - 21:30Young Professional Event
Chair: Keaton Wheeler

Tuesday, October 24

Battleford
9:00 - 10:00Keynote 2 : Deepa Kundur
Chair: Prof. Raman Paranjape
10;00 - 10:20Coffee Break
Salon BatocheKelseyTerrace
10:20 - 12:00Session 7:

Power System Protection
Chair: Prof. Gregory J Kish
Session 10:

Power Electronics, FACTS
Chair: Prof. Athula Rajapakse
Industry Session 2:
Smarter Grid For Future

Chair: Prof. Rajesh Karki
12:00 - 13:20Lunch
13:20 - 15:00Session 8:

Power System Protection
Chair: Prof. Xiaodong Liang
Session 11:

Power System Reliability
Chair: Prof. Nava Raj Karki
Session 13:

Power System Dynamics and
Stability
Chair: Prof. Irfan S. Al-Anbagi
15:00 - 15:20Coffee Break
15:20 - 17:00Session 9:

Smart Grid and
Cyber Security
Chair: Prof. Denard Lynch
Session 12:

Power Electronics, HVDC
Chair: Prof. Xiaozhe Wang
Session 14:

Power System Control
Chair: Dr. Zhijun Wang
Battleford
18:00 - 20:00Banquet

Wednesday, October 25

Salon BatocheTerraceBattleford
9:00 - 10:20Session 15:

Energy Storage
Chair: Prof. Sherif Faried
Session 16:

Electricity Markets
Chair: Prof. Arunesh K. Singh
Poster Session
10:20 - 10:40Coffee Break
10:40 - 12:00Session 17:

Data Analytics and
Computation Methods
Chair: Prof. Rama Gokuraju
Session 18:

Data Analytics and
Computation Methods
Chair: Prof. Morad Abdelaziz
Poster Session

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