PREFERENTIAL TOPICS

GROUP A1 – ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINES
1. Development, production and revitalization of large generators and motors
2. Experiences in operation and maintenance of generators and electromotor drives
3. Monitoring and diagnostics of electrical machine states in operational conditions
4. Application of new knowledge, materials and technologies in production and
    exploatition of electrical machines and electronic converters for renewable power
    sources
5. Synchronous machines excitation systems

GROUP A2 – TRANSFORMERS
1. Operational experiences
2. Transformers repair, refurbishment, diagnostics and monitoring
3. Novelties in development and new testing methods and tools
4. Transformers and environment

GROUP A3 – HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT
1. Reliability and Maintenance of High Voltage Equipment
2. Special Service Conditions in High Voltage Equipment
3. Latest Development Trends in High Voltage Equipment
4. Test Methods, Test and Standards

GROUP B1 – INSULATED CABLES
1. Trends and experiences in the maintenance of power cable lines
2. Standards and administrative problems of power cable lines
3. The construction of new and reconstruction of existing power cable lines

GROUP B2 – OVERHEAD LINES
1. Reliability of existing transmission and distribution lines, OHL components analysis
    the lifespan of equipment, operational events, diagnostics, practical experiences and
    examples
2. OHL corridors: definitions, practice, experience and necessary adjustments
3. Electrical and / or mechanical performances improvement, transmission capacity
    increasing, new techniques and technologies
4. Legal and regulatory frameworks: technical regulations, expectations, deadlines,
    proposals and recommendations

GROUP B3 – SUBSTATIONS
1. Developments and new thinking in substation design
2. New challenges in existing substations: maintenance & reconstructions
3. The impacts of new regulations in substation design
4. Smart grid integration for high voltage substations 

GROUP B4 – HVDC AND POWER ELECTRONICS
1. World trends of HVDC Transmission and FACTS systems in Power Grids
2. Integration of Renewables Energy Sources and Electricity Energy Storages within Power System
3. Preparation and Achievements of Inland Industry in the area of HVDC Transmission
    and Power Electronics in AC Networks

GROUP B5 – PROTECTION AND AUTOMATION
1. Protection and automation in light of global trends in the electricity sector
2. The impact of Distributed Generation to the protection and automation systems
3. Computer-based models and software for the design and analysis of the relay
    protection system
4. WAMS and WAMPAC – experience from application and the guidelines for the future
5. Relay protection systems and associated IT and communications environment
6. Analysis of power system disturbances - preconditions, methods and benefits
7. Metering and accounting systems and power quality monitoring

GROUP C1 – SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMICS
1. Proposed New EU energy legislation - Winter Package (“Clean Energy for All
    Europeans“) from the prospective of power system development and economics
2. COP21 and power system development
3. Power systems with large scale RES integration
4. New RES technologies

GROUP C2 – SYSTEM OPERATION AND CONTROL
1. Development and the implementation of new EU legislation power system control,
    capacity calculation and remedial actions; expiriences in early implementation
2. Power system defence plans, procedures during system disturbances and restauration
3. Power system operation considering large –scale integration of distributed generation
    and renewables
4. Modern power system control centres – requirements, expiriences
5. Coordinated operation of transmission and distribution grids
6. Optimal use of the transmission network; a regional approach

GROUP C3 – SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
1. Low carbon power sector - goals for 2030 and 2050
2. Impact of the Directive on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air
    from combustion plants
3. The implementation of the objectives of circular economy
4. Revision of the Emission Trading Scheme Directive and their impact on the power
    system
5. Implementation of energy efficiency measures in power system
6. The impact and contribution of renewable energy sources to environmental protection
7. Environmental management systems, the benefits for the electricity sector
8. Protection of nature and the power system
9. The impact of energy facilities on the environment and local community
10. The impact of the new power facilities on the environment

GROUP C4 – SYSTEM TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE
1. Lightning Protection Systems, Surge Protection, Insulation Coordination of Lines,
    Switchgears and Dispersed Power Sources, Insulation in Contaminated Environment 
2. Power Quality
3. Electromagnetic Compatibility
4. Lightning Location Systems and Real-time Lightning Monitoring
5. Electric Power System Stability, System Safety, Use of Dispersed Power Sources as
    Wind Power Plants, Solar Plants and Cogeneration Plants
6. Analysis of Temporary, Switching and Lightning Overvoltages, Surge Arresters
7. Advanced  Tools for the Analysis of Power System Performance

GROUP C5 – ELECTRICITY MARKETS AND REGULATIONS
1. Impacts of the EU energy legislation – „Winter package“ and the Third package
    network codes
2. Regulation of energy activities – quo vadis?
3. The impact of renewable energy sources on the electricity market
4. Distributed sources of flexibility in the new electricity market model

GROUP C6 – DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND DISPERESED GENERATION
1. Integrated planning and operation for upgrading distribution networks
2. Energy infrastructure for urban networks
3. Microgrids and off-grid hybrid systems

GROUP D1 – MATERIALS AND EMERGING TEST TECHNIQUES
1. New and existing electrotechnical materials  and their influence on the environment
2. Diagnostic methods and  basis for their understanding
3. Existing and emerging technologies and testing  techniques  and  their influence on
    systems

GROUP D2 – INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
1. New ICT solutions for power system operation and control (modern solutions for
    control center architecture)
2. Information security in control centers and power system facilities
3. Telecommunication networks, services and technologies
4. ICT platforms (information systems) for acquisition, processing and exchange of power
    metering and billing data
5. Communication architecture for IP–based applications in power system facilities
6. Smart grids (new technologies and solutions)
7. Existing technical systems - revitalization, maintenance and experiences