Program & Speakers

First of December 2021 (1-12-2021)

12:30 Start of Symposium with a Lunch
13:00 The Future of Power Links for Smart Grids – MVDC technology
Dr. Tiago Castelo de Oliveira - TU/e
14:00 Will our future buildings still have AC sockets?
Prof. Dr. ir. Johan Driesen - KU Leuven
15:00 DC-Installations and Power Quality
Prof. dr. ir. Sjef Cobben - TU/e
16:00 Planning of DC Distribution grids
M.sc Julian Saat - RWTH Aachen
17:00 Network drink @ Het Walhalla

Prof. dr. ir. Johan Driesen

"Prof. dr. ir Johan Driesen is Professor at the KU Leuven (BE) and associated to "Energyville", a collaboration of several Belgian institutes for sustainable energy and intelligent energy systems. His research concerns DC nanogrids and Energy Conversion."

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Prof. dr. ir. Sjef Cobben

Prof. dr. ir. J.F.G Cobben is part-time professor at the University of Technology Eindhoven, research group Electrical Energy Systems.
His research focuses on Power Quality in distribution grids and low- and medium- voltage safety.

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Dr. Tiago Castelo de Oliveira

Dr. Tiago Castelo de Oliveira is a researcher at the University of Technology Eindhoven, research group Electrical Energy Systems.
His research focuses on the possibilities of DC links in Flexible smart grid networks.

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M.Sc. Julian Saat

M.Sc. Julian Saat is a member of the team Energy Distribution Grid Planning at the Institute for High Voltage Equipment and Grids, Digitalization and Energy Economics (IAEW) at RWTH Aachen University. He is involved in the FEN research campus which includes a 5kV DC inter-building network.

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