Conferences

This table is an overview of conferences related to DER. To add an event, please contact sini.numminen(a)der-lab.net. Those conferences that are supported by DERlab or its partners, are described more detailed below.


Conference   Location and Date
     
ISGT Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - 2012 Washington DC (USA), 16 - 20th January 2012
     
Smart Grid Summit   Stockholm (SE), 24 - 25th January 2012
     
EVER 2012   Monaco (MC), 22 - 25th March 2012
     
PHOTON's 4th PV Inverter Conference   Berlin (D), 26th March 2012
     
EnR conference   Paris (FR), 3 - 5th April 2012
     
EDISON conference   Copenhagen (DK), 16 - 17th April 2012
     
8. International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-8)   Toledo (ES), 16 - 18th April 2012
     
OTTI PV hybrids and minigrids conference   Chambery (FR), 26 -27th April 2012
     
Microgrid Symposium   Porto (PT), May 2012
     
KEMA's Utility of the Future Leadership Series - 2012 Washington DC (USA), 14 - 16th May 2012
     
CIRED Workshop 2012: Integration of Renewables into the Distribution Grid   Lisbon (PT), 29 - 30th May 2012
     
Energy Forum   Varna (BG), June 2012
     
Renewable Energy World Europe Conference and Expo   Cologne (D), 12 - 14th June 2012
     
EUSEW 2012: EU Sustainable Energy Week   Brussels (BG), 18 - 22th June 2012
     
IEEE PES GM: The 2012 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting   San Diego CA (USA), 22 - 26th June 2012
     
Electronics 2012   Sozopol (BL), September 2012
     
PVSEC - European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition Frankfurt (D), 24 - 28th September 2012
     
5th International Conference on Integration of Renewable Energy and Distributed Energy Resources Berlin (D), 4 - 6th December 2012

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KEMA's Utility of the Future Leadership Series - 2012
14 - 16th May 2012, The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Washington DC (USA)

KEMA holds the annual forum on Utility of the Future Leadership gathering energy and utility industry leaders to discuss opportunities and issues they face, including policies, technologies, and financial market trends, in modernizing the industry.

The 2012 Forum features one and one-half days of discussions on the challenges utilities are facing and the innovations they are putting forward to build for the future. The emerging pathways are as diverse as the companies and leaders attending the event. Whichever route taken, the forum provides ample opportunities for networking and meeting in small groups to help organizations prepare for their path.

Registration is now open for the 5th Forum.

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PVSEC - The 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
24 - 28th September 2012, Frankfurt (D)

The EU PVSEC is one of the world's most imoprtant international conferences in the field of Photovoltaics. The EU PVSEC will provide the most inspiring platform for dialogue and information exchange across the World.

The 27th EU PVESC conference will cover the entire range of PV research, technologies and applications, and focusing on the most recent scientific, technological and market-related trends.

The Call for Papers is open now.

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5th International Conference on Integration of Renewable Energy and Distributed Energy Resources
4 - 6th December 2012, Berlin (D)

The IRED 2012 conference will be held in December 2012 in Berlin (D) and will focus on the latest technical, market and policy aspects related to integration of renewable and distributed energy resources and smart grids through the plenary sessions.

Conference side events like workshops, and committee meetings on standardization and other related topics that will take place before and after the conference will give attendees the opportunity to further develop and deepen the knowledge in special topics.

Conference chair:
Dr. Philipp Strauss, Fraunhofer IWES/DERlab e.V., Kassel, Germany

Conference co-chairs
Dr. Abraham Ellis, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Hidekazu Takakura, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Kawasaki City, Japan

The conference is organised by DERlab and OTTI.


Papers are invited on the following topics:

1. Grid Integration of Centralised and Decentralised Storage Devices
2. Large-Scale Renewable Generation
3. Renewable Power Forecasting
4. Market and Business Models
5. Grid Operation
6. Regulatory Issues
7. Successful Demonstrations
8. Energy Management
9. Generation and Load Management
10. Solar and Wind Energy Integration
11. Information and Communication Technologies (ITC)
12. Island Grids and Micro-Grids
13. Transmission and Distribution

Deadline for the submission of abstracts: June 11th, 2012:

To upload your abstract please go to http://review.otti.eu

Conference announcement [62 KB]

The 4th conference was held in 6 - 10 December 2010 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA). Read more about it here.

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