ERC Research Symposium, 9th October 2014 – Agenda now available

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Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/10/2014
8:30 am - 6:00 pm

Location
UCD Student Centre, UCD


ERC Research Symposium 2014 

The Role for Consumers, Markets and Technology in a Sustainable Electrical Energy System

Thursday 9th October, 2014

Ad Astra Hall, Student Centre, UCD Belfield

Overview

We are delighted to announce that our annual ERC Research Symposium will take place in UCD on 9th October 2014. Continuing the success of previous ERC Research Symposiums, this year’s event promises to be exciting with a selection of our international and national research partners and industry partners all participating. The Symposium will discuss the role for consumers, markets and technology in a sustainable electrical energy system. It is intended to draw our attention to some of the challenges and opportunities facing the energy system from efficiency to distribution to transmission and energy policy. Presentations, posters and video clips from last year’s symposium are accessible on the ERC website and will give you a flavour of what the day is all about:  http://erc.ucd.ie/ercsees-2013-research-symposium/ .

Please click here to register.

Schedule

08:30:  Registration + Coffee

09:10:  Welcome

 University College Dublin (UCD) Energy Institute

09:30:  Session 1: Consumers’ Role in Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems

  • Chair: Bernice Doyle (SSE Renewables)
  • Niamh O’Connell (Technical University of Denmark)
  • James O’Donnell (UCD, Mechanical Engineering)
  • Geertje Schuitema (UCD, School of Business)

10:45 – 12:00: PhD Student Poster Session + Coffee break

  • Chair: Federico Milano, UCD Electrical Engineering.

11:00-11:15:    Ministerial Address

  • Minister Alex White, Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resources

12:00:  Session 2: Markets’ Role in Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems

  • Chair:  Richard Green (Imperial College London, Business School)
  • Sean Lyons (The Economic and Social Research Institute
  • Eamonn Lannoye  (Electric Power Research Institute)
  • Mohammad Mousavi (UCD, Electrical Engineering)

14:00:  Session 3: Technology’s Role in Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems

  • Chair:  Michael Walsh (EirGrid)
  • Terence O’Donnell (UCD Electrical Engineering),
    • With introduction to the new UCD Real Time Digital Simulator Test Facility
  • Alison O’Connell (UCD Electrical Engineering)
  • Mel Devine (University of Limerick, Mathematics)

 15:30:  Coffee break + posters

  •  Poster Session award, Judges John Hogan (University of Bristol), Richard Green, (Imperial College London), Dirk Pesch (Cork Institute of Technology), Chris Dent (Durham University)

 15:45:  International Panel Round Table on Energy Systems Integration (ESI)

  • Moderator: Mark O’Malley
  • “The Water Energy Nexus, an example of ESI”, Eoghan Clifford, NUIG
  • Panel members: 
    • Sean O Driscoll (Glen Dimplex Group)
    • Jerry O’Sullivan (ESB)
    • Brendan Murphy (Ervia)
    • William D’haeseleer (KU-Leuven)
    • Fintan Slye (EirGrid)
    • John Fitzgerald (The Economic and Social Research Institute)
    • Matthias Andersen (Technical University of Denmark)

16.45:  Closing

  • Final remarks by Sean O’Driscoll, Glen Dimplex

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