FlexNet Assembly, Bath

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FlexNet Assembly Meeting – Streams A & B – 19th and 20th May 2008

The first FlexNet assembly took place on the 19th and 20th May at the University of Bath.  The assembly was attended by research assistants, post graduate students, staff and investigators working on the FlexNet programme as well representatives from certain other Supergen consortia, and industrial sponsors.  The programme comprised meetings for the Steering Committee, Management Executive and Industrial Sponsors, as well as presentations, discussions and workshops.  The intention of the assembly was to agree on ways forward within the consortium, to create new ideas and to allow members of the consortium to meet and exchange ideas.  A detailed programme for the assembly is shown below.

The assembly took place over two days and involved two streams of activity. Stream A
mostly involved technical presentations and workshops on present and future research within the Supergen - FlexNet consortium. Stream B comprised mostly of management meetings, cross-consortia and industrial partner meetings. Delegates could switch streams as appropriate during the assembly meeting.

Day 1: Monday 19th May 2008

AM – Single session

Both Streams A & B
09:45 – Registration & Coffee (2E Foyer)
10:20 – Meeting format and administration issues (Room 2E 3.1) – Rod Dunn (Bath)
EPSRC/Supergen - FlexNet Overview (Room 2E 3.1)
10:30 – Introduction – Tim Green (Imperial College))
10:40 – An Overview of the Supergen Programme – Neil Bateman (EPSRC)
11:00 – An Overview of Supergen - FutureNet/FlexNet – Tim Green (Imperial College)
11:10 – An Overview of the FlexNet Workstreams:
11:10 – 11:15 Deliberative Engagement – Patrick Devine-Wright (Manchester)
11:15 – 11:20 Future Energy Mix – Janaka Ekanayake (Cardiff)
11:20 – 11:25 Shape & Size of the Network – Graham Ault (Strathclyde)
11:25 – 11:30 Power System Electronics – Steve Finney (Strathclyde)
11:30 – 11:35 Smart, Flexible Controls – Rod Dunn (Bath)
11:35 – 11:40 Customers, Citizens & Loads – François Bouffard (Manchester)
11:40 – 11:45 Future LV Networks – Carlos Hernandez (Imperial College)
11:45 – 11:50 Markets & Investments – Richard Green (Birmingham)
11:50 – 11:55 Researcher Training Programme – Richard Green (Birmingham)
12:00 – 12:30 Validation and Showcase – Graeme Burt (Strathclyde)
12:30 – 13:30 Buffet lunch (2E Foyer)
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PM – Parallel Sessions

Stream A: FlexNet Technical Presentations (Room 3E 2.2) – Chaired by Raj Aggarwal (Bath)
13:30 – 13:50 “Public Understanding of Electricity”
Hanna Devine-Wright (Manchester)
13:55 – 14:15 “Market Behaviour with Large Amounts of Intermittent Generation”
Nicholas Vasilakos (Birmingham)
14:20 – 14:40 "The Option Value of Learning-by-doing"
Rutger-Jan Lange (Cambridge)
14:45 – 15:05 “International Active Network Development and Deployment”
Robert McDonald (Strathclyde)
15:10 – 15:30 “Quantifying the Benefits of Corrective Control”
Biljana Stojkovska (Imperial College)
15:30 – Coffee (3E Foyer)
16:00 – 16:20 "Adaptive Autoreclosure with Increased Renewable Permeation"
Simon Le Blond (Bath)
16:25 – 16:45 “Flexible Transmission Access Arrangements for Sustainable Power Systems”
Charlotte Ramsay (Imperial College)
16:50 – 17:05 “Adaptive Control of Active Distribution Networks”
Thipnatee Sansawatt (Edinburgh)
17:05 – 17:20 “Building a GB Renewable Energy Model”
Aby Iyer (Edinburgh)
17:25 – 17:45 “Investigating the System-Wide Effects of Demand-Side Participation”
Francois Bouffard (Manchester)
17:45 – Close for day

Stream B: Electrical Networks Joint Meeting and Workshops (Room 3E 2.1)
– Chaired by Miles Redfern (Bath)
13:30 – An Overview of the Research within other Electrical Networks Supergen Consortia
13:30 – 13:40 Highly Distributed Power Systems – Graeme Burt (Strathclyde)
13:45 – 13:55 AMPerES – Simon Rowland (Manchester)
14:00 – 14:10 Marine – Gareth Harrison (Edinburgh)
14:15 – 14:25 Energy Storage – Saiful Islam (Bath)
14:30 – Workshop on “Overlaps across Electrical Networks Consortia”
15:30 – Coffee (3E Foyer)
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16:00 – Workshop on “Gaps in Research across Electrical Networks Consortia”
17:00 – Workshop on “Cross Consortia Research Collaboration Opportunities”
17:45 – Close for the day
Both Streams A & B
18:30 – Pre-dinner Reception, Wessex House Restaurant, University of Bath
19:00 onward – Annual Assembly Dinner, Wessex House Restaurant, University of Bath
(Dress code: informal, smart)
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Day 2: Tuesday 20th May

AM – Parallel Sessions

Stream A: FlexNet Workshops – Part 1 (Room 3E 2.4)
09:30 – Workshop on “The Main Motivations for and Benefits Expected from Supergen - FlexNet”
Chaired by Cliff Walton (PPA Energy)
11:00 – Coffee (3E Foyer)
11:30 – Workshop on “Analysis and Modelling Methods to be used within the FlexNet Consortium”
Co-chairs: Furong Li (Bath) & Keith Bell (Strathclyde)
13:00 – 14:00 Buffet lunch (2E Foyer)
Stream B: FlexNet Management Meetings
09:30 – FlexNet Steering Committee Meeting (Room 2E 3.4)
10:30 – (in parallel) Academic Research Supervisor Meeting (Room 2E 3.4)
10:30 – (in parallel) Industrial Sponsors Meeting (Room 2E 4.8)
11:15 – Coffee (3E Foyer)
11:45 – Management Executive Meeting – Part 1 (Room 2E 3.4)
13:00 – 14:00 Buffet lunch (2E Foyer)

PM – Parallel Sessions

Stream A: FlexNet Workshops – Part 2 (Room 3E 2.4)
14:00 – 15:30 Workshop on “Developing and Using Common Scenarios for FlexNet Research”
Co-chairs: Graham Ault, Keith Bell & Damien Frame (Strathclyde)
Stream B: FlexNet Management Executive Meeting
14:00 – 15:30 Management Executive – Part 2 (Room 2E 3.4)
Both Streams A & B (Room 3E 2.4)
15:30 – Closing remarks – Tim Green (Imperial College)
15:45 – Coffee & Close (3E Foyer)