Call for Papers

ABSTRACT SUBSMISSION

Abstract submission is now closed.

IMPORTANT DATES

Friday 24 February 2017	Paper proposals due (including abstract, bio note and photo)
Friday 17 March 2017	Presenters notified of acceptance
Friday 5 May 2017	Full paper due

OVERVIEW

The 2017 Conference will be attended by over 1000 delegates and visitors and is the premier engineering/technical event for the New Zealand electricity supply industry.

EEA2017: “Electricity challenges: Industry solutions” recognises that the industry faces many challenges and opportunities, from new technology and evolving customer expectations to asset, commercial and regulatory pressures. The electricity industry is rising to these challenges by looking at opportunities from innovation, collaboration, leadership, robust asset management and engineering solutions.

WHY YOU AND STAFF SHOULD PRESENT A PAPER

We welcome a broad range of papers from across engineering, technical, safety and strategic management issues in the electricity supply sector – generation, distribution and transmission networks, contracting, consulting, equipment suppliers, government and end use customers.

The writing and presentation of technical papers is an opportunity to profile and share information on sound engineering knowledge, practice, processes or technology; or an organisation’s or individual’s technical work.

It is also an opportunity for a company or individual to get recognition as an engineering leader, advisor, thinker and communicator playing a role in shaping New Zealand’s power engineering future.

For all our engineering/technical staff it is an important part of their professional development and training and provides the very best of opportunities to share our experience and innovative thinking among a community of enthusiastic and knowledgeable engineers working across all sectors of the industry.

At a strategic level, it provides an opportunity to give perspectives on energy challenges and issues; to profile and recognise engineering excellence; and to report on recent research, technological developments and industry projects.

STUDENT PAPERS

The EEA has a strong commitment to the future development of our industry engineering students and to integrate student learning with the Conference experience, university and polytech students are encouraged to submit paper proposals. Student papers keep industry informed on current research projects and provide students with the opportunity to meet, network and foster relationships with engineers and employers in the electricity supply industry. There is also a chance to learn more about engineering and new technologies through the Trade Exhibition.

BEST PAPER AWARDS

The Best Paper Awards are judged by your peers and are awarded to papers of outstanding quality. In 2015 there were over 90 papers judged, so for those receiving recognition as an EEA Conference Best Paper is a much coveted Award.

The Best Paper Awards categories include Best Paper (Member), Best Paper (Non Member), Best Paper (Student) and the IET Award for Best Paper Presentation. The Awards prizes vary – but include cash, complimentary memberships, plaques and travel.

PAPER TOPICS – EEA2017: Electricity challenges: Industry solutions

Paper proposals are invited from all sectors and companies in the industry.

EEA2017: “Electricity challenges: Industry solutions” recognises that the industry faces many challenges and opportunities, from new technology and evolving customer expectations to asset, commercial and regulatory pressures. The electricity industry is rising to these challenges by looking at opportunities from innovation, collaboration, leadership, robust asset management and engineering solutions.

Our 2017 Conference invites a broad range of strategic, engineering; asset and technology papers that will help our industry better understand the challenges, opportunities and potential solutions needed for an enabling, adaptable and responsive electricity system of the future. EEA2017 is an opportunity for learning, sharing and recognising the best of what the ESI does across engineering / operational / technical and safety. We are looking for papers in four broad areas:

Strategic Enablers – Market operation, pricing Strategic Asset Management - Asset health, management of existing assets, condition monitoring, long term assets but future uncertainties, investment strategies, systems/technology options.
Technologies – Innovation & Collaboration – Generation and storage, automation/grid intelligence and big data management, customer technology (renewables, PVs/EVs, load management, energy efficiency), metering, the internet of everything, future networks, cyber security.
Asset Utilisation - data capture, analysis, impact of customer technologies, asset management strategies, security/reliability, capital and maintenance strategies
People and Performance – due diligence processes, building safety culture, low probability high consequence, standardisation, safety impacts of technology, competencies for safety, productivity and benchmarking

The following are some paper “topic areas” for you to consider. (Note: Topics below are NOT in any priority order).

Strategic enablers

Electricity Market models
Regulatory and business models
Price/reliability/security management
Intelligent Grids
The Internet
Network forecasting and planning
Automation/power electronics
Data Management for Power Systems
Modelling - renewables, batteries and EVs
Storage technologies and virtual power plants
Electric vehicles infrastructure
System Modelling
Advanced diagnostics
Metering - customer/asset data analysis and management
Demand side management
Smart appliances, equipment, buildings and customers
Standardisation – IEC, ISO, ITU

Technology – innovation & collaboration

Technologies & Architecture
Integrating and modelling Renewables – PV, Wind
Storage technologies and impacts
“Big” Data – evaluation / prioritization / security;
Virtual Power Plants
Power quality and non-linear loads
System Stability
Electric vehicles infrastructure
Network strategies - planning, automation and power electronics
Smart meters
Local area networks
Standardisation of technology
Infrastructure resilience

Asset Utilisation (Generation, Network, Retail)

Asset management models for ageing infrastructure
Asset condition assessment, health indicators and performance metrics
Maintenance issues / strategies / engineering challenges
Data systems for asset management
Asset work planning and management
Plant failure and outage management
Earthing, protection, poles, switchgear, transformers and substations
Projects - Design, build, commission
Impact of distributed and renewable generation
Power quality, security of supply
Asset replacement strategies
Fibre rollout
Public Safety
Refurbishment / upgrades
Power quality and non-linear loads
System Stability
Wide-area monitoring, control and protection
Projects - Design, build, commission
Infrastructure resilience

People, Performance and Safety

Health and Safety in the Workplace – PCBU; Contractor Management,
Process, people and plant safety systems
Growing engineering and technical capability
Performance monitoring / audit
Live Work
High Impact Low Probability (HILP) activities - Safety Management
Safety by design
Safety Standardisation – SM-EI / guides
‘Good practice’ – what does it look like?
Delivering future industry Skills
Retention strategies
Electricity Safety Regulations – models and options

AUDIENCE

Previous events have been attended by industry CEOs and senior managers; engineering and asset management staff; technical, safety and business development managers; system analysts and planners; field staff and supervisors; engineering students and academics from NZ universities; Government officials; consultants and contracting staff; standards writers and other industry stakeholders.

PAPER PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PROCESS

The Paper Proposal general terms and conditions are:

All paper proposals must meet the format requirements specified by the EEA.
The EEA reserves the right to refuse material that does not meet requirements or is deemed inappropriate in either content or size.
Required documents must be submitted on-line. Abstracts, bio notes, portrait photos and papers will not be accepted in hard copy format or by fax.

Submission of a proposal will be regarded as acceptance of these conditions.

Details of the required format for Final Papers will be sent to presenters with notification of paper acceptance.

Paper acceptances will be advised by Wednesday 17 March 2017 and final papers are due Friday 5 May 2017.

No guarantee can be given for the inclusion of material supplied after the dates specified above. Due to printing deadlines, the following dates are not negotiable and no extensions will be permitted.

PANEL SESSIONS

We would appreciate your feedback on Conference Panel Session topics. Please send suggested topic to [email protected].