18th June - Venue Magdalene College Cripps Court Theatre and Magdalene Fellows garden
9 am – Welcome speeches
Professor David Cardwell – Head of Engineering Department
Professor Sir Mark Welland – Head of Electrical Engineering
9.15 – General introduction
Dr Tim Coombs – Head of EPEC group
9.25 – Plenary
Professor Sir Michael Sterling - Chairman of STFC
The UK’s Electrical Power system, past present and future
9.55 – Session 1 – Grids – Chair Dr. Teng long
Four speakers each with 20 minutes
Dr James Yu - Scottish Power
The role of the DNOs in the future evolution of the grid
Professor Goran Strbac – Imperial College
Flexibility – facilitating cost effective transition to low carbon energy future
Professor Kang Li – Queens University Belfast
The nexus of sustainable energy and manufacturing
Dr Tim Coombs – Cambridge University
Transmission requirements and stability
11.15– Tea break
11.30 – Session 2 – Transport/ motors – Chair Dr Marina Antoniou
Four speakers each with 20 minutes
Dr Teng Long - Cambridge University
Power convertors for electric vehicles
Dr Paul Robertson - Cambridge University
Small scale Electric aircraft
Dr Rob Watson - Rolls Royce
A Rolls-Royce View of the electrification of aerospace
Dr Andre Thunot - Dyson
Making better batteries
12.50 – Lunch – lunch will be taken in the fellows garden
14.30 – Session 3 – Power and power electronics – Chair Dr Tim Coombs
Four speakers each with 20 minutes
Paul Barnfather - EA Technology
Developments at EA technology and their impact on the future direction of power systems
Dr Ziming Song - Toshiba
Development of a novel VSC converter for HVDC applications
Professor Xiao-ping Zhang - Birmingham University
Flexible LCC HVDC to support the energy internet/energy integration
Dr M Antoniou & Dr P Palmer – Cambridge University
Power Electronics
15.50 – Tea break
16.05 – Break-out sessions/ round table discussion;
Session 1 Chaired by Dr Tim Flack
To include a presentation by Mr Saikat Ghosh/Dr Tim Flack on Machines and converters for mild hybrid electric vehicles
Followed by a discussion on Present and Future teaching in electrical power engineering
Session 2 Chaired by Professor Peter Tavner
The influence of renewable energy and its penetration into the grid.
The sessions will run in parallel and there will be an opportunity to move between sessions after 40 minutes
17.25 – Concluding remarks/ wrap up
17.30 – Workshop ends