DAY -1 DETAILED PROGRAM Pre-Conference Tutorials: Sunday 17th November 2013 (14 Muharam 1435) 08:00 - 08:30 TUTORIALS REGISTRATION Tutorial 1 | Power System Security (methods of fault mitigation) Dr. Bruce Stedall, TRANSCO, UAE Eng. Surour, Masdar Institute Nexan (Technology development and real projects demonstration) 08:30 - 02:30 Tutorial 2 | Renewable Energy Systems, Characteristics, Integration Requirements and Ancillary Services for grid support Dr. Michael Xiao, Masdar Institute Dr. Mohamed Shawky, Masdar Institute OPAL-RT Technologies CONFERENCE PRE REGISTRATION 08:30 - 02:30 17:00 - 20:00 The First Day: Monday 18th November 2013 (15 Muharam 1435) FIRST DAY REGISTRATION 07:30 - 14:00 OPENING CEREMONY: Welcome statement and Holy Quran HE Abdullah Saif Al-Nuaimi, Director General of ADWEA Address H.E. Chairman of GCC CIGRE Board of Directors Address Cigre Representative Address 09:00 - 09:05 09:05 - 09:15 09:15 - 09:25 09:25 - 09:45 Honoring Conference sponsors and guests 09:45 - 10:00 Exhibition inauguration 10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK 10:30 - 11:00 The First Day: Monday 18th November 2013 (15 Muharam 1435) 18th Nov 2013 11:00 – 12:30 Panel Discussion - Challenges for Renewable Energy Development in GCC Moderator: Dr. Najeeb Dandashi – Transco – Abu Dhabi (1) Dr. Mustapha Taoumi, IRENA - MENA Region (2) Dr. Osama Al-Sayegh – KISR - Kuwait (3) Dr. Mohamed Shawky– Masdar – Abu Dhabi (4) Dr. Ibrahim Babili – K.A. Care Saudi Arabia (5) Invited Speaker – Dii (Desertec industrial initiative) PRAYER BREAK www.gcc-cigre-power.com 12:30 – 13:00 Session A1 : Development of Interconnections and Power Markets 18th Nov 2013 13:00 - 14:30 Chairman: Eng. Nasser Al-Shahrani – GCCIA – Saudi Arabia Keynote Paper: “Initiatives to Support Developing Power Trade in the GCC and Beyond - A Policy Paper” - Nayef Al-Haddad, Ahmed A. Ebrahim, Pierre Bernard, Hassan Al-Asaad, Mohamed Al-Hamad - GCCIA. A100 - “Pan-Arab Interconnection and Development of Arab Power Markets” - Husam Beides - Lead Energy Specialist - The World Bank . A101 - “Opportunities and solutions for the development of a Mediterranean interconnected grid” - Philippe Adam, J. Kowal, H. Pouliquen – France. A102 - “Opportunities for Power Trading through Diversity of Annual Maximum Load for GCC Countries” - Mohamed Y. Al-Hamad, Ahmed A. Ebrahim - GCCIA. A103 - “An Innovative Method for Commercial Settlement of Spilled Energy in Interconnection Environment” - Ehtesham Uddin, Salem Al Harthi, Hamidullah Siddiqui - TRANSCO, UAE. LUNCH 14:30 – 15:15 GALA DINNER 20:00 – 21:30 DAY -2 Second Day: Tuesday 19th November 2013 (16 Muharam 1435) 19th Nov 2013 8:30 -10:30 TRACK A TRACK B Session A2 : System Operations and Control Session B1 : Power Transformers , Reactors and Insulators Chairman: Eng. Riyadh Al-Omair – NG – Saudi Arabia Chairman: Eng. Kamel Al-Shehabi – EWA - Bahrain A201 - “The GCC Interconnection Grid; Review and Comparison of Technical Studies against the Real World Experience after 3 Years of Operations” - Nasser Al-Shahrani, Mark Yeomans - GCCIA B101 - “Problems encountered with winding differential protection of reactors and auto transformers due to location of CTs- case studies and solutions” - Haifaa Al Mteiri TRANSCO, UAE A202 - “Integration of Nuclear Power plant in ADWEA Network and associated Operational challenges” - Hamidullah Siddiqui, Salem Al Harthi, Yusuf Hamed , Ehtesham Uddin TRANSCO, UAE B102 - “The Investigation of the Real Reason Behind the Failure of a Very Large Step Up Transformer Containing DBDS” - Lars Arvidsson, Jan-Petter Haugli, Bjorn Tandstad, Egil avnemyhr, VP diagnose, Sweden A203 - “Investigating the Impact of Inter-Area Oscillations in Oman Transmission Grid” Jimmy Peng, Amer Al-Hinai, Hisham Al-Riyami, Mahmood Al-Ismaili - UAE / Oman B103 - “Moisture in Power Transformers - How to Estimate and What to Do” - Matz Ohlen , Ali Dawood - Megger , Sweden / Bahrain A204 - “Roadmap to Secure Control Systems infrastructure” - Dr Kamal Radi , Mohamed Ali Fahmy, Dr Roshdy Hegazy - TRANSCO, UAE B104 - “Novel Pulsating Shunt Reactor for Restrained Compensation in EHV Transmission Lines” - Surour Alaraifi, M. S. El Moursi, - UAE A205 - “Challenges in the Safe & Economic Operation of Southern Operating Area NetworkK.S.A. Encountered in Year 2012g and the Actions Taken for Mitigation” - Turki M. Al-Qahtani , Amin A. El-Khatib - Saudi Electricity CompanySouthern Region B105 - “Compact OHTL Insulation – Trends and Technologies” - J. M. Seifert, T. Zembsch, M. Brückner - Lapp Insulators, Germany A206 - “Challenges and Practices in Building Dynamic Model of ADWEA Power System” - Naji A. Al Messabi, Yusuf M. Hamud, Hamidullah Siddiqui, Roshdy Hegazy - ADWEA, UAE B106 - “The impact of water Absorption on High Voltage Composite Insulation” - Mohammad AlZoubi - Yarmouk University, Jordan www.gcc-cigre-power.com 10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK 19th Nov 2013 11:00 – 12:30 TRACK A TRACK B Session A3 : Clean and Renewable Energy for the GCC Session B2 : Innovations in System Development Chairman: Eng. Riyadh Al-Omair – NG – Saudi Arabia Chairman: Eng. Mohamed Al-Muaili – NG – Saudi Arabia A301 - “Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Electricity Sector : ADWEA Power Systems Practices” - Dr. Ahmed Taha, Dr. Roshdy Hegazy, Zain Al-Abedeen - TRANSCO, UAE B201 - “Modern Subterranean Substations in Gas Insulated High Voltage Technology” - Peter Glaubitz, Petr Rudenko - Siemens AG, Germany A302 - “Smart Power Applications and active influence of power quality in distribution networks with Energy Storage Solutions” - Jan Teichmann - Siemens AG, Germany B202 - “Enhancement of Grounding Grid Design for Electrical Substation at National Grid SA” Mohammed Al-Ghazwi , Dr. Ali Al-Mohammed & Mohammed Al-Durais - National Grid- Saudi Arabia A303 - “Renewable Energy Integration in Southern Operating Area” - Yousef S. ALSharif - Saudi Electricity Company- Southern Region B203 - “TRANSCO Experience in 400kV Underground Cable Projects” - K. Hassan , S. Al Qubaisi , S. Mikhail , M. Al Zaabi - TRANSCO, UAE A304 - “The Need for Holistic Assessment Methods for the Future Electricity Grid” - Amro M. Farid, Aramazd Muzhikyan - Masdar, UAE B204 - “SEC Practice for Review and Updating Transmission Planning Criteria” - Majid Farhan, Rayed A. Al-Harthi - Saudi Electricity Company (Western Region) A305 - “Coupling of Wind Farms with Nuclear Power Plants” - Kareem AI-Ashery, Walid EI-Khattam, M. Abd El Rehim Badr - Egypt B205 - “Evaluation of Libyan Transmission network Reliability using AACIR method” - BelkasemTaher Obadi, Khalid Mohamed Himmair - Libya 12:30 – 13:00 PRAYER BREAK 19th Nov 2013 1:30 -1:45 TRACK A TRACK B Session A4 : Asset Management for Power Systems Session B3 : HVDC and FACTs Technologies Chairman: Eng. Salem Al-Harthi - TRANSCO - Abu Dhabi Chairman: Eng. Mohamed Al-Shaikh - GCCIA A401 - “Why Transco is Implementing ISO 55000” Keith Paintin - TRANSCO, UAE B301 - “Frequency Controller of the GCCIA HVDC Substation” - Nasser Al-Shahrani, Ikram Rahim GCCIA A402 - “Improving DEWA Power Transmission Network Reliability Using Reliability Centered Maintenance Technique” - F. El-Sheikhi, A. Salahi, A. Khaled, K. Samara, R. Sarhan, H. Moniem, M. Khamis, M. Hussein, Z. Aboo - DEWA, UAE B302 - “Enhancing System Performance by Means of HVDC Transmission” - N. M. MacLeod, I. R. Sukar , Z. Emin - Parsons Brinckerhoff, UK A403 - “Getting Value from On-line Condition Monitoring” - Greg Topjian, Kenneth Elkinson, Tony McGrail - Doble Engineering - USA B303 - “Static Var Compensator (SVC) Experience and Practice of Saudi Electricity Company/National Grid Saudi Arabia” - Abdulaziz A. Al-Rajhi , K.S. Balasubramanian - National Grid- Saudi Arabia A404 - “Asset Management Decision Support Modeling, using a Health Index, for Maintenance and Replacement Planning” - Mischa Vermeer, Ashutosh Sharma, Jos Wetzer, Peter Zonneveld, Dirk Boender - DNV KEMA, Stedin - Netherlands LUNCH 14:15 – 15:00 GCC Cigre General Assembly meeting 17:00 – 18:00 GCC Cigre Board meeting 18:00 – 20:00 www.gcc-cigre-power.com DAY -3 Third Day: Wednesday 20th November 2013 (17 Muharam 1435) Session A5 : Smart Technologies for Smarter Grids 20th Nov 2013 08:30 – 10:30 Chairman: Eng. Hilal Al-Naseri – OPWP - Oman A501 - “Establishment of Smart Wide-Area Monitoring Centre” - Dr Roshdy Hegazy, Dr. Kamal Radi, Adil Abdelsalam , Hajer Aljenaibi - TRANSCO, UAE A502 - “PMU-based Adaptive Fault Location for Series-Compensated Lines in SEC Network” - Dr. Ali H. AlMohammed , Dr. Mohammed A. Abido - National Grid SA / KFUPM - Saudi Arabia A503 - “Practical Long Term Application of UHF Partial Discharge Monitoring System on GCCIA Interconnection Network” - Mohamed Al-Shaikh, Fraser Cook GCCIA / DMS-Qualitrol, Scotland A504 - “Online UHF partial discharge monitoring in EHV GIS: Utility Experience” - Nabil Albastaki - DEWA, UAE A505 - “Computer-aided Fault Analysis (CAFA) dedicated to power-transmission system” - Denis Kobler – Belgium A506 - “Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) System for underground cables in National Grid SA Network” Waleed Al-Malki , Yasser Mahmood - National Grid - KSA 10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK Session A6 : Substation Automation and Protection 20th Nov 2013 11:00 – 12:30 Chairman: Eng. Abdul Rahman Al-Baker – KM - Qatar A601 - “National Grid Saudi Arabia’s Experience in Preparation of a Standard for Substation Automation System (SAS) For Transmission Substations 110kV Through 380kV” - Yousef Al-Fouzan, Bader Al-Hammad, Osama Ahmed - National Grid- Saudi Arabia A602 - “Upgrading The Existing 400/220 kV Sub-Stations Automation by Using IEC 61850 Standard” Ramadan El mshamer - GECOL, Libya A603 - “Improving Protection System Coordination and Performance through Utilization of New Protection Security Assessment Solution” - Thomas Bopp , Rainer Krebs, Johann Jäger - Siemens / FAU , Germany A604 - “Distance Protection Challenges Assessment in High Voltage Series Compensated Transmission Lines” - Ahmed Nasr Zeinhom - DAR Engineering, Egypt A605 - “Benefits Oriented Zero cost Projects on Communication Automation Systems in Najran, NG-Saudi Arabia” - Venkatasamy R. Ramesh - National Grid- Saudi Arabia 12:30 – 13:00 20th Nov 2013 13:00 – 14:00 PRAYER BREAK CLOSING SESSION • GCC Cigre Chairman Closing Statement 13:00 – 13:05 • GCC Cigre Secretary General Announcements 13:05 – 13:15 • Technical Committee Chairman Concluding Remarks 13:15 – 13:30 • General Questions and Remarks from Attendees 13:30 – 13:45 • Awarding the Conference’s Best Paper Prizes 13:45 – 14:00 CONFERENCE CLOSE AND LUNCH 14:00