Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Location: Plenary Room
Date: Tuesday, 30/Sept/2025
10:30am
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1:00pm
B2-5: DLR and Weather-Driven Insights for Transmission Line Management
Location: Plenary Room
 
10:30am - 10:45am

Boosting Grid Efficiency: GEV Digital Dynamic Line Rating unlocks Grid Capacity

Dragan Trifunovic, Ahmadreza Malekpour

GE Vernova, United States of America



10:45am - 11:00am

Dynamic Line Rating based Overhead Line Management Solutions on the High Voltage Distribution System

Dávid Szabó1, Levente Rácz2, Gábor Göcsei2, Bálint Németh2, Imre Orlay3

1: GridGuard, Hungary; 2: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary; 3: MVM ÉMÁSZ Áramhálózati Kft., Hungary



11:00am - 11:15am

Dynamic Line Rating using Hyper-local weather predictions: A case study covering 5000km Estonian transmission lines

Henri Manninen, Markus Lippus

Gridraven, Estonia



11:15am - 11:30am

Enhanced Wind Criterion for Calculating Thermal Capacities of Transmission Lines in Summer

Marc-Olivier Roux

Hydro-Québec, Canada



11:30am - 11:45am

A Scalable Method for Forecasting Wind and Dynamic Line Ratings Using Regional Machine Learning Models Trained on Multiple Sensor-Equipped Spans

Alexandre Baré

Ampacimon SA, Belgium



11:45am - 12:00pm

Discussion on the variability of line temperature along one span

Andrej Vilhar1, Nika Mlinarič Hribar2, Amadej Krepek1, Frank Amand1, Matjaž Depolli2, Andrej Souvent1, Nenad Gubeljak3, Gregor Kosec2

1: Operato, Slovenia; 2: Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia; 3: University of Maribor, Slovenia



12:00pm - 12:15pm

Weather-Based DLR Solution Enhanced by Machine Learning

Jean THOREY, Tanguy JANSSEN, Henri SIMON

RTE, France



12:15pm - 12:30pm

Development of a system for dynamic monitoring of overhead line rating

Kevin Venne, Luc Provencher, Quentin Dollon, Raphaël Rousseau-Rizzi, Pierre Van Dyke

Hydro-Québec, Canada



12:30pm - 12:45pm

“Asset Digitalization meets DLR”: Synergies between a Digital Twin Representation of Overhead Line Infrastructure and Dynamic Line Rating

Josef Alois Birchbauer1, Micaele Dos Santos1, Martina Fritzel2, Marion Baroux1

1: Siemens Energy; 2: Gridpulse

1:30pm
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3:30pm
B2-6: Innovative Tower Solutions for High-Altitude, Aging, and Renewable Grids
Location: Plenary Room
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Challenges faced and mitigation thereof to facilitate Green Power & Nuclear Power Flow in Gujarat region, India

Chandan Kalra, Amit Mahajan, Rajesh Suri, Kandarp Pandey

Sterlite Power Transmission Limited, India



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Conductor Optimization for +/-350kV HVDC Transmission system for evacuation of 13 GW of RE power from renewable energy parks in Ladakh, India

Chandra KANT, Ashish Kumar SINGH, Nikhil JHA, Manoj Kumar SINGH, Abhay KUMAR, Vamsi Rama Mohan BURRA

POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED, INDIA



2:00pm - 2:15pm

The Milano-Montalto ± 525 kV HVDC Link: Technical challenges and sustainability

Luca Buono, Gaia Leone, Francesco Palone, Lorenzo Papi, Roberto Spezie, Pierluigi Vacante

Terna Rete Italia, Italy



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Development Trend Analysis and Key Technologies of UHV AC Transmission System in China

Weilin Hou, Shicong Ma, Yiran Jing, Tiezhu Wang, Bo Li

China electric power research institute, China, People's Republic of



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Navigating the Energy Transition: A Comparative Study of Aging Power Grids in India and the USA

Vipin Jacob Joseph, L K Khajkumar

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, India



2:45pm - 3:00pm

High-Voltage Iconic Towers

Maha Alsabban1, Mudassar Rasul1, Tobias Schuelein1, Grain Adam1, Janos Toth2, Birgir Hallgrimsson3, Thorgeir Holm Olafsson3, Jin Choi4, Thomas Shine4

1: ENOWA-NEOM, Saudi Arabia; 2: Enginomix, United States; 3: Norconsult, Norway; 4: Choi+Shine Architects, Netherlands



3:00pm - 3:15pm

Structural damage monitoring system for transmission towers based on artificial intelligence

Halyson da Costa Silva1, Leonardo Hautrive Medeiros1, Tiago Bandeira Marchesan1, Vitor Cristiano Bender1, Daniel Pinheiro Bernardon1, Tiago dos Santos1, Alexandre Aparecido Buenos1, José Batista Ferreira Neto2, Diogo José Damasceno do Espirito Santo2, Daliane Lanzarin2

1: Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil; 2: Santo Antônio Energia, Brazil



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Development and deployment of VibraTorre equipment

Carlos Alexandre DO NASCIMENTO1, Antonio ASSIS1, Maurissone GUIMARAES2, Giovani BRAGA2, Alysson BARBOSA3, Andre MELO3, Alan DEIVIDE3, Paulo PINTO3

1: Cemig GT, Brazil; 2: Cemig D, Brazil; 3: Trixel, Brazil

4:00pm
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6:45pm
B2-7: EMI, HVDC, Corona, and Uprating Innovations
Location: Plenary Room
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

How Specific Overhead Line Design Parameters Affect Clearances Necessary to Limit Induced Discharges from Vehicles to Safe Levels of 5mA or Less

Alexander Lucas

POWER Engineers, Canada



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Electric Field of HVDC Overhead Transmission Lines in an Urbanized Context

Luca Buono, Francesco Calabrese, Gaia Leone, Francesco Palone, Lorenzo Papi, Davide Rufini, Roberto Spezie, Gabriele Tresso

Terna Rete Italia, Italy



4:30pm - 4:45pm

B2_PS2_Canada_Chen Wang_Mitigating AC Electromagnetic Interference near Rail Corridors - A Case Study of the Southwest Winnipeg Transmission Improvement Project

Chen Wang, Emerson Adajar

Manitoba Hydro, Canada



4:45pm - 5:00pm

Predicting Flashovers on HVDC Transmission Lines Using Machine Learning and Weather Data

Susmita Saha1, Jeff Laninga1, Behzad Kordi2

1: Manitoba Hydro, Canada; 2: University of Manitoba, Canada



5:00pm - 5:15pm

Development of World's First 500kV Double Bi-pole HVDC Overhead Transmission System with Metallic Return in Korea

Wonjae Lee1, Seongweon Kim1, Dongkyu Kim1, Hyeonggeun Kim1, Shulsoo Seo1, Seyong Kim1, Sunghak Lee1, Dongil Lee2

1: KEPCO(Korea Electric Power Corporation), Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 2: CIGRE Korea



5:15pm - 5:30pm

Voltage Stress Characteristics and Insulator Options for Dedicated Metallic Return in Bipolar MMC HVDC Overhead Transmission Systems

Domagoj Hart1, Jean-Marie George2, Damien Lepley2, Hani Saad3, Markus Vor dem Berge1

1: RTE international, France; 2: Sediver, France; 3: ACDC Transient, France



5:30pm - 5:45pm

Operational Experiences in Mitigating Atmospheric Discharge Damage to OPGW Cables Installed on High Voltage Lines

Yasert David Perez Araque, Juan Guillermo Maya Montoya, David Ernesto Gómez Torres

ISA INTERCOLOMBIA S.A. E.S.P.



5:45pm - 6:00pm

Corona Inception Field Stresses at Water Drops on Silicone Surfaces at AC and DC and Mixed (Hybrid) Voltages - New Insights from Laboratory Tests

Jens Martin Seifert1, Fabian Lehretz2

1: TKE GmbH, Germany; 2: TenneT TSO GmbH, Germany



6:00pm - 6:15pm

Corona Effect Constraints in OHL upgrading using HTLS Conductors

Pierluigi Vacante, Francesco Palone, Gaia Leone, Gabriele Tresso

Terna Rete Italia, Italy



6:15pm - 6:30pm

Research on coated conductor

Yuta MATSUDA, Tomonori SHIRAISHI, Noriyuki TAKADA

TEPCO Power Grid, Inc.



6:30pm - 6:45pm

Uprating of lines from 275kV to 400kV on the South African network

Sanjay Narain, Raeesa Khan, Kaveer Ramharak, Amish Roopnarain

NTCSA, South Africa

Date: Wednesday, 01/Oct/2025
10:30am
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1:00pm
B2-8: AI-Driven Inspection and Monitoring for Overhead Transmission Systems
Location: Plenary Room
 
10:30am - 10:45am

AI based Automation in Thermovision scanning of Overhead EHV Lines using Geo fencing technology.

Kapil P. Umak, Vikas M. Bhondve, Dinesh S. Tembe, Vijay Doijadkar, Shivanjali Singh, Riddhiman Chanda

The Tata power Company Limited, India



10:45am - 11:00am

Development of AI powered anomaly detection for Power Transmission Towers and Powerlines using Drone captured data

Shunsuke ISHIDA1, Fumihiko KONDO1, Yuki MARUME1, Takaya MASUDA2, Masahiro OGAWA2

1: Chubu Electric Power Grid Co., Inc, Japan; 2: SENSYN ROBOTICS, Inc.



11:00am - 11:15am

Development and use of Artificial Intelligence in the Maintenance of Overhead Lines

Carlos Alexandre Meireles do Nascimento1, Lucas Souza1, Alexander Silva1, Hani YEHIA2, Giovanni MARTINS2, Ana GOMES3, Jhon ERAZO4, Alexandre ALEIXO5, Paulo PINTO6

1: Cemig GT, Brazil; 2: UFMG, Brazil; 3: SCCON Geospatial, Brazil; 4: SENAI-SC, Brazil; 5: Imagem, Brazil; 6: Trixel, Brazil



11:15am - 11:30am

Computer vision and AI for powergrid automated inspection

Mandana Taleb1, Stefan GUDMUNDSSON1, Valentin PHILIPP2

1: RTE, France; 2: Picsellia France



11:30am - 11:45am

Detection of Construction Sites Near Infrastructures Using Satellite Technologies

Mandana Taleb1, Maria Papadomanolaki2, Alexander Blauw2

1: RTE, France; 2: Orbital Eye, Netherlands



11:45am - 12:00pm

Artificial Intelligence and Drones for the Inspection and Fault Detection of Transmission Line Component

Abdel Rahman Alheyasat

National Electric Power Company/ Jordan, Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of



12:15pm - 12:30pm

Mapping Of The Near-Surface Oxidative Pollution From Space Using Machine-Learning Techniques

Mandana Taleb1, Jean-Christophe PERE2, Boris GRATADOUX2, Nabil Jaoudar1, Sylvain TANGUY2, Eric LASSERRE2, Johannes STAUFER2, Laure CHAUMAT2, Didier ARNAL-BREZUN2

1: RTE, France; 2: Thales Services Numériques France



12:30pm - 12:45pm

Research on Tree Obstacle Satellite Monitoring Method for Overhead Lines Based on Fusion of Tower Features

Sihang Zhang, Zhi Yang, Kuanjun Zhu, Lixian Zhou, Hui Chen, Junhui Li, Bin Zhao, Chang Liu

State Grid Electric Power Engineering Research Institute, China, People's Republic of



12:45pm - 1:00pm

On the use of IA for accelerated defects detection in the case of UAV transmission tower audit.

Karl Olechnowicz01, Guillaume Maitre02

1: CIMA+, Canada; 2: University of Namur, Belgique

1:30pm
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3:30pm
B2-9: HTLS Conductor and Smart Installation for Grid Resilience
Location: Plenary Room
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Development of new equipment to install Aircraft Warning Markers in overhead lines

Carlos Alexandre Do Nascimento1, Lucas Souza1, Guilherme Neves1, Daniel Silva1, Allan Gomes2, Danilo Malleta3, Albert Santos4, Pedro Menezes4, Alexandre Bracarense4, Daiane GUIMARAES5, Luiz JUNIOR4, Carlos SOUSA2

1: Cemig GT and Cigre Brasil, Brazil; 2: Cemig D, Brazil; 3: Grupo ICTS, Brazil; 4: MB Wellworks, Brazil; 5: Berkan



1:45pm - 2:00pm

A new method to carry out the thermal cycling test on splice connectors of overhead lines

Meysam Hassanipour, Sylvain Canuel, Simon PRUD’HOMME

Hydroquebec, Canada



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Predictive Modelling of Zinc Coating Corrosion in ACSR Conductors Integrating Environmental Exposures

Shaoqi Yang1, Luc Chouinard1, Meysam Hassanipour2

1: McGill University, Canada; 2: L'Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec, Canada



2:15pm - 2:30pm

LineCore Technology to Detect Corrosion in ACSR Overhead Line Conductors

Gilles Rousseau1, Simon Francoeur2, Francis Boudreault-Leclerc2, Nicolas Pouliot1

1: Hydro-Québec, Canada; 2: Nucleom, Canada



2:30pm - 2:45pm

From Single to Multistrand Carbon Core Conductors: A Deep Dive into the Advanced PMC HTLS Conductors

Antti Hassinen1, Luca Mora2, Davide Peroni2, Debora Mimo2, Sami Pirinen1, Heini Kloster1

1: Exel Composites, Finland; 2: De Angeli Prodotti, Italy



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Grid enhancing Technologies: advanced Conductor Design Considerations

Kailey Marissa Cole

POWER Engineers, Inc., Canada



3:00pm - 3:15pm

The evolution of design and industrial standards: the Italian experience on stranded core polymeric matrix composite HTLS conductors

Marco Di Vaio, Piero Berardi, Daniele Cortese, Raffaele Costagliola, Enrico Di Vito, Mauro Gambassi, Gregorio Greco, Alberto Piccinin

TERNA, Italy



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Increasing Grid Capacity with Giga-Strength Steel

Daniel Berkowitz

Bekaert, United States of America

4:00pm
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6:00pm
B2-10: Advances in Insulator Design and Diagnostics for High Voltage Transmission
Location: Plenary Room
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

Optimizing Maintenance Operations and Insulation Selection through Insulator Monitoring in polluted Environments

Pierre Thelier1, Andrew Phillips2, Javier Lopez Osuna3, Javier Garcia Hernandez1, Christiaan Engelbrecht2, Ruben Alonso Arcones1

1: Verescence La Granja Insulators, Spain; 2: EPRI; 3: REE



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Intelligent Insulator Defect Identification and Reporting: A Synergistic Approach Using Deep Learning and Language Models

Siyanda Biyela

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, South Africa



4:30pm - 4:45pm

Numerical Model Analysis of Laboratory Corona Tests of High Voltage Insulators and Hardware

STEPHEN BELL

K-LINE INSULATORS LTD, Canada



4:45pm - 5:00pm

Application of a Novel Test Method to Assess Hydrophobicity Transfer of Naturally Aged Composite Insulators

Peter Sidenvall1, Johan Lundengård1, Igor Gutman1, Luis Diaz2, André Deckwerth3, Kjell Halsan4, Mikko Jalonen5, Fabian Lehretz6, Michael Leonardsberger7, Lars Rasmussen8, Pablo Rodriguez9, Thomas Schiml10, Kübranur Varli11, Dan Windmar12

1: Independent Insulation Group, Sweden; 2: RTE, France; 3: 50hertz, Germany; 4: Statnett, Norway; 5: Fingrid, Finland; 6: TenneT, Germany; 7: APG, Austria; 8: Energinet, Denmark; 9: Red Eléctrica, Spain; 10: E.ON, Germany; 11: Amprion, Germany; 12: Svk, Sweden



5:00pm - 5:15pm

New implementation of 500kV lines on the South African network

Sanjay Narain, Kaveer Ramharak, Amish Roopnarain, Raeesa Khan

NTCSA, South Africa



5:15pm - 5:30pm

Methodology of Risk Assessment of Important Overhead Lines

Jialun yang1, Bin LIU1, Songyuan Cao2, Jian Wang1, Kuanjun Zhu1

1: State Grid Eelectric Power Engineering Research Institute, China, People's Republic of China; 2: Anhui Electric Power Company Limited, Hefei, Anhui, China



5:30pm - 5:45pm

Assessment of damage, lead time and costs for rebuilding distribution systems as part of a risk analysis in the event of a major ice storm

Nathalie Benoit

Hydro-Québec, Canada



5:45pm - 6:00pm

Sustainable solutions for ground-line decay prevention in wooden utility poles

Richard George

Polesaver, United Kingdom

Date: Thursday, 02/Oct/2025
10:30am
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12:15pm
B2-11: Innovative Foundations and Materials for Resilient Transmission Towers
Location: Plenary Room
 
10:30am - 10:45am

Development of precast materials for power transmission towers

So Kato1, Yoshinori Aoki1, Keisuke Fujishima1, Takanori Seki1, Kenta Takahashi1, Kento Fujii1, Hiroshi Saito2, Seishi Numakura2, Hiroyuki Yokoyama2, Keisuke Takemori3, Yoshifumi Niino3

1: Tohoku Electric Power Network co., inc., Japan; 2: Tohoku Pole Co., Ltd., Japan; 3: Nippon Hume Corp, Japan



10:45am - 11:00am

The Effects of Climate Change Flooding on Overhead Powerline Foundations in South Africa

Kabelo Molaodi, Sibonelo Nzama

NTCSA, South Africa



11:00am - 11:15am

From Weakness to Strength - Innovating Soil Strength and Corrosion Solutions for Renewable Energy infrastructure in creek salt pan area

Bimlesh Kumar Renu, Pankaj Kumar Dwivedi, Nitesh Kumar SINHA, Raj Kumar Singh, Abhay Kumar, Vamsi Rama Mohan BURRA

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, India



11:15am - 11:30am

Innovative Solutions for the Refurbishment of Grillage Foundation while the Transmission Line is Loaded

Gino Pillay, Siyabonga Dubazana, Bharat Haridass, Chandresh Juggernath

Nation Transmission Company South Africa, South Africa



11:30am - 11:45am

Advance Design Solution for Transmission Tower Foundations on Steep Slopes

Pankaj Kumar Dwivedi, Karanvir Singh PUNDIR, Abhay Kumar, Vamsi Rama Mohan BURRA

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, India



11:45am - 12:00pm

Emergency Interventions for Transmission Tower Stability: The Tamsa River Challenge

PANKAJ KUMAR RAI, Yugesh Kumar Dixit, Mrityunjaya Choubey

POWERGRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED, India



12:00pm - 12:15pm

A Study On Tower Earthing Substitution Material For Corrosion Mitigations Solutions In Inundated Area Within Grid System In Malaysia.

MOHD IMRAN SHAMSUDIN1, AZWADI MOHAMAD2, NADIAH SALWI HUDI1, NORHASLIZA MOHD HATTA2

1: Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Malaysia; 2: TNB Research Malaysia