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Conference Agenda

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Session Overview

Session

B4-7: HVDC/FACTS - Reliability, Performance Monitoring and Cybersecurity

Time:

Wednesday, 01/Oct/2025:

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Location: Room 518BC

Session Topics:

B4 DC systems and power electronics

This session addresses HVDC reliability, performance reporting and monitoring, and Cybersecurity.

Presentations

4:00pm - 4:15pm

Development of a Push-Based Alert System for an HVDC Link Using a Data Diode

Jean-Mathieu Dubois

POWER Engineers, Canada

4:15pm - 4:30pm

HVDC & STATCOMs, Not Your Typical IBRs

Michael Podbesek, Joe Warner

POWER Engineers, United States of America

4:30pm - 4:45pm

Performance of SVC and FACTS Systems around the World in 2021-2022

Hiranya Suriyaarachchi

TransGrid Solutions, Canada

4:45pm - 5:00pm

Enhancing Cybersecurity in HVDC and FACTS Systems: A Comprehensive Approach to Standards Integration and Intrusion Detection

Walid Ali, Mohamed Atia, Emad Chamas

GE Vernova, Canada

5:00pm - 5:15pm

HVDC System Reliability – Investigation of Bipole Outages

Phaedra Victoria Ines Taiarol¹, Josh Burroughs², John Graham³, Xin Li⁴

¹Stantec Consulting; ²Velco; ³Graham e Graham; ⁴Manitoba Hydro

5:15pm - 5:30pm

HVDC Digital Twin - Concepts and Roadmap

Arkadiusz Burek¹, John Birnie², Heater Spain³, Annes Jeddy⁴, Stelious Christou⁵

¹Hitachi Energy; ²Hatch Ltd; ³EriGrid; ⁴ISO; ⁵EDF Renewables