DPSP took place over four days:
Monday 4 March
9am – 4.30pm
Tutorial: Protecting the Evolving Grid: Meeting Technology and Workforce Challenges
5pm - 8pm
Technical visit: Manchester High Voltage Lab
Tuesday 5 March
Conference sessions and evening drinks reception.
Wednesday 6 March
Conference sessions and conference dinner.
Thursday 7 March
Conference sessions until 2pm.
Gurpal Singh
Principal Engineer & Professions Lead, Engineering Hub, OFGEM
Anna Blackwell
Product Manager (Phasor Data), National Grid ESO
Chen-Ching Liu
American Electric Power Professor and Director, Power and Energy Centre, Virginia Tech
Cédric Moors
Head of Asset Management Secondary Systems, Elia
Ben Marshall
HVDC Technology Manager, The National HVDC Centre
Peter Crossley
Universities of Exeter and Manchester
Jorge Solar
Lead Protection Engineer - EngS - Design + Standards - Substations, SP Energy Networks
Jeffrey Wischkaemper
Research Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
Mark Stockton
Lead Subject Matter Expert (Secondary), Transmission Policy & Standards, SSEN Transmission
Lothar Fickert
Emeritus Professor, Graz University of Technology
Professor Xinzhou Dong
Director of the Power System Research Institute, Tsinghua University
Maud Merley
PAC System expert, RTE
Normann Fischer
Vice President, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL)
Margaret Taggart
Transmission Design Engineer, NIE Networks
Daniel Randles
Senior Protection Engineer, Ørsted
Sean McGuinness
Technical Executive over Transmission & Distribution Grid Protection, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Ray Zhang
Associate Director, Arup
Rannveig Løken
Head of Team Protection, Statnett SF
Dr Dave Hewings
Head of Engineering and Asset Management, Network Rail
Professor Campbell Booth
Vice Dean - Research, Faculty of Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Tim Green
Academic Leader for Sustainability, Professor, Imperial College London
Felipe Lopes
Professor, Federal University of Paraíba
Biljana Stojkovska
Transmission and Congestion Commercial Manager, BP
Alexander Tsylin
Lead Protection Specialist, Ørsted A/S
Kati Sidwall
Technical Marketing Manager, RTDS Technologies
Colin Scoble
Senior Protection Engineer, UK Power Networks
Dr Adam Dyśko
Reader, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Emiliano Casale
Station Systems Manager, Terna
Faheem Akhter
Senior Design Engineer, Siemens Energy
Niall McDonald
Head of Technical Services, Asset Management and Operations, SSEN Transmission
Laura Norton
Head of EDI, The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Gabriella Pinheiro dos Santos
PhD student, University of São Paulo