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Monday, 13 April 2026
8:40am-11:50am
Session Chair: Shane Haveron13. Data Acquisition, Monitoring, Calibration, P&c Health and Event Analysis In Digital SubstationsSakis Meliopoulos , Georgia Institute Of Technology; George Cokkinides, Georgia Institute Of Technology14. The Effect of Fault Impedance Angle On Fault LocationRobert Orndorff, Elevate Energy Cosulting; Amir Makki, SoftStuf, Inc; Maria Rothweiler, SoftStuf, Inc; Kyle Thomas, Elevate Energy Consulting; Ana Ospina, Elevate Energy Consulting7. Field Cases Analysis of Protection Schemes Applied To Transmission Lines Connecting Inverter-Based Resources To The GridRicardo Abboud, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Fabio Lollo, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Paulo Lima, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Marcelo Bini, EDF Renewables20. Utility Experience With Rc Voltage DividerTheo Laughner, Lifescale Analytics; Colin Gerber, Pfiffner; Augusto Morando, Pfiffner; Nicholas Skoff, Dominon; Corey Thimmes, AEP; Bruce Warmack, ORNL
12:50pm-5:00pm
Session Chair: Angelo Tempone24. Nerc Standards and Iberian OscillationJP Skeath, NERC10. Vegetation Contacts With Medium-Voltage Conductors: Summary of Field ExperiementsJeffreey Wischkaemper, Texas A&M University; B. Don Russell, Texas A&M University; Carl Benner, Texas A&M University; Karthick Manivannan, Texas A&M University18. Stealing Vars In Broad Daylight: Inverter-Based Solar Challenges On The Distribution GridSherif Salem, Eversource Energy; Bob McFetridge, Beckwith Electric / Hubbell Inc.8. A Survey of Fault Studies With A Large Iot Power Quality Sensor NetworkTheo Laughner, Lifescale Analytics; James Anderson, Whisker Labs; Joe McNulty, Whisker Labs; Bob Marshall, Whisker Labs
Tuesday, 14 April 2026
8:00am-11:40am
Session Chair: Eli Wallace5. The Phantom Tertiary MenaceBrendan Preece, Southern Company Services R&D; Daniel Marinelli, Southern Company Services P&C Applications; Alec Kumpf, Southern Company Services P&C Applications17. Inverter-Based Resource Penetration: How Much Is Too Much? An Attempt To Answer The Question of What Constitutes High Penetration of Ibr ResourcesAbel Gonzalez, Megger; Dhanabal Mani, Megger; Volney Naranjo, Megger21. Tree Times The Charm: A Cultivated Approach To Targeted TrimmingPei Chan, PPL Electric Utilities; Mychal Kistler, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Joseph Thomas, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Ivan Liu, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.9. Data Sources For Ai Analysis Applications In Iec 61850 Based Digital SubstationsAlexander Apostolov, OMICRON electronics3. Analysis of 115kv Line Differential Protection Trip After The Shunt Capacitor Bank EnergizationSong Ji, National Grid USA; Steven Gingras, National Grid USA; Matthew White, National Grid USA
12:40pm-5:40pm
Session Chair: Grace Piercy4. An Interesting Overreach Mis-Operation and The Process of Solving Mis-OperationsPaul Hodges, Tampa Electric Company22. Circuit Breaker Life Monitoring: A TutorialJoao Bruno, Hitachi Energy; Renato Milanese, Hitachi Energy; Mike Kockott, Hitachi Energy; Benton Vandiver, Hitachi Energy12. Feature-Based Pmu Event Classification Under Variable Pmu Participation and Overlapping EventsReza Nematirad, Quanta Technology; Zheyuan Cheng, Quanta Technology; Farrokh Aminifar, Quanta Technology25. Flisr Application For The Protection of Distribution Systems With High Penetration of IbrsAlexander Apostolov, OMICRON electronics19. Zone 3 Phase Distance Protection: Balancing Dependability, Security, and ComplianceNavid Nassiri, Power Relaying Solutions; Glenn Callaghan, Power Relaying Solutions; Rochak Shiwakoti, Power Relaying Solutions
5:40pm-6:00pm
(N/A)27. Physics-Informed Dynamic State Estimation For Current Transformers Using Graph Neural NetworksMichael Boateng, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gabriel Gauderman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nathalie Uwamahoro, Syracuse University