Cigre events

YEAR 2009 - Jeju, Korea

CIGRE Study Committee B5 Colloquium

The CIGRÉ Study Committee B5 - Protection and Automation will meet in Jeju, Korea from October 18 to October 24, 2009. In addition to the Study Committee meeting, a Colloquium will be held in which the following preferential subjects will be discussed.

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YEAR 2007 - Madrid, Spain

CIGRE Study Committee B5 Colloquium

The CIGRÉ Study Committee B5 - Protection and Automation has met in Madrid, Spain from October 15 to October 20, 2007. In addition to the Study Committee meeting, a Colloquium was held in which the following preferential subjects have been discussed.

  • PS1 - New Trends on Busbar protection.
  • PS2 - Acceptable Functional Integration in Substation P&C.
  • PS3 - Protection of Transmission Lines & Co-ordination of Transmission System Protections.


YEAR 2006 - Paris, France

CIGRE Study Committee B5 - Protection and Automation

The CIGRÉ Study Committee B5 - Protection and Automation was held in Paris, France during the International Conference that was held from August 27 to September 01, 2006.

The preferential subjects for this meeting were as follows:

  • PS1 - Impact of IEC 61850 on Protection and Automation
  • PS2 - Protection Systems and Substation Automation for Major Disturbances



YEAR 2005 - Calgary, Canada

Cigré Study Committee B5 Colloquium - IEEE Power System Relaying Committee Meeting

The CIGRÉ Study Committee B5 - Power System Protection and Automation met Jointly with the IEEE Power System Relaying Committee in Calgary, Canada from September 8 to September 16, 2005.

The Working Groups of Study Committee B5 met from September 8 to 10, 2005 and the Working Groups of the PSRC met on September 12 and 13, 2005.

In addition to the Study Committee / PSRC meeting, a Tutorial on Wide Area Protection was held on September 14 (Afternoon).

The preferential subjects for the B5 Colloquium were as follows:
  • PS1 - Transformer protection, monitoring and control
  • PS2 - Specification & Evaluation of S/S Automation Systems
  • PS3 - Protection & Control of Series Compensated networks



YEAR 2004 - Paris, France

CIGRE Study Committee B5 - Protection and Automation

The CIGRÉ Study Committee B5 - Protection and Automation was held in Paris, France during the International Conference that was held from August 29 to September 03, 2004.

The preferential subjects for this meeting were as follows:

  • PS1 - Use and Benefits of Information Technology (IT) in Substation Automation,Protection and Local Control
  • PS2 - The needs for software aids/tools in Protection Management and Engineering: application, databases, testing/certification



YEAR 2003 - Sydney, Australia

CIGRE Study Committee 34 Colloquium - New Study Committee B5

The CIGRÉ Study Committee B5 - Protection and Automation met in Sydney, Australia from September 28 to October 3, 2003. In addition to the Study Committee meeting, a Colloquium was held in which the following preferential subjects were discussed.
  • PS1 - Automation of New and Existing Substations
  • PS2 - Fault and Disturbance Data Analysis
  • PS3 - Modern Distance Protection Functions and Applications



YEAR 2002 - Paris, France

CIGRE Study Committee 34 - Protection and Local Control

The CIGRÉ Study Committee 34 - Power System Protection and Local Control was held in Paris, France during the International Conference that was held from August 26 to 30, 2002. The Committee sponsored two half-day sessions in the Conference.

The preferential subjects and their scopes were as follows:

  • PS1 - Performance and Cost Benefits of Substation Automation Systems
  • PS2 - Refurbishment of Protection and Substation Control: Experiences and Strategies



YEAR 2001 - Sibiu, Romania

CIGRE Study Committee 34 Colloquium

The CIGRÉ Study Committee 34 - Power System Protection and Local Control met in Sibiu, Romania from September 10-15, 2001. In addition to the Study Committee meeting, a Colloquium was held.

The preferential subjects and their scopes were as follows.

  • PS1 - Optimisation of protection performance during system disturbances
  • PS2 - Numerical relay setting procedures and tools
  • PS3 - Application of numerical relays with conventional instrument transformers



YEAR 2000 - Paris, France

CIGRE Study Committee 34 - Protection and Local Control

The CIGRÉ Study Committee 34 - Power System Protection and Local Control was held in Paris, France during the International Conference that was held from 2000 August 27 to September 01. The Committee sponsered three half-day sessions in the Conference.

The preferential subjects and their scopes were as follows:

  • PS1 - Use of Communication in Protection and Substation Control, Current and Future Practices
  • PS2 - Replacement of Conventional CTs and VTs by Novel Current and Voltage Sensors: Impact on Substation Design
  • PS3 - Teleprotection



YEAR 1999 - Florence, Italy

CIGRE Study Committee 34 Colloquium

The CIGRÉ Study Committee 34 - Power System Protection and Local Control met in Florence, Italy from October 10-15, 1999. In addition to the Study Committee meeting, a Colloquium was held.

The preferential subjects and their scopes were as follows.

  • PS1 - Experiences in the allocation and grouping of functions in integrated protection and controlsystems: Lessons learned, trends, and future requirements
  • PS2 - Fault location and system restoration
  • PS3 - Test guidelines for numerical protection



YEAR 1998 - Paris, France

CIGRE Study Committee 34 - Protection and Local Control

The CIGRÉ Study Committee 34 - Power System Protection and Local Control was held in Paris, France during the International Conference that was held from August 30 to Septembre 05, 1998.

The preferential subjects and their scopes were as follows:

  • PS1 - Present and future design of protection and substation control
  • PS2 - The impact of deregulation in power systems on protection and control practices



YEAR 1997 - Johannesburg , South Africa

CIGRE Study Committee 34 Colloquium

The CIGRÉ Study Committee 34 - Power System Protection and Local Control met in Johannesburg , South Africa from Septembre 29 to October 03, 1997. In addition to the Study Committee meeting, a Colloquium was held.

The preferential subjects and their scopes were as follows.

  • PS1 - Generation plant monitoring, control and protection
  • PS2 - Back-up protection (policies and practices)
  • PS3 - Data base organisation for protection systems



YEAR 1997 - Neptun , Romania

CIGRE Study Committee 34 Symposium

  • Session1 - Integrated resource planning and energy policies
  • Session2 - Demand side management
  • Session3 - Distributed generation



YEAR 1996 - Paris, France

CIGRE Study Committee 34 - Protection and Local Control

The CIGRÉ Study Committee 34 - Power System Protection and Local Control was held in Paris, France during the International Conference that was held in August - September 1996.

The preferential subjects and their scopes were as follows:

  • PS1 - Recent practices and trends in co-ordinated or integrated substation protection and control systems
  • PS2 - Fundamental considerations and reliability performance of protection and local control system and new ways for improvements



YEAR 1995 - Stockholm, Sweden

CIGRE Study Committee 34 Colloquium

The CIGRÉ Study Committee 34 - Power System Protection and Local Control met in Stockholm, Sweden in 1993. In addition to the Study Committee meeting, a Colloquium was held.

The preferential subjects and their scopes were as follows.

  • PS1 - Modern simulation methods for protection and control testing, in manufacturer’s plants, in testing laboratories and on site
  • PS2 - Adaptive protection and control
  • PS3 - Software management philosophy in protection and control



YEAR 1995 - Helsinki, Finland

CIGRE Study Committee 34 Symposium

  • Session1 - Improvements of overall power system control by integrating control and communication systems in power stations, substations and control centers
  • Session2 - Implications upon system operation, utility organization and management, operator’s education and training arising from integration of services
  • Session3 - Changing telecommunications network management (TNM) philosophies imposed by increasing integration of services
  • Session4 - Advances in the carriage of speech, data, video, control and protection signalling as integrated services on telecommunication bearers
  • Session5 - Functional intergration of control and communication equipment in substations
  • Session6 - Communication system requirements within and external to substations



YEAR 1994 - Paris, France

CIGRE Study Committee 34 - Protection and Local Control

The CIGRÉ Study Committee 34 - Power System Protection and Local Control was held in Paris, France during the International Conference that was held in August - September 1994.

The preferential subjects and their scopes were as follows:

  • PS1 - Different practices in feeder protection worldwide and prospects for long term rationalisation
  • PS2 - New and adapted protection needed and new constraints on existing protection due to changing network and operating conditions



YEAR 1993 - Antwerp, Belgium

CIGRE Study Committee 34 Colloquium

The CIGRÉ Study Committee 34 - Power System Protection and Local Control met in Antwerp, Belgium in 1993. In addition to the Study Committee meeting, a Colloquium was held.

The preferential subjects and their scopes were as follows.

  • PS1 - Replacement / refurbishment of protection and local control system: experience and strategy
  • PS2 - Training and adaptation of engineers for digital technologies applied to protection and control of electric power systems



YEAR 1992 - Paris, France

CIGRE Study Committee 34 - Protection and Local Control

The CIGRÉ Study Committee 34 - Power System Protection and Local Control was held in Paris, France during the International Conference that was held in August - September 1992.

The preferential subjects and their scopes were as follows:

  • PS1 - Maintenance and management of protection systems
  • PS2 - Developments in protection and local control systems








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