1. 1 2014 CIGRE Paris Session Sunday 24 th – Friday 29 th August, 2014 Monday 25 th … General Assembly Tuesday 26 th … SC A3 meeting Wednesday 27 th AM … Poster session (Wednesday 27 th PM … JWG A3/B4.34 meeting) Thursday 28 th …Interview for contributions Friday 29 th … A3 group discussion Saturday 30 th … Technical Committee meetings PS1: Equipment to cater for changing network conditions PS2: Lifetime management and ageing of T&D equipment PS3: Impact of extreme operating conditions on T&D equipment A3-14(AG01)005 IWD CIGRE AG.01 meeting, Delft, Netherlands,12 th March, 2014

2. 2 2014 Sessions Le PalaisBleueBordeauxHavane TuesdayB2 (506)A1 (138)D2 (258)C4 (89) WednesdayB3 (744)B1 (369)C2 (270)C1 (204) ThursdayC6 (898)A2 (521)B4 (399)C3 (167) FridayB5 (437)D1 (372)A3 (416)C5 (254) Between brackets, for each SC, number of participants in 2012 Capacity of the rooms: Le Palais 2000+ Bleue 826 Bordeaux 650 Havane 373 Friday 29 th August Chairman Hiroki Ito Secretary Edelhard Kynast Special reporter PS1&3Anton Janssen Special reporter PS2 Antonio Carvalho Session SecretaryAndré Giboulet

3. 3 Interview for Contributors MondayA1B2C4D2 TuesdayB3B1C1C2 WednesdayC6A2C3B4 ThursdayC5A3D1B5 Deadline for contribution: 1 month before the Session Number of contributions: around 50-55 Thursday 28 th August Chairman Hiroki Ito Secretary Edelhard Kynast Special reporter PS1&3Anton Janssen Special reporter PS2 Antonio Carvalho Session SecretaryAndré Giboulet

4. 4 2014 Poster Sessions Monday pmB3C1 Tuesday amC6A2 Tuesday pmC3B4 Wednesday amC5A3 Wednesday pmD1B5 Thursday amA1B2 & C1 Thursday pmC4B3 & D2 Friday amC2B1 Wednesday 27 th August Chairman Hiroki Ito Secretary Edelhard Kynast Poster ChairmanAndré Giboulet Deadline for posters: 1 month before the Poster Session There should be at least one person who know the contents of the papers. There will be new room for the Poster Sessions with more space installed on a dedicated level. A printer capable of A0 size copy will be available for posters. Some SC prefers to have only one time slot allowing all the papers. (Max.40) How to organize A3 posters with 28 papers and 12 WGs & SC.

5. 5 2014 Group Discussion 2014 Session Papers 50 synopses submitted and 9 synopses sent to other SCs:B2/B3/D1/A2 41 synopses evaluated: NCA12, IA14, AA15 A2(55), A3(41), B2(42), B4(43), B5(45) and C2(66) were competitive. There was a guideline of Maximum 25 papers per SC but the rule is removed at final moment. Each chairman can select all the good papers. A3 selected 28 papers: 16 for PS1, 8 for PS2, 8 for PS3 This change will be a set of reform of group discussion system. - Special report should not address questions to a particular report. - The global number of questions of a Special Report should be limited. The optimum total number of questions are 15 (up to 20 at Maximum). The guideline for questions: 10 for PS1, 5 for PS2, 5 for PS3

6. 6 2014 Group Discussion Running Short presentation of the Study Committee by the Chairman Introduction of the Preferential Subjects by the Special Reporter Prepared contributions / Spontaneous contributions by the attendance Discussion and summary by the Special Reporter General conclusion by the Chairman Special reports Length: 8 pages, 15-20 concise questions, Deadline: Mid-May Contributors Intended contribution sent to the Reporter one month in advance The chairman and special reporters meet the contributors one day before the Group discussion, Collect all contributions. Daily summary Length: 300-500 words, One day after the Group discussion General report Length: 8 pages (3000 words), a few month after the Session / End-Nov.

7. 7 Acceptance and Reject of 2014 synopses 617 Abstracts proposed – 470 accepted / 147 rejected

8. 8 Statistics

9. 9 Future events 2015 Lund (Sweden) symposium on 25-29 May, 2015 Development of Power Systems and international integration of operations and markets, SC B4, C1, C2, and C5, Chairman: J. Vanzetta 2015 UHV (and EHV) colloquium in Montreal, Canada, every two years Two week later of 2015 SC A3&B3 colloquium in Japan: tbd 2015 SC A2 colloquium in Shanghai, China on 20-25 September The colloquium has specific PS for SC A3 & B3 participations 2015 SC A3 & B3 colloquium in Nagoya, Japan on 28 Sept.-2 October SC A3 meeting is scheduled on 30 Sept.-1 October