1. Frankfurt (Germany), 6-9 June 2011 CIRED 2011 21 st International Conference and Exhibition on ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION Opening Forum Sven Lindgren President of CIRED Sweden

2. Frankfurt (Germany), 6-9 June 2011 CIRED Abstracts Submission Trend

3. Frankfurt (Germany), 6-9 June 2011 CIRED, the Leading Forum  CIRED includes all stakeholders in the electricity distribution community  CIRED is clearly focused on electricity distribution  CIRED is based on networking between professionals in the distribution business

4. Frankfurt (Germany), 6-9 June 2011 CIRED Based on Networking Directing Committee Directing member countries Technical Committee Organisation Committee Secretariat National Committees Associate member countries Liaison Committees Session 6 Session 5 Session 4 Session 3 Session 2 Session 1 Advisory Committee Session Advisory Groups (SAG) TC Chairman/ Vice President AIM IET Belgium United Kingdom Chairman / President Working Groups

5. Frankfurt (Germany), 6-9 June 2011 CIRED National Committees Austria Belgium China– Appointed as Directing Member 2007 Croatia– Appointed as Directing Member 2008 Czech Republic– Appointed as Directing Member 2008 Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States of America National Committees   The chairman/representative from each National committee is member of the Directing Committee  The Directing Committee is the highest decision-making body in CIRED

6. Frankfurt (Germany), 6-9 June 2011 CIRED Liaison Committees Argentina Australia Bahrain Bosnia & Herzegovina Brazil Canada Egypt Greece Hungary India Iran Korea Malaysia Montenegro Poland Romania Russia Serbia Slovenia  Liaison countries Liaison Committees

7. Frankfurt (Germany), 6-9 June 2011 CIRED Regional conferences  CICED “China International Conference on Electricity Distribution” China, Shanghai, September 2012  NORDAC “Nordic Electricity Distribution and Asset Management Conference” Finland, September 2012 Example of regularly recurring conferences  CIDEL “Congreso Internacional de Distribución Eléctrica” Argentina  Second Session of CIRED Croatian National Committee Croatia  Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Energy Efficiency Malaysia

8. Frankfurt (Germany), 6-9 June 2011  Opening Forum – Keynote speakers  Exhibition – Greater than ever  Poster Sessions – Further Improvments  Round Tables – Invited Speakers  Main Sessions – Selected paper presentations CIRED 2011 Conference & Exhibition

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10. Frankfurt (Germany), 6-9 June 2011 CIRED 2013 Announcement

11. Frankfurt (Germany), 6-9 June 2011 Welcome to CIRED 2011 21 st International Conference and Exhibition on ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION Sven Lindgren MesseFrankfurt