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IEEE Day 2024 - Alpine Day

Join Us in Celebrating IEEE Alpine Day 2024 !

We are excited to invite you to IEEE Alpine Day 2024, an event that commemorates two key milestones in European power grid history:

• The Birth of the 50 Hz Grid Frequency Standard (1898, Rheinfelden): This groundbreaking standard, adopted across most of the world, has shaped how electricity is distributed in Europe. The US, in contrast, continues to use 60 Hz.
• The Pioneering Interconnection of European Grids (1958, Laufenburg): Known as the “Star of Laufenburg,” this first transnational grid connection between France, Germany, and Switzerland marked the beginning of Europe’s highly interconnected power network, a feat yet to be fully realized in the US.

This celebration holds special significance for the Alpine Region, which encompasses the IEEE Sections of Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, and touches France, Germany, and Italy.

The program will feature prominent speakers, who will discuss the long-term future of the grid, and other experts addressing grid innovation, renewable energy, and storage solutions.

Mark your calendars for Alpine Day 2024, and join us in celebrating European contributions to global energy infrastructure, while exploring the future of our power systems!

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Date and Time

• Date: 11 Oct 2024
• Time: 02:00 PM to 07:30 PM
• All times are (UTC+02:00) Bern
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Location

• Klosterzelgstrasse 2
• Windisch, Switzerland
• Switzerland 5210
• Building: Building 1
• Room Number: 1.217
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Hosts

• Switzerland Section
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Registration

• Starts 19 September 2024 12:00 AM
• Ends 11 October 2024 12:00 AM
• All times are (UTC+02:00) Bern
• No Admission Charge

Agenda

2:00 Welcome Adress

Prof. Dr. Peter Flohr, Director Technology and Environment Faculty FHNW

Prof. Dr. Mathieu Coustans, SM IEEE, co-chair of Alpine Day

2:10 Session A of Alpine Day, Chair Hugo Wyss, LS, Chair LMAG Switzerland

A1: Dr. Nisheeth Singh, LF, LMAG Switzerland, “Historical background of Rheinfelden and Laufenburg Milestones, actual grid situation in Switzerland”

A2: Ing. Martin Baur,LS, LMAG Austria, “ Actual situation of grid, renewables and storage in Austria”

A3: Prof. em. Roberto Napoli, LF, LMAG Italy,” The view from the Southern rim of the Alps”, invited talk

3:15 - 3:30 Coffee break at Kaffee Haller (same floor)

3:35 Session B of Alpine Day, Chair Hugo Wyss

B1: Dr. Pascal Wyss, CEO Flexbase Project, Laufenburg

B2: Ing. Nicolas Wyrsch, PV Lab EPFL, Neuchatel

B3: Ing. Lionel Perret, Planair SA, La Sagne

B4: To be announced

B5: Hugo Wyss, LMAG Switzerland, The long term view beyond 2058, 100 years after Star of Laufenburg

B6: Q&A 

End of B session 5:15 pm

5:30 pm ,Kaffee Haller (same floor), 

               Start of R8 LMAGs Coordination and Awards meeting, Chair Dr. Peter Magyar,LF, Germany LMAG, R8 LMAG Coordinator

7:45 pm, End of the Apero

8:00 pm  Meeting Closed