The third IEEE PES Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT 2012), sponsored by the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES), will be held January 16-20, 2012 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in the District of Columbia, USA. The Conference will be a forum for the participants to discuss state-of-the-art innovations in smart grid technologies. The Conference will feature plenary sessions, technical papers, and tutorials by international experts on smart grid applications. The preliminary conference schedule is given as follows:
| The ISGT Conference program includes: | 
Program at a glance (The conference details are available by pressing the corresponding buttons listed above)
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   MONDAY | ||||||||
| 8:30AM -
  12:00 |  Tutorial:
  Smart Substation Technologies and Applications J.C. TAN & K. J. Svensen, Mott MacDonald,Inc. | Tutorial: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for
  Power System Operation and Trading under Smart Grid Farrokh Rahimi & Ali Ipakchi, Open Access
  Technology International | ||||||
| 8:30AM -
  5:00PM | Tutorial: Advanced DA/DMS Applications in Smart Grid Jiyuan Fan &  John D. McDonald, GE Energy  | |||||||
| 5:00-7:00
  PM | Pre-Conference Reception | |||||||
|             
   TUESDAY | ||||||||
| 7:30 -
  8:15AM | Conference Registration and Continental
  Breakfast | |||||||
| 8:15 -
  8:30AM | Welcome Remarks:  Mohammad Shahidehpour, Chair, 2012 ISGT
  Conference Noel Schulz, President,
  IEEE PES | |||||||
| 8:30 -
  9:00AM |                             
  Keynote Session: Smart Grid Implementation                             
  Chair: Noel Schulz, President, IEEE Power and Energy Society                             
  Keynote Speaker: Bill Gausman, Senior Vice President
  of Asset Management and Planning, Pepco Holdings | |||||||
| 9:00 -
  10:00AM |             
                  Plenary
  Session: Smart Grids:  How to
  Unleash Investment and Innovation 
                               
  Chair: John Kelly, Galvin Electricity Initiative | |||||||
| 10:00 -
  10:30AM | Snack Break | |||||||
| 10:30 -
  12:00PM | Panel Session: Smart Grid
  Project Implementation Experiences | Panel Session: Applications
  of  Smart Grid to Distribution
  Systems | Panel Session: Microgrid
  Applications:  Research, Testing, and Deployment | Paper Session:
  Communications for Smart Grid | Paper Session: Advanced
  Metering Infrastructure | Paper Session:
  Electrification of Transportation | ||
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| 1:00 -
  2:30PM | Panel Session: Smart grid
  integration of distributed energy resources, demand response, electric
  vehicles, and energy storage | Panel Session:
  Cyber-Physical System Security in a Smart Grid Environment | Paper Session: Control and
  Monitoring of Smart Grid | Paper Session: Smart Grid
  Demonstrations | Paper Session: Demand
  Response and Real-Time Pricing | Paper Session: Microgrid
  Operation and Control | ||
| 2:30 -
  3:00PM | Snack Break | |||||||
| 3:00 -
  5:00PM | Panel Session:
  Synchrophasor Technology Research and Application | Panel Session:
  International Smart Grid Collaboration  | Paper Session: Renewable Energy
  and Distributed Electric Power Systems | Paper Session:
  Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in Smart Grid | Paper Session: Storage
  Devices with Applications to Smart Grid | Paper Session: Microgrid
  Technology in Power Systems | ||
| 6:00 -
  8:00PM | Poster Presentation and Reception P | |||||||
|                      
  WEDNESDAY | ||||||||
| 8:00 -
  8:30AM | Continental Breakfast | |||||||
| 8:30 -
  9:00AM |                                                          
  Keynote Session: Technology
  Enablement of the Grid                                                          
  Chair: Al Rotz, Past President,
  IEEE Power and Energy Society                                                          
  Keynote Speaker: Terry Boston, CEO,
  PJM Interconnection | |||||||
| 9:00 -
  10:00AM |                                                          
  Plenary Session: Transactive Energy Techniques (1)         
                                                   Chair:
  Farrokh Rahimi, OATI | |||||||
| 10:00 -
  10:30AM | Snack Break                                                                                                   | |||||||
| 10:30 -
  12:00PM | Panel Session: Smart Grid
  for Buildings Session: 
  Applications, Technologies, Standards | Panel Session: Transactive
  Energy Techniques (2) | Paper Session: Smart Grid
  Cyber Security | Paper Session: Smart Home
  Solutions | Paper Session: Standards
  and Testing Technologies | Paper Session: Charging
  Stations in Microgrids | ||
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| 1:00 -
  2:30PM | Panel Session: Smart Grid
  Adds Value to Solar Photovoltaics | Panel Session: Women In
  Engineering | Panel Session: Smart Grid
  Cyber Security | Paper Session: Smart
  Building Solutions | Paper Session: Smart Grid
  Optimization | Paper Session: Electric
  Vehicle Technology | ||
| 2:30 -
  3:00PM | Snack Break | |||||||
| 3:00 -
  5:00PM | Panel Session: Smart Grid
  in Latin America: Opportunities, Developments and Trends | Panel Session: Electric
  Vehicles and the Smart Grid | Paper Session: PMUs and
  Wide Area Measurements | Paper Session: Smart Grid
  Technologies and  Applications | Paper Session: Wind Energy
  Applications | Paper Session: Microgrid
  Monitoring and  Islanding | ||
| 6:30 -
  8:30 PM | Evening Gala Dinner and Keynote
  Presentation  | |||||||
|                  
  THURSDAY | ||||||||
| 8:00 -
  8:30AM | Continental Breakfast | |||||||
| 8:30 -
  9:00AM |               
                                            Keynote
  Session: Challenges of Deep Penetration of Renewables                                                         
  Chair: Steven Pullins, Horizon Energy                                                         
  Keynote Speaker: James Avery, Senior VP-T&D, Sempra Utilities | |||||||
| 9:00 - 10:00
  AM |                                                         
  Plenary Session: Smart Grid Benefits on Asset Management                                                         
  Chair: Paul Myrda, Electric Power Research Institute | |||||||
| 10:00 -
  10:30AM | Snack Break | |||||||
| 10:30 -
  12:00PM | Panel Session: Load
  Modeling and Control | Panel Session: Smart Grid
  Practice | Panel Session: Batteries,
  Chargers, Circuits, Vehicle Use and V2G: Do They Match? | Paper Session: Applications
  of Computation Methods | Paper Session: Impact of
  Smart Grid on Distribution Systems | Paper Session: Smart
  Transformers in Power Systems | ||
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| 1:00 -
  2:30PM | Panel Session: ISO/RTO
  Experiences and Perspectives on Demand Response Participation in Ancillary
  Services Markets | Panel Session: Role of
  Smart Grid on Infrastructure Protection, Emergency Response, and System
  Restoration | Panel Session: R&D to
  Advance Existing Smart Grid Cyber Security | Paper Session: Power Electronic
  Applications to Smart Grid | Paper Session: Smart Grid
  Database Management | Paper Session: Control and
  Monitoring Systems | ||
| 2:30 -
  3:00PM | Snack Break | |||||||
| 3:00 -
  5:00PM | Panel Session: Smart Grid
  with a European Perspective | Panel Session: Applications
  of MVDC and MVAC Systems in Smart Grid and  Renewable Energy | Panel Session: Power System
  Islands, Autonomous Microgrids and Relevant Instrumentation | Paper Session: Coordinated
  PEV-Grid Operations | Paper Session: Active
  Distribution Systems | Paper Session: Sensor
  Applications in Smart Grid | ||
|          
  FRIDAY | ||||||||
| 8:30 -
  12:00PM | Tutorial: Microgrids - Designing Their Role in Smart
  Grid Erich Gunther, EnerNex | Tutorial: Cyber Security of Smart Grid Manimaran Govindarasu, Iowa State University | ||||||
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