PowerTech 2009

Sunday, June 28

09h00 – 16h00	IEEE R8 Chapter Chairs Meeting, Senate Hall, UPB Campus
13h00 – 20h00	Registration and Welcome Reception at Romanian Athenaeum
17h00	Chamber Music by "George Enescu" Philharmonic at Romanian Athenaeum
18h15	Welcome Cocktail, Romanian Athenaeum

Monday, June 29

08h00 – 18h00	Conference Registration, Parliament Palace - C1 Entrance Hall
08h00 – 09h00	Welcome Coffee
09h00 – 12h30	Opening Ceremony, Parliament Palace, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Hall

	Welcome Address
Mircea Eremia, Conference Chair, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest Wanda Reder, IEEE-PES President Ecaterina Andronescu, Minister of Education, Research and Innovation Costas Vournas, Chair of the PowerTech Steering Committee, National Technical University of Athens Iulian Iancu, WEC - National Committee, President

	Plenary Session
Andre Merlin, CIGRE President and Honorary President of RTE: The Strategic Role and Challenges of EHV Power Grid in the New Context of the European Energy Policy Mohammad Shahidehpour, IEEE-PES Vice-President, Chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Illinois Institute of Technology: Smart Grid: A New Paradigm for Power Delivery Peter Kirchesch, AREVA Vice-President: Energy Efficiency in Electrical Networks

12h30 – 14h00	Lunch
14h00 – 15h45	Technical Sessions, Halls NI, NB, HR, CB, CR
15h45 – 16h15	Coffee Break
16h15 – 18h00	Technical Sessions, Halls NI, NB, HR, CB, CR

19h30 – 22h00	Student Meeting, Rectorate Hall of UPB Campus

Tuesday, June 30
08h00 – 18h00	Conference Registration, Parliament Palace - C1 Entrance Hall
08h30 – 10h30	Technical Sessions, Halls NI, NB, HR, CB, CR
10h30 – 11h00	Coffee Break
11h00 – 12h30	Technical Sessions, Halls NI, NB, HR, CB, CR
12h30 – 14h00	Lunch
14h00 – 15h45	Technical Sessions, Halls NI, NB, HR, CB, CR
15h45 – 16h15	Coffee Break
16h15 – 18h00	Technical Sessions, Halls NI, NB, HR, CB, CR

09h00 – 12h30	Poster Session I, Hall CB

Wednesday, July 1
08h00 – 18h00	Conference Registration, Parliament Palace - C1 Entrance Hall
08h30 – 10h30	Technical Sessions, Halls NI, NB, HR, CB, CR
10h30 – 11h00	Coffee Break
11h00 – 12h30	Technical Sessions, Halls NI, NB, HR, CB, CR
12h30 – 14h00	Lunch
14h00 – 15h45	Technical Sessions, Halls NI, NB, HR, CB, CR
15h45 – 16h15	Coffee Break
16h15 – 17h30	Technical Sessions, Halls NI, NB, HR, CB, CR

09h00 – 12h30	Poster Session II, Hall CB

19h00 – 20h00	Transport by bus to Snagov Palace
20h00 – 22h00	Gala Dinner at Snagov Palace
22h00 – 23h00	Return by bus to Bucharest

Thursday, July 2
08h00 – 18h00	Conference Registration, Parliament Palace - C1 Entrance Hall
08h30 – 10h30	Technical Sessions, Halls NI, NB, HR, CB, CR
10h30 – 11h00	Coffee Break
11h00 – 12h30	Technical Sessions, Halls NI, NB, HR, CB, CR
12h30 – 14h00	Lunch
14h00 – 15h45	Technical Sessions, Halls NI, NB, HR, CB, CR
15h45 – 16h15	Coffee Break
16h15 – 18h00	Basil Papadias Award & Closing Ceremony, “C.A. Rosetti” Hall

09h00 – 12h30	Poster Session III, Hall CB

Program