I attended the CIGRE 2024 conference in Paris from August 25 to September 1.

I particularly enjoyed the group discussions on Preferential Subjects in the following study committees:

• B5 – Protection and Automation
  • PS1: Practical experiences and new developments of process bus
• C1 – Power System Development and Economics
  • PS1: Steering the energy transition: cooperation, achieving top-down targets through bottom-up investment decisions
  • PS2: Flexibility as pivotal criterion for system development
• C6 – Active Distribution Systems and Distributed Energy Resources
  • PS1: Flexibility management in distribution networks
• D2 – Information Systems, Telecommunications, Cybersecurity
  • PS1: IT/OT Solutions to improve the efficiency and resilience of electric power systems

I will post what I have learned and my thoughts about these topics shortly.