CIGRE International Symposium Montreal 2025 - Call for papers

Hosted by the Canadian National Committee

Symposium Theme

The 2025 International CIGRE Symposium in Montreal will bring together international, regional, and local key players in the electric power systems sector: business leaders, system operators, manufacturers, engineers, scientists, policymakers, regulators, and academics.

PS1: System Enhancement, markets and regulation

• Energy sector integration for efficient decarbonization
• Power system dynamics and interaction
• Renewable energy, DER, microgrids, EV, storage
• Power systems with high percentage of renewables
• Electrical installations on offshore and artificial Islands
• Large-scale renewable energy integration, transmission and regional Interconnection
• DC applications in distribution and transmission: onshore and offshore
• Substations, switchgears, MV and HV Equipment
• Increase transfer capacity

PS2: Application of technologies, information technology (IT) and artificial intelligence (IA)

• Innovative approaches on system design, construction, monitoring and maintenance
• Power quality performance
• Experiences with communication and cyber security in HVDC/FACTS systems
• Innovations and development of technologies, IT and AI tools for operation and maintenance

PS3: Climate change and extreme weather events

• Identification, risk assessment and management for extreme weather events and increasing temperatures
• Managing assets for power systems and industry as climate changes
• Evolution of industry standards
• Development and deployment of equipment suitable for extreme weather events

PS4: EHV & UHV AC and DC

• Insulation coordination
• Design of UHV/EHV AC and DC equipment
• Factory and field testing of UHV equipment
• Large projects based on UHV and EHV

Participating Study Committees

• A1 - Power generation & electromechanical energy conversion
• A2 - Power transformers & reactors
• A3 - Transmission and distribution equipment
• B2 - Overhead lines
• B3 - Substations and electrical installations
• B4 - DC systems and power electronics
• C1 - Power system development & economics
• C3 - Power system sustainability and environmental performance
• C6 - Active distribution systems and distributed energy resources

The 6^th International Colloquium on EHV and UHV AC&DC in association with IEC will also be part of the Symposium.

Download the Call for Papers (October update)

Papers publication

Papers will be available to download one month in advance of the symposium for registered participants. One month after the symposium, papers will be available on eCIGRE free of charge for CIGRE members. The CIGRE Science & Engineering (CSE) journal will publish the best papers selected from the symposium. The Technical Committee of the Symposium will produce a summary report of the symposium for publication in ELECTRA.

Submission of synopses

The quality of the papers is initially assessed on the basis of a synopsis. To this end, the synopsis must summarize the results and advances that will be described in the paper. A synopsis that only describes the context of the research will be rejected.

Study Committees involved in the symposium will manage the process of full Papers review with a Peer Review Panel composed by experts. The papers from other Study Committees will be reviewed by Canadian experts. Authors may be asked to make changes or adjustments to their papers. Final acceptance or non-acceptance is duly notified to authors.

Participants wishing to present and publish papers should submit synopses by following the instructions on website, where the synopses and paper templates are also available. All synopses, papers, and presentations must be in English or in French and English. Please note that at least one author must present the paper at the symposium.

Deadlines

• Opening of the upload for abstracts: September 10, 2024
• Deadline for Synopses (English or English+French): November 27, 2024
• Selection of synopses by SCs and information to authors: January 25, 2025
• Deadline for full papers: April 25, 2025
• Opening of registrations: Spring 2025
• Feedback to authors of full papers: June 13, 2025
• Final papers: July 11, 2025