Are you an individual with a passion to share your experience and knowledge with industry professionals from across the nation? Have you ever thought about writing a technical paper? Are you seeking to put your skills to the test in competition with other young professionals from across the United States?
The CIGRE-US National Committee Next Generation Network (NGN) is holding their annual synopsis (abstract) and paper competition to encourage students and early professionals to share their experience and knowledge with others in the industry.
The CIGRE-US NGN Synopsis Template must be used to format the synopsis for submittal. A list of preferred topics to align with the 2025 Grid of the Future Symposium can be found on the Call for Papers or below. Paper topic selection from this list is encouraged but not required. The authors of the top 10 synopses will prepare technical papers. The authors of the top five papers will present their papers at the 2025 Grid of the Future Symposium in Denver, Colorado, where one grand prize will be awarded.
To qualify for the competition, you must fulfill both requirements 1 and 2:
Enhancing Grid Resilience: Infrastructure Resilience, Microgrids, Resilience Quantification, Big Data for Resilience, Resilience Planning, Aging Infrastructure & Asset Management, FLISR, DC Microgrids, Proactive Reconfiguration, Community Resilience, Localized Resilience Benefits, Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), Mobile Storage, Long Duration Storage, Wind and Solar Integration
Grid Operation, Automation & Management: Modern Energy Management Systems (EMS), ADMS, Renewable Integration, Solar & Storage Microgrid, Long-Duration Storage, Demand Response, Energy Efficiency, Innovations in Battery Chemistry, Battery Diagnostics, Cybersecurity Standards, Advanced Communication Applications, Fiber, LTE, 5G, Broadband, IoT-based Wireless Technologies, Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Edge Computing, Smart EV Charging, Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), Vehicle-to-Anything (V2X)
Climate Change Adaptation: Climate Risk to System Assets, Managing the Impact of Decarbonization, Improving Grid Biodiversity, Innovative T&D Engineering to Limit Environmental Impacts, Life-Cycle Assessment, Generation Planning, Policies and Regulations, Migration Effects, Clean Energy During Pandemic and Global Unrest, Distribution Markets
Intelligent Protection and Controls: Voltage Optimization, T&D Monitoring, Adaptive Relaying, Automation and Restoration, Bi-directional Power Flow, IEC 61850, Digital Substation, System Reconfiguration, DERMS, Home and Building Automation, DER Protection Study, DER Integration and Control
Beneficial Electrification: Smart Cities, Smart Villages, Smart Homes, Managed Charging, Fleet Electrification, Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), Vehicle-to-Anything (V2X), Autonomous Vehicles, Extreme Fast Charging, Plug-in Hybrid EV (PHEV), Wireless Charging, Building Electrification, Conservation Voltage Reduction, Industrial Electrification
T&D Modeling, Sensors and Data Analytics: Real-time Modeling, Hardware-in-the Loop (HIL), Control-HIL, Digital-Twin, DER Modeling, Hybrid AC-DC Systems, Cyber-Attack Modeling, EV Modeling and Simulation, EV Planning Studies, Synchrophasor Technology, Power Quality, AMI Data, Bellwether Meters, Low-Cost Sensors, Big Data, Quantum Computing, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Competition Format |
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May 19, 2025 - Synopsis Due |
June 16, 2025 - Notify Top 10 Synopses |
August 29, 2025 - Top 10 Technical Papers Due |
September 22, 2025 - Notify Top 5 Papers |
November 10-13, 2025 - Paper Presentations and 1st Place Winner Announced |