CIGRE Austria NGN Get2Gether: 17th of April 2024

we are happy to publish the invitation of CIGRE Austria’s Next Generation Network event:

CIGRE Austria NGN Get2gether on Wednesday, April 17th 2024 at Vienna Technical University where the whole Austrian CIGRE community meets and especially the young professionals are presenting their work.

Agenda 17th of April 2024:

  • 3-4 pm:    Annual general meeting
  • 4-5:30 pm:    CIGRE Austrian NGN Input: keynote, student presentations
  • 5:30 pm:        Networking (food and drinks included)

Registration via cigre@ove.at

save-the-date: 28th of January 2025

it’s our pleasure to invite you to our CIGRE Austria Get2gether & Austrian CIGRE Conference on Tuesday, January 28th 2025 at OVE, Eschenbachgasse 9, 1010 Vienna where the whole Austrian CIGRE community meets and discuss current topics.

Agenda 28th of January 2025:

  • 1-2 pm:    General Assembly
  • 2-5 pm:    Austrian CIGRE Conference: keynote, study committee presentations
  • 5 pm:        Networking (food and drinks included)

CIGRE Austria young scientist funding programme

Austrian National Committee announces it‘s first funding call for young CIGRE scientists aiming for supporting the participation in international CIGRE community community (conferences, colloquia, Session…)

2nd call for 2024:

The following packages are available (lump sum):

1 – CIGRE Europe Package € 400,-

2 – CIGRE International Package € 900,-

3 – Package for the 2024 Paris Session € 1.300,-

How to apply?

When using the template, please fill in completely incl. content reasoning and economic justification.

Open call:

starting with 1st of January 2024 (first come-first serve and limited budget)

Process:

•The decision will be done by reviewers from CIGRE Austria

•Time for reviewing an application takes 3 weeks

•Each participant can apply only once each funding periode

•After participation hand in the following documents in order to receive the funding: proofof confirmation, template for refund

Obligations for funding recipients:

•Proof of participation

•willingness to present content-related contributions as part of the CIGRE AT conference (or similar after the funded activity)

CIGRE Session 25th – 30th of August 2024

Dear Austrian CIGRE collegues,

We are happy to invite to contribute to CIGRE Session 2024

https://www.cigre.org/GB/events/paris-session-2024

Enclosed please find the Austrian Process and deadlines due to administrational tasks, we need to centrally upload your input.

Instructions in Detail – and template:

We are looking forward to receiving your Session Input!

CIGRE Austria Get2gether & Mini Conference

Every 2 years the Austrian CIGRE community meets and enjoys the Austrian CIGRE conference, last time 31st of January 2023. It was a pleasure for Gerhard Christiner, Austrian CIGRE president and Wolfgang Hribernik, Austrian CIGRE secretary general to invite and lead through the programme of the day:

up to 80 CIGRE colleagues met. Next to the highly regarded keynote “A Decarbonized and Resilient Dutch Power System” by Prof. Peter Palensky, Professor for Intelligent Electrical Power Grids at TU Delft the Austrian CIGRE study committee members and working group members presented the highlights:

Study Committee B2 Overhead Lines (Kerstin Weindl, APG)

Study Committee B4 DC Systems and Power Electronics (Alexander Gaun, Coil Innovation GmbH)

Study Committee C6 Active Distribution Systems and Distributed Energy Resources (Thomas Strasser, AIT)

Study Committee A1 Rotating Electrical Machines (Gerfried Maier, Andritz)

Working Group A3.46 Generator Breaker (Robert Schürhuber, TU Graz)

Study Committee D1 Materials and Emerging Test Techniques (Uwe Schichler, TU Graz)

Finally, our Austrian Next Generation Network was introduced by Manuel Galler, TU Graz.