Speakers & Topics

(as of Oct 24, 2023)

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Norasage Pattanadech

Associate Professor, King Mongkut University of Technology, Dika Labs, Thailand

Dielectric Measurement for Condition Monitoring & Testing of MV Cable:
Experience in Thailand

Dr. Pattanadech received his Dr. Techn. in Engineering Sciences & Electrical Engineering from the Institute of High Voltage Engineering and System Management at Graz University of Technology, in Austria. He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of high voltage testing and analysis,...  » READ MORE

Plath, Ronald

Professor, Technical University of Berlin, Germany

Challenges in Sensitive PD Measurements on Extra-Long 525kV HVDC Land Cables During AC After-Installation Testing (According to DIN IEC 62895:2019)

Dr. Plath received his PhD in High Voltage Engineering from the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB). He worked at CESI as consulting engineer in the first prequalification tests of AC 380 kV XLPE cables and later became Head of the HV Laboratories at IPH Berlin,...  » READ MORE

Priatmadja, Rizally

Assistant Manager of Transmission Maintenance Planning & Evaluation, PLN Persero (Indonesia TSO), Indonesia

EGLA Application on 70 kV Overhead Transmission Line in Indonesia: Statistics, Design, & Lightning Performance Review

Mr. Priatmadja received his B.A.Sc. from the Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Politeknik Negeri Semarang in 2010 and his M.Sc from the Dept, of Electrical Engineering at Institut Teknologi Bandung in 2019. He has worked for PT PLN (PERSERO) since 2010 and published several conference papers in the area of High Voltage and has 12 years of experience in research and maintenance of transmission systems....  » READ MORE

Purnama, Julius

Electrical Engineering Consultant, FPL (Italy), Teslatama & Wijaya Karya Industri & Konstruksi, Indonesia

Case Studies of Lightning Disturbances on Java-Madura-Bali Transmission Lines & Performance Improvement

Dr. Purnama earned his PhD in Materials Science in the Physics Department of Universitas Indonesia. In addition to his consulting activities, he has worked with Wika NGK Insulators and, more recently, served as Visiting Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program of the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS)....  » READ MORE

Raschke, Philipp

Manager, R&D Department, Tridelta Meidensha, Germany

Arresters with Brains: New Era IoT-Enabled Condition Monitoring Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence

Mr. Raschke graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Cooperative Education in Gera, Germany. He began his career in 2009 as Product Developer working on overvoltage protection electronics for Gigabit Ethernet. He later received his Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig....  » READ MORE

Ross, Robert

Professor Performance of HV Energy Systems at TU Delft & Asset Management Strategy Expert at IWO, The Netherlands

Strategic Role of Diagnostics in Asset Management Under Ageing, Climate Change & Earthquake

Dr. Ross is Director at the Institute for Science & Development, Ede and Professor at TU Delft with chair Performance of HV Energy Systems. He was Asset Management Research Strategist for the transmission grid operator in the Netherlands and parts of Germany. He worked in the past at KEMA in the area of reliability and post-failure forensic investigation and his present fields of specialization include reliability statistics,...  » READ MORE

Ruokanen, Markku

PPC Group Quality and R&D Director, PPC Group, Austria


1. Ageing Behaviour & Resistance of Ceramic Insulators
2. Recycling Ceramic Insulators

Mr. Ruokanen has an M.Sc. degree in Materials Science from the University of Technology in Helsinki, Finland. Before joining PPC in 2014, he held several leading technical positions at Maxwell Technologies in both the Ultra-Capacitor and HV Capacitor Divisions. He is a member of Cigré Switzerland....  » READ MORE

Saifi, Abdulrahim

Power System Stands & Technology Engineer, Petroleum Development Oman, Oman

Experience with Animal-Outage Protective Covers in Oman & Lessons for Utilities Worldwide

Mr. Abdulrahim Saifi received a BENG (Hons) Degree in Electrical Power Engineering from the Caledonian College of Engineering and has worked at Petroleum Development Oman since 2002. He is a specialist in overhead lines in terms of review and approval of transmission and distribution design....  » READ MORE

Sakata, Manabu ‘Gaku’

Executive Officer, Dept. of Research & Development, Nippon Katan, Japan

Wet Snow Accretion Packed with Sea-Salt on Insulator Strings

Mr. Sakata received his M. S. Eng. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Waseda University in Tokyo. Over his career, he has had extensive experience in design, construction, maintenance, asset management and research and development of transmission lines. This work experience includes application of polymer insulators and snow-related failures of transmission lines....  » READ MORE

dos Santos, Mario Augusto Caetano

Maintenance Engineering Division, Itaipu Binacional, Brazil

New Approach to Diagnose ZnO Surge Arresters Combining Resistive Leakage Current & Infrared Inspection

Mr. Santos received his BSc in Electrical Engineering from UNIDERP, Brazil in 2010 and his MSc in Technology Development from LACTEC Institute, Brazil in 2017. He joined AES Corporation as Area Maintenance Coordinator for distribution power grid in 1998 and later Eletrosul-Eletrobras,...  » READ MORE

Schlender, Dennis

President, DBS Energy Services, Canada

Transmission Asset Planning, Management & Future Refurbishments

Mr. Schlender has offered professional consulting and engineering services across Canada for three decades. He previously held positions at TransAlta Utilities, West Kootenay Power and Aquila Networks Canada, with responsibilities in Senior Management, Project Management, Engineering, Line Construction & Maintenance, Substations, Telecommunications, Metering and Material Services. Currently, he is Principal at a firm providing consulting services in transmission design,...  » READ MORE

Schubert, Matthias

Discipline Expert, Surge Arrester Technologies, Siemens Energy, Germany

IEC TC37: Major Developments in Standards for Substation & Line Surge Arresters

Mr. Schubert received his Dipl.-Ing. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany. He then joined Siemens in Berlin, where he began as a test and development engineer for surge arresters. In 2001, he was appointed Head of the Arrester Test Laboratory....  » READ MORE