Speakers & Topics

Development & Testing New Insulating Gel for HV Dry Cable Accessories & Other Apparatus

Dr. Adili received his M.Sc. Degree from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the Vienna University of Technology in Austria and his Ph.D. at the Institute for Power Systems and High Voltage Technology, ETH in Switzerland. His research interests include dielectric phenomena,...  » READ MORE

Testing & Certification Procedures for MV Premoulded Aerial Bundled Cable Straight Through Joints

Ir. Faris obtained a B.Sc. in Engineering (Electrical) from Northern Arizona University and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from UNITEN, Malaysia. He joined TNB in 1991 where he worked on transmission lines and substations, regional control centre, SCADA and distribution network services. Since 2003,...  » READ MORE

Composite Insulator Performance in Aggressive Service Environments: Comparison vs. Coated Glass Insulators

Mr. Asto Soto is an Electrical Engineer, graduated in 2000 from the National University of the Center of Peru (UNCP 2000) with a Masters of Business Administration from the University Ricardo Palma. He has detailed experience in management, planning and supervision of electrical maintenance and projects in mining,...  » READ MORE

Condition Assessment of Long Length Medium Voltage Underground Cable
Using Dual Side Offline Partial Discharge Measurement

Engr. Ts. Mohd Azraei received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Power System & Master of Electrical Engineering from Tenaga Nasional University in Malaysia. He is registered Professional Electrical Engineer with Board of Engineer and Professional Technologist in Electrical with Malaysian Board of Technologists....  » READ MORE

Optimizing Silicone Rubber-Based Housing Materials for HV Composite Insulators in Outdoor Applications

Dr. Baer received a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz and a Dr.-Ing. Degree from the Technical University of Munich. She has worked for the past five years as Development Engineer for polymeric insulators and sets and Head of Material Development for composites....  » READ MORE

Impact of Climate Change on Overhead Transmission Lines

Mr. Bakhshi received his M. S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Azad University in Iran. He has had 15 years of experience supervising and Designing Overhead Transmission Lines, ranging from 63 kV to 400 kV at the Kerman Regional Electricity Company (KREC) in Iran. He is a member of the SC B2 Overhead Lines Study Committee of CIGRE Iran and also Secretary for translating the CIGRE Overhead Green Book....  » READ MORE

1. Framing With Composite Insulators
2. Interphase Spacer Applications

Mr. Bell holds a Bachelor of Applied Science ME degree from the University of Toronto and works as part of the engineering and development team devoted to new composite insulator and interphase spacer designs and applications. Among his current goals is further improving insulator performance through research and product testing....  » READ MORE

Composite Insulators with Optical Fibres for Applications in HV

Mr. Bergmann received his diploma in electrical engineering at TU Berlin in 2003. He worked as R&D engineer for HV outdoor circuit breakers at Siemens, Berlin. Since 2013 he is with Reinhausen Power Composites GmbH as sales engineer and for 7 years as R&D expert in dielectric requirements of composite insulators....  » READ MORE

1. Understanding & Mitigating Corona on Polymer Insulators
2. Advancements in Braced Line Post Testing
3. Latest Developments in Fire Mitigation Products

Mr. Butler graduated from Georgia Tech (Georgia Institute of Technology) in Mechanical Engineering before entering the power utility industry in 2006. Since then, he has held various roles of international and U.S....  » READ MORE