• Share status and results of research projects
• Learn from national programs and policies
• Stimulate international, national, and regional program coordination
• Better understand and communicate the visions from various stakeholders and players

ProArte Maritim, Berlin

Bernd Porzelius, Britta Haseneder

OTTI e.V. –  
Renewable Energies
Wernerwerkstraße 4
93049 Regensburg, Germany

Phone     +49 941 29688-37
Fax     +49 941 29688-54
britta.haseneder@otti.de

Topics of the Conference

Papers are invited on the following topics:

• 1.    Grid Integration of Centralised and Decentralised Storage Devices
• 2.    Large-Scale Renewable Generation
• 3.    Renewable Power Forecasting
• 4.    Market and Business Models
• 5.    Grid Operation
• 6.    Regulatory Issues
• 7.    Successful Demonstrations
• 8.    Energy Management
• 9.    Generation and Load Management
• 10. Solar and Wind Energy Integration
• 11. Information and Communication Technologies (ITC)
• 12. Island Grids and Micro-Grids
• 13. Transmission and Distribution

Papers will be presented orally and in poster sessions. All accepted
papers will be published in the proceedings volume. The abstract, in
English, should include:
Full title, author’s full name, affiliation, address, phone/fax/e-mail,
name and affiliation of co-authors, topic, kind of presentation (oral
or poster), a brief summary including the purpose, methods, approach,
results and conclusions of the presented work.
The abstract should fit on ONE standard A4 sheet. In addition, authors
may submit one additional explanatory page to facilitate the reviewer’s assessment.
Selected papers can be expanded into full papers for publication in the peer reviewed International Journal of Distributed Energy Resources,
www.der-journal.org.

Deadline for the submission of abstracts:

• June 11th, 2012

Please upload your abstract in our review system under:
review.otti.eu
End of July authors will receive an e-mail with the result of the evaluation. With the acceptance of your abstract you are automatically registered for the conference. It is not possible to cancel once accepted.
If you are accepted please upload the ready for printing manuscript
(4 pages) in our review system by 08.10. 2012.

The growing share of renewable and distributed energy resources in power systems requires the development of efficient measures for their integration. Since the first International Conference on Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources (COI) that took place in Brussels 2004, grid integration technology has continuously improved. Many technical and non-technical issues have been solved or are now better understood.  However, as the scale of deployment increases, new important challenges are emerging.
In the last few years, the topic of new smart grid approaches that support the efficient grid integration of small generators, storage units and controllable loads has gained considerably higher attention. A number of deployment projects including large-scale field demonstrations have been conducted  in many countries. This conference will offer the opportunity to learn about these projects and to discuss results with the partners involved.
Like at the previous COI events, the latest technical, market and policy aspects related to integration of renewable and distributed energy resources and smart grids will be discussed in plenary sessions. It is the intention of the conference to support the interdisciplinary discussion among different stakeholders promote lasting collaboration among key players from all over the world. Conference side events like workshops, and committee meetings on standardization and other related topics that will take place before and after the conference will give attendees the opportunity to further develop and deepen the knowledge in special topics. 
We would be very happy to welcome you at the 5th COI-Conference that will take place during the first week of December 2012 in Berlin, Germany.

Dr. Philipp Strauss, Fraunhofer IWES, Kassel, Germany

Dr. Abraham Ellis, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Hidekazu Takakura, NEDO, Kawasaki City, Japan

Conference Chair

Dr. Philipp Strauss
Division Director Systems Engineering and Grid Integration
Fraunhofer IWES / DERlab e. V., Kassel, Germany

Conference Co-Chair

Dr. Abraham Ellis 
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Hidekazu Takakura
Smart Community Department New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization (NEDO), Kawasaki City, Japan

Eng Kiat Chan

Energy Market Authority, Singapore, Singapore

Prof. S. A. Khaparde

Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India

Dr. Chun-Yu Chen

Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan

Prof. Masayuki Kamimoto

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Aomori, Japan

Dr. Yoshiro Owadano

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan

Dr. Satoshi Morozumi

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Japan 

Dr. Sindhu Suresh

Siemens Corporate Research, ­Princeton, NJ, USA 

Atul Shah

Suzlon Infrastructure Services Limited, Pune, India

Grahame Foulger

Smart Grid Partners, Brisbane, Australia

Dr. Lisa Dignard-Bailey

Natural Resources Canada, Varennes, Canada

Dr. Britta Buchholz

ABB AG, Mannheim, Germany

Ludwig Karg

B.A.U.M. Consult GmbH, München, Germany

Dir. Kerstin Deller

Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit, Berlin, Germany

Dr. Jens Merten

Commissariat à l‘Energie Atomique, Institut National de l‘Energie Solaire, Le Bourget Du Lac, France

Dr. Régine Belhomme

Electricité de France, Clamart Cedex, France

Dr. Patrick Van Hove

European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

Prof. Jürgen Schmid

Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology, Kassel, Germany

Prof. Johan Driesen

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Dr. Frieder Schmitt

MVV Energie AG, Mannheim, Germany

Andreas Lugmaier

Nationale Technologieplattform Smart Grids Austria / Siemens AG, Wien, Austria

Prof. Nikos Hatziargyriou

Public Power Corporation S.A., Athens, Greece

Dr. Luciano Martini

Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico Spa., Milano, Italy

Prof. Sami Repo

Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

John Eli Nielsen

Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Thomas S. Key

Electric Power Research Institute, Knoxville, TN, USA

Dr. Benjamin Kroposki

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

Mark Rawson

Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Sacramento, CA, USA

Hubert Fechner

University AS Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria

Reduced fee for Presenters:     € 450,00
Reduced fee for Poster-Presenters:     € 650,00
Employees of Universitiesand public authorities      € 340,00

If registered before 31.10.2012

Per Person (3 days):     € 820,00

If registered after 31.10.2012

Per Person (3 days):     € 970,00
Daily fee:     € 550,00

From the third participant on, every other participant of your company will get a 15% discount on the conference fee.

Fees cover admission to all sessions, invitation to all coffee breaks, lunch, dinner and the conference proceedings.

Please book your accommodation as soon as possible by yourself.
www.hotel.de

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Conference Venue

MARITIM proArte Hotel Berlin
Friedrichstraße 151
10117 Berlin, Germany
Phone     +49 (0)30 2033 4411
Fax    +49 (0)30 2033 4092
meeting.bpa@maritim.de