Protection Related Topics

• Protection of equipment in industrial and bulk power systems
  
• Improvement of protection coordination between power plants and transmission lines
• Requirements of protection schemes for small- and large-scale renewable resources
• Impact of renewable resources on the protection of distribution, sub-transmission, and transmission networks
• Special protection systems for industrial and bulk power grids
  
• Application of PMUs in power system protection
• Advantages and challenges of localizing protective relays
• Methods for evaluating the accuracy of protection relay software and hardware performance
• Impact of the transient state of measuring equipment on the efficiency of protective relays
• New methods in digital signal processing
• Innovative approaches to protecting AC and DC microgrids
• New strategies for protecting AC and DC overhead and cable lines
  
• Effects of electric vehicle penetration on the protection of electricity distribution networks
• Application of artificial intelligence in power grid protection schemes
  

Automation Related Topics

• Application of automation in traditional and renewable power plants
• Automation in distribution, sub-transmission, and transmission networks
• Automation in industrial networks
• Cybersecurity of automation systems including software and hardware
• Automation of automation in power grid protection schemes
  
• Advantages and challenges of localizing hardware and software in power industry automation
• Opportunities and challenges of digital substations in electrical networks (SAS/DCS)
• Opportunities and challenges of communications protocols (IEC 61850, Modbus, LON, etc.)
• Role of automation in the intelligentization of power networks
  
• Challenges of communications platforms in automation
• Application of artificial intelligence in power grid automation
  
• Role of PMUs in enhancing power grid automation