28 June–2 July 2009, Bucharest, Romania

Innovative Ideas Toward the Electrical Grid of the Future

Welcome Addresses

• IEEE Power & Energy Society: Celebrating our Future With 125 Years of Tradition
  Wanda Reder
  President, IEEE Power & Energy Society
• PowerTech International Steering Committee Chairman Address
  Costas Vournas
  Chair, PowerTech International Steering Committee

Plenary Session Presentations

• Smart Grid: A New Paradigm for Power Delivery
  Mohammad Shahidehpour
  Bodine Distinguished Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology
• Energy Efficiency in Electrical Networks: Challenges Ahead
  Peter Kirchesch
  Vice President R&D, AREVA T&D