Smart Grids Europe will offer you a unique networking platform to stay-up-to-date on industry developments and to meet those interested in the opportunities of this new market. The conference will be organized in conjunction with Transmission & Distribution Europe 2010.

The management team is searching for speakers who can share new and innovative experiences and visions. Submissions are subject to approval by the Smart Grids Europe 2010 programme committee.

Abstracts can be submitted for, but not limited to, the following topics of interest:  

• Policy & regulation
• Drivers & opportunities
• From a theoretical to a practical business
• Planning & implementation
• R&D and innovation
• Connectivity
• Smart use of electricity
• Data management
• Electrical vehicles
• Smart houses
• ROI

• Speaking slots are 30 minutes in length: 5 minute introduction by the chairman, 20 minutes for the PowerPoint presentation and 5 minutes for questions from the audience
• Vendors are welcome to submit proposals along with an identified lead utility speaker
• Abstracts from consultants will be considered; consultants may also be asked to identify a utility speaker
• Sales and marketing presentations are not appropriate for this conference and will not be accepted
• Presentation of more than one paper by the same organisation during the conference is discouraged

Submission stages:
Your proposal will need to include:

• Author’s name and a bio information (include a bit about your qualifications regarding your presentation topic)
• Title of presentation (no more than 10 words)
• Summary of the presentation (around 200 words)
• Write 3 learning objectives for your presentation, focusing on what knowledge participants will gain from the presentation
• Who your talk is likely to interest (some keywords)
• Likely topic of presentation (stream)
• Name and bio information of any co-authors
• Preference is given to papers that have not been presented at other conferences. If your paper was previously presented, write down where and when.

To download the abstract template, click here

Review process:

• All abstracts will be reviewed by the programme committee in September 2009.
• Deadline for submission is 1 September 2009.
• Early submission is strongly encouraged.
• Applicants will be notified of their status by email.
• By submitting an abstract authors are agreeing to provide Smart Grids Europe a copyright release and final publication of their presentation for publication in the conference proceedings.

Selection criteria:
Abstracts will be reviewed and judged on the basis of the following criteria:

• Relevance to the conference theme and theme of the individual sessions
• Significance of the work/project to a broad audience
• Originality of work/project, including new concept, innovations or data
• The completeness of the work/project

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