This event is an interim workshop of the ICEBERG ERC Starting Grant which aims at presenting the intermediate results of the project, and also featuring talks from experts beyond our group on related topics.
Dates: June 13-14, 2024
Location: Amalia hotel, Athens
Registration: Registration is free of charge, but required for attending the event. The registration deadline is June 7, 2024. You can register by completing the following online form in this link.
Program June 13 (all times are in EET)
| 09:30-10:00 | Coffee |
| 10:00-10:15 | Welcome and Presentation of the ICEBERG project Anthony Papavasiliou (NTUA) |
| 10:15-11:15 | Plenary 1 Market-Based Reserve Planning under Predominantly Uncertain Renewable Generation Michael Caramanis (Boston University) |
| 11:30-13:30 | Session 1: Optimization under Uncertainty |
| 11:30-12:10 | Exact Mixed-Integer Programming Approach for Chance-Constrained Multi-Area Reserve Sizing Jehum Cho (UCLouvain) |
| 12:10-12:50 | Applying High-Performance Computing to the European Resource Adequacy Assessment Daniel Avila (UCLouvain) |
| 12:50-13:30 | Capacity Expansion Planning under Uncertainty subject to EENS constraints Marilena Zambara (NTUA) |
| 13:30-14:30 | Lunch break |
| 14:30-15:30 | Plenary 2 Main Challenges of the European Electricity Market Design, and Consumers’ Place: Engaging Consumers in Energy Regulation Athanasios Dagoumas (University of Piraeus and RAEEY) |
| 15:40-17:00 | Session 2: Balancing Markets |
| 15:40-16:20 | Interactions between Imbalance Settlement and System Security in Cross-Border Balancing Dimitris Chatzigiannis (NTUA) |
| 16:20-17:00 | Market Equilibria in Cross Border Balancing Platforms Jacques Cartuyvels (UCLouvain) |
Program June 14 (all times are in EET)
| 08:30-09:00 | Coffee |
| 09:00-10:00 | Plenary 3 The Emerging Multi-Tier Hierarchical Energy Market Architecture Suitable for the Energy Transition: Challenges and Potential Solutions Alex Papalexopoulos (ECCO International) |
| 10:15-12:15 | Session 3: TSO-DSO Coordination and Flexibility Platforms |
| 10:15-10:55 | Hierarchical Coordination of Transmission and Distribution System Operations in European Balancing Markets Ruan Zejun (NTUA) |
| 10:55-11:35 | Flexibility Activation with Direct Load Control in Distribution Grids Quentin Lété (ETH Zurich) |
| 11:35-12:15 | Grid-Aware Flexibility Aggregation for Zonal Balancing Markets Efthymios Karangelos (NTUA and ULiège) |
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30-14:30 | Plenary 4 From Automation to Autonomy: Infrastructure for Intelligent Protection, Control, Optimization and Operations Sakis Meliopoulos (Georgia Tech) |
| 14:30-16:30 | Session 4: Market Design |
| 14:30-15:10 | Welfare Benefits of Co-Optimizing Energy and Reserves Marco Pavesi (ACER) |
| 15:10-15:50 | The Many Advantages of Convex Hull Pricing Nicolas Stevens (UCLouvain) |
| 15:50-16:30 | Computation of Convex Hull Prices in Electricity Markets with Non-Convexities using Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition Panagiotis Andrianesis (Boston University and Mines Paris PSL) |
| 16:30-18:30 | Cheese and wine cocktail |