IEEE Power & Energy Magazine - January/February 2017 - 85

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2016 General Meeting
paving the way for grid modernization in Boston

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More than 3,200 Ieee Power
& energy Society (PeS) members and
energy industry enthusiasts converged
in Boston on 17-21 July 2016 to experience the next chapter in the Society's
long history of hosting exceptional
meetings and events. Similar to the
2015 General Meeting (GM) in Denver,
the expectation from attendees was for
an outstanding opening plenary session
with prestigious speakers, including
✔✔ Damir novosel, PeS president and
president of Quanta technology
✔✔ Miroslav Begovic, PeS past president and head professor of the
texas a&M Department of electrical and Computer engineering
✔✔ Babak enayati, chair of the 2016
Ieee PeS GM Local organizing Committee and lead r&D
engineer with national Grid
✔✔ Cheryl LaFleur, commissioner
at the Federal energy regulatory Commission
✔✔ Marcy reed, president of national
Grid (Massachusetts jurisdiction)
✔✔ David L. Geier, vice president of
electric transmission and system
engineering with San Diego Gas
& electric
✔✔ Juan de Bedout, chief technology officer for General electric's
energy Connections business.
PeS President Damir novosel gave
a rousing PeS member meeting opening session and provided the crowd
with a state of the Society address. Past
President Miroslav Begovic then provided support and introductions for the
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The opening reception was held at the Boston Public Library.

PES President Damir Novosel welcomes
everyone at the opening session.

various nominations and appointments
for the upcoming election. afterward,
Babak enayati introduced the plenary
session panelists, each of whom provided detailed industry presentations
followed by question-and-answer sessions for the attending assembly.
Following the GM's theme, "Paving
the way for Grid Modernization," at-

tendees had the opportunity to be present for additional panel sessions covering topics such as transformer resiliency
and physical security, the impact of environmental regulations on power markets, power grid resilience, and so much
more. Paper and poster sessions are also
a popular attraction for GM attendees.
From an overview of the best conference papers on power system stability
and protection to an emerging technologies poster session, the prospects to get
involved were numerous. and that was
just the first couple days. Days two and
three were full of panels and poster sessions on microgrids, grid planning, Der,
big data, sustainable energy, smart buildings, smart cities, flexible energy systems, and energy policy.
to cap the event, PeS announced the
recipients of its Society-level awards, all
of which were recognized and honored
during a formal ceremony in Boston.
these Society-level awards recognize
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