• Expansion planning of microgrids, distribution, and transmission networks;
• Integrated/coordinated transmission and distribution planning;
• Planning criteria for electrification in low load density areas;
• Planning for integration of electric vehicles fast-charging installations in the network;
• Microgrids and local energy communities planning;
• Resiliency and reliability in planning and operation of energy systems;
• Power quality management in planning and operation;
• Financial planning and cash flow for investment in energy systems.

ELECTRICITY MARKETS AND DEMAND RESPONSE

• Microgrids, virtual power plants, and aggregators and their role in electricity markets;
• Market design clearing and pricing;
• Ancillary services;
• Interaction between energy markets;
• Financial engineering for energy markets;
• Local energy markets;
• Flexible demand, demand response, and flexibility markets;
• Energy markets, economics, and policies.

BUILDING ENERGY SAVING TECHNOLOGY

• Passive and zero-energy buildings;
• HVAC system control optimization;
• Building energy, exergy, and economic analysis;
• Building embodied energy and life cycle analysis;
• Renewable energy applications in buildings;
• Adaptive climatic responsive building design;
• Home automation and smart buildings.

PROTECTION AND CONTROL

• Protection and detection in microgrids and islanded systems;
• Protection of DC and HVDC systems;
• Impact of converter control on protection performance;
• Adaptive protection and fault level estimation;
• Control-related super- and sub-synchronous interactions with converter-based resources;
• Small-signal stability and power quality impacts of converter-based resources;
• Grid-fault ride-through capability and transient stability of converter-based resources;
• Grid forming and supporting control technologies for converter-based resources;
• Active and passive power filters and damping solutions for converter-based resources;
• Stability and control of power-electronic-based energy conversion systems;
• Grid-interactive converter control to stabilize and enhance dynamic performance of bulk power systems;
• Intelligent and robust control of smart energy systems.

BUSINESS MODELS AND RISK MANAGEMENT

• Novel business models and model innovations;
• Business models for smart grids;
• Risk management methods, processes & tools for smart grids;
• Climate risk management;
• Uncertainty and risk management methods;
• Innovative social-based solutions for enabling energy transition.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATION IN ENERGY SYSTEMS

• Machine learning, cloud computing, and data science application in energy systems;
• Machine learning application and data analysis in distribution networks;
• Data analytics and industrial informatics applications;
• Methodologies for demand and generation forecast;
• Utilization of artificial intelligence for protection and fault management strategies;
• Data driven cyber security analysis methods;
• Data driven energy systems stability and control;
• Data driven energy systems modeling and optimization.

• Multi-actor perspectives on energy communities;
• Digital twins of energy communities;
• Role of microgrids, storage and off-grid possibilities;
• Improving customer engagement and interactions;
• Sector integration, including natural gas, heating/cooling;
• Impacts of hydrogen on economy.

CHALLENGES OPPORTUNITIES AND SOLUTION IN E-MOBILITY

• Charging station location and allocation;
• Application of fuel cells in transportation;
• Geographic information systems application in e-mobility;
• Big data & vehicle analytics;
• Battery technology developments and e-mobility;
• Electric vehicles and transportation electrification;
• Electrification of rail vehicles and trains;
• Electrification of sea, under sea, air, and space vehicles.

POWER ELECTRONICS DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS

• Components and sensors for voltage and power flow management;
• Power electronics-based grid components;
• Components for the disconnection and reconnection of microgrids;
• Advanced power system solutions for DC and AC microgrid;
• Battery storage, supercapacitors, and fuel-cell based power electronic solutions;
• Optimized converter configuration and control;
• Integration of renewables using advanced power electronic schemes;
• Report and analysis of converter-based resources in modern power systems.

POWER QUALITY ISSUES

• Power quality problems in smart electrical systems;
• Power quality conditioners in smart grids;
• Coordinated control of distributed active power filters in smart distribution network;
• Power quality measurement and assessment in smart grids;
• Communication requirements for smart power quality assessment and improvement;
• Microgrids and distributed generators with power quality ancillary services;
• Power flow control, low voltage ride-through, unbalance and harmonics compensation and so on;
• Islanding detection and synchronization regarding power quality issues of distributed generators and microgrids;
• Techno-economic effects of power quality problems in smart grids.

NEW USE CASES & SPECIAL APPLICATIONS

• New applications in grid operation;
• Role of distribution networks in delivering low carbon, sustainable energy supplies;
• Multi-energy system operation-storage and power-to-x;
• Operation of microgrids and local energy communities.

DIGITALIZATION, METERING, INTERNET OF THINGS & CYBERSECURITY

• Progress in digitalization and metering;
• Smart grid technologies and infrastructures;
• Cybersecurity-physical threats and protection;
• Social factors and data privacy by design;
• Industrial internet of things in energy management;
• Monitoring and advanced metering infrastructures.

IMMUNITY AND SAFETY ISSUES

• Immunity issues related to power line carriers, ripple control systems and smart electronic devices;
• Earthing systems, step and touch voltages, neutral grounding practices, risk evaluation;
• Immunity and safety issues related to DC and microgrids.