BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260510T034807Z UID:B1D4BBF6-3842-46A7-93C0-5D8DA729BD3F DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260507T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260507T181500 DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nThis presentation focuses on the role of smart grids in t ransforming modern power systems\, highlighting advanced techniques that e nhance reliability\, efficiency\, and real-time system awareness. It begin s by exploring how smart grid technologies enable automation\, adaptive pr otection\, and improved integration of renewable energy sources through ad vanced monitoring and communication systems.\n\nBuilding on this\, the pre sentation introduces substation protection fundamentals\, explaining how p rotection schemes such as relays and circuit breakers detect and isolate f aults to maintain system stability. It also covers the essential communica tion infrastructure within substations\, including the shift from traditio nal systems to digital protocols and the use of intelligent electronic dev ices (IEDs) for faster and more accurate data exchange.\n\nBy combining sm art grid innovations with strong foundational principles\, the presentatio n provides a comprehensive view of how modern substations are evolving to meet increasing demands for efficiency\, resilience\, and reliability in t oday’s power networks.\n\nMegha Bhardwaj is an Electrical Power Systems Engineer with extensive experience in substation design\, protection and control engineering\, and power system studies. With more than a decade of professional experience in the power generation\, transmission\, and dist ribution sectors\, the author has contributed to the design\, analysis\, a nd commissioning of high-voltage substations and power delivery systems.\n \nThe author has led protection and control engineering for multiple 69 kV \, 345 kV\, and 500 kV AIS and GIS substation projects\, including develop ment of protection one-line diagrams\, AC/DC schematics\, wiring diagrams\ , construction installation packages\, and bill of materials. The role als o involved coordinating with multidisciplinary engineering teams\, managin g technical documentation\, and supporting project scheduling and engineer ing deliverables.\n\nThe author has extensive experience performing load f low studies\, short circuit analysis\, arc-flash studies\, and protection coordination using ETAP\, PSCAD\, and SKM\, along with conducting relay se tting analysis and root cause investigations to enhance power system relia bility. Earlier in the career\, the author worked extensively in power pla nt commissioning\, maintenance\, and electrical system design\, supporting the operation of large thermal generating units and participating in the commissioning of grid-connected solar photovoltaic power plants. The autho r’s technical expertise includes substation protection and control desig n\, power system analysis\, electrical construction documentation\, and le adership of engineering projects for large-scale power infrastructure syst ems.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/557412 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/557412 ORGANIZER:srazanaq@uwo.ca SEQUENCE:8 SUMMARY:IEEE PES Lecture: Smart Grid–Driven Advances in Substation Protec tion and Communication Systems URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/557412 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><br><img style="display: block\; margin-le ft: auto\; margin-right: auto\;" src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtool s_ui/media/display/06e0bce6-c310-46f1-b63a-22d828ed4fda" alt="" width="756 " height="86"></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-fam ily: 'Times New Roman'\;">This presentation focuses on the role of smart g rids in transforming modern power systems\, highlighting advanced techniqu es that enhance reliability\, efficiency\, and real-time system awareness. It begins by exploring how smart grid technologies enable automation\, ad aptive protection\, and improved integration of renewable energy sources t hrough advanced monitoring and communication systems.</span></p>\n<p>Build ing on this\, the presentation introduces substation protection fundamenta ls\, explaining how protection schemes such as relays and circuit breakers detect and isolate faults to maintain system stability. It also covers th e essential communication infrastructure within substations\, including th e shift from traditional systems to digital protocols and the use of intel ligent electronic devices (IEDs) for faster and more accurate data exchang e.</p>\n<p>By combining smart grid innovations with strong foundational pr inciples\, the presentation provides a comprehensive view of how modern su bstations are evolving to meet increasing demands for efficiency\, resilie nce\, and reliability in today&rsquo\;s power networks.</p>\n<p class="Mso Normal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; margin-bottom: 8.0pt\; line-heig ht: 115%\;"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/displ ay/90a1328b-db9b-43ba-bb11-43e64b44c41c" width="235" height="375"></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; margin-bottom: 8.0pt\ ; line-height: 115%\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso- fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\;"><strong>Megha Bhardwaj</strong>& nbsp\;</span>&nbsp\;is an Electrical Power Systems Engineer with extensive experience in substation design\, protection and control engineering\, an d power system studies. With more than a decade of professional experience in the power generation\, transmission\, and distribution sectors\, the a uthor has contributed to the design\, analysis\, and commissioning of high -voltage substations and power delivery systems.</p>\n<p>The author has le d protection and control engineering for multiple 69 kV\, 345 kV\, and 500 kV AIS and GIS substation projects\, including development of protection one-line diagrams\, AC/DC schematics\, wiring diagrams\, construction inst allation packages\, and bill of materials. The role also involved coordina ting with multidisciplinary engineering teams\, managing technical documen tation\, and supporting project scheduling and engineering deliverables.</ p>\n<p>The author has extensive experience performing load flow studies\, short circuit analysis\, arc-flash studies\, and protection coordination u sing ETAP\, PSCAD\, and SKM\, along with conducting relay setting analysis and root cause investigations to enhance power system reliability.&nbsp\; Earlier in the career\, the author worked extensively in power plant commi ssioning\, maintenance\, and electrical system design\, supporting the ope ration of large thermal generating units and participating in the commissi oning of grid-connected solar photovoltaic power plants.&nbsp\;The author& rsquo\;s technical expertise includes substation protection and control de sign\, power system analysis\, electrical construction documentation\, and leadership of engineering projects for large-scale power infrastructure s ystems.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR