BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:IST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T142655Z UID:0150F4F8-FB61-4357-B913-7AC0830D7DBD DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260520T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260520T170000 DESCRIPTION:The reliability and resilience of the transforming resource mix is more vulnerable to extreme\, widespread\, and long-duration temperatur es shifts. For example\, there is an increasing reliance on just-in-time d elivery of natural gas\, wind\, and solar to fuel new generating capacity. During extreme weather events\, many of these resources may become unavai lable\, while at the same time\, the ability of transfers to make up the e nergy deficit is limited. Operations planning and communication with natur al gas suppliers and pipelines are becoming increasingly important for rel iable and resilient operation of the bulk power system. Capacity is needed to ensure both the availability of energy and the essential reliability s ervices that support the grid.\n\nWith the integration of renewable resour ces\, it is necessary to manage the uncertainty from variable resources an d engineer their integration in ways that they provide. enough energy and sufficient essential reliability services.\n\nAt the same time\, the grid is facing unprecedented demand growth from large loads\, including electri fication\, data centers\, AI computing\, and crypto-currency facilities. T hese loads are highly concentrated\, can connect rapidly\, and often have unique operational profiles\, further increasing the need for careful plan ning and resilient integration of resources.\n\n[]\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Mark Lauby\, \n\nAgenda: \n16:00–16:05 | Welcome and Opening Remarks\n\n16:0 5–16:45 | Featured Talk: State of Reliability in North America\n\n16:45 –17:00 | Q&A and Discussion\n\nRoom: 611 \, Bldg: Department of Electric al and Electronic Engineering\, Imperial College London\, Exhibition Rd\, South Kensington\, LONDON\, England\, United Kingdom\, SW7 2AZ\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/559562 LOCATION:Room: 611 \, Bldg: Department of Electrical and Electronic Enginee ring\, Imperial College London\, Exhibition Rd\, South Kensington\, LONDON \, England\, United Kingdom\, SW7 2AZ\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.iee e.org/m/559562 ORGANIZER:f.rajaei-najafabadi@imperial.ac.uk SEQUENCE:65 SUMMARY:State of Reliability in North America URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/559562 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justi fy\;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font -family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(52\, 73\, 94)\;">The reliability and resilience of the transforming resource mix is more vulner able to extreme\, widespread\, and long-duration temperatures shifts. For example\, there is an increasing reliance on just-in-time delivery of natu ral gas\, wind\, and solar to fuel new generating capacity. During extreme weather events\, many of these resources may become unavailable\, while a t the same time\, the ability of transfers to make up the energy deficit i s limited. Operations planning and communication with natural gas supplier s and pipelines are becoming increasingly important for reliable and resil ient operation of the bulk power system. Capacity is needed to ensure both the availability of energy and the essential reliability services that su pport the grid.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bott om: 0cm\; text-align: justify\;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt \; line-height: 107%\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; color : rgb(52\, 73\, 94)\;">With the integration of renewable resources\, it is necessary to manage the uncertainty from variable resources and engineer their integration in ways that they provide. enough energy and sufficient essential reliability services.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" st yle="margin-top: 12.0pt\; text-align: justify\;"><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sa ns-serif\; color: rgb(52\, 73\, 94)\;">At the same time\, the grid is faci ng unprecedented demand growth from large loads\, including electrificatio n\, data centers\, AI computing\, and crypto-currency facilities. These lo ads are highly concentrated\, can connect rapidly\, and often have unique operational profiles\, further increasing the need for careful planning an d resilient integration of resources.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" sty le="margin-top: 12.0pt\; text-align: justify\;"><img src="https://events.v tools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/e49c297d-7dce-44fc-8ccf-4310b31644f 4" alt="" width="1000" height="563"></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="marg in-top: 12.0pt\; text-align: justify\;">&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p data-start="113" data-end="244"><strong data-start="113" data-end="1 56">16:00&ndash\;16:05 | Welcome and Opening Remarks</strong></p>\n<p data -start="246" data-end="548"><strong data-start="246" data-end="324">1</str ong><strong data-start="246" data-end="324">6:05&ndash\;16:45 | Featured T alk: <strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; font-family: 'Arial'\,sans-s erif\; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun\; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi -language: AR-SA\;">State of Reliability in North America</span></strong>< /strong></p>\n<p data-start="550" data-end="682"><strong data-start="550" data-end="586">16:45&ndash\;17:00 | Q&amp\;A and Discussion</strong></p>\n <p data-start="550" data-end="682">&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR