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IERE E-mail Magazine No.10 (30 Sep. 2011)||_____________________________________________________________________|++ Contents +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 2011 PIESA-IERE TIS-Africa Workshop in Malawi was held in success- Register now for the 11th IERE General Meeting & Latin American Forum- First Announcement on 7th International Conference on CCT&FCs 2011+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<< 2011 PIESA-IERE TIS-Africa Workshop in Malawi was held in success >>2011 PIESA-IERE TIS-Africa Workshop was held in Lilongwe, Malawi inAugust 30th - September 1st co-hosted by PIESA. 74 attendants camefrom 8 countries. It had very active discussions about the main theme"Smarter Electrification" and was well organized by PIESA secretariatand ESCOM (Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi).
The 1st day (Wednesday August 31th, 2011) of the Workshop started fromthe Opening Session with a welcome speech by Mr. Paul Johnson, Chairmanof PIESA, Eskom, South Africa, following opening speeches by Dr. Mikio
Sato, Secretary General of IERE and Mr. K. Msadala, ESCOM Board Chair.
After the Opening Session, the following two sessions were held.
-Session 1: PIESA-Working Groups-Action Plans and Progress- The progress of SWER (Single Wire Erath Return) project was reported by- Electrification WG, and the progress of the environmental guidelines was- reported by Environmental WG. Dr. Sato introduced IERE activities and- Mr. Bobo, ESCOM, made a brief report of IERE-SGEPRI Nanjing Workshop.
-Session 2: Metering- Some projects about the implementation on smart meters and prepaid method- were introduced, and discussed about their merits and issues.
The 2nd day (Thursday September 1st, 2011) of the Workshop was organizedwith the following three sessions-Session 3: Distribution Technology-Session 4: Asset Management-Session 5: Smart Grid Technology- The advantage of micro-SCADA system, Asset Management, and general- configuration and merits of Smart Grid were discussed.
Next PIESA-IERE TIS-Africa Workshop is expected to be held in Tanzania in 2013.

<< Register Now for the 11th IERE General Meeting & Latin American Forum >>IERE Central Office issued the Second Announcement of the 11th IERE
General Meeting & Latin American Forum.
It will be held from 31st Oct. to 3rd Nov., 2011 in Cancun Mexico
co-hosted by IIE (INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELECTRICAS).
Schedule & Program Summary
31st Oct. (Mon.): Registration & Welcome reception
11th General Meeting
General Theme < Electricity and Major Issues for IERE in the Next Decade >1st Nov. (Tue.): General Meeting
Plenary Session
Strategy Session
Collaboration Session
Business Session
Latin American Forum
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2nd Nov. (Wed.): Latin American Forum 1st dayOpening Session
Session 1: Advanced Geothermal TechnologySession 2: Integration of Renewable Energy
Session 3: Seismic and Hurricane Reliability of Energy Infrastructure
Session 4: Enabling Technologies
3rd Nov. (Thu.): Latin American Forum 2nd day
Session 5: Condition and Risk Based MaintenanceSession 6: Demand Side Technologies
Venue: The Westin Resort & Spa, Cancun
Address: Boulevard Kukulcan Km 20 Cancun, 77500, Mexico** Abstract Submission: As soon as possible **** Registration: No later than 14 October 2011 **On-line registration came to be available. Please enter the following URL;
https://www.iere.jp/cgi-bin/event_form/event_form_entry.cgi** Hotel Reservation: As soon as possible **For more information, please refer tohttp://www.iere.jp/NonMembers/index.html!! We would greatly appreciate your cooperation in keeping schedule. !!

<< First Announcement on 7th International Conference on Clean Coal
Technology and Fuel Cells 2011 >>The 7th international conference on Clean Coal Technology and Fuel Cells will
be held on November 8th .10th, 2011, in Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
It is organized by Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry(CRIEPI) and Research and Education Center of Carbon Resources, Kyushu
University in co-organized by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Korea
Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and Joining and Welding Research Institute(JWRI), Osaka University, and supported by IERE.
IERE will join this conf. as TIS-Asia-GWG1 activity.
Subjects of the conference will be related to Clean Coal Technology (CCT)and Fuel Cells (FCs).
Venue: Chikushi Campus, Kyushu University
6-1 Kasuga-koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, JapanFor further information, please refer tohttp://www.iere.jp/NonMembers/Information/Other_Organization/1st_announcement_on_7th_CCT_FCs.pdf======================================================================
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