40th ANNIVERSARY

FRONTIERS OF POWER CONFERENCE

October 29-30, 2007, Stillwater, Oklahoma

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND PAPERS

Sponsored by The Engineering Energy Laboratory and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

OKLAHOMASTATEUNIVERSITY

Potential Attendees

This program is designed for electric utility engineers and managers who are concerned with the designing, operating and planning of electric power facilities and their engineering colleagues in the equipment manufacturing companies, governmental agencies, universities, IPPs and ISOs.

To Submit a Paper

The program committee would be pleased to receive, as soon as possible but no later than August 14, 2007, your biographical brief, paper title, a photograph, and 200-word (or less) abstract of a paper for consideration. Send the requested material to:

Rama Ramakumar

PSO/Albrecht Naeter Professor and

Director, Engineering Energy Laboratory

216 Engineering South

OklahomaStateUniversity

Stillwater, OK74078-5034

Authors will be notified by August 31, 2007, of the Committee’s decision. Upon acceptance of paper, OSU Engineering Energy Laboratory will supply the author with a Preparation of Paper Guide for final preparation of the paper. Final papers will be due October 15, 2007.

Schedule of Deadlines

August 14, 2007: The 200-word abstract, biographical brief, and photograph are due.

August 31, 2007: Authors notified of acceptance or rejection of paper.

October 15, 2007 Final form of paper following guidelines is due.

Program Topics

The Committee is interested in obtaining papers dealing with new technologies that could have a significant impact on the ability of electric utilities to meet the future energy and other needs of their customers.

Topics considered to be of major interest now are represented by the following:

Environmental Issues

*Global Warming and Power Generation

*Clean Air Act Impacts

* “Green” Designs

Technology Issues:

*Distributed Generation and Storage

*Smart Grid

*Role of Hydrogen and Energy Storage

*Emerging Power Generation Technologies

*Power Electronics Applications/Power Quality

*Integrated Systems

Operational/Planning Issues:

*Planning in a Deregulated Environment

*Expert System Applications

*Supplying Critical Loads

*Blackouts-Reasons & Remedies

*DG Command & Control Infrastructure

Economic Issues:

*Deregulation Impacts

*Energy/Power Marketing

*Transmission Access/Pricing/Power Flow Control

*Cogeneration

*Customer Choice

ALL PAPERS ACCEPTED FOR THE CONFERENCE ARE PUBLISHED IN THE PROCEEDINGS

For details, contact Dr. R. Ramakumar, 405-744-5157, fax 405-744-9198 e-mail

A University Outreach Program of the OSU Engineering Energy Laboratory

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