The following is a tentative conference schedule, and is subject to change.
| Monday, December 7th | |
| 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Registration is Open |
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. |
Welcoming Speech Advisory board members |
| 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. |
Session 1 - Data Center DC Applications I 1.1: NTT DATA to Promote Green Data Center (R) Service for Environmental Management, Makoto Kobayashi, NTT Data & NTT Facilities 1.2: NTT Group's HVDC Energy Supply Specifications, Keiichi Hirose, NTT Facilities |
| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | Networking Break |
| 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Session 1 - Data Center DC Applications I (continued) 1.3: Development of Outlet Bar and Power Plug for High Voltage Direct Current Feeding System, Takashi Yuba, Fujitsu Components Ltd. 1.4: Development of a DC Appliance Connector for Telecommunications Equipment, Brian Davies, Director of Engineering, Anderson Power Products 1.5: DC Building Power for the Next Generation, Jim Rowland, Eltek Valere |
| 12:15 – 1:45 p.m. | Hosted Lunch - Exhibit Hall Open |
| 1:45 – 3:15 p.m. |
Session 2 - Data Center DC Applications II 2.1: Digital Power for Green IT, Fujio Kurokawa, Nagasaki University 2.2: Specifications for the 400 Vdc Power Supplies and Facility Equipment, Keiichi Hirose, Senior Research Engineer, NTT Facilities, & Dennis Symanski, Senior Project Manager, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) 2.3: Developmental Status of Higher Voltage Direct Current Power Feeding System, Tadatoshi Babsaki, NTT Energy & Environmental Systems Laboratories |
| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. | Networking Break |
| 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. |
Session 3 - Home Use of DC Power Systems 3.1: Introduction to Hybrid AC and DC Power Distribution System, Tsai-Fu Wu, National Chung Cheng University 3.2: Approach to Application of Power Semiconductor Device to Low-Voltage DC Circuit Breaker, Yasunobu Yokomizu, Nagoya Univsersity 3.3: DC Distributed Power Architecture for the HVDC System, Shigetaka Maeyama, TDK-Lambda Corp. 3.4: AC/DC Hybrid Wiring System for Residential, Hiroaki Koshin, Panasonic Electric Corp. |
| 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. | Exhibits Open, Welcome Reception |
| Tuesday, December 8th | |
| 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. |
Session 4 - DC Power Micro-Grids and Smart Grids 4.1: The Movement of International Standardization of Low Voltage Direct Current Distribution, Takashi Tomita, The University of Tokyo 4.2: Optimized Direct Current System for Independence Type CGS and Renewable Energy, Kubota Yukio, Tottori Gas Co., & Tetsuro Murao, NTT Facilities 4.3: DC Micro Grid Using Parallel Processing UPS Method, Kazuto Yukita, Aichi University of Technology 4.4: System Configuration and Control of Low Voltage Bipolar Type DC Micro Grid, Hiroaki Kakigano, Osaka University |
| 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. | Networking Break |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. |
Session 5 - DC Distribution Technologies: Prospects and Challenges 5.1: DC Powered PoE (Power over Ethernet) Networks, BJ Sonnenberg, Business Development Manager, Emerson Network Power 5.2: Power Quality Measurements on 400 Vdc Power Systems, Alex McEachern, President, Power Standards Lab 5.3: From HVDC Transmission to Small DC Grid for Smart Grid, Noriyuki Kimura, Osaka Institute of Technology |
| 12:45 – 1:45 p.m. | Hosted Lunch |
| 1:45 – 5:00 p.m. |
Joint Meeting of EPRI DC Power Partners and Japan DC-Power Industrial Partners DC Building Facility Tours, Space is limited. It may not be possible to accommodate all who want to attend. |
