Special Sessions
The conference includes Special Sessions on highly specialized topics reporting technical trends and breakthroughs within the scope of the conference. Special Sessions are organized at the initiative of one or more individuals.
The following Special Sessions are currently proposed:
- Special Session 1
Resilience of Distribution and Transmission Electrical Systems in the times of Climate Changes and Green Energy Transition
- Special Session 2
Road Tunnels Power Systems
- Special Session 3
Energy-Aware Biomedical Systems: Electrical Systems for the Next Generation Healthcare, Clinical and Biomedical Scenarios
- Special Session 4
Grid Forming inverter to support the electricity transmission and distribution network in the presence of high penetration of non-programmable renewable energy sources
- Special Session 5
Automotive and mobility
- Special Session 6
Evolution in sustainable electric systems on mountains
Special Session 1
Resilience of Distribution and Transmission Electrical Systems in the times of Climate Changes and Green Energy Transition
Session organizers:
Massimo Pompili - Sapienza University of Rome, massimo.pompili@uniroma1.it
Luigi Calcara - Sapienza University of Rome, luigi.calcara@uniroma1.it
Emanuele Ciapessoni - Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico, emanuele.ciapessoni@rse-web.it
Technical Outline:
As reported in the “Annual Climate Summary” delivered by Copernicus, the 2024 saw unprecedented global temperatures, following on from the remarkable warmth of 2023. It also became the first year with an average temperature clearly exceeding 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level – a threshold set by the Paris Agreement to significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change. This trend has been also confirmed at the last COP29 held in Baku (Azerbaigian) in November 2024. This global warming and related matters are seriously affecting the distribution and transmission electrical system with a significant impact on the quality of service.
Simultaneously, the green energy transition is urging even more with the engagement to provide at European level a CO2 emission reduction of 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. Furthermore, as an example, the Italian PNIEC foresees that the energy produced from renewable sources will have to cover at least 65% of final consumption in the electricity sector by 2030 for a total of 70 GW of additional power.
This green energy transition must be managed with care to guarantee grid stability, resilience and efficiency of the electrical system.
Whit this aim, transmission and distribution system operators are today fully engaged in development and deployment of innovative technologies that can help ensure a higher resilience of their systems during such events in these years of climate changes and green transition. Most probably, a new release of electrical components should be considered.
The present session will consider also the items of PNRR Italian projects PE2 – Network 4 Energy Sustainable Transition (NEST) - Spoke 8 “Final use optimization, sustainability & resilience in energy supply chain” intimately related to resilience issues.
Topics:
The AEIT 2025 Special Session on “Resilience of Distribution and Transmission Electrical Systems in the times of Climate Changes and Green Energy Transition” is devoted to electrical community, engineers and researchers, to present their state-of-the-art findings, research, and experiences in the field lying within, but not limited to, the following topics (low, medium and high voltages):
- Critical infrastructure resilience to extreme events;
- Renewables and energy transition;
- Structural and operational resilience of electrical networks;
- Submarine cables actual evolution and related reliability;
- MV underground cable joints, related failures and electrical service quality;
- Metrics and techniques for the assessment of resilience in electrical systems;
- Effects of adverse weather conditions and other natural disasters on electrical systems;
- Cyber-security attacks and power grid resilience;
- Prevention, recovery and survivability of electrical systems in the face of extreme events;
- Innovations in drafting standards, construction guidelines, maintenance routines, inspection procedures, and recovery practices of electrical systems;
- Advances in design, planning, and operation of electrical systems to boost up resilience;
- Enhanced resilience through energy storage deployment and microgrids;
- Emergency response and early warning technologies for electrical resilience;
- Final use optimization, sustainability & resilience in energy supply chain.
Furthermore, contributions on models of climate changes and meteorological forecasting will be welcomed.
Special Session 2
Road Tunnels Power Systems
Session organizer:
Giuseppe Parise - General President AEIT formerly Professor of Sapienza University of Rome Member of Road Tunnels Permanent Commission Ansfisa Italy
giuseppe.parise@uniroma1.it
Technical Outline
The continuity of service of electrical lighting and ventilation systems is the fundamental objective for the safety of users in road tunnels, for the prevention of accidents and the mitigation of consequences. The design criteria of the CEI 64-8 standard and the minimum requirements prescribed by DL 264 are presented. The CEI regulation recommends the particular configuration of the LV electrical distribution system inside the tunnel as a special comb structure, derived from the two design criteria based on the partition into modules and the zoning of the tunnel road. The lighting and signaling systems and escape procedures are covered, in particular the reinforcement lighting is aimed at preventing accidents when entering the tunnel. Ventilation provides an important contribution to fire mitigation so it is essential to ensure continuity of service.
Topics:
- Design
- Commissioning
- Operation
- Safety
Special Session 3
Energy-Aware Biomedical Systems: Electrical Systems for the Next Generation Healthcare, Clinical and Biomedical Scenarios
Session organizers:
Pierangelo Veltri - Università della Calabria
Patrizia Vizza - Università Magna Graecia
Martina De Salazar - Università della Calabria
Aurora Delfino - Università della Calabria
Giuseppe Tradigo - Università E-Campus
Technical Outline:
The increasing integration of electronics in biomedical applications, from wearable health trackers to implantable medical devices or to the enormous quantity of clinical data and environmental information related to healthcare, has raised the critical need for sustainable, energy-efficient solutions in clinical and biomedical environments.
This session addresses the technological convergence between biomedical engineering and energy innovation, exploring how energy harvesting, power optimization, and low-power electronics can revolutionize health monitoring and therapeutic systems.
Topics:
The AEIT 2025 Special Session on “Energy-Aware Biomedical Systems: Electrical Systems for the Next Generation Healthcare, Clinical and Biomedical Scenarios” is devoted to electrical community, engineers and researchers, to present their state-of-the-art findings, research, and experiences in the field lying within, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Energy harvesting for biomedical devices
- Hybrid energy systems in implants and wearables
- Low-power design for physiological monitoring
- Power-aware signal acquisition and processing architectures
- Smart energy storage solutions for long-term monitoring
- Wireless charging technologies for medical devices
- Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and power optimization
- Energy-efficient communication protocols for body area networks
- Smart textiles and self-powered wearable sensors
- Neuroprosthetics and bionics: energy requirements and innovation
- Clinical and rehabilitation devices: sustainability and power efficiency
- Predictive maintenance for medical devices: implementing data analysis models to reduce failures
- Development of new models for updating maintenance programs and prioritizing corrective and preventive maintenance requests based on evidence-based practice
- HTA assessment of digital technologies in healthcare: telemedicine, AI and IoT
- Cyber-security and energy aspect for clinical devices
Special Session 4
Grid Forming inverter to support the electricity transmission and distribution network in the presence of high penetration of non-programmable renewable energy sources
Session organizers:
Daniele Menniti - Università della Calabria
Nicola Sorrentino - Università della Calabria
Giuseppe Barone - Università della Calabria
Giampiero Spena - Università della Calabria
Giovanni Brusco - Università della Calabria
Technical Outline:
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS (EPSs) is to satisfy ‘instantaneously’ the demands of the loads in compliance with the quality standards required by the regulations and at the lowest possible cost. Currently, this can be achieved through appropriate services provided for by network codes and/or through market mechanisms.
As it is well known, for at least two decades, the fast growth of distributed generation, mainly based on non-programmable renewable energy sources (NPRESs), such as wind and photovoltaic, has been transforming electrical energy systems from highly centralized systems to highly distributed systems, which requires a radical review of the management and control of the EPSs. So more and more power electronic systems are present nowadays in power system as, with rare exceptions, NPRESs are inverter-based (IBR).
The constant increase in IBR will lead to an increasingly reduced presence of Synchronous Generators (SG) in the system and, consequently, the effectiveness of the typical services intrinsic to the latter and the related regulation systems that include the prime mover will be reduced.
In the future, therefore, more and more IBRs will have to provide some of the services currently still provided by SGs. Currently, however, almost all IBRs in service in the EPS are based on grid-following inverters (GFLI) which, by their nature, are unable to provide the classic services of traditional SG-based systems.
It is therefore necessary to massively introduce in the EPSs the so-called grid-forming inverters (GFMIs) which, if combined with adequate storage systems (ESSs), can implement the emulation of inertia - which is gradually lost by GS disappearing - providing primary and secondary frequency regulation services.
Thanks to IBRs based on GFMIs, both utility and customer scale, aggregated in microgrids, NPRESs can provide frequency regulation services. Moreover GFMI based microgrids can operated both in grid-connected and island mode, so locally reducing impacts due to large blackouts.
In this context, GFMIs are considered the key enabling technology for future power system in presence of NPRESs, GFMIs and ESSs
Topics:
The AEIT 2025 Special Session on “Grid Forming inverter to support the electricity transmission and distribution network in the presence of high penetration of non-programmable renewable energy sources” is devoted to electrical community, engineers and researchers, to present their state-of-the-art findings, research, and experiences in the field lying within, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Small signal modeling of GFMI
- Large signal modeling of GFMI
- GFMI capability optimization
- Transient stability analysis of GFMI
- Hardware design considerations
- Analysis of the interaction between GFMI, GFLI and SG
- Industrial Application of GFMI
- Grid code/technical specifications development for GFMI
- Ancillary market GFMI and GFLI
- Aggregation of IBRs to delivery frequency regulation services
Special Session 5
Automotive and mobility
Session organizers:
Giovanni Franceschini – Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, giovanni.franceschini@unimore.it
Antonio Imbruglia – AEIT-AMES, antonio.imbruglia@libero.it
Technical Outline:
The special session will explore various aspects of the evolution of sustainable mobility, with a particular focus on hybrid and electric vehicles. It will feature papers addressing current challenges and technical advancements, offering insights relevant to #GreenTransportation, #Sustainability, and #ClimateChange.
Topics:
The AEIT 2025 Special Session on “Automotive and mobility” covers the following topics:
- Evolution of the automotive industry;
- Mobility, smart cities;
- Rail transport;
- Chips Act.
Special Session 6
Evolution in sustainable electric systems on mountains
Session organizer:
Daniele Bosich - University of Trieste, dbosich@units.it
Session co-organizer:
Giorgio Sulligoi - University of Trieste,
Technical Outline:
Nowadays Alps are the most sensitive environment for what concern pollution, CO2 production and water contamination. In such a context therefore the adoption of a smart electrical approach is essential. Exploitation of distributed energy resources, electrical drives for ski-transportation, recharge infrastructures for electrical vehicles are the cornerstones on which build the green-white evolution.
Topics:
The AEIT 2025 Special Session on “Evolution in sustainable electric systems on mountains” covers the following topics:
- E-Mobility in Alpine regions;
- Sustainable E-Ski;
- Innovation on cable systems;
- Ski-resort green redesign;
- AlpGrids;
- Snow machines;
- Ropeways;
- Renewable Energy Sources in mountain context;
- Hydroelectric adoption;
- Smart grids on mountains;
- Efficient electrical drives for ski-transport;
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