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Jean KOWAL Secretary General CIGRE

Jean KOWAL Secretary General CIGRE. CIGRE Produce engineering knowledge Facilitate exchange of information Deliver high quality publications Its domain: Power electric systems Objective: Contribute to supply electricity to all Available - Acceptable - Affordable.

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Jean KOWAL Secretary General CIGRE

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  1. Jean KOWAL Secretary General CIGRE JK 07/09/09

  2. CIGRE • Produce engineering knowledge • Facilitate exchange of information • Deliver high quality publications • Its domain: Power electric systems Objective: Contribute to supply electricity to all Available - Acceptable - Affordable JK 07/09/09

  3. How CIGRE is different ? • More technical than scientific • Collective work and added value through permanent structures – SCs & WGs • All profiles of the ESI: unbiased information • Really worldwide - >80 countries • Not issuing standards JK 07/09/09

  4. How CIGRE works? • Conferences * Session, every other year * Symposium : 2 in between * Other meetings - National, regional, colloquium.. • Study Committees and WGs * Permanent structures * Coordinated by a Technical Committee • Dissemination of information * Publications, Tutorials, Workshops.. * Technical library: e-cigre JK 07/09/09

  5. Main Directions of Work • Prepare the future systems / Supply energy - everywhere! * Transmission UHV; * Dispersed generation- Renewables * Isolated zones; megacities • Use efficiently existing assets • Help implement new technologies • Answer environment concerns JK 07/09/09

  6. CIGRE is active and reactive • WGs * Dec. 2008: 177 WGs ( it means some 2000 experts involved) * In 2008: 37 WGs created 32 WGs disbanded • WGs Publications * In 2008: 28 TBs published JK 07/09/09

  7. CIGRE is «open» • Open to new members * 2008: 1176 new Individual members ( 284 « young ») 109 new Collective members • Benefit for members • Importance of contributing to WGs * Networking and added value * Promoting your ideas - your country’s * Personal enhancement • The National Committees: their role is central JK 07/09/09

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