PESA 2011

''The IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems and Applications (PESA 2011) will serve as a major forum for international researchers and professionals to present their latest research, results, and ideas in all areas of power and energy systems. PESA 2011 aims to strengthen relations between the power industry, research laboratories, and universities. All papers submitted to this conference will be double-blind evaluated by at least two reviewers. Acceptance will be based primarily on originality and contribution.''

Sponsor
The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) 

Conference Chair

 * Dr. Nasser H. Rashidi
 * Virginia State University, USA

Location
Pittsburgh, called by many the birthplace of pop culture, is a thriving city on the United States' east coast. Famous for television shows such as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and the creation of such quintessentially American food as the Big Mac. Enjoy Pittsburgh's beautiful skyline and sparkling rivers, as you take advantage of the free downtown walking tours. There are many sites worth visiting outside of the city, including the beautiful vistas that can be seen from what has been hailed by USA Weekend as, "the second most beautiful view in America". In addition to these great attractions there are also many famous art galleries that are well worth a visit. Many of which can be best enjoyed by taking part in one of Pittsburgh's many walking tours, a great way to meet with other travelers and explore the city from a new vantage point; whatever the reason for visiting this attractive city there is much to enjoy for even the most seasoned of travelers.

Scope
The topics of interest to be covered by PESA 2011 include, but are not limited to:

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

ANALYSIS, MANAGEMENT, AND MODELLING
 * Biomass Energy
 * Geothermal Resources
 * Hydrogen as Fuel
 * Photovoltaic Power Generation
 * Photovoltaic Power Systems
 * Renewable Energy Sources
 * Solar Cells
 * Solar Energy
 * Sustainable Energy
 * Waste Products as Fuel
 * Water Power
 * Wind Power

NUCLEAR ENERGY
 * Artificial Intelligence Applications in Energy and Power Systems
 * Asset Management
 * Condition Monitoring
 * Demand Side Management
 * Fault Diagnosis
 * Load Modelling, Estimation, and Forecast
 * Power Breakdown Analysis
 * Power Flow Analysis
 * Power Quality
 * Reliability
 * Security Assessment

PLANNING, OPERATION, AND CONTROL
 * Nuclear Safety
 * Nuclear Technologies
 * Security of Supply
 * Technology Transfer


 * Bulk Power Generation
 * Distributed Power Generation
 * Energy Storage
 * FACTS and HVDC Transmission System
 * Islanding Mechanisms
 * Load Shedding
 * Power Distribution
 * Power System Control and Protection
 * Power System Operation
 * Power System Stability
 * Power Transmission
 * Renewable Generation

POLICIES AND ECONOMICS


 * Breakdown Impacts
 * Deregulation of Electric Supply Industry
 * Electricity Power Pools
 * Energy and Environment
 * Energy Efficiency
 * Energy Policies
 * Energy Pricing
 * Forecasting
 * Global Restructuring
 * Investment Coordination
 * Modernization of Power Grids
 * Power Economics
 * Power Engineering and Education
 * Power Market Deregulation
 * Power System Planning
 * Problems of the Power Industry
 * Regulations
 * Retail Power Markets
 * Risk Analysis
 * ROI Caps

Submission
Submit your paper via our website at: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/submit-756.html. All submissions should be in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.

The IASTED Secretariat must receive your paper by August 1, 2011. Receipt of paper submission will be confirmed by email.

Initial Paper Requirements

All papers submitted to IASTED conferences must be previously unpublished and may not be considered for publication elsewhere at any time during IASTED's review period. Authors are limited to a maximum of three paper submissions.

Initial paper submissions should be full papers. Papers of up to 8 pages in length are included in the conference registration fee. An extra charge will apply for every additional page for papers longer than 8 pages. Authors are responsible for having their papers checked for style and grammar before submitting to IASTED. Papers may be rejected if the language is not satisfactory.

When submitting a paper, complete the online initial paper submission form, designating an author who will attend the conference, and provide four key words to indicate the subject area of your paper. At least one of the key words must be taken from the list of topics provided under Scope, above.

Formatting instructions for initial papers are available at http://www.iasted.org/formatting-initial-page.html.

Reviewing

All papers submitted to this conference will be double-blind peer reviewed by at least two members of the International Program Committee and related technical committees. Acceptance will be based primarily on originality, significance, technical soundness, presentation, and references. The conference chair makes the final decision on the acceptance or rejection of the paper.

Acceptance and Registration

Notification of acceptance will be sent via email by September 1, 2011. Final manuscripts are due by September 23, 2011. Registration and final payment are due by September 30, 2011. Late registration fees or paper submissions will result in the papers being excluded from the conference proceedings.

Only one paper of up to eight pages is included in the regular registration fee. There will be an added charge for extra pages and additional papers.

Final Paper Requirements

The final paper must be correctly formatted and submitted online at http://pdfportal.iasted.org.

The formatting instructions can be found at: http://www.iasted.org/formatting-final-page.html and must be strictly followed. The page limit for final papers is eight single-spaced pages in 10 point Times New Roman font.

Tutorials
Submission

Proposals for three-hour tutorials must be submitted online by August 1, 2011. Submit tutorial proposals via the following web site address: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/tutorialsubmit-756.html.

Proposal Format

A tutorial proposal should clearly indicate:


 * The topic.
 * Background knowledge expected of the participants.
 * Objectives.
 * Time allocations for the major course topics.
 * The qualifications of the instructor(s).

Special Session
Special session proposals must be emailed to calgary@iasted.org by August 1, 2011. Proposals should include a session title, a list of the topics covered, and the qualifications and brief biography of the session organizer(s).

Papers submitted to the special session must be received by August 1, 2011, unless otherwise stipulated by the Special Session Organizer. A minimum of five papers must be registered and fully paid in order for this session to be included in the conference program.

More information on special sessions is available at http://www.iasted.org/conferences/specialsession-756.html.

Journals
All papers submitted to this conference will be considered for possible publication in ACTA Press’ international journals. For additional information about the submission of papers, please visit: http://www.actapress.com/SubmissionInfo.aspx.

Indexing
The proceedings will be sent for indexing in the following:


 * EI Compendex
 * Inspec
 * Google Scholar
 * Scopus

Important Deadlines
Submissions Due August 1, 2011

Notification of Acceptance September 1, 2011

Final Manuscripts Due September 23, 2011

Registration Deadline September 30, 2011

Concurrent Conferences
PESA 2011 will be held in conjunction with the IASTED International Conferences on:

Biomechanics (BioMech 2011)

Robotics (Robo 2011)

Computational Intelligence and Bioinformatics (CIB 2011)

Modelling, Simulation, and Identification (MSI 2011)

Contact Us
For more information, or to be placed on our mailing list, please contact:

IASTED Secretariat – PESA 2011

B6, Suite 101, Dieppe Avenue SW

Calgary, AB, Canada T3E 7J9

Tel: +1 403-288-1195

Fax: +1 403-247-6851

Email: calgary@iasted.org

Web site: http://www.iasted.org

Committees

 * Program Committee Members
 * M. A. Abido – King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
 * D. Adikaari – University of Surrey, UK
 * B. Akash – King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
 * I. Al-Bahadly – Massey University, New Zealand
 * M. Al-Nimr – Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
 * T. Bak – University of Western Sydney, Australia
 * G. Bakos – Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
 * J. Barros-Guadalupe – University of Cantabria, Spain
 * A. Basa Arsoy – Kocaeli University, Turkey
 * H. Bevrani – University of Kurdistan, Iran
 * M. Bojic – University of Kragujevac, Serbia
 * M. Bouaicha – Research and Technology Center of Energy (CRTEn), Tunisia
 * G. Calogero – National Research Council, Italy
 * C. A. Canizares – University of Waterloo, Canada
 * R. Carbone – University, Italy
 * D. Carroll – Wake Forest University, USA
 * J. P. Catalão – University of Beira Interior, Portugal
 * Y. Chen – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
 * J. Choi – Chungbuk National University, Korea
 * M. Cordeiro – University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
 * S. Dechanupaprittha – Kasetsart University, Thailand
 * D. Dionysiou – University of Cincinnati, USA
 * K. El-Naggar – College of Technological Studies, Kuwait
 * P. Erickson – University of California, Davis, USA
 * E. Fuchs – University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
 * Ö. Göl – University of South Australia, Australia
 * B. Gong – Siemens Energy, USA
 * C. Grimes – Photonic Fuels LLC, USA
 * A. J. Grono – Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
 * M. O. Hamdan – United Arab Emirates University, UAE
 * Z. Hanzelka – AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
 * R. Hara – Hokkaido University, Japan
 * T. Hashiguchi – Kyushu University, Japan
 * M. Hojo – The University of Tokushima, Japan
 * K. Hongesombut – Kasetsart University, Thailand
 * S. Jangamshetti – Basaveshwar Engineering College, India
 * P. Jaramillo – Carnegie Mellon University, USA
 * H. Jia – Tianjin University, PR China
 * P. Jirutitijaroen – National University of Singapore, Singapore
 * B. K. Johnson – University of Idaho, USA
 * J. A. Johnson – University of Tennessee Space Institute, USA
 * C. Kang – Tsinghua University, PR China
 * A. M. Khambadkone – Experimental Piower Grid Center, Singapore
 * H. Kim – SoonChunHyang University, Korea
 * J. W. Kolar – ETH Zurich, Switzerland
 * T. Korakianitis – Queen Mary University of London, UK
 * J. Krope – University of Maribor, Slovenia
 * A. Kumar – NIT Kurulshetra, India
 * D. C. Lee – Yeungnam University, Korea
 * T. Lin – Wuhan University, PR China
 * R. Ma – Changsha University of Science and Technology, PR China
 * T. Majozi – University of Pretoria, South Africa
 * O. Malik – University of Calgary, Canada
 * D. C. Martins – Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
 * M. Matei – Valahia University of targoviste, Romania
 * X. Mathew – National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
 * S. Meo – University of Naples Federico II, Italy
 * M. Moghavvemi – University of Malaya, Malaysia
 * K. Mohamed Nor – University of Technology, Malaysia, Malaysia
 * I. Mougharbel – Lebanese University, Lebanon
 * M. Nadarajah – The Univesity of Queensland, Australia
 * N. S. Nasri – University of Technology, Malaysia, Malaysia
 * M. Nawaz – University Graduate Centre (UNIK), Norway
 * M. Nowotny – University of Western Sydney, Australia
 * S. Nuchprayoon – Chiang Mai University, Thailand
 * S. Okamoto – Shimane University, Japan
 * D. Olowokere – Texas Southern University, USA
 * O. Onay – Anadolu University, Turkey
 * D. Pacifici – Brown University, USA
 * J. Pasupuleti – Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia
 * T. Phung – University of New South Wales, Australia
 * A. Pigazo – University of Cantabria, Spain
 * A. Pigazo Lopez – University of Cantabria, Spain
 * C. Psomopoulos – Technological and Educational Institution of Piraeus, Greece
 * C. Rakpenthai – University of Phayao, Thailand
 * N. H. Rashidi – Virginia State University, USA
 * N. Sammes – Colorado School of Mines, USA
 * E. Santini – Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
 * S. Santoso – University of Texas at Austin, USA
 * H. Shaalan – US Merchant Marine Academy, USA
 * Y. I. Sharaf-Eldeen – Florida Institute of Technology, USA
 * V. Singh – University of Kentucky, USA
 * I. Smith – Loughborough University, UK
 * M. Sobierajski – Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
 * P. Sowa – Silesian University of Technology, Poland
 * E. Stathatos – Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Greece
 * J. Tamura – Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan
 * N. Tansu – Lehigh University, USA
 * T. Tayjasanant – Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
 * D. Thukaram – Indian Institute of Science, India
 * P. Vivo – Tampere University of Technology, Finland
 * N. A. Vovos – University of Patras, Greece
 * S. Wilkinson – University of South Florida, USA
 * C. Yu – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, PR China
 * J. Yuan – Lund University, Sweden
 * L. Zhang – Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
 * Y. Zhou – Tepco Systems Corporation, Japan