US-China Workshop: Identification of Challenges and Opportunities for Large Scale Deployment of the Smart Grid

该项目将支持于2013年初在华盛顿特区举行的关于识别大规模部署智能电网的挑战和机遇的研讨会。本次研讨会将由弗吉尼亚理工大学高级研究院和中国东南大学联合举办。它将汇集来自美国和中国的大约50名智能电网专家和研究人员。本次研讨会的目的是在中美两国的与会者之间创造协同效应。研讨会的具体目标是：(1)确定美国和中国智能电网发展的挑战；(2)确定技术？电力和通信基础设施？(3)根据智能电网项目的部署经验确定最佳实践和经验教训；(4)确定参与者可以作为背景提出该领域新研究的挑战和研究主题；(5)为未来的研究合作提供国际交流机会和潜力。预计研讨会上的演讲和讨论将使人们更好地了解研究挑战，并确定国际研究合作的研发机会。这一活动将反过来成为未来学术界与工业界合作、开展联合研究和/或建立智能电网联合项目的基础。预计本次研讨会将有助于提高人们对智能电网相关主题的认识，促进教育和研究互访。将努力从学术界、政府和国家实验室招募女性研究人员，以及来自代表性不足群体的参与者。

The project will support a workshop on the identification of challenges and opportunities for the large scale deployment of the smart grid, to be held in Washington D.C. area in early 2013. This workshop will be organized by Virginia Tech's Advanced Research Institute and Southeast University of China. It will bring together approximately 50 smart grid experts and researchers from both the United States and China. This workshop is designed to create a synergy among workshop participants from the U.S. and China. Specific objectives for the workshop are: (1) To identify challenges of smart grid development in the United States and China, (2) to identify technologies ? both electric power and communication infrastructures ? necessary to support smart grid development and high penetration of intermittent renewable energy sources, (3) to identify best practices and lessons learned based on the deployment experience in smart grid projects, (4) to identify challenges and research topics that the participants can use as a context to propose new research in this field, and (5) to provide international networking opportunities and potential for future research collaboration.It is expected that presentations and discussions at the workshop will lead to a better understanding of research challenges and the identification of R&D opportunities for international research collaboration. This activity will in turn serve as a basis for future academia-industry collaboration and for conducting joint research and/or setting up joint programs on smart grid. It is also expected that this workshop will help build awareness and promote educational and research exchange visits in smart grid related topics. Efforts will be made to recruit women researchers from academia, government and national laboratories, as well as participants from underrepresented groups.