The HEXAGON workshop on power grid optimization aims at gathering people from both Academia and Industry to exchange ideas and showcase the latest results in the field. This workshop is part of the HEXAGON project supported by a PRIN-PNRR 2022 grant. The workshop is sponsored by FICO.
Dates and venue
The workshop will be held from 18th to 20th June, 2024, at the University of Bergamo, in the Salvecchio campus in via Salvecchio 19, Città Alta.
Final program
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
9:15 - 9:30: Opening session
9:30 - 10:15: Dan Bienstock, Solving large-scale multi-time period ACOPF problems
10:15 - 10:30: Q&A
10:30 - 10:45: Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:30: Marco Capelletti & Giuseppe de Nicolao, Probabilistic forecasting of wind power production: a generalized linear model approach
11:30 - 12:15: Alfredo Vaccaro, Robust and Scalable Optimization Modeling: the enabler for reliable operation of decarbonized power systems
14:15 - 15:00: Bissan Ghaddar, Polynomial Optimization Applied to Power Network Operations
15:00 - 15:45: Marco Rossi, Coordinated planning of transmission and distribution networks based on optimization
15:45 - 16:00: Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45: Filippo Pecci, Regularized Benders Decomposition for High Performance Capacity Expansion Models (online)
16:45 - 17:30: Antonio Frangioni, The Segmented Pay-as-Clear Approach for (Energy) Markets
Wednesday, 19 June 2024
9:30 - 10:15: Wim van Ackooij, On investment in power systems
10:15 - 10:30: Q&A
10:30 - 10:45: Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:30: Paul-Niklas Kandora, Strengthening convex relaxations of the radial OPF problem via copositive optimization
11:30 - 12:15: Ambrogio Maria Bernardelli, Optimal Power Flow problem: a study on Jabr relaxation
14:15 - 15:00: Claudio Gentile, On cycle inequalities for the Optimal Transmission Switching
15:00 - 15:45: Maria Teresa Vespucci, Analyzing the market power in day-ahead electricity market and provision of flexibility services under different TSO-DSOs coordination schemes
15:45 - 16:00: Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45: Gabor Riccardi, A Parallel Algorithm for Large-Scale Capacity Expansion Models of the Power Grid
16:45 - 17:30: Andrea Pitto, An optimization-based methodology for power system resilience enhancement in planning
19:30: Social Dinner
Thursday, 20 June 2024
9:30 - 10:15: Angelo Gordini & Anibal Baradei, Integrated planning of multi-energy systems
10:15 - 10:30: Q&A
10:30 - 10:45: Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:30: Bertrand Cornélusse, Considering the feedback of grid users when planning distribution networks
11:30 - 12:15: Cristian Bovo, The N-1 security constraints modelling in AC-OPF problems
12:15 - 13:00: Valentin Ilea, Transient Stability Constrained Optimal Power Flow Problems
13:00: Workshop closure
Logistics
The workshop venue is located in the beautiful Città Alta neighborhood of Bergamo. Surrounded by Unesco Heritage 16th-century Venetian Walls, the Città Alta citadel is among the most visited areas in the Lombardy region for its architectural and historical attractions.
Note: The COMICON conference will take place in Bergamo right after the workshop, on 21-23 June, and finding a hotel room may not be easy. Book in advance!
How to reach the workshop venue
Three airports are within two hours of Bergamo: the Caravaggio Airport (BGY), a 20-minute bus ride to the city; Milan Linate (LIN, 30 minutes by car or about one hour by public transport); and Milan Malpensa (MXP, one hour by car, two by public transport).
We look forward to seeing scientists, practitioners, and students in Bergamo in mid June!
The organizers: Pasquale Avella, Pietro Belotti, Stefano Coniglio, and Stefano Gualandi.
Sponsors
We gratefully acknowledge FICO for supporting this workshop.
