On 7 October, the Etch Partnership Programme will host its first Industry Day at EnergyVille. The event is organised with the support of the members of Etch's industrial partnership programme and will bring together stakeholders from across the transmission ecosystem. It will focus on practical challenges, real‑world project experiences and industry‑driven innovation through collaborative formats and partner contributions.
Participants are also invited to the official opening of our new Simulation Lab, which will take place right after the Industry Day.
Programme
- 08h30 – 09h00: Registration
- Host: Jaak Hulsbosch - Partnership Program Manager Etch
- 09h00 – 09h20: Opening & Strategic Framing, Prof. Dirk Van Hertem - Director Etch & professor KU Leuven
- 09h20 – 10h10: Innovation in Transmission Technologies
- A stepwise approach to multi-vendor multiterminal HVDC Grid protection, Stig Settemsdal - Siemens Energy
- AxoniQ - Driven by market demand, Enabled by innovation, Jurgen Hafner - Hitachi Energy
- NKT
- 10h10 – 11h00: Monitoring, Sensing & Digital Diagnostics
- From Offline to Real-time: Real-time and accelerated simulation of large-scale grid models, Steffen Vogel - OPAL RT
- MW-Scale Power Electronics Test Bench: From Validation to Grid Compliance, Stijn Uytterhoeven, Loic Moudoux - Laborelec
- Real-time power cable fault detection and pinpointing using distributed fiber optic sensing, Simon De Rijcke - Marlinks
- 11h00 – 12h20: Guided Lab Tours
- 12h20 – 13h00: Lunch
- 13h00 – 13h50: AI‑Driven Engineering & System Intelligence ==> Enhanced grid operations
- TBC, Stefan Dalhues - PSI
- Enhancing Congestion Forecast for TSOs: a Probabilistic Approach, Noémie Verstraete - N-Side
- 13h50 – 14h40: From R&D to Demonstration & Industrial Validation
- Beyond Steel: Wire Transformation & Coating Technologies for the Energy Transition, Chris Dhulst - Bekaert
- Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing: Essential Validation for a Reliable and Flexible Grid, Kurtis Toews - RTDS
- Developing Performance and Industrial Capacity of Polymer Solutions for Power Cables to meet Future needs in Power system development, Marc Bailleul - Borouge International
- 14h40 – 15h00: Coffee & cake
Related events
We organize a series of events centered around the official opening of the new Etch Simulation Lab:
- 6 October: Third Annual Belgian Energy Transition Workshop (09.00-18.00h)
- 7 October: Industry Day (09.00-15.00h)
- 7 October: Official Opening Simulation Lab (15.00-18.00h)
When registering, you can indicate which events you wish to join.