Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
Registration & Welcome Reception Location: Balcony - Upper floor |
| 8:30am - 9:00am |
Registration Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Opening Ceremony Location: Amphitheatre II |
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| 9:30am - 10:30am |
Plenary Session: I Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: Alexandre Piantini From Early Models to Modern Insights: The Evolution of Lightning-Induced Voltage Calculations on Overhead Lines |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee/Tea Break Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Session OI.1: Lightning measurements, physics and effects Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: Quanxin Li Chair: Grzegorz Masłowski On the Robustness of the Reconstruction of Return-Stroke Currents from Measurements of the Generated Magnetic Field 11:15am - 11:30am Positive downward leader propagation modes and their effects in positive cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics 11:30am - 11:45am Dynamic Fractal Dimension Analysis of Downward Negative Lightning Discharges from High-Speed Video Camera Observations 11:45am - 12:00pm Characteristics of winter upward lightning in wind farm along coast of the Sea of Japan 12:00pm - 12:15pm Temporal Evolution of Total Lightning During Eight Thunderstorm Days in the Pearl River Delta Region 12:15pm - 12:30pm Inception of lightning discharge from water drops inside thundercloud |
Session OI.2: Measurement, simulation, and analysis of lightning transients Location: Amphtheatre III Chair: Alberto De Conti Chair: Theofilos Papadopoulos Influence of different soil properties on step voltages and body currents during lightning strikes 11:15am - 11:30am The Time-Domain Multipole Expansion Of Lightning Electromagnetic Fields 11:30am - 11:45am Overhead Line Modeling Effects on Shielding Failure Overvoltages and the Associated Critical Flashover Currents of a 150 kV Line 11:45am - 12:00pm Influence of the Tower Footing Impedance on Overvoltages in the MV Circuit of Hybrid Overhead Lines Under Direct Lightning Strokes 12:00pm - 12:15pm Transient Electromagnetic Field of a Cloud-to-Cloud Discharge by a Hybrid Approach 12:15pm - 12:30pm Methodology for Lightning Performance Evaluation of Distribution Lines via Cloud Computing |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch Break Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Session OI.3: Lightning protection of renewable energy and storage energy systems Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: Carlo Alberto Nucci Chair: Daniele Mestriner Response of Wind Turbine Grounding Systems to Real Measured Upward Positive and Negative Lightning Flashes 2:15pm - 2:30pm Lightning Induced Effect on Solar PV Systems Due to Lightning Discharges 2:30pm - 2:45pm Lightning Damage Detection for Wind Turbine Blade Based on SCADA Data Analysis Using Autoencoder 2:45pm - 3:00pm Upward Lightning on a Wind Turbine: One Flash, Two Blades |
Session OI.4: Measurement, simulation, and analysis of lightning transients Location: Amphtheatre III Chair: Renato Procopio Chair: Susana Naranjo Villamil Influence of the CIGRE Lightning Current Waveform Implementation on ATP-EMTP Simulations of Lightning Strikes to a 150 kV Overhead Transmission Line 2:15pm - 2:30pm An Analytical Approach to Calculating the Stepped Leader Electric Field over Non-Flat Terrain 2:30pm - 2:45pm Development of a Friendly Software Based on the Hybrid Electromagnetic Model in the Time Domain: HEM-TD 2:45pm - 3:00pm Guidelines for Selecting Underground Cable Models for Electromagnetic Transient Analysis with Emphasis on Soil Effects 3:00pm - 3:15pm Parameters for the Application of the Integration Method to 36 kV Porcelain Insulators under NonStandard Impulses 3:15pm - 3:30pm Performance Variations of Transistor Amplifier Circuits Due to Lightning Transient |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Coffee/Tea Break Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Poster Presentation: Session PA Location: Foyer -1 Chair: Alexios Ioannidis Chair: Chandima Gomes P01_Automated Advanced Analysis in Lightning Impulse Tests for Power and Instrument Transformers P02_Height-dependent Surge Impedance of Slender Tall Structures at Steep Lightning Impulse Currents P03_A Comprehensive Analysis and Modelling of Return Stroke Current Using ATP-EMTP P04_Development of a Software Tool for Analyzing Upward Lightning Currents Measured at the Sentech Tower P05_Performance Evaluation of a Synthetic Ester-Based Insulating Fluid for Power Transformers under Lightning Impulse Stress P06_Urban Lightning Enhancement over Brazil using Corrected WWLLN Stroke Data P07_Lightning Observatory in Rzeszów including a new system for lightning current measurement mounted on a 220 m high residential skyscraper P08_Generation of High-Resolution Lightning Maps from LIS and WWLLN P09_Modeling Sheath Voltage Limiters for Lightning-Related Transient Studies P10_Study of Artificially Triggered Lightning Field Test for Pipelines P11_Frequency-Dependent Grounding for Transmission Lines: Improving Outage Estimation and Reducing Installation Costs |
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| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Registration Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 9:30am - 10:30am |
Plenary Session: II Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: Carlo Alberto Nucci Estimation of Overhead Distribution Line Lightning Performance |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee/ Tea Break Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Session OII.1: Lightning detection, location, nowcasting and warning systems Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: Hannes Kohlmann Chair: Marcos Rubinstein Validation of the Japanese Lightning Detection Network (JLDN) Performance Characteristics 11:15am - 11:30am The Correlation Between Lightning Flash Density and Elevation over Eastern South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini 11:30am - 11:45am Performance Evaluation of Meteosat Third Generation Lightning Imager in Detecting Lightning Discharges 11:45am - 12:00pm A Deep Learning Model for Lightning Location and Peak Current Estimation from Induced Overvoltages 12:00pm - 12:15pm Jupiter TMS: The Only Ground-Truth Lightning Instrumentation Engineered by Lightning Scientists for Lightning Science 12:15pm - 12:30pm On the Reconstruction of the Current Attenuation in non TL-type Models by Means of a Regularization Algorithm |
Session OII.2: Lightning testing, standards and safety Location: Amphtheatre III Chair: Ioannis Gonos Chair: Helio Eiji Sueta Experimental study of hot spots and perforation of plates used in fuel tanks by lightning 11:15am - 11:30am Experimental Characterization of 15 kV Surge Arresters Aging Subjected to Current Impulses 11:30am - 11:45am Coordination of surge protection and operation of thermal protection at metal oxide varistor (MOV) 11:45am - 12:00pm Testing of protective devices for DC systems by using a synthetic test circuit 12:00pm - 12:15pm Software Development for Comparing TVS Response to Manufacturers’ Models 12:15pm - 12:30pm Personal Protective Lightning Equipment (PPLE): Preliminary Evaluation of a Wearable Garment to Prevent Lightning Induced Sudden Death |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch Break Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Session OII.3: Lightning detection, location, nowcasting and warning systems Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: Koji Michishita Chair: Hugh Hunt Lightning Flash Observations on a Wind Turbine in Croatia: Current Measurements, High-Speed Camera, LLS and Lightning Imager Data 2:15pm - 2:30pm Recurrent Lightning Spots in Transmission Lines 2:30pm - 2:45pm Thunderstorm Warning System Performance for Overhead Transmisson Lines and Windturbines using LLS data 2:45pm - 3:00pm A Convolutional Recurrent Neural Network to Nowcast Cloud-to-Ground Lightning 3:00pm - 3:15pm A Training-Free, Quasi-Real Time Lightning Nowcasting Approach 3:15pm - 3:30pm Performance of Thunderstorm Warning Systems (TWS) in a High-Risk Industrial Context: Application to the Oil Sector in Germany |
Session OII.4: Lightning testing, standards and safety Location: Amphtheatre III Chair: Istvan Kiss Chair: Ernesto Perez High-Speed Imaging and Sensitive Current Detection of Switching Impulse Discharges 2:15pm - 2:30pm Development of a 3D fractal-based model for simulating positive streamer flashover of short air gaps 2:30pm - 2:45pm Observations of the Breakdown Voltage and Corona Emission from Different Configurations of a Spiked Lightning Air Terminal 2:45pm - 3:00pm Surface dielectric strength of insulating stand-offs of electrically insulated LPS under standard lightning impulse voltages 3:00pm - 3:15pm Trapping of Lightning Energy in Metal Parts on A Human Body 3:15pm - 3:30pm Influence of Spatial Position of Nearby Lightning on Corona Onset in Floating Electrodes |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Coffee/Tea Break Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Poster Presentation: Session PB Location: Foyer -1 Chair: Alexander Wolfgang Klaus Kern Chair: Dmitry Kuklin P12_Study of Fault-Induced Electrical Surges from HVAC Lines and Their Impact on Buried Pipelines P13_Optimization Technique to Compute Realistic GPR in Frequency-Dependent Soils P14_Modeling of Ground Electrodes in CST Studio Suite for Evaluating their Lightning Response P15_Injury mechanisms in lightning accidents – An analysis of the Brazilian case P16_Main Differences Between IEC 62305:2024 and ABNT NBR 5419:2025 P17_Proximity Effects on the Discharge Interception Efficiency of a Lightning Protection Rod P18_Lightning Performance Assessment of the New ±500 kV HVDC Overhead Lines of the Italian Transmission Grid based on a Stochastic Approach P19_A 3D Geometric Approach to Optimizing External Lightning Protection Systems P20_Observational Reports on Early Streamer Emission Devices: Has the Scientific Community Followed Appropriate Research Methodology? P21_Survey on Indigenous Plants with Lightning Curbing and Medicinal Properties in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa P22_Generation of Space Charge in Different Geometries Exposed to Electric Fields Produced by Lightning P23_Computation of Impulse Impedance of Concrete Encased Grounding Rod buried on High Resistive Soils |
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| 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
City Break |
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| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Registration Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 9:30am - 10:30am |
Plenary Session: III Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: Farhad Rachidi Recent Advances and Findings from the Säntis Lightning Research Facility |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee/Tea Break Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Session OIII.1: Lightning protection of power transmission systems Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: JOSE PISSOLATO FILHO Chair: Alexandre Piantini Attractive Space Resolution Examination of HVDC Transmission Lines 11:15am - 11:30am Lightning Overvoltages of Transmission Lines: Effect of Tower Modeling vs LEMP Impact 11:30am - 11:45am Investigation of Multiple Backflashovers on Double Circuit Transmission Lines using Monte Carlo Method Approach 11:45am - 12:00pm Relevance of Positive Flashes on the Calculated Lightning Performance of Transmission Lines 12:00pm - 12:15pm Influence of Median Current Front Time for Assessing the Lightning Performance of Transmission Lines Considering the Physical Representation of Long Counterpoise Wires 12:15pm - 12:30pm A Comparison in Transient Response of Glass & Carbon Fiber Blades During Lightning |
Session OIII.2: Surge Arresters & Surge Protective Devices Location: Amphtheatre III Chair: Ralph Brocke Chair: Thomas Tsovilis Development of an IOT device for monitoring medium voltage surge arresters 11:15am - 11:30am Surge protective device for Ethernet-APL featuring advanced overload protection 11:30am - 11:45am Multi-carbon spark gap technology for DC-systems 11:45am - 12:00pm Gamma Radiation Effect on Performance of Limiting-type Surge Protective Components 12:00pm - 12:15pm Research on Lightning Suppression Line Arresters Based on Repetitive Damping Parameters |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch Break Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Session OIII.3: Lightning protection of power transmission systems Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: Silverio Visacro Chair: Akifumi Yamanaka Impact of Soil Modeling on Lightning-Induced Transients in Mixed Overhead–Underground Transmission Lines 2:15pm - 2:30pm Two-Layer Soil Influence on Lightning-Induced Transients in Overhead Lines 2:30pm - 2:45pm Two-Layer Earth Modeling Approaches for Electromagnetic Transient Analysis of Overhead Lines 2:45pm - 3:00pm Effects of Stratified Soil Structures on Indirect Lightning-Induced Overvoltages in HV and MV Overhead Lines 3:00pm - 3:15pm Alternative Equations for the Calculation of the Ground-Return Admittance of Underground Cables 3:15pm - 3:30pm Automated Evaluation of Partially Protected Overhead Lines Using ATPDraw's Built-in Tools |
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Coffee/Tea Break Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 3:30pm - 9:00pm |
Cultural Tour to Vergina |
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| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Registration Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 9:30am - 10:30am |
Plenary Session IV Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: Marcos Rubinstein Modeling Field-to-Transmission Line Coupling with Emphasis on Lightning- Induced Voltages |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee/Tea Break Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Session OIV.1: Lightning protection of power distribution systems Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: Susumu Matsuura Chair: Shozo Sekioka A Hybrid Approach for the Lightning Outage Estimation of Overhead Distribution Lines 11:15am - 11:30am Efficient Lightning Outage Estimation of Distribution Lines via Machine Learning 11:30am - 11:45am Influences of the Underbuilt Shield Wire and LV Circuit on Lightning Overvoltages on Hybrid Overhead Lines 11:45am - 12:00pm Impact of Ground Wires on the Indirect Lightning Performance of Overhead Lines in Tropical Zones 12:00pm - 12:15pm Massive measurement of lightning induced voltage of distribution lines and application to the lightning protection design 12:15pm - 12:30pm Measurement and Simulation of Lightning-induced Voltages in Power Distribution Networks in a Tropical Region |
Session OIV.2: Lightning protection of structures and installations Location: Amphtheatre III Chair: Eleftheria Pyrgioti Chair: Michael Rock Factors affecting lightning induced surges in ship electric networks 11:15am - 11:30am Lightning Protection for Spaceports and Launch Complexes – Part I: History, Failures, and Triggered Events 11:30am - 11:45am Lightning Protection for Spaceports and Launch Complexes – Part II: Standards, Risk Assessment, and Regulatory Gaps 11:45am - 12:00pm Lightning Protection for Spaceports and Launch Complexes – Part III: Engineering Architectures and Infrastructure Resilience 12:00pm - 12:15pm Deep Learning-Based Prediction of Magnetic Fields in Buildings Struck by Lightning 12:15pm - 12:30pm Frequency Characteristics of Lightning Detection System for Offshore Wind Turbines using Ultra-Long Rogowski Coil |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch Break Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Session OIV.3: Lightning protection of power distribution systems Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: Kazuo Yamamoto Chair: Qing Yang Calculation of the Induced Voltage of an Overhead Line Due to Nearby Lightning M-components and Comparison to Measured Data 2:15pm - 2:30pm Direct Stroke Lightning Overvoltage on 1.5 km 10 kV Distribution Lines by Rocket Triggered 2:30pm - 2:45pm Study of Re-flashover in Medium Voltage Line Caused by Lightning 2:45pm - 3:00pm Rationalization of Lightning Protection Measures against Wire Breaking of Distribution Lines at Poles with Strain Support of Wires 3:00pm - 3:15pm The effect of applicating insulated arms on Lightning outage suppression 3:15pm - 3:30pm Cost-Effective Installation of Externally Gapped Line Arresters for Lightning Protection of Medium Voltage Distribution Lines |
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Coffee/Tea Break Location: Foyer -1 |
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| 8:00pm | Gala Dinner |
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| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Registration Location: Foyer -1 |
| 9:30am - 10:30am |
Plenary Session V Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: Pantelis Mikropoulos Recent Progress in Lightning Overvoltage Analysis for Hybrid Overhead Lines |
| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee/Tea Break Location: Foyer -1 |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Session OV: Grounding for lightning protection Location: Amphitheatre II Chair: Rafael Alipio Chair: Fernando Silveira Factors Affecting the Results of Field Measurements of Soil Electrical Properties in the kHz-MHz Range 11:15am - 11:30am Reducing the noise impact in field measurements of soil electrical properties 11:30am - 11:45am Counterpoise Cable Modeling Based on an Equivalent Norton Circuit Using Different Pole Selection Approaches 11:45am - 12:00pm The use of continuous counterpoise wires for improvement of the lightning performance of transmission lines 12:00pm - 12:15pm Impulse and Low-Frequency Grounding Impedance measurments at a 525 kV Transmission Line Tower 12:15pm - 12:30pm On Effective Areas in Lightning Protection Grounding for PV Power Plants |
| 12:30pm - 1:00pm |
Closing Ceremony Location: Amphitheatre II |