2025

JUNE 10-13

USERS GROUP CONFERENCE
    Tentative Schedule (in Progress)
 

Tuesday
06/10

Wednesday
06/11

Thursday
06/12

Friday
06/13

8:30

 

 

MORNING SESSIONS

 

 

11:50

Opening of Conference & Introduction of Attendees - Meeting Instructions

Giancarlo Leone

Treasurer Report

Kurt Bell and Ryan Floyd

Approval of Minutes, etc.

Testing and Modeling: A Symbiotic Relationship

Brandon Dobrowski and Bryan Beske - safearth

Exploring the Impacts of Transfer Voltages on Nearby Water Mains

Kale Kauwe - Power Engineers

Introducing Plates in MultiGroundZ

Philippe Pouliot - SES

Finite Volume Modeling in MultiFields: Advancements and Applications

Mohsen Nazari - SES

Accelerating HIFREQ with Graphical Processing Units

Alexandre Juneau Fecteau or Stéphane Franiatte - SES

AC Interference Analysis of an Electrically Continuous Gathering Pipeline System: A Case Study

Casey Heinrich - Corrpro

AC Interference Screening Evaluation for Multiple Pipelines

Kurt Bell - Power Engineers

Improvements in SESCircuitSimulator and FCDIST

Amir Akbari - SES

Improvements to Right-of-Way (ROWCAD)

Luis Valcárcel - SES

Important Considerations for the Electromagnetic Fields Near Multiple Transmission Line Crossing Areas

Adrian Ngoly - SES

Thermal MALZ: Steady-State Temperature Rise for HVDC Electrodes in MultiGroundZ

Philippe Pouliot - SES

 

Break

General Improvements in SES Software

SES

 

Improvements in the Cable Model in TRALIN and HIFREQ

Amir Akbari - SES

Improvements in CorrCAD

Yexu Li - SES

New Features and Improvements in SESShield-2D and SESShield-3D

Christian Voyer - SES

Introducing SESConverter3D – A File Converter with Interactive 3D Capabilities

Frédéric Grégoire - SES

Practical Applications of Devices in HIFREQ

Alexandre Juneau Fecteau - SES

Workshop/Wishlist

 

Lunch

13:30

 

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

 

16:30

Automatic Removal of the Influence of Buried Metallic Structures from Driven-Rod Measurements

Fariba Jafari - SES

Grounding Systems in Media with Multi-Layer Vertical Boundaries

Hadi Behnamian - SES

 

Standards Updates

Users Roundtable

Harmonic Analysis and Structure of Nonlinear Surge Arrester Devices

Adrian Ngoly - SES

Harmonic Interference Modeling in SESTransient

Stéphane Franiatte - SES

Windowing and Preprocessing Techniques for SESTransient Studies

Stéphane Franiatte - SES

Morning Sessions

EDT: 10:30 - 13:50

PST: 7:30 - 10:50

Afternoon Sessions

EDT: 15:30 - 18:30

PST: 12:30 - 15:30

Virtual Presentation

Break

 

Workshop/Wishlist

 

 

Workshop/Wishlist

 

 

Workshop/Wishlist

 

 

Welcome Cocktail

Welcome Dinner