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The theme for this session of the 2026 HVDC Operators’ Forum was Big Picture Strategic Planning and the presentations on this theme are listed below.

1. Clean Power 2030 and Beyond by Laura Schade, DESNZ
2. Big Picture Resilience by Robert Keast, Carbon Trust
3. HVDC Technology- International Trends and Opportunities by Ben Marshall, The National HVDC Centre
4. VSC HVDC Controls – Gaps and Possible Ways Forward – Results from the ‘Evolution of VSC HVDC Controls Project’ by Mike Barnes, University of Manchester

Slides we have permission to share for this session are included within the downloadable file.

The theme for this session of the 2026 HVDC Operators’ Forum was Technology Development and the presentations on this theme are listed below.

1. Regulatory and Policy Aspects of the Meshed DC Grid by Biljana Stojkovska, Hitachi Energy
2. Control & Protection Developments to Facilitate Future Multi-Terminal HVDC systems by Li Zou, GE Vernova
3. Multi-vendor HVDC: Trends, Experiences, and Ongoing Development by Fred Page, Mitsubishi Electric
4. Superconducting Fault Current Limiters for HVDC Grids by Alberto Bertinato, SuperGrid Institute

Slides we have permission to share from this session are included within the downloadable file.

The theme for this session of the 2026 HVDC Operators’ Forum was  Lessons from Owners and Operators and the presentations on this theme are listed below.

1. Preparing for Day One: Building Operational Readiness During Construction by Ian Reed, NeuConnect
2. Recent Developments from the Moyle Interconnector by Vahid Sabzpoosh, Mutual Energy
3. Lessons from operating the CMS link by Cameron McHardy, SSEN Transmission
4. FIFA – extending the life of the UK’s first HVDC interconnector by David Monkhouse, National Grid Ventures
5. Lessons from operating Greenlink by Matthew Gibson, Greenlink
6. Learnings from Sofia windfarm by Chris Smith, RWE

Slides we have permission to share from this session are included within the downloadable file.

The theme for this session of the 2026 HVDC  Operators’ Forum was De-risking Integration and the presentations on this theme are listed below.

1. EMT Model Requirements for Plant Connections in EirGrid and SONI Systems by Sebastien Dennetiere, RTE international & Treisa Sahaya, EirGrid
2. Network Reduction Techniques for Interaction Analysis by Diptargha Chakravorty, Siemens Energy
3. TO experiences of de-risking HVDC integration by Afshin Pashei, NGET
4. System Operator Perspectives on the Future use and Operation of HVDC Technology by Ankur Majumdar, NESO
5. HVDC Supervisory Control Technology from the System Operator’s Perspective by Gumin Kwon, KEPCO

Slides we have permission to share from this session are included within the downloadable file.

The theme for this session of the 2025 HVDC Operators’ Forum was Operation & Maintenance and the presentations on this theme are listed below.

1. Operational Experience: Control Room by Daniel Auty, National Energy System Operator
2. Operational Experience: Project by Cameron McHardy, SSEN Transmission
3. Greenlink Interconnector by Jonathan Ruddy, Greenlink Interconnector Limited
4. Moyle Interconnector Sam by Gibson, Mutual Energy

Slides we have permission to share for this session are included within the downloadable file.

This session of the 2025 HVDC Operators’ Forum consisted of the tours and demos as listed below

1. RTDS: EMT-TSA Co-simulation on RTDS® by Sumek Elimban, RTDS Technologies Inc.
2. OPAL-RT: Real-Time simulation of Hybrid ACMTDC Grid with Blackbox controllers and MMC HIL by Juan Paez Alvarez, OPAL-RT Technologies, Inc.
3. Training Opportunities with the CMS HVDC Replica by Shangen Tian, The National HVDC Centre
4. Testing with the Moyle Replica by Mutual Energy and The National HVDC Centre
5. Extension Plans for The National HVDC Centre by Ben Gomersall, The National HVDC Centre

The slides and poster from this session are within the download file.