Invitation and Agenda of the DCSMART Project Kick-off Meeting
A) Time and Place
Date: Monday 4 April 2016
Venue: Department of Electrical Engineering (EWI), Delft University of Technology
Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft (http://www.tudelft.nl)
Meeting point: Faculty EWI (Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science), Dijkstrazaal HB.09.150, Monday 4 April, by 9,00 am
Attached You will find the map of the TU Delft district. Faculty of Electrical Engineering (see attached Figure)
Navigate to Feldmannweg 3, Delft
http://www.ewi.tudelft.nl/en/the-faculty/contact/
B) Local organiser:
Coordinators: Prof. dr. eng. Pavol Bauer (P.Bauer@tudelft.nl), Tel.: Office: +31 (0)152784654, Mobile:+31 (0)624648512
Dr. eng. Laura Ramirez Elizondo (L.M.RamirezElizondo@tudelft.nl), Tel.: Office: +31 (0)152781848, Mobile:+31 (0)650974304
Secretary: Sharmila Rattansingh (S.Rattansingh@TUDelft.nl), Tel.: +31 (0)152787376
C) Participants:
The participation of all project partners is compulsory. Over the course of the kick-off meeting, a substantial amount of information mainly related to the project management and coordination, PhD research lines, resource allocation, quality assurance, risk mitigation, communication, and other activities are provided and discussed in detail.
D) Program brief overview
The participants are invited to come earlier to Delft, the Netherlands, in order to rest and discuss the matters before the meeting.
Monday 4 April: The meeting starts at 9.00 am. First, a brief introduction to the DC distribution smart grids project will be given. The project coordinator at TU Delft will provide information about the project website, SharePoint, quality assurance of deliverables, quality control measures, and the work plan. Each partner will give a presentation about their institute, experience in the topic and specific plans within DCSMART.
E) The meeting preliminary agenda
Note: This is a proposal of agenda, prepared according to the preliminary discussion with the key partners. It can be changed according to the needs, participants’ remarks and time of the arrival of some participants to the meeting.
Monday 4 April 2016 (9:00 am– 16:30 pm)
| Time | Activity | |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome Coffee | |
| 9:15 – 9:30 | Welcome Speech and Introduction about DCE&S | Pavol Bauer |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Introduction Round of Partners/Participants | All participants |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Introduction to DCSMART, Project Coordination | Pavol Bauer
Laura Ramírez |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Project Management and Finance Reporting | Nils Meijer
Ernst Harting |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 – 11:10 | Project Content and Structure – PhDs TUDdc | Laura Ramírez |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Research activities of TUDarch – PhD1 | Arjan van Timmeren |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Research activities of CSEM | Pierre-Jean Alet |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Research activities of Fraunhofer Institute | Bernd Wunder |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Research activities of TU/e – Postdoc | Jorge Duarte |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Research activities of TUDalg and TUie – PhD4 | Mathijs de Weerdt
Laurens de Vries |
| 13:50 – 14:20 | Research activities of DCBV | Harry Stokman |
| 14:20 – 14:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Discussion and collaboration plan | Laura Ramírez |
| 15.30 – 15:45 | Communication and Dissemination Plan | Mahdi Izadkhast |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Wrap-up | Pavol Bauer
Laura Ramírez |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Laboratory visit |
Further Information
G) Equipment
The meeting room will be equipped by: multimedia computer connected to the Internet, data projector, overhead projector, laser printer, and copy machine.
G) Hotel Reservation
For hotels in Delft please look at www.delfthotels.nl, where you can book the hotels directly.
We advise the following hotels:
Hotel Juliana (nearby the TU)
Hotel Kok (nearby the railway station and the city)
Hotel Coen (nearby the railway station and the city)
Given prices are for single room and include a small TUD discount for the first two hotels (obtainable if you book via us).
If you wish assistance, write an email to our secretary S.Rattansingh@TUDelft.nl .
H) Travel
By plane
To airport “Amsterdam Schiphol” http://www.schiphol.nl/ which is approx. 50 km to the venue. From there by rented car (40 minutes) or by train.
By train http://www.ns.nl it takes about 40 – 45 minutes to get to Delft train station (single ticket costs 9.50 Euro). From train station by taxi (about 10 minutes to the venue) or
By bus no 69, 121 or 40 which takes about 15 minutes. Details see “public transport”
Alternatively you can fly to Rotterdam Airport
http://www.rotterdamthehagueairport.nl/
Form there by bus 33 to Rotterdam central station. Then take the train to Delft, for
details have a look at the website http://9292.nl
It takes about 40 minutes to get from Rotterdam Airport to Delft train station. From
Delft train station by taxi or bus to Delft University of Technology.
By car
- From North via A4 Amsterdam/Den Haag, change to A13 direction
Delft/Rotterdam, leave exit 10, further directions see as follows
- From east via A12 Utrecht/Den Haag, change to A13 direction
Delft/Rotterdam, leave exit 10, see as follows
- From south via A13 Den Haag/Rotterdam.
Take exit 10 Delft-Zuid; TU Delft.
Take the 1st road on your left side(Schoenmakerstraat);
Go straight (ahead) for a couple kilometres
1st road on your left side (Rotterdamseweg);
Take the 2nd road on your right side ( Balthasar van der Polweg)
Take the 1st road on your left side (Feldmannweg)
There is enough parking space behind this red high EWI building
Entrance: Feldmannweg 3, behind this red high building
Pass the slighting door turn on your left, walk straight on.
Take the lift on your left to the 9th floor and from the lift walk on your left side.
At the end of the corridor on your right side is the meeting room Dijkstrazaal.
Looking forward to meeting you in Delft!
Bauer and L.Ramirez Elizondo
Confirmation: of your participation, requirements for hotel reservation, hotel reservation, data about your arrival and departure send kindly to Sharmila Rattansingh (secretary) email: S.Rattansingh@TUDelft.nl.
