ISGAN Webinar: Lighthouse Foresight and Strategic Decision Making - The Solutions

01. October 2025
online, AT

Foresight and strategic intelligence play crucial roles in the long-term strategic planning of future resilient distribution grids, particularly in uncertain and complex environments like those related to the energy transition and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Organizer

IEA International Smart Grids Action Network, Working Group 7 on Smart Grid Transitions

Content Description

This phase is critical for ensuring that strategic decisions and plans are based on robust and actionable information, even if accurate predictions of future requirements for grids cannot be made.

After having focussed on the challenges on the Webinar on September 10th, this Webinar will now highlight solutions to the challenges addressed.

This webinar is part of a series designed to disseminate knowledge and explore the full five-phase framework. Upcoming sessions will cover: Long-Term Planning (Oct 29), Assessment & Decision Support (Nov 12), and Implementation (Nov 26).

Program

Speakers

Klaus Kubeczko (AIT, Austria)
Helfried Brunner (AIT, Austria)
Prathaban Moodley (SANEDI, South Africa)
Antonio Iliceto (TERNA, Italy)

Moderated by Branislav Iglár (AIT, Austria) and Terijo Lovasz (CSIRO, Australia)

Target Audience

Policy makers
distribution systems operators
academia

Participant Information

Registration

Contact Address

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology / IEA International Smart Grids Action Network
Branislav Iglár
E-Mail: branislav.iglar@ait.ac.at