Acceptance of synopses and applications for participation in the international Colloquium of the Study Committee D2 of CIGRE is now closed. The event will take place from 20^th to 22^nd of September 2017 in Moscow.

Applications acceptance from CIGRE members and IT and power industry experts was open until the 15^th of December 2016. The reports synopses were to correspond with one of the three preferential subjects of the Colloquium-2017:

1. Software platforms for control of distributed energy resources.
2. Resilience to cyber threats of information and telecommunication systems in the electrical power industry.
3. Highly reliable communication infrastructure for traditional and new applications in power industry.

A total of 56 synopses was received, out of which 13 focused on the 1^st subject, 19 – on the 2^nd subject and 24 –on the 3^rd subject. Participation in the Colloquium was confirmed by leading experts and researchers from over twenty countries, including Russia, Japan, the USA, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia, Serbia, South Korea, China, Argentina, Australia, India, Brazil, South Africa and others.

See pic.1 for country-based report synopsis allocation.

Pic.1 Submitted synopses allocation to the countries participating in the SC D2 Colloquium- 2017

The topics of the reports are listed in the following document.