8.15 hrs	Check-in
8.45 hrs	Introduction	M. Pavella
9.00 hrs	The New Beginning  The Winds of Change - Profitability and System Security  Re-Thinking Real-Time Control  The Persistent Problems of Security Control  Riding the Wave of Computer and Information Technologies	T.E. Dy-Liacco
10.30 hrs	The Economics of a Free Electricity Market  Electricity as a Commodity : Basic Features and Rules  Wholesale and Retail Markets  Prices, Profits and Employment  Open Market Benefits to Customers	J.-M. Glachant
14.00 hrs	Pricing in Wholesale Markets  Economic Theory of Pricing and Bidding  Competition by Prices or Competition by Quantities  Actual Rules of Pricing in Wholesale Markets (UK, Scandinavia, California)	J.-M. Glachant
16.00 hrs	Electricity Structures and Organizations  Types of Structures, Organizations and Transmission Models  Energy Trading, Scheduling and Coordination  Transmission Pricing Models, Metering and Billing  The Need for Regulatory Authorities and Directives	J.-P. Waha
17.30 hrs - 18.00 hrs	Open discussion

 TUESDAY, MARCH 23 

8.30 hrs	System Operation in the Competitive Market  Impact of Open Trading and Open Access on System Operation  Changes in Operation Planning Procedures  Primary and Secondary Frequency Control  Software Tools for Secure System Operation	J.-P. Waha
10.30 hrs	The Information Structure  Information Exchanges Between Market Players  The Information Network Architecture  Communication Technologies and Protocols  Database Access, Maintenance, Data Security, Data Warehousing	J.-L. Coullon
14.00 hrs	Revamping Control Center Design  Metamorphosis : The Vanishing EMS Control Center  Changes in Control Center Hierarchies  Expanding Utility Networks  Effective User Interaction	T.E. Dy-Liacco
16.00 hrs	The Role of Object Technology  Interoperability and Portability Issues  Distributed Objects, Components, Encapsulation  Object Request. Brokers, CORBA/IIOP. COM  Case Study : CORBA-Based OASIS Automation	J.-L. Coullon
17.30 - 18.00 hrs	Open discussion

 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24 (AT CCLAB) 

8.30 hrs	A Hybrid Approach to Transient Stability Analysis  Power System Stability : Definition and Classification  Transient Stability : Application Contexts and Needs  The Three Classes of Methods  The SIME (Single Machine Equivalent) Approach	M. Pavella
10.30 hrs	Security Control for Transient Stability  The Preventive SIME  The Maximum Allowable Transfer (MAT) Method  The Emergency SIME  Prospects for Practical Implementations	M. Pavella
14.00 hrs	Voltage Stability I  Introduction  Review of Voltage Instability Phenomena  Voltage Instability Mechanisms on a Simple Example  Voltage Security Criteria : Contingency Evaluation, Loadability Limit; Security Limit	Th. Van Cutsem
16.00 hrs	Voltage Stability II  A Survey of Methods for Voltage Security Analysis  Contingency Filtering  Corrective Control of Instability  Demonstration of the ASTRE Software	Th. Van Cutsem
17.30 - 18.00 hrs	Open discussion

 THURSDAY, MARCH 25 (AT CCLAB) 

8.30 hrs	Automatic Learning Methods for Security Analysis I  Overview of Automatic Learning Techniques  Applications in Power Systems  Case Study 1 : Preventive Voltage Security Assessment	L. Wehenkel
10.30 hrs	Automatic Learning Methods for Security Analysis II  Case Study 2 : Emergency Control and Blackout Mitigation  Added Value of Automatic Learning  On the Road Ahead : ALDYSA	L. Wehenkel
14.00 hrs	Demonstration at the Control Center Laboratory (CCLab)  Description of the CCLab Platform  Integration of SIME in an EMS  Integration of ASTRE in an EMS	V.V. Raju
15.30 hrs	Concluding Session	T.E. Dy-Liacco