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Electrical Transmission & Substation Structures Conference

Dallas, Texas | –

Call for Abstracts

All abstracts are due September 9, 2024, 10:00 pm ET. If accepted, all presenters are required to register and attend the conference. 

The ETS Conference Steering Committee is seeking abstracts that present new or innovative ideas, demonstrate how to resolve challenges, and provide practical solutions to daily work. Project case studies demonstrating innovative or unique approaches are encouraged. 

The electrical transmission line and substation industry is continually facing new challenges. An increased focus on reliability, resiliency, and recovery of transmission lines and substations requires innovation solutions and new technologies to build and maintain this critical infrastructure. This conference provides a forum for managers, engineers, and design professionals to discuss past successes, understand current trends and consider emerging technologies for transmission lines, substation structures and their foundations. 

Abstract descriptions should be 350 – 400 words maximum.

Topics:

The topics below apply to transmission lines, substation structures, and their foundations:

  • Aesthetic Design
  • Case Studies
  • Constructions Challenges
  • Emerging Technologies 
  • Extreme Technologies
  • GIS Topics
  • Line & Substation Structure Foundations
  • Managing Aging infrastructure
  • New Inspection Techniques/Tower Mapping
  • Special Design Considerations 
  • Structure and Component Testing
  • Structural Failures Analysis, Investigations & Lessons Learned
  • Structural Reliability, Performance, Resilience, Sustainability
  • Substation Civil Design and Construction
  • Substation Structural Analysis and Design
  • Substation Structural Loads
  • Transmission Structural Analysis and Design
  • Wildfires

Final Papers and Power Points:

Draft and Final Papers must be a minimum of six pages and recommended maximum of twelve pages in length including figures, graphs, charts, and photographs. All presenters are required to register for the conference and submit a PowerPoint presentation based on their technical paper prior to the conference.

Key Dates

  • September 9, 2024, | Abstracts Due
  • December 5, 2024, | Notifications sent to submitters
  • March 3, 2025, | Final abstracts due to Book of Abstracts 
  • March 3, 2025, | Final publication-ready papers due 
  • May 7, 2025, | All corrected papers in paper management system (no revisions after this date)
  • August 4, 2025, | Power Points due

Questions? Contact Lawan McFerren

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