Nikola Tesla Institute
Program
May 26, 2026
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Grand Hall
09:00 –09:30
Participant Registration
Grand Hall
09:30 – 10:30
Opening Ceremony
- Dr. Jelena Lukić, Nikola Tesla Institute
- Dr. Dragan Kovačević, Nikola Tesla Institute
- Representative of Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia
- Representative of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Prof. dr. Viktor Nedović, SAIGE PIU
- Dr. Zoran Simendić, Serbian national CIRED committee
- Nebojša Petrović, Serbian national CIGRE committee
- Dr. Maja Grbić, Nikola Tesla Institute
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Restaurant
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
Hall 2
10:30 – 11:00
Gold Sponsor business presentation
Grand Hall
11:00 – 12:15
Session 1 – Digital and predictive solutions in power systems – part one
- Prof. dr. Vladimir Terzija, System Integrity Protection Schemes (SIPS) Against Cyber-Attack-Induced Outages
- Ramon Perez, Using Large Language Models (LLMs) to classify fault types in power generating equipment maintenance records
- Dr. Nenad Kartalović, Đorđe Jovanović, dr. Filip Kilibarda, Uroš Radoman, Permanent monitoring of partial discharges: experiences in complex generator diagnostics
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Restaurant
12:15 – 12:45
Coffee Break
Hall 2
12:15 – 12:45
Gold Sponsor business presentation
Grand Hall
12:45 – 14:50
Session 2 – Green energy and environmental impact of power facilities
- Prof. dr. Aldo Canova, Electromagnetic Impact of Inductive Power Transfer for Car Recharging
- Dr. Svetlana Jovanović, Innovative textile fibers developed within the GrInShield project: functionalization of cotton with graphene oxide and selected rare-earth nanoparticles as new EMI shielding fabrics
- Ahmed Gamil, From Soy to Rapeseed: Comparing FR3 and FR3r Natural Ester Dielectric Fluids for Safer, More Sustainable Power Transformers
- Dejan Vuković, World’s largest 765 kV ester transformer – Innovative technology for sustainable future
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Restaurant
14:50 – 16:00
Lunch Break
Grand Hall
16:00 – 18:30
Session 3 – KTT (Knowledge and Technology Transfer)
May 27, 2026
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Grand Hall
9:00 – 10:15
Session 1 – Digital and predictive solutions in power systems – part two
- Prof. dr. Richard Brown, Alternative analytical approaches applied to transformer materials
- Letizia De Maria, Prof. dr. Luigi Zeni, Optical fibers for chemical and physical detection in power plants
- Mihajlo Ristić, Zdravko Ristić, dr. Vladimir Polužanski, Monitoring of Wind Power Plant Generators
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Restaurant
10:15 – 11:15
Coffee Break
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Restaurant
10:15 – 11:15
Poster Session
- Miroslav Stanković, Jelena Dabić, Jovana Đoković, Danka Petrović, Power Distribution Network Development Planning in the Belgrade Distribution Area
- Lazar Nikolić, Tamara Mandić, Milica Dilparić, Sara Stamatović, Analysis of the Maximum Capacity of Solar Power Plants that Can Be Connected to the Load Area of a Distribution Transformer Considering Its Thermal Characteristics
- Ivana Raičević, Marija Jovanović, Aleksandar Pavlović, Maja Grbić, Uticaj baznih stanica mobilne telefonije na stanovništvo sa aspekta elektromagnetnog polјa sa predlogom mjera zaštite
- Zlatko Simeunović, Jelena Nikolić, Dejan Žukovski, Miloš Stanisavlјević, Installation of a new transformer unit with the appropriate control and protective equipment in TPP Kostolac A
- Dr. Vladimir Polužanski, Nikola Miladinović, Dr. Filip Kilibarda, Uroš Radoman, dr. Nenad Kartalović, Jelena Lazić, Đorđe Jovanović, prof. dr. Dušan Barać, Ramon Perez, Carlos Blancarte, Predictive Maintenance of Hydro Units: A Data-Driven Approach
- Dr. Jelena Janković, dr. Jelena Lukić, Dejan Kolarski, Vladimir Ivančević, dr. Draginja Mihajlović, Tesla’Ssorb and TeslaCleans: A Synergistic Approach to Silver Corrosion Mitigation in Power Transformers
- Maja Grbić, Katarina Maksić, Ranko Jasika, Aleksandar Pavlović, Analiza bezbednosti radnika usled elektromagnetne indukcije prilikom rada na paralelno vođenim prenosnim dalekovodima
- Ljubiša Čičkarić, Thermography as a Diagnostic Method in Assessing the Condition of Power Transformers
- Dr. Đorđe Lazarević, Technical and Operational Characteristics of Modern Nuclear Power Plants for Power System Integration
Hall 2
10:15 – 11:15
Gold Sponsors Business Presentations
Grand Hall
11:15 – 13:45
Session 4 – Control, regulation and planning in adaptive power systems of the new generation
- Dr. Milan Prodanović, A Grid Under Stress: Lessons from the Spain Blackout
- Nikola Mirković, Slavko Veinović, Ivan Kuraj, Blagota Jovanović, Mladen Ostojić, The importance of modular uninterrupted power supply systems in modern power systems
- Živko Sokolović, Application of the Transformer model for efficient load forecasting
- Milica Dilparić, Sara Stamatović, Miroslav Stanković, Distribution network hosting capacity for connecting distributed energy resources (DER) in the Belgrade consumption area
- Nikola Kovačević, Increasing Solar Power Plant Energy Utilization Factor by Powering Electrolyzers and Green Hydrogen Production
- Prof. dr. Jovica Milanović, An Approach to Decoupled Simulation of Integrated Electrical System
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Restaurant
13:45 – 14:15
Coffee Break
Grand Hall
14:15 – 15:30
Session 5 – IEEE PES Women in Power
- Prof. dr. Marija Čundeva-Blajer, Metrology 5.0 and Quality Infrastructure Sustainability for Resilient Power Systems of the Future
- Maja Adamović, Wind farm Vetrozelena
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Restaurant
15:30 – 16:30
Lunch Break
Grand Hall
16:30 – 18:00
Session 6 – Projects in Action: Shaping the Future Through Innovation
- Dr. Valentina Janev, prof. dr. Živko Kokolanski, Mario Vražić, Shaping the Future Through Innovation
Grand Hall
18:00 – 18:30
Awarding acknowledgements to lecturers and sponsors and closing ceremony