2018 GRID TRANSFORMATION REGISTER NOW for the 2018 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT 2018) 19-22 February 2018 | Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC The IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference is being held 19-22 February 2018 at the Washington Hilton in Washington D.C. Registration is now open. Experts around the world gather annually at the ISGT North America Conference to discuss state-of-the-art innovations in smart grid technologies. The ISGT 2018 program will focus on the advancements and applications of technologies and practices applied to grid planning, operations, markets and policies to address the effective integration of variable and distributed energy resources, as well as the growing importance of participation of customers and third parties in the generation and management of electricity. The conference is organized along three tracks: * Emerging methods and approaches for transmission and distribution system planning and analysis * The application of technology and supporting tools for transmission and distribution system operations * Market and policy considerations associated with grid transformation. IEEE PES - More Power to the Future! For more information visit: ieee-isgt.org 10.1109/MPE.2017.2780289http://www.ieee-isgt.org