Program

08:00
Registration

09:00
Opening/words of welcome
Jens Jühling, BG ETEM, Germany

09:10
Electrical Safety in the Digital Age
Michael Teigeler, DKE, Germany

09:40
Electrical accidents in Germany – current situation
Christian Rückerl, BG ETEM, Germany

10:10
Q + A with audience

10:25
Coffee Break

10:45
Simulation of the current density distribution in the human body
Hai Jiang, UL LLC, US

11:15
Numerical determination of the risk of ventricular fibrillation in humans due to electric shocks up to 100 kHz
Pia Schneeweiß, femu, Germany

11:45
KERMIT – Current-induced heart fibrillation by excitation with discrete Fourier spectra
Michael Koch, Eaton, Austria

12:15
Q + A with audience

12:30
Lunch Break

13:30
Death in bathtub – do standards have to be changed?
Björn Kasper, BAuA, Germany; Hartmut Bauer, TU Dresden, Germany

14:00
Protection against electric shock – G. Biegelmeier and his Electrical Safety Foundation
Reinhard Hirtler, ESF Vienna, Austria

14:30
Lightning versus Technical Electricity: Different Mechanisms, and Different Injuries
Chris Andrews, University of Queensland, Australia

15:00
Charge not energy: The risks of short pulses from electric car cables to electric fences
Mark Kroll, University of Minnesota, U.S.

15:30
Q + A with audience

15:45
Coffee Break

16:05
Over-current protection in High Voltage BEV battery circuit
Mitja Koprivšek, ETI Elektroelement, Slovenia

16:35
Automotive Future – Working Safely on Mobile High Voltage Li-Ion Battery Systems
Oliver Schindler, ITW-Schindler GmbH, Germany

17:05
Q + A with audience

19:00
Symposium dinner
Quality Hotel Plaza, Koenigsbruecker Strasse 121 a, Dresden, Germany

08:00
Registration

09:00
Opening of day 2
Jens Jühling, BG ETEM, Germany

09:10

TBD
N.N.

09:40
Q + A with audience

09:55
Market Acceptance of Arc Fault Protection in North America
Barry Contrael, Siemens, Germany

10:25
DC arc flash hazards – research work and selection of PPE
Holger Schau, TU Ilmenau, Germany

10:55
Electric Arc: New Knowledge and Challenges in Protection
Mikhail Golovkov, ArcFlash-CRT, US

11:25
Q + A with audience

11:40
Closing of day 2 – end of Symposium

12:30
Departure by bus

13:15
Welcome and Introductory lecture: New methods for the detection of high-current arc faults in low-voltage installations
Peter Schegner, Technische Universität Dresden and NARC, Germany; Karsten Wenzlaff, Technische Universität Dresden

Guided Tour

• Part 1: Experimental demonstration on the arc fault test bench of NARC
• Part 2: Laboratories of the Institute of Electrical Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering of Technische Universität Dresden

Farewell
Peter Schegner, Technische Universität Dresden and NARC, Germany

16:10
Departure by bus / airport

17:00
Arrival at Symposium venue

17:20
Arrival at Dresden Airport