2026 EELISA autumn school

Program

Monday Nov. 16th

[10:30 – 11:30AM] Introductory session – by François BEAUDE, Head of strategy and communication of EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)

Global intro. to the main technical – and political! – stakes associated to proposed serious game

Coffee break

[11:45 – 12:45AM] (theoretical) Presentation of Unit Commitment and Generation Expansion Planning (linear) optimization problems, insights into resolution frameworks – by Cécile ROTTNER, research-engineer at EDF R&D - EDF Lab’ Paris-Saclay 

Lunch break

[2 – 3PM] Presentation of activity, organization details and ice-breaker, to form the “two Europe”, corresponding to two teams of students – by Camille MEGY, researcher at CEA-I-Tésé, C. ROTTNER and Olivier BEAUDE, research-engineer at EDF R&D

Coffee break

[3:15 – 4:15PM] GitHub Classroom environment and first steps - by O. BEAUDE & C. ROTTNER

[4:15 – 5:15PM] Presentation - by Luis BADESA BERNARDO, Associate Prof. at Technical University of Madrid (UPM)/Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Social event with organizers

Tuesday Nov. 17th

[9 – 11AM] (practical) “Data crunch” & screening curve methodology – by K. TAKHI, PhD student at RTE/EPEX/CentraleSupélec, C. MEGY, L. BADESA & Alex Junior DA CUNHA COELHO, PhD student at UPM

Coffee break

[11:15AM – 12:45PM] (practical) "Hands-on" planning of per-country investments  – using screening curve methodology – with same persons

Lunch break

[2 – 3:45PM] (practical) Numerical Serious Game, Session 1 ("NSG1") - with same persons

Coffee break

[4 – 5:30PM] (practical) NSG1, continued - with same persons

First run ("Run1") of the two Europe 2033 Unit Commitment problems -> comparative discussion between obtained results 

Wednesday Nov. 18th

[9 – 10AM] (theoretical) On challenges related to energy transition - by C. MEGY (or Robin GIRARD, Full Prof. at Paris Sciences & Lettres/Energy and processes department PERSEE Centre)

Coffee break

[10:15 – 12:45AM] (practical) NSG2 - with O. BEAUDE, Jean-Yves BOURMAUD, research-engineer at RTE and C. MEGY

Lunch break

[2 - 3PM] (theoretical) On the application of (non-)cooperative game-theory to European – collective – electricity system planning: two illustrative examples - by Emma JAGU SCHIPPERS (or a colleague), researchers at CIRED

Coffee break

[3:15 – 5:30PM] (practical) NSG2, continued - with O. BEAUDE, J.-Y. BOURMAUD and C. MEGY

Run 2 of the two Europe 2033 Unit Commitment problems -> comparative discussion

Social event with participants

Thursday Nov. 19th

[9 – 10AM] (theoretical) On impact of climate change on electricity system planning studies – by Boutheina OUESLATI, research-engineer at EDF R&D

Coffee break

[10:15AM - 12:45PM] (practical) NSG3, with first stress tests under various climatic scenarios –  with. O. BEAUDE, C. MEGY, B. OUESLATI, and C. ROTTNER

Run3 of the two Europe 2033 Unit Commitment problems -> comparative discussion

Lunch break

[2 - 3:45PM] (practical) NSG3, final stress tests – with O. BEAUDE, C. MEGY, C. ROTTNER 

Coffee break

[4 - 5:30PM] NSG3, continued - discussions, debrief and results' presentations by each team (with a poster -> cf. examples of 1st edition of this school)