With the help of God, 17th Electric Power Distribution network Conference (EPDC) will be held on May 3rd and May 4th, 2012 in Tehran, by efforts of Iranian Association of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IAEEE), Electrical Distribution Companies Associations (EDCA), industries experts and with scientific and technical cooperation of professors of Iran universities.
Every year, for a survey on electrical power industry problems, the conference attracts the attention of major experts to special subjects. The subject of this conference is "the targeted subsidy plan, demand pattern and electrical loss reduction".
    Hereby, all Professors and experts of electrical power industry are invited to cooperate with this conference by presenting their scientific papers in different subjects.

Main subjects of the conference:

1. Losses in Electrical distribution networks (EDN).
2. EDN designing.
3. Utilization of EDN.
4. Power quality
5. Automation of EDN.
6. Demand side and load management.
7. Targeted subsidy plan and electric power industry.
8. Measurement in EDN.
9. Distributed generation and renewable energies.
10. Information technology in electric distribution systems.
11. Economical, social and environmental studies related to EDN.
12. Protection and security in distribution network.

Secondary subjects:
Losses in distribution network:

1. Calculation and modeling of loss.
2. Loss reduction in the network and its components.
3. Modern technical schemes of network in order to decrease the loss.
4. The role of fatigue and aging of equipments on loss.
5. Load estimation

Distribution network design:

1. Optimization of EDN.
2. Optimization of distribution network's equipments.
3. Design and installing of distribution network.
4. Advanced design methods in EDN.
5. Distribution network and urban planning.

Utilization of electrical distribution (EDN)

1. Advanced development, design, reparation and maintenance methods of EDN.
2. Reliability in EDN.
3. Suitable utilization of EDN.
4. Optimization and standardization of the street lighting.
5. The role of advanced equipments in improving of EDN operation.
6. The role of fatigue and aging of equipments on utilization of EDN
7. Equipment Lifetime estimation method. 
8. The role of manpower expertise in improvement of EDN operation.

Power quality in EDN

1. Power quality measurement methods.
2. Power quality improvement methods.
3. Optimization and standardization of the street lighting.
4. Power quality standards.

Demand side management (DSM) and Load Management (LM)

1. Optimization of consumption pattern.
2. Identification of suitable consumption pattern.
3. Role of tariffs in consumption pattern and load management
4. Presentation of effective conclusions and experiments in load management.

Measurement in EDN

1. Role of intelligent measurement devices in energy control and income increase.
2. Energy measurement methods and its components.
3. Automatic Measuring
4. Position of measuring equipments of electrical parameters in EDN.

Distributed generation and renewable energies

1. Photovoltaic system, solar thermal power plants, geothermal energy, fuel cell and other instances of renewable energies and their connection condition to the network.
2.  Governmental and private investments in renewable energies and DG.
3. Strategy of using renewable energies in Iran.
4. Use of renewable energy resources in rural areas.

Information technology in EDN

1. The role of Information Technology (IT) in presentation of optimized customer service and customer satisfaction.
2. Role of IT in planning of different parts of EDN.
3. Role of IT in increasing the efficiency
4. Role of IT in reducing the distribution costs.
5. Suitable infrastructures for using IT in EDN.

Economical, social and environmental studies related to EDN.

1. The role of knowledge management and planning in EDN.
2. Power marketing and privatization in EDN.
3. Cash flow, from selling to collection, in electrical distribution companies.
4. Methods for prevention of power theft.
5. EDN, Ecology and sustainable development.
6. The role of private sector in distribution network's operation.
7. Effect of targeted subsidy plan in distribution companies.
8. Suitable patterns of increasing the efficiency of manpower.  
9. The role of manpower expertise on efficiency.
10. Effective customer service systems
11. Legal problems of distribution companies

Protection and safety in EDN

1. Designing and manufacturing protective equipments.
2. Coordination of protective relays.
3. Design of protective systems.
4. Safety and clearance in EDN.
5. Incident and the ways of diminishing it.
6. EDN in earthquake and crisis situation.
7. Protection of networks with DG.