The conference topics are restrictive to those related to probabilistic methods applied in power systems and the utility industry. These include but are not limited to the following:

• Reliability for system planning, operation, control and protection
• Reliability centered maintenance and asset management
• Uncertainties and correlations in renewable energy systems
• Outage data analysis
• Probabilistic analysis in demand side management
• Load forecast uncertainties
• Reliability assessment of smart grid and micro grids
• Cascading failures in electric power systems
• Probabilistic assessment in power market
• Reliability of cyber-physical systems
• Power Quality
• Equipment failure diagnosis and condition monitoring
• Stochastic optimization and simulation
• Integration of renewable energy sources
• Probabilistic economic analysis
• Energy security and sustainability analyses
• Risk management and decision-making
• Seismic events, weather, and other external influences on power system reliability
• Reliability aspects of power systems communications
• Probabilistic methods and tools in educational applications