CAPE Users Meet 3 - 5 September in Ljubljana
The European edition of the CAPE Users’ Group Meeting with CAPE refresher training:
3 - 5 September in Ljubljana, Slovenia. We promise a great opportunity to expand your knowledge of system protection, learn the latest about CAPE, guide CAPE’s future development, and meet with colleagues from other companies and countries.

We want to make the User Group Meeting accessible to every CAPE customer because we're totally convinced of the value of a face-to-face get-together. One online registration process covers all three days, including the Users’ Group Meeting and the training day.
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CAPE Users' Group Meeting (UGM) - Europe (Monday and Tuesday)
Monday and Tuesday, 3 - 4 September. This is a general meeting packed with presentations on the latest CAPE developments an
d news. We expect a worthwhile exchange of ideas and your priorities for CAPE future development.
Planned topics include:
Applying Breaker Duty at Detailed Buses
CIM/XML Representation of Network Data
Final DOE Report: CAPE-TS Combined Simulation
Loss-of-Field in CAPE-TS Combined Simulation
Macros: Relay Setting Before Selecting Actual Relay
New Features in DBE;
Quick System Simulations in SC
Review SOTF Protection Conformity with PRC-023
Settings I/O with Vendor Software;
Simulating Protection Schemes of a 500kV System
Technique for Condensing Results of a Wide-Area Coordination Review
Validation Study of CAPE-TS Combined Simulation
This two-day CAPE Users Group Meeting includes one half-day CAPE training class. All User Group Meeting attendees will be able to participate in one of three tracks of training on Tuesday afternoon as part of your UGM registration. When you register for the User Group Meeting (UGM), please select at least one of the three training tracks shown below.
UGM early registration fee by 20 July: $425 for two days, including two lunches and Monday night dinner. (After July 20, $450.)
CAPE Training Day (Wednesday)
Wednesday, 5 September. Build on your existing CAPE skills or get the big picture quickly.
Choose one of the three tracks below when you register. Each track includes three half-day class sessions, listed here in the order they will be offered.
Training day early registration fee by 20 July: $425 for Wednesday training day (two half-day sessions); includes lunch. (After July 20: $450.) For all training classes, you’ll need to bring your own laptop and, optionally, your own database.
Training Tracks
Each track begins Tuesday afternoon and continues Wednesday morning and afternoon. Topics are listed in the order they will be offered. For all training classes, you’ll need to bring your own laptop and, optionally, your own database.
Track one - for protection engineers who are relatively new to CAPE. Introduces Database Editor, Short Circuit, One-Line Diagram, and Coordination Graphics. Continues over all three half-day sessions, beginning on Tuesday afternoon and continuing Wednesday morning and afternoon.
- CAPE for new users - part 1
- CAPE for new users - part 2
- CAPE for new users - part 3
Track two - for protection engineers with CAPE experience.
- Using Coordination Graphics and its special displays - part 1
- Using Coordination Graphics and its special displays - part 2
- System Simulator and Relay Checking, including pilot protection
Track three - for protection engineers with CAPE experience.
- Data compare, merge, and management techniques
- Modeling transmission lines with Line Constants
- Introduction to writing macros

We're looking forward to seeing you in Ljubljana!
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Location and Accommodations
Hotel Grand Union Executive is the famous Ljubljana hotel, historic and at the center of today's activities. Built in a charming art nouveau style in 1905, it features a recently renovated historical section and a full-service conference center. In the center of Ljubljana near the historic quarter, the Grand Hotel Union Executive offers spacious and comfortable rooms a stone's throw away from the Ljubljanica river, the main city square, and the famous Three Bridges.
Hotel Grand Union Executive, Miklosiceva 1,
1000 Ljubljana,
Slovenija; www.gh-union.si;
+386 1308 1270 or hotel.union@gh-union.si.
Sleeping room rate €139 per night, including breakfast buffet (for one) and VAT. Please mention the reservation code CAPEUGM.
Link to reservations at the special rate:
http://booking.ihotelier.com/istay/istay.jsp?groupID=803110&hotelID=76847
Sleeping rooms are first-come, first-served. Make your reservations now (before the 2 August deadline) using the link above, calling +386 1308 1270, or emailing hotel.union@gh-union.si (Please mention reservation code CAPEUGM to get the special rate if you call or email.)
CAPE UGM and Training Location:

Hotel Grand Union Executive
Miklosiceva 1
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenija
www.gh-union.si
+386 1308 1270
hotel.union@gh-union.si
Sleeping room rate:
€139 per night; breakfast buffet (for one) and VAT are included.
Reservation code:
CAPEUGM
Rooms are first-come, first-served. Make your reservations now (before 2 August deadline) by calling
+386 1308 1270 or email hotel.union@gh-union.si.
Please mention reservation code CAPEUGM to get the special rate.
Ljubljana is a hidden gem. With the Ljubljanica river flowing through the center of town past Baroque buildings and under the ramparts of the ancient castle on the hill, it offers the amenities of a metropolis yet preserves a high quality of life, abundant green space, and small-town friendliness.