Notification of acceptance – June 15^th,   Final manuscript submission – July 7^th 2021

“International Conference on Lightning Protection” (ICLP) and “International Symposium on Lightning Protection” (SIPDA) represent the majority of the world scientific and industrial community in the field of lightning. ICLP and SIPDA bring together delegates of a broad spectrum that includes scientists, advisers, entrepreneurs, and heads of industrial research programs. Since Lightning protection is a multi-million dollar industry, the ICLP-SIPDA conference is one of the most sought after events by both scientists and inventors alike to bring the novel ideas and inventions to the public. This year considering the chaotic global situation instigated from the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICLP and SIPDA scientific committees have decided to hold a joint virtual conference from 20th to 26th September.

Extended and improved versions of selected papers presented at ICLP-SIPDA 2021 will be published on a Special Issue of the Electric Power Systems Research journal

Associate Professor and Head of the Lightning and High Voltage Research Center (CENDAT) of the Institute of Energy and Environment of the University of São Paulo, Brazil

TITLE OF THE INVITED LECTURE:
Analysis of measured lightning-induced voltages and evaluation of the behavior of MV insulators under bipolar oscillating impulses
(A. Piantini)

Titular Professor and the Head of the EMC Laboratory with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland.

TITLE OF THE INVITED LECTURE:
Recent progress in time reversal applied to lightning location – Part I: Fundamentals of time reversal
(F. Rachidi and M. Rubinstein)

President, Swiss National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI)

TITLE OF THE INVITED LECTURE:
Recent progress in time reversal applied to lightning location – Part II: Application to lightning location
(M. Rubinstein and F. Rachidi)

PhD, Former Chair of the IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Committee, Convener of the CIGRE Working Group B2/C4.76

TITLE OF THE INVITED LECTURE:
Coordinating the Einthoven Body Impedance Model for ECG Signals with IEC 60479-1:2018 Electrocution Heart Current Factors
(W. A. Chisholm)

Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville

TITLE OF THE INVITED LECTURE:
Ground-based observations of lightning-related x-ray and gamma-ray emissions in Florida
(V. A. Rakov and I. Kereszy)

Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan, and Convener of the CIGRE WG C4.36 on winter lightning

TITLE OF THE INVITED LECTURE:
Lightning incidents at elevated objects in Japan
(M. Ishii)

Professor and Head of the Power Systems Laboratory of the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi”, University of Bologna.

TITLE OF THE INVITED LECTURE:
Lightning Performance of Distribution Lines equipped with Shield Wires and Surge Arresters
(C.A. Nucci)

(PhD, DSc) Senior professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Uppsala University. President of ICLP and the recipient of the Berger Award for his contributions to lightning research.

TITLE OF THE INVITED LECTURE:
Limiting values of the radiation fields of long antennas and their connection to fundamental constants of nature
(V. Cooray)