The application of Synchrophasors was the topic that was a strong point of discussion among the participants.

The IX Simposio  Iberoamericano  sobre Protección de Sistemas Eléctricos de Potencia, IX SIPSEP (IX Spanish-American Symposium of Protection of Electric Power Systems) was held in Monterrey, México from May 20-23, 2008 at the Camino Real Hotel. This is the main Protection Conference in Central and South America, and it is held once every two years in Monterrey. The Doctoral Program of the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) and the Federal Power Commission of México (CFE) were the organizers of this event. This year there were 170 participants, and 21 papers were presented. Also there was a panel session on "Application of Synchrophasors." Two tutorials were also presented.

• Protection of Transmission Lines
• Protection of Generators

The main objectives of this symposium were:

• To promote the exchange of experience among specialists in power system protection.
• To encourage the analysis of issues dealing with the protection of longitudinal electric power systems.
• To foster the discussion on relaying philosophies as applied by electric utilities from different countries.
• To promote the analysis of modern trends in protective relaying, especially of digital protective relays and systems.
• To encourage the analysis of topics related to the teaching of power system protection to undergraduate and graduate students.

The main topics discussed during the conference were:

• Relaying philosophy for longitudinal power systems.
• Protection of power system elements.
• Control systems and special protection systems.
• Methods for calculation of settings of relaying systems.
• Analysis of protection operation during disturbances.
• Application of the IEC 61850
• Application of Synchrophasors
• Testing of relays and other elements of the protection system.
• Protective relay design
• Digital protective relays and systems.
• Wide-area network protection systems

The topic that got the interest of most of the participants, was the application of Synchrophasors.