Conference Chairs

Academic Chair
Lie Xu
Professor in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde

Academic Co-Chair
Zhongdong Wang
Professor in Energy System Infrastructure, The University of Manchester

Industry Chair
Bless Kuri
Head of System Planning & Investment, SSEN
Organizing Committee

Design Manager, Siemens Energy

Director ACS / Chair Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH

Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin

Professor, University of Leuven

Professor in Electric Power Systems and Microgrids, Aalborg University

Renewables Practice Manager, ES Catapult

Energy Specialist, Energythinker Consulting

Professor in the Department of Wind Energy, DTU

Professor in the Department of Eletrical Engineering, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)

Systems Scientist, Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University

Professor at the Dept. of Systems Engineering and Control, Technical University of Valencia

Associate, Hoare Lea

Operability Product Manager, National Grid ESO

Chair in Electrical Power Systems, University of Birmingham

Innovation Manager, National Grid
Technical Programme Committee
Ana Soares, Researcher / Invited Assistant Professor, INESC Coimbra / DEEC - University of Coimbra | Lakshmi Simhan, Professor, Georgia Southern University |
Anthony Chadee, Executive Operations Manager, WASA | Mahdi Pourakbari Kasmaei, Assistant Professor, Aalto University |
Benoit Baudry, HVDC Delivery Manager, NEOM | Mahmoud Shahbazi, Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering, Durham University |
Christopher Donaghy-Spargo, Principal Engineer, JDR Cables | Matthew Deakin, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, Newcastle University |
Deepa Shaji Kumar, Research and Development Engineer, Power Networks Demonstration Centre, University of Strathclyde | Mohamed Edrah, Power System Engineer, NGESO |
Devaraj D, Professor, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education | Nur Sarma, Assistant Professor, Durham University |
Dey-Ola Pikarb, Head, Power & Electrical System Services, NCMD | Pablo Arboleya, Full Professor, University of Oviedo |
Dr Berclin Solomon, Senior Consultant in Energy Business Advisory, Siemens plc | Raja Mohamed Sumsudeen, Assistant Professor, University of Bahrain |
Eldar Naghiyev, Energy Business Advisory Consultant, Siemens | Ramesh Hitinayake, Electrical Engineer, Sri Lanka Army |
Grain Adam, Lead Engineer and HVDC Technology Manager, NEOM Energy and Water (ENOWA) | Reuban Samikkannu, Senior Engineer, Eirgrid |
Guangchen Liu, Professor, Inner Mongolia University of Technology | Rui Li, Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology |
Hakan Ergun, Research Expert, KU Leuven / EnergyVille | Sami Abdelrahman, Power System Engineer, National Grid ESO |
Himanshu Negi, Senior Electrical Engineer, Arcadis | Sasa Djokic, University Lecturer, The University of Edinburgh |
Hongjian Sun, Professor, Durham University | Shahab Shariat Torbaghan, Assistant professor, Wageningen University and Research (WUR) |
Ilka Jahn, Junior Principal Investigator, RWTH Aachen University | Tagore Ramlal, Assistant Professor, The University of Trinidad and Tobago |
Jan Desmet, senior full professor, Ghent University | Urban Rudez, Associate professor, University of Ljubljana |
Jananthan Ratnasabapathy, Senior manager, Institution of Green Engineers | Vinothkumar K, Principal R&D Engineer, Hitachi Energy Technologies Private Limited |
Jef Poortmans, Director Energy, imec & EnergyVille | Xuzhu Rick Dong, Professor, Wuhan University |
John Fradley, Power system capability engineer, National Grid | Yanping Du, Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter |
Jonathan Giff, Electrical Network Operations Manager, Scottish Power | Youssef ERRAM Professor, Chouaib Doukkali University, Eljadida, Morocco |