Conference chairs
Academic Chair
Xiao-ping Zhang
Chair in Electrical Power Systems, University of Birmingham
Industry Chair
Inès Tunga
Renewables Practice Manager, Energy Systems Catapult
Tutorial Chair
Shurooque Baloch
Operability Product Manager, National Energy System Operator, United Kingdom
Organising committee
Alex Pettener
Design Manager, Siemens Energy
Bless Kuri
Head of System Planning & Investment, SSEN
Damian Flynn
Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin
Sean Jones
Associate, Hoare Lea
Frede Blaabjerg
Professor in Electric Power Systems and Microgrids, Aalborg University
Lie Xu
Professor in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Yiango Mavrocostanti
Innovation Manager, National Grid
Saeed Peyghami
Associate Professor, Aalborg University
David Infield
Research Professor, University of Strathclyde
Zhongdong Wang
Professor in Energy System Infrastructure, The University of Manchester
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, Innovation Development Project Manager, SSEN Transmission | 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 |
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