Keynote Speaker 1
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| Prof. Bikash Pal, Imperial College London, UK (IEEE Fellow, IEEE PES Vice President of Publication) |
Bikash Pal, FIEEE, FREng , is Professor of Power Systems at Imperial College London. He is research active in power system stability, control and computation. His research is sponsored by EPSRC, National Grid, GE, ABB,SIEMENS, UK Power Networks. He is currently leading a six-university UK-China research consortium (2020-2023) in Sustainable Energy Networks. In the past he led an eight-university UK-India research consortium (2013-2017) on Smart Grid and Storage and a six-university UK-China research consortium (2014-2017) in Smart Grid and Control . SIEMENS R&D collaborated with him to develop fast power flow and volt-var control tools in Spectrum Power, an advanced module for distribution management system solution from SIEMENS. This is now commissioned in distribution control centres in Columbia, Bosnia Norway and Azerbaijan serving 15 million customers in these countries. GE commissioned sequel of projects with him to analyse and solve wind farm HVDC grid interaction problems (2013-2019). His research group has received 2016 President Award for Outstanding Research. He served as consultant to United Nations, GE, ALSTOM, National Grid, UK Power Networks . He has graduated 25 PhDs and published about 140 technical papers in IEEE Transactions and IET journals. He has co-authored four books and two award winning IEEE Task Force/Working Group reports. As Vice President of Publication, Power and Energy Society (PES), of IEEE he sets and lead the delivery of the plan to sustain the growth in quality, impact and annual revenue ( currently about $9M) and also offers leadership as Governing Board member for the growth of the society. As IEEE Periodical committee member he was part of team that approves new periodicals and reviews the performance of the current periodicals. He chaired an IEEE Working Group in state estimation for power distribution applications. Since 2008 , as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer he has been offering special lectures and tutorials in power system control and computation . He was Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. He is Series Editor of Elesevier series on Sustainable Energies and Fellow of IEEE for his contribution to power system stability and control. He is Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering, UK for the industrial impact of his research in power network control. He was Otto Monstead Internatonal Professor at Denmark Technical University (DTU) in 2019, and Mercator Professor at University of Duisburg-Essen in 2011 invited respectively by the Ottomonstead Foundation and German Research Foundation (DFG). He holds a Visiting Professorship at Tsinghua University, China. |
Keynote Speaker 2
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| Prof. Vladimir Terzija, Newcastle University, UK (IEEE Fellow) |
Professor Vladimir Terzija was born in Yugoslavia. He received the Dipl-Ing., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, in 1988, 1993, and 1997, respectively. He is a Professor of Energy Systems & Networks at the Newcastle University, UK. He is also a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Shandong University, China, as well as a Guest Professor at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. In the period 2021-2023 he was a Full Professor at Skoltech, Moscow, Russian Federation. In the period 2006-2020 he was the EPSRC Chair Professor at The University of Manchester, UK. From 2000 to 2006, he was a Senior Specialist for switchgear and distribution automation with ABB, Ratingen, Germany. From 1997 to 1999, he was an Associate Professor with the University of Belgrade, Serbia. His current research interests include smart grid applications, wide-area monitoring, protection and control, multi-energy systems, transient processes, ICT, data analytics, and complex science applications in power systems. Prof. Terzija is Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Humboldt Fellow, IEEE Fellow and the recipient of the National Friendship Award (China). |
| Speech Title: On data-driven solutions for future resilient electrical power and energy systems |
Speech Abstract: The role of data, their acquisition, transmission, collection and processing are becoming more important than ever. The quantity of data is significantly increasing, what is a result of the 4th Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0, which is significantly changing the shape of processes in the 21st century. Changes are particularly related to technology, industry and society. Through introduction of smart technologies, doors for designing and implementing smart solutions contributing to security, dependability, flexibility and resilience of modern energy systems, are opened. Newly designed “digital substations” are enabling rapid and efficient transfer of information from the physical process, i.e. actual electricity network in which voltage and current transducers are installed, to hierarchically higher centers in which information is processed, e.g. Energy Management Systems, or Distribution Management Systems. Through application of data science-based solutions, integration of renewable energy sources is maximized, different energy vectors are integrated into single multi-energy systems, optimizing processes, making them more efficient and contributing to confident transformation of the existing energy system into a sustainable and low carbon one. Finally, purely data-driven solutions for the system monitoring, protection and control are becoming one of the major focuses of the development and innovation. The abovementioned issues will be discussed from the new technology perspective, its impact to new solutions and its expected benefits. Some representative practical examples will be presented, too. |
Keynote Speaker 3
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| Assoc. Prof. TEH JIASHEN, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia (IEEE PES Malaysia Chapter, Senior Member) |
Dr. Teh graduated with a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester, UK in 2016, and is currently an Associate Professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). He is also a Technical Director at UPE-Power in Taiwan. He mainly explores the benefits of using flexible transmission power line ratings to enhance grid reliability. To date, he has published more than 60 journal articles published in the SCIE database, with most of them ranked in the top two quarters of the ranking, garnering more than 2900 citations and 31 h-index on Google Scholar. He was the top 2% of the world's most-cited researchers by field in 2019, 2020, and 2021, according to Stanford University. In 2021 and 2022, he received the Outstanding Engineer Award by the IEEE Power & Energy Malaysia and, the IET Malaysia Outstanding Young Professional Award, respectively. |
Keynote Speaker 4
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| Assoc. Prof. Sivaneasan Bala Krishnan, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore |
Dr Sivaneasan received the B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2007 and 2012 respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology in 2023. Dr Sivaneasan conducts research and development in the areas of power engineering in particular microgrids and smart grid technologies. He has published more than 50 technical papers, and he has obtained more than SGD12 million in research grant funding. His project IP on condition monitoring has been licensed to EA Technology and deployed at 3 industry sites. His current research focuses on condition monitoring systems, renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles, energy management systems, demand response, and smart grids. Dr Sivaneasan is registered as a Chartered Engineer with the UK Engineering Council. He is also an IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE Region 10. |
| Speech Title: Are Electric Vehicles the Key to Decarbonization? |
Speech Abstract:As nations strive toward ambitious net-zero targets, transport electrification stands as a cornerstone of decarbonization strategies. Electric vehicles (EVs) have the transformative potential to integrate into smart grids as distributed energy storage systems, significantly contributing to sustainability efforts. This keynote examines whether EVs alone can pave the way to achieving net-zero emissions and enhancing grid resilience, highlighting their role in shaping a sustainable energy future. |