Conference Keynote Speaker I

Dean Sharafi
Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), Australia

Speech Title: Challenges and Opportunities of Energy Transition
Abstract: Modern power systems are continuously integrating high levels of renewable energy and are facing several challenges due to this evolution. Power grids were designed based on concepts that are continuously changing and our operation must adapt to the new paradigm. We are seeing power systems shifting from synchronous generation to inverter-based ones, we are moving from a small number of generators located in certain parts of the grid, to very high number of generators located in many parts of the power system, we are shifting from concentrated energy resources to consumer energy resources, also known as DER. While these changes have brought about many opportunities, they have resulted in the need to understand how these changes are affecting the power systems and the way we operate them. There are many aspects to be considered and the industry resources need to join with research community to rise to these challenges and use the opportunities created. This talk will focus on challenges and the potential solutions going forward.

Bio: Dean Sharafi is the Strategic Advisor on energy transition at the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO). Dean holds a degree in Applied Physics, a degree in Electrical Engineering and a degree in Business Management. He has around 30 years of experience in power system engineering which includes Power System Protection, High Voltage Systems, Asset Management and Power System and Electricity Market Operation.
He is a member of Australian Institute of Management, Cigre, Engineers Australia and a senior member the IEEE. Dean has been actively involved with IEEE Power and Energy Society initiatives and Cigre Working Groups over the last two decades and has served as a member of the Governing Board of the IEEE PES from 2017 to 2022.
Dean has published many papers on power system protection, condition monitoring, asset management and power system operations. He lectured for a decade as a Sessional Academic on Power System Earthing at Curtin University in Western Australia.
Dean is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Journal and an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer.
Dean is also the author of his memoire “The Unwilling Revolutionary.”

Conference Keynote Speaker II

Song Ci
Tsinghua University, China

Speech Title: Hundred-Megawatt Level Dynamic Reconfigurable Battery Energy Storage Technology
Abstract: As a core infrastructure for flexible and efficient temporal and spatial energy transfer, battery energy storage plays an irreplaceable role in the current global low-carbon energy transition revolution, with a massive application scale and rapid continuous development. However, large-scale battery energy storage systems have long faced challenges such as massive differential battery management, coordinated control, and safe operation. The essence of these challenges lies in the short-board effect brought about by fixed series-parallel battery pack structures. Innovating battery pack modes and energy management mechanisms through information-energy cross-fusion technology and innovative module technology is an important way to solve these problems. Addressing the pain points of poor efficiency, safety, economy, and compatibility of energy storage systems caused by fixed series-parallel battery packs, it is necessary to innovate an energy information processing mechanism that fundamentally eliminates the short-board effect of battery energy storage systems, clarify the coupling law of the intrinsic attributes and operating characteristics of dynamic reconfigurable battery energy storage systems, and propose an inherently safe energy control method. This report will focus on the series of key technologies such as efficient system integration, optimized operation, intelligent operation and maintenance, as well as the development of hundred-megawatt-hour dynamic reconfigurable battery energy storage system equipment and current work progress.

Bio: 清华大学电机系研究员，博导，国家级人才，IEEE Fellow，AAIA Fellow，信息能源教育部-中国移动联合实验室主任，新型电力系统运行与控制全国重点实验室电化学储能高效集成与控制团队负责人，德国慕尼黑工大Global Visiting Professor，国家能源局中国能源互联网发展战略研究课题组首席科学家，国家能源局能源互联网行动计划预研课题组负责人，曾任美国内布拉斯加大学林肯分校终身教授，中科院特聘研究员。长期从事复杂系统建模、控制与优化理论及其在互联网和大规模储能领域应用技术的研究，迄今已在上述领域发表论文400多篇，300多项专利申请，主持承担国家自然科学基金重点项目/国家重点研发计划/863/科技支撑/国家科技重大专项等国家级项目，是多个国际顶级期刊的编委或特邀编委。慈松博士在国际上率先提出了“数字能量处理与计算”理论，开创了“动态可重构电池”这一前沿交叉领域，先后荣获2022年中国“产学研合作创新”个人、2023全球创业大赛（HICOOL）总决赛一等奖（个人）、2021/2023年日内瓦国际发明展金奖和2021年度中国信息通信领域十大科技进展之一等奖励。

Conference Invited Speaker I

Qianzhi Zhang
Zhejiang University, China

Speech Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA

Bio: Qianzhi Zhang is the ZJU100 Young Professor at the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, IA, in 2022. He was an Ezra Systems postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University from 2022 to 2023, and an Assistant Professor at University of Alabama from 2023 to 2024. He was the recipient of the outstanding reviewer of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS in 2019, 2022 and 2023, and IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID in 2021. He is an Associate Editor of IET SMART GRID. His research interests include voltage/var control, power/energy management, system resilience enhancement, vehicle electrification, and the applications of advanced optimization and machine learning techniques in power system operation and control.

Conference Invited Speaker II

Yifan Su
Chongqing University, China

Speech Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA

Bio: Yifan Su received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2019 and 2024, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with Chongqing University, Chongqing, China. His research interests include distributed energy management, energy sharing market, and robust dispatch in power systems.

Conference Invited Speaker III

Yang Liu
South China University of Technology, China

Speech Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA

Bio: Yang Liu, associate professor, PhD supervisor, holds a Ph.D. from South China University of Technology and was a visiting scholar at the University of Liverpool in the UK. He has long been engaged in research on the solution of the transient stability domain of attraction of power systems and transient stability control methods. He proposed the structure-preserving dimensionality-reduction mapping theory for the attraction domain of high-dimensional systems, significantly improving the computational efficiency of the attraction domain boundary of large-scale systems. He put forward the distributed maximum transient energy control method and the stability proof method for general hybrid switching control systems, and pioneered the switching Lyapunov function stability theory for converters. He also proposed the maximum transient energy control method for power systems, solving the problem of rapid stability control of power systems under emergency fault conditions.

He was selected for the "Young Talent Support Project" of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering and was named one of the "100 Innovative Doctors and Post-doctors in Guangdong Province". He presided over the National Natural Science Foundation Fund, the Special Fund of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, the first-class funding of the General Project of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, the Guangdong Offshore Wind Power Joint Fund, the Basic and Applied Basic Research Project of Guangzhou, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. As the first author, he published a monograph by Springer and more than 40 SCI-indexed papers.

At present, he serves as a young editorial board member of CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems and Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems. He has won the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award of South China University of Technology, the Outstanding Journal Paper Award of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, the Outstanding Paper Awards of CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems.

Conference Invited Speaker IV

Feixiong Chen
Fuzhou University, China

Speech Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA

Bio: 陈飞雄，博士，福州大学副教授，硕士生导师，福建省C类高层次人才，研究方向为综合能源系统能流计算与协同控制等。近年来承担国家自然科学基金青年项目、福建省自然科学基金青年项目、福建省专业学位研究优秀教学案例项目。获2022年度福建电力优秀青年科技人才奖、2021年度福建电力科学技术进步三等奖（排名第二）。
担任电力工程系副主任兼智能信息工程专业秘书、电力系统及其自动化硕士学位点负责人，兼任中国电工技术学会高级会员，中国电机工程学会高级会员，福建电机工程学会电力系统专业委员会委员，福建能源电力专家库专家，《供用电》青年编委。
获评2023和2024年度《中国电机工程学报》优秀审稿专家、2023和2024年度《电力自动化设备》优秀审稿专家、2023和2024年度《电网技术》突出贡献专家、2024年度《高电压技术》优秀审稿专家、2024年度《供用电》优秀审稿专家、2024年度Best Reviewer for The 16th Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference、2024年度Excellent Reviewer for Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy、2024年度香港机械工程师学会（HKSME）优秀审稿人、2020年度 Outstanding Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy、2019年度 Best Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid。

Conference Invited Speaker V

Yizhou Zhou
Hohai University, China

Speech Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA

Bio: Yizhou Zhou is an associate professor and a master’s supervisor at the School of Electrical and Power Engineering, at Hohai University. He is also the deputy director of the Integrated Energy System Professional Committee of Jiangsu Electrotechnical Society. His main research interests focus on integrated energy systems, virtual power plants, and robust optimization. He has been selected for the Jiangsu Province Youth Science and Technology Talent Support Project. He has been approved for a series of research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Natural Science Foundation Project of Jiangsu Province. He has been awarded the 2023 Electric Power Construction Science and Technology Progress Award (ranked 1st), and the nomination award for the 2022 Excellent Doctoral Thesis of China Electrical Engineering Society. He has published over 30 papers in SCI and EI journals as the first or corresponding author and authorized 15 national invention patents as the first inventor.

Conference Invited Speaker VI

Yujun Guo
Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Speech Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA

Bio: 郭裕钧，西南交通大学电气工程学院，副教授、博士生导师。长期从事研究方向为牵引供电设备外绝缘、复杂环境线路安全与防护，近年主持国家自然科学基金3项（区域联合重点、面上、青年）、四川省重大科技专项课题、四川省自然科学基金、中车等科技项目16项。担任IEEE PES成都分会副主席、CIGRE B2中国委员会委员。获四川省科技进步一等奖（排名3）、中国电工技术学会科技进步一等奖（排名4）、詹天佑铁道科学技术奖青年奖。

Conference Invited Speaker VII

Zhengcheng Dong
Wuhan University of Technology, China

Speech Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA

Bio: Dr. Dong is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology. His research focuses on the resilience of cyber-physical power systems and the application of AI algorithms. He has authored over 40 SCI/EI-indexed academic papers and holds more than 10 patents. Dr. Dong has led 10 research projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the China Postdoctoral Science Special Foundation, and the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province. He has received 5 research awards, including the Second Prize of the Guangxi Science and Technology Progress Award and the best paper finalist of IEEE ICPS 2023. Dr. Dong has been recognized as one of the top 5% highly cited scholars in CNKI and has been selected for the Xuchang City Talent Program. He has also actively contributed to the academic community by serving as a guest editor, young editorial board member, special session organizer, technical committee member, and chair for several journals and conferences. Additionally, he serves as an active reviewer for over 30 peer-reviewed journals.

Conference Invited Speaker VIII

Siting Dai
Guangzhou City University of Technology, China

Speech Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA

Bio: Dr. Siting Dai is a faculty member at Guangzhou City University of Technology, specializing in the risk assessment of electricity market derivatives, trading rules for renewable energy-based electricity, and abnormal analysis of medium-to-long-term power markets. Dr. Dai holds a PhD in Finance from City University of Macau, an MSc in Finance from Fordham University, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Macau.
Dr. Dai has a strong research background in energy finance and power market analysis. They have published extensively in high-impact journals such as Energy Reports, Electronics, and Energies. Their work includes contributions to topics such as electricity market margin determination, hydrogen energy integration into power systems, and business model analysis for high-reliability photovoltaic storage microgrids. Their research on electricity futures markets, particularly in designing margin methods that account for power factor risks. Dr. Dai has also made significant contributions to the understanding of energy storage penetration rates and power quality disturbances, publishing in top-tier journals and presenting their findings at major international conferences.
In addition to their academic work, Dr. Dai serves as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Macau International Energy Technology Association and has been actively involved in energy sector initiatives. She was also a keynote speaker at ICPRE 2024 and will continue to contribute to the field through academic collaborations and industry engagements.

Conference Invited Speaker IX

Hongyu Zhu
Inner Mongolia University of Technology, China

Speech Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA

Bio: Hongyu Zhu, a lecturer at Inner Mongolia University of Technology, has been selected for the first batch of the China Association for Science and Technology's Young Talent Support Program (Doctoral Special Project). Her research focuses on modeling and optimal operation of multi-energy coupled new energy systems, as well as collaborative response and regulation technologies for supply-demand flexible resources. She has presided over one scientific research project in Guangxi Province and participated in four national and provincial-level projects. She has been awarded the First Prize for Demonstration Scientific and Technological Achievements at the Comprehensive Smart Energy Conference and has six authorized/applied national invention patents. She has published over 10 high-level SCI papers, including two ESI top 1% highly cited papers. She has served as a session chair at an IEEE international conference in her field and acts as a reviewer for multiple academic journals.