Keynote Speaker

Prof. Zhe Chen

Fellow, IEEE

Aalborg University, Denmark

Brief Introduction

Zhe Chen (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.Eng. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the Northeast China Institute of Electric Power Engineering, Jilin, China, the M.Phil. in power electronic from Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, U.K., and the Ph.D. degree in power and control from the University of Durham, Durham, U.K.,Since 2002, he has been a Full Professor with the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. He is currently the Leader of Wind Power System Research Program with the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University. His main research interests include wind power, power electronics, power systems, and multi energy systems.,Chen is also an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, a Member of Editorial Boards of many international journals, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET, London, U.K.), and a Chartered Engineer in the U.K.

Prof. Jizhong Zhu

Fellow, IEEE

South China University of Technology, China 

Brief Introduction

Jizhong Zhu is a Professor of South China University of Technology, and National Distinguished Expert. He is an IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow, CSEE Fellow, Chair of IEEE Standard IEEE P2781 WG and P2783 WG, Chair of IEEE PCCC SBLC Technical Committee, IEEE SMC Intelligent Power and Energy Systems Technical Committee member. He has been an Expert of IEEE 2030.9 Standard WG on Micro-grids, Expert of International Electrotechnical Commission WGs IEC SEG6, IEC TC22 AHG1, IEC TC22 AHG2, respectively, and Chair of IEEE SBLC Load Subcommittee as well as Chair of IEEE SBLC Asia-Pacific Working Group. Dr. Zhu has worked at ALSTOM Grid Inc. in Washington State, Howard University in Washington, D.C., the National University of Singapore, Brunel University in England, and Chongqing University and CSG in China. He was a Senior Principal Engineer as well as a Fellow with ALSTOM Grid Inc., and an honorable advisory professor of Chongqing University. He has published six books as an author and co-author, as well as about three hundred papers in the international journals and conferences. His research interest is in the analysis, operation, planning and control of power systems, smart grid, power markets as well as applications of renewable energy.

Prof. Udaya K. Madawala

Fellow, IEEE

The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Brief Introduction

Udaya K. Madawala graduated with a B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering) (Hons) degree from The University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 1987, and received his PhD (Power Electronics) from The University of Auckland, New Zealand in 1993 as a Commonwealth Doctoral Scholar. At the completion of his PhD, he was employed by Fisher & Paykel Ltd, New Zealand, as a Research and Development Engineer to develop new technologies for motor drives. In 1997 he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Auckland and, at present as a Full Professor, he focuses on a number of power electronics projects related to wireless EV charging systems for V2G applications. Udaya is an IEEE Fellow and a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Power Electronic Society (PELS), and has over 32 years of both industry and research experience in the fields of power electronics and energy. He has served both the IEEE Power Electronics and Industrial Electronics Societies in numerous roles, relating to editorial, advisory, conference, technical committees and chapter activities. Currently, Udaya is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, and a member of both the Administrative Committee and Membership Development Committee of the IEEE Power Electronics Society. He is also the Chair of IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC) Steering Committee. Udaya, who has over 300 IEEE and IET journal and conference publications, holds a number of patents related to wireless power transfer (WPT) and power converters, and is a consultant to industry.

Prof. Zhukui Tan

IEEE PES Member

Electric Power Research Institute of Guizhou Power Grid Co. Ltd., China

Brief Introduction

Professor senior engineer, Deputy Secretary of Guizhou Electric Machinery Engineering Society, Executive Director of DC distribution network sub-committee of IEEE DC Power System Technical Committee, Deputy General Manager of Electric Power Research Institute of Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd.. Engaged in information technology, power system, automation, DC distribution system, intelligent distribution key technology, power demand response, electrical characteristics identification and other aspects of the work and research. He has presided over three major Southern Power Grid science and technology projects, and a number of information systems and electric power dispatching automation system research and development. He has obtained 4 science and technology awards at the provincial and ministerial level, and 7 other science and Technology Awards and innovation achievements. He edited 3 textbooks, published more than 30 papers, and granted more than 30 patents.