Distinguished Keynote Speakers of 2024

April 25, 2024

at 9:30 am-10:30 amCentral Time
Challenges and Opportunities of High Levels of Inverter-based Resources in Power Grids.

Dr. Gab-Su Seo


National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Golden, CO, USA

April 25, 2024

at 10:30 am-11:30 amCentral Time
Stabilizing Power Grids with High Renewable Penetration

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Prof. Keyue Ma Smedley

University of California Irvine 

Irvine, California, USA 

April 26, 2024

at 9:30 am-10:30 amCentral Time
Burns & McDonnell Power - Real Projects Addressing Real Problems

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Mr. Craig Reschke

Burns & McDonnell


Kansas City, MO, USA

April 26, 2024

at 10:30 am-11:30 amCentral Time
Grid-edge Modeling and Optimization to Support Decarbonization and Resilience
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Dr. Anamika Dubey

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington, USA

Distinguished Keynote Speakers of 2023

April 27, 2023

at 9:30 am-10:30 amCentral Time

Prof. Sheldon Williamson

Ontario Tech University
Oshawa,ON, Canada

April 27, 2023

at 10:30 am-11:30 amCentral Time

Prof. Xiongfei Wang

KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden.

April 28, 2023

at 9:30 am-10:30 amCentral Time

Prof. Babak Fahimi

University of Texas at Dallas,
DallasTexas, USA

April 28, 2023

at 10:30 am-11:30 amCentral Time

Prof. Bulent Sarlioglu

University of Wisconsin-Madison
WisconsinMadison, USA

Distinguished Keynote Speakers of 2022

April 25, 2022

at 9:30 am-10:20 amCentral Time
Operational Security and Control Challenges in Smart Energy Systems

Prof. Osama A. Mohammed

Florida International University
Miami, Florida, USA

April 25, 2022

at 10:30 am-11:20 amCentral Time
High Power, Voltage, and Frequency Dual Active Bride Design and Applications

Prof. Adel Nasiri

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University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina, USA

April 26, 2022

at 9:30 am-10:20 amCentral Time
Artificial Intelligence Driven Distribution Grid..

Prof. Sarika K. Solanki

West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

April 26, 2022

at 10:30 am-11:20 amCentral Time
Climate Change – Responsibility/Opportunity of Education and Research in Electric Power

Prof. Ned Mohan

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University of Minnesota
Twin City, Minnesota, USA

Distinguished Keynote Speakers of 2021

April 19, 2021

at 10 am-10:50 amCentral Time

Prof. Brad Lehman

NortheasternUniversity.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

April 19, 2021

at 10.50 am-11:40 amCentral Time

Prof. Hamid Toliyat  

Texas A&MUniversity.
College station, Texas, USA

April 19, 2021

at 12.00 pm-12:50 pmCentral Time

Mr. Jeremiah Miller 

Departmentof Energy (DOE) Program Director
Washington, USA.

April 20, 2021

at 10.00 am -10:50 amCentral Time

Prof. Mehdi Ferdowsi 

NSF-ERC Program Director, Missouri University of S&T  
Rolla, Missouri, USA.

April 20, 2021

at 10.50 am -11:40 amCentral Time

Prof. Ayman EL-Refaie 

Marquette University.
Marquette, Wisconsin, USA

Distinguished Keynote Speakers of 2020

Power Electronics - The Key Technology for Grid Integration of Renewables...

Prof. Frede Blaabjerg

Aalborg University.
Aalborg, Denmark
Role of Power Electronics and Wide Bandgap in Grid-tied Energy Storage Systems..

Dr. Stanley Atcitty

Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Enhancing Electric Grid Innovation Through the Use of Highly Detailed Synthetic Electric Grids.

Prof. Thomas J. Overbye

 Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas, USA 
Accelerating Commercialization of WBG Power Electronics: Large Volume Applications and Cost Considerations

Prof. Victor Veliadis

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Light Beyond Lighting, Frontiers in Lighting Technologies: The Human-centric Intelligent Lighting Challenge

Prof. Georges Zissis

Toulouse 3 University
Toulouse, France
A View into the 21st Century Power Systems....

Prof. Anil Pahva

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas, USA