Speakers
| Josep M. Guerrero Huanjiang Laboratory, Zhejiang University, China Josep M. Guerrero, received the B.Sc. degree in telecom engineering, M.Sc. degree in electronics engineering, and PhD degree from the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. Since 2011, he has been a Full Professor with AAU Energy, Aalborg University, Denmark, where he is responsible for the Microgrid Research Program. From 2019, he became a Villum Investigator by the Villum Fonden, which supports the Center for Research on Microgrids (CROM) at Aalborg University, being Prof. Guerrero the founder and Director of the same center. In 2020, he initiated neuroscience studies and research. From 2023 to 2024 he was with the Technical University of Catalonia as an ICREA Research Professor. In 2023 he joined Huanjiang Laboratory as a director of the Center for Renewable Energy and Microgrids, Zhuji, Shaoxing, China. In 2025 he became a Distinguished Senior Researcher at the department of electrical engineering, University of Valladolid, Spain. His research interests are oriented to different microgrid frameworks like energy microgrids, hydrogen and biomass, water micronets, biological systems, seaport microgrids and electrical ships, airport microgrids and more electrical aircrafts, space microgrids and smart medical systems. Prof. Guerrero is an Associate Editor for several IEEE TRANSACTIONS. He has published more than 1,000 journal papers in the fields of microgrids and renewable energy systems, which are cited more than 120,000 times. During nine consecutive years, from 2014 to 2023, he was awarded by Clarivate Analytics as Highly Cited Researcher. |
Fushuan Wen Zhejiang University, China Professor Fushuan Wen received the BE and ME degrees from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in 1985 and 1988, respectively, and the PhD degree from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 1991, all in electrical engineering. He joined the faculty of Zhejiang University in 1991, and has been a full professor and the director of the Institute of Power Economics and Information since 1997, and the director of Zhejiang University-Insigma Joint Research Center for Smart Grids since 2010. He has been undertaking various teaching, research and visiting appointments in National University of Singapore (NSTB Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Fellow), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Research Fellow, Visiting Assistant Professor), University of Hong Kong (Research Assistant Professor), South China University of Technology (University Distinguished Professor), University of New South Wales in Australia (ARC Project Senior Fellow, Senior Visiting Fellow), Queensland University of Technology in Australia (CSIRO and ARC Project Visiting Fellow), Brunei University of Technology (Professor in Power Systems), Technical University of Denmark (Otto Monsted Guest Professor in Power Systems), Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (Visiting Fellow), Murdoch University in Australia (Adjunct Professor), Tallinn University of Technology (Professor in Energy Systems), Hangzhou Dianzi University in China (Yusheng XUE Education Foundation Distinguished Professor), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia (Honorary Visiting Scientist), Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (Visiting Principal Research Scientist).
His research interests include: 1) power economics and electricity markets; 2) power system investment, planning and operation optimization; 3) smart grids and electric vehicles; 4) power system alarm processing, fault diagnosis and system restoration; 5) artificial intelligence applications in power and integrated energy systems. He has published 200+ SCI-indexed papers, 650+ EI-indexed papers, and 740+ Scopus-indexed papers. His publications have been cited for 16000+ times. He has completed and is undertaking more than 180 grants and projects from governmental organizations and industry.
Prof Wen received many awards both at the national level and provincial level, including the most prestigious National Natural Science Award of China. He has been listed in "Most Cited Chinese Researchers" in seven consecutive years since 2015 by Elsevier, and is the author of one of the China's 100 Most Influential Domestic Academic Papers in 2016. Prof Wen is the editor-in-chief of Energy Conversion and Economics (SPERI, IET, Wiley), the deputy editor-in-chief of Journal of Automation of Electric Power Systems, a subject editor in power system economics of IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, associate editor of Journal of Energy Engineering and Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy. He is also on the editorial boards of more than 10 journals. Prof Wen was the General Chairman of 2020 International Conference on Smart Grids and Energy Systems (SGES 2020), Nov. 23-26, 2020, Perth, Australia.
Prof Wen was elected to IEEE Fellow for contributions to fault diagnosis in power grids. |
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| Pingliang Zeng Hangzhou Dianzi University, China Pingliang Zeng is Professor at Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, and a National Special Expert. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Fellow of the IET, senior member of IEEE, and a member of IEC TC122 and TC8. He obtained his bachelor and PhD degrees, both in Electrical Engineering, respectively from Huazhong Unversity of Science and Technology, China, in1984, and Strathclyde University, UK, in 1990. Upon attaining doctorate degree, he joined National Grid Company (NGC), UK. He joined China Electric Power Research Institute as the Chief Expert in Power System Analysis and Planning in 2012 and Hangzhou Dianzi University in 2017 as professor in power systems. Since 2012, he led a research team undertaking a number of key projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, National Natural Science Foundation, and State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC). He was PI for Sino-UK joint research project. He has published two books and over 150 academic papers. |
Jianmin Zhang Hangzhou Dianzi University, China Zhang Jianmin holds a B.Sc and M.Sc degree in electric power engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST, Wuhan), and a M.E degree in power engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Present he is full Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, IEEE Senior Member, Standing Director of Zhejiang Electric Power Society, Deputy Director of Zhejiang Engineering Center for Regional Energy Internet. His main research fields are smart grid situation awareness and visualization, cyber-physical and social systems, network security and protection, and planning and operation of new power systems. He was primary investigation (PI) of key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC U1866209), and primary investigation (PI) of conventional project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 51677047), primary investigation (PI) of key natural science project of Zhejiang Province (LZ12E07001), and primary investigation (PI) of major R&D project of Zhejiang Province (2003C11020). Also, he has presided over nearly 30 provincial-level State Grid and above scientific research projects. He has been invited as evaluation expert on-line and final meeting evaluation by Committee of National Natural Science Foundation of China, for general, talent and joint funds; More than 120 SCI/EI papers have been published as the first or corresponding author. More than 20 invention patents have been authorized; Won the second prize of provincial and ministerial-level scientific and technological progress once; Co-authored one technical monograph published by China Electric Power Press. Participated in 1 national standard and 1 industry standard. |
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| Chengxi Liu Wuhan University, China Chengxi Liu is currently a full professor with the School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, China. He also serves as the Vice Director of Department of Power Systems. He is an IEEE and CSEE senior member and an associate member of CIGRE C6 and B5, China Committee. Additionally, he serves as an Associate Editor for the MPCE and CSEE JPES, and some other international journals. He has authored over 120 papers, including over 50 SCI papers, with h-index 32. His research interests include power system stability and control, power system dynamic simulations, etc. |
Gengfeng Li Xi'an Jiaotong University, China Dr. Gengfeng Li, professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, winner of the National Outstanding Youth Fund. He currently serves as the director of the Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Smart Grid. His research fields include active power distribution system reliability, power system resilience assessment and improvement, integrated energy system analysis and optimization, etc., and published more than 100 academic papers; participated in the formulation of 1 IEC international standard and 1 Chinese energy industry standard. He has won several scientific research awards, including the second prize of the National Natural Science Award, the first prize of the Shaanxi Province Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education, and so on. |
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| Yujian Ye Southeast University, China Yujian Ye received the B.Eng. (Hons) degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K., in 2011, and the M.Sc. degree with Distinction in Control Systems and the Ph.D. degree from Imperial College London, London, U.K., in 2013 and 2017, respectively. He performed Postdoctoral research also with Imperial College London from 2016 to 2020, and then joined Southeast University, Nanjing, China with Associate Professorship in 2021. He is currently a Professor with Young Endowed Chair Honor with the School of Electrical Engineering at Southeast University and an Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College London. His research interests include development and application of novel data analytics and artificial intelligence techniques in low-carbon energy-transportation-information systems modeling, analysis and control, and optimization of economics of power system operation and planning. |
Qianzhi Zhang Zhejiang University, China Qianzhi Zhang received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, IA, in 2022.From Oct. 2024 to now, heis the ZJU100 Young Professor with the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. From 2022 to 2023, he was an Ezra Systems Postdoctoral Fellow with Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, and an Assistant Professor with the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA, from 2023 to 2024. 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. 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 also an Associate Editor for IET Smart Grid and Energy Storage and Applications. |
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| Mingyu Yan Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Mingyu Yan is a Professor and Ph.D. advisor at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He is a recipient of the National Young Talent Program. His primary research interests include virtual power plants, microgrids, electric vehicles, and multi-energy systems. He has led one project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and one sub-project under the National Key R&D Program. He has also co-led and participated in over ten scientific research projects supported by organizations such as the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the U.S. Department of Energy. He has published over 60 papers in leading domestic and international journals. He serves as an Associate Editor or Early Career Editor for top international journals such as Applied Energy and Advances in Applied Energy. He has been honored with the Outstanding Young Talent Award in Electric Power Science and Technology and has been listed in Stanford University's "World's Top 2% Scientists." |
