Organising committee
James Yu (co-chair)
Senior Manager of Strategic Planning and Innovation, Avangrid, USA
Dirk Van Hertem (co-chair)
Professor, KU Leuven, Belgium
Khaled Ahmed
Professor of Power Electronics Systems, University of Strathclyde, UK
Mike Barnes
Professor in Power Electronics Systems, University of Manchester, UK
Jun Liang
Professor of Power Electronics and Power Networks, Cardiff University, UK
Ben Marshall
HVDC Technology Manager, The National HVDC Centre, UK
Ervin Spahic
Grid Planning Manager, WindGrid - Elia Group, Germany
Chris Watkin
Global Head of HVDC R&D, Product Management & Marketing, Hitachi Energy, UK
Yuexi Yang
Manager of the HVDC Systems Department, China Electric Power Research Institute, China
Ahmed Zobaa
Chair of the College PGR Coordination Committee, Brunel University London, UK
Richard Poole
HVDC Principal Consultant Engineer, National Grid Ventures, UK