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Committee

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