Steering Committee Chairs
Dr Khaled Ahmed
Reader of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Strathclyde University
Ben Marshall
SSE HVDC Technology Manager & Power System Engineer
The National HVDC Centre
Steering Committee
Pedram Asef
Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Electrical Engineering, University of Bath
Chidinma Agwu
Senior HV/MV Components Engineer
Orsted
Professor Mike Barnes
Head of Power and Energy Division
Manchester University
Dr Magnus Callavik
Global Head of HVDC Engineering
Hitachi Energy
Dr Balarko Chaudhuri
Reader in Power Systems
Imperial College London
Professor Dirk Van Hertem
Associate Professor
KU Leuven/Energyville
Professor Jun Laing
Professor of Power Electronics
Cardiff University
Vijay Shinde
Head of New technology Soultions
Siemens Energy
Nicola Todd
Head of Strategy and Innovation
National Grid
Carl Barker
Consulting Engineer
GE
Professor Sara Walker
Director of the Centre for Energy
Newcastle University
Yuexi Yang
Power Grid Technology Department
Manager State Grid Smart Grid Institute
Professor James Yu MBE
Head of Innovation Team
Scottish Power Energy Networks
Dr Ahmed Zobaa
Reader of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Brunel University London
Technical Committee
Our Technical Committee reviews and evaluates calls for paper submissions based on the scope, predefined criteria, and the quality, completeness and accuracy of the research presented.
| Dr Pablo Briff, R&D Manager - HVDC, GE Renewable Energy | Dr Khaled Ahmed, Reader , University of Strathclyde |
| Mr Benjamin Marshall, Technology Manager, National HVDC Centre | Dr Shuren Wang, Research Fellow, University of Strathclyde |
| Dr Dechao Kong, Technical Specialist, National Grid ESO | Dr Subhadeep Paladhi, Research Associate, University of Strathclyde |
| Mr Ian Cowan, HVDC Engineering Manager, SSEN Transmission | Dr Gen Li, Associate Professor, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) |
| Professor Bertrand Raison, Professor, Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble Electrical Engineering Laboratory | Dr Rafael Pena Alzola, Lecturer, University of Strathclyde |
| Professor Mike Barnes, Head of Power & Energy Division, University of Manchester | Dr Ahmed Adel Hieba, Head of Electrical Department of ADC Research Center, ADC Research Center |
| Dr David Jacobson, Section Head - Interconnection Planning, Manitoba Hydro | Dr Nithya Venkatesan, Professor, School of Electrical Engineering , Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai |
| Professor Sahar Azad, Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo | Dr Dimitrios Tzelepis, Lecturer, University of Strathclyde |
| Professor Ramon Blasco-Gimenez, Professor - Head of The Research Institute of Automatics and Industrial Informatics, Universitat Politecnica De Valencia | Mr. Yaoqiang Wang, Professor, Zhengzhou University |
| Professor Xiao-Ping Zhang, Professor of Electrical Power Systems, Director of Smart Grid, Birmingham Energy Institute, University of Birmingham | Dr Dechao Kong, Specialist Engineer, National Grid ESO |
| Professor Xavier Guillaud, Professor, L2EP- Centrale Lille | Dr Xin Xiang, Tenure-Track Associate Professor, Zhejiang University |
| Professor Youssef Errami, Professor of Intrumentation and Energy, University Chouaib Doukkali- Morocco | Dr Mohammad Yazdani-Asrami, Lecturer in Electrically Powered Aircraft and Operations, University of Glasgow |
| Mr Carl Barker, Consulting Engineer, GE | Dr Eduardo Prieto-Araujo, Lecturer, Citcea-Upc |
| Mr Colin Davidson, Consulting Engineer, GE Grid Solutions | Dr Sivapriya Mothilal Bhagavathy, Lead R&D Engineer, PNDC, University of Strathclyde |
| Professor Dirk Van Hertem, Professor, Ku Leuven / Energyville | Dr Robert H. Renner, HVDC and Power System Engineer, Siemens Energy |
| Professor Jef Beerten, Assistant Professor, Ku Leuven / Energyville | Mr Owen Wilkes, Network Development Manager, National Grid Electricity Transmission |
| Dr Hakan Ergun, Research Expert, Ku Leuven - Department of Electrical Engineering | Dr Bless Kuri, Head of System Planning and Investment, SSEN Transmission |
| Phd Santiago Patricio Torres Contreras, Full Professor, University of Cuenca | Dr Mansoureh Zangiabadi, Research Associate, Newcastle University |
| Dr Willem Leterme, Research Expert, KU Leuven | Dr Matthew Deakin, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, Newcastle University |
| Professor Neville R. Watson, Professor, University of Canterbury | Dr Zipan Nie, Researcher, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Mr. Lorenzo Zeni, Lead Power System Engineer, Ørsted | Dr Meng, Pengfei, Associate Researcher, Sichuan University |
| Mr Nicolaos A. Cutululis, Professor, Technical University of Denmark | Mr. Chao Yuan, Associate Professor, Hunan University |
| Dr Yunfeng Li, Teacher, Changsha University of Science and Technology | Dr Ahmad Elkhateb, Senior Lecturer in Power Electronics, Queen's University Belfast |
| Dr Ke Ji, Research Associate, RPI | Mr Ramana Budha, Senior Associate Director, Jacobs |
| Dr Xiao Zhou, Senior Engineer, Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute Co, Ltd (Geiri) | Dr Bouchelga Fatma, Senior Professor , University of Ghardaia, Algeria |
