KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Adam Waldemar Skorek
University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Canada
Life Fellow, IEEE
Speech Title: AI in Electro-Thermal Engineering for Space Based Solar Power Plants
Prof. Dr. M.Sc. Eng. Adam Waldemar Skorek (IEEE Life Fellow) is a Full Professor and Director of the Electro-Thermal Management Laboratory at the University of Québec at Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Canada. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, in 1983 and joined UQTR in 1987. His research focuses on electro-thermal modeling, electrical apparatus, electronic devices, and high-performance/quantum computing applications. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed papers, many of which are available in IEEE Xplore. Prof. Skorek is an internationally recognized leader in electrical engineering and has served in numerous IEEE leadership roles, including as an IEEE Fellow Committee Member and Chair of the IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award Committee. He is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, Member of the Academy of Engineering in Poland and an IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecturer. His distinguished contributions have been recognized with several prestigious honors, including the IEEE Industry Applications Society Distinguished Service Award (2021), the IEEE RAB/MGA Leadership Award, the IEEE Canada W.S. Read Outstanding Services Award, and the King Charles III Coronation Medal (2025).
Prof. Michael Negnevitsky
University of Tasmania, Australia
Life Fellow, IEEE
Speech Title: Enhancing Power System Resilience for a Climate-Safe Future
Professor Michael Negnevitsky is Chair in Power Engineering and Computational Intelligence and Director of the Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems, University of Tasmania, Australia. The primary focus of his research is smart grids, power system security, demand response, and isolated and remote area power systems with high renewable energy penetration. Professor Negnevitsky authorised more than 500 research publications and received 4 patents for inventions. He is Life Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of Engineers Australia and Fellow of IARIA. Professor Negnevitsky is Chair of the IEEE PES Energy Development and Power Generation Committee, Chair of the IEEE PES International Practices Subcommittee, Chair of the IEEE PES Working Group on High Renewable Energy Penetration in Remote and Isolated Power Systems, Member of CIGRE AP C4 (System Technical Performance) and CIGRE AP C6 (Distribution Systems and Dispersed Generation), Australian Technical Committee.
Prof. Mingcong Deng
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Fellow, IEEE
Prof. Mingcong Deng received his PhD in Systems Science from Kumamoto University, Japan, in 1997. From 1997.04 to 2010.09, he was with Kumamoto University; University of Exeter, UK; NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Okayama University. From 2010.10, he has been with Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan, as a professor. Now he is the EE department chair. Prof. Deng specializes in three complementary areas: Operator based nonlinear fault detection and fault tolerant control system design; System design on human factor based robot control; Learning based nonlinear control. Prof. Deng has over 650 publications including 210 journal papers in peer reviewed journals including IEEE Press and other top tier outlets. He serves as a chief editor for 2 international journals, and associate editors of 6 international journals. Prof. Deng is a co-chair of agricultural robotics and automation technical committee, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society; Also a chair of the environmental sensing, networking, and decision making technical committee, IEEE SMC Society. He was the recipient of 2014 & 2019 Meritorious Services Award of IEEE SMC Society, 2020 IEEE RAS Most Active Technical Committee Award (IEEE RAS Society) and 2024 IEEE Most Active SMC Technical Committee Award (IEEE SMC Society). He is a member of The Engineering Academy of Japan, and a fellow of IEEE.
Prof. Jiebei Zhu
Tianjin University, China
Fellow, IET
Speech Title: Grid Forming Control and Performance Enhancement
Jiebei Zhu (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in electronic and electrical engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K., in 2013. From 2013 to 2018, he acted as a Senior Power System Engineer and an Innovation Project Manager with the U.K. National Grid Plc., London, U.K., where he was involved with the modeling, development, and real-time operation of the GB transmission system. Since 2018, he has been a Professor with the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. His research interests include novel control and operation of AC/DC transmission systems and renewable energy systems. He is a Fellow and a Chartered Engineer of IET and an Outstanding Young Engineer of the IEEE Power and Energy Society, China. He has published many international journals and been acting as associate editors for IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Power Engineering, IET Energy Systems Integration.
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