| Prof. Loi Lei LaiDRPT International Inc., Australia ProfessorLoi Lei Lai is Chairman of DRPT International Incorporated, Australia. He was a Pao Yue Kong Chair Professor with Zhejiang University, China; Professor & Chair of Electrical Engineering with City St George's, University of London, UK, and University Distinguished Professor with Guangdong University of Technology, China. Professor Lai received an IEEE Third Millennium Medal, the IEEE Power and Energy Society (IEEE/PES) UKRI Power Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award in 2000, a special award from City St George's in 2005 and is its honorary graduate, the IEEE/PES Energy Development and Power Generation Committee Prize Paper in 2006 and 2009, the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (IEEE/SMCS) Outstanding Contribution Award in 2013 and 2014, the Most Active Technical Committee Award in 2015 and 2024, IEEE Standards Association Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding contributions in 2020 and 2024, a member of the IEEE Smart Cities Board of Governor; Member-at-large, IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) Committee on Standards & Chair of the Seed Funding ad hoc, Chair of IEEE/SMCS Standards Committee, IEEE/SMCS Fellow Committee Evaluator, IEEE/SMCS Distinguished Lecturer and IEEE/PES Lifetime Achievement Award Committee Assessor. His current interests are in smart cities, smart grid and computational intelligence. He is an IEEE Life Fellow. |
| Prof. Sun HexuHebei University of Science and Technology, China Prof. HexuSun, Ph.D. in Engineering, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor. Fellow of the China Electrotechnical Society, Honorary Chairman of the Hydrogen Energy Industry and Equipment Committee, Former President of Hebei University of Science and Technology, Expert enjoying special government allowances, High-level Talent of Hebei Province, Senior Member of IEEE. He has long been engaged in teaching and research in the fields of energy and engineering systems and control. As principal investigator, he has led more than 50 national and provincial/ministerial research projects, won 8 provincial/ministerial Science and Technology Progress Awards, published 15 monographs, published over 200 high-level academic papers, and obtained more than 50 invention patents authorized at home and abroad. |
| Prof. Haiyong ChenHebei University of Technology, China Prof. HaiyongChen, Dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Hebei University of Technology, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor. His main research areas are computer vision and robot vision. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation, Vice Chairman of the Hebei Provincial Ordnance Industry Society, Executive Director of the Hebei Provincial Association of Automation, Executive Director of the Hebei Provincial Electrotechnical Society, and a key member of the Ministry of Science and Technology's key field innovation team "Key Technologies for Intelligent Robot Engineering Service." He has led 1 sub-project of the National Key R&D Program and 5 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (including 1 key project of the Joint Fund). He has won 6 provincial-level Science and Technology Progress Awards, including the First Prize of Hebei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, obtained 21 authorized invention patents, and published over 80 high-level papers. |
| Prof. Hongjie JiaTianjin University, China Hongjie Jia is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Tianjin University, and Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Smart Power Distribution and Utilization Equipment and Systems. He is a Distinguished Professor of the Chang Jiang Scholars Program (Ministry of Education), a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the National May 1st Labor Medal, and the National Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertations. His research focuses on smart grids, integrated energy systems, microgrids, and load demand response. He has led more than 20 national and provincial/ministerial-level projects, including National Key R&D Program projects, National 863 Program projects, and National Natural Science Foundation of China projects. He has received multiple national and provincial/ministerial-level science and technology awards. |
| Assoc. Prof. Shiqi JiTsinghua University, China ShiqiJi, Associate Professor and PhD Supervisor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University. He conducted visiting research at the Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC), University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, in 2013.His main research areas include medium- and high-voltage high-power power electronics, wide-bandgap power semiconductor devices, and flexible distribution network power electronics. As the Principal Investigator (PI), he has led more than 10 national-level talent programs, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Programs, and major enterprise-sponsored projects.He has been honored as a National Overseas Young Talent, China Electric Power Excellent Young Scientist, and Delta Young Scholar. His awards include the First Prize of Science and Technology Progress from the China Machinery Industry Federation, the First Prize of Science and Technology Progress from the Ministry of Education, the Highest Review Award from the U.S. Power America Program, and the Special Gold Medal at the Geneva International Invention Fair in Switzerland. He has published over 100 papers, including more than 30 SCI-indexed papers, and holds over 20 domestic and international invention patents. He has received four international conference paper awards. |
