Keynote Speakers


Ir. Dr. Mohamed Fuad Faisal

  • Specialist (Power Quality & Energy Efficiency)
  • Holds Energy Commission certificates for Competent and Supervising Engineers (132 kV and 33 kV)
  • Serves on several Department of Standard Malaysia (DSM) committees related to power quality, energy efficiency, and renewable energy
  • Actively involved in IEC programs, representing Malaysia in an IEC technical committee on voltage sags and renewable energy
  • Manages power quality and energy efficiency/energy management at Tenaga Nasional Berhad
  • Member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and a registered professional engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)
  • Senior member of IEEE
  • Written three guidebooks and is currently working on guidebooks for battery energy storage systems (BESS) and Dip Free Systems (DFS)



Professor Ir. Dr. Mohd Zainal Abidin Ab. Kadir

  • Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia
  • Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (FASc)
  • Fellow of the IET (FIET)
  • Professional Engineer (PEPC)
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng)
  • Professional Technologist (PTech)
  • IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Distinguished Lecturer in Lightning and High Voltage Engineering
  • Chairman of the National Mirror Committee of IEC TC 81 (Lightning Protection) and Local Convener of MNC-CIGRE C4 on System Technical Performance
  • Subject Matter Expert (SME) towards standard and guideline developments in numerous IEC dan CIGRE Working Groups and Study Committees.
  • Steering Committee of Asia Pacific Lightning and Research Advisor for the African Centre for Lightning and Electromagnetic (ACLE)
  • Former Advisory Board Member of the National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI), USA.