CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Honorary Chairs

Wei-Jen Lee, Past President, IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS)

Andy Knight, President, IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS)

General Chair

Kashem Muttaqi, IEEE Fellow, Chair of IEEE IAS IACC and Deputy EiC of IEEE TIA, AE for IEEE TSE and IEEE TIA

Senior Professor and Director, ARC Future Grids Training Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia

Technical Chair

Professor Danny Sutanto, Past Regional Representative of IEEE PES Region 10, Past Area Chair of IEEE IAS Region 10, Deputy Director, ARC Future Grids Training Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia

Local Organizing Chair

Ms. Marjo Niemela, Centre Manager, ARC Future Grids Training Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia

Publication Chair

Dr Rabiul Islam, AE for IEEE TEC and IEEE TIE, University of Wollongong, Australia

Finance Chair

Dr Sasha Nikolic, Secretary, IEEE Australia Council 2021-2022, Past Chair, IEEE NSW Section, University of Wollongong, Australia

Hospitality Chair

Associate Professor Ashish Agalgaonkar, University of Wollongong, Australia

Public Relations Chairs

Associate Professor Raad Raad, Head, School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Wollongong

Professor M.A. Hannan, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Malaysia

Program Chairs

Professor Sukumar Kamalasadan, Past Chair of IEEE IAS IACC, IEEE PES Power and Energy Education Committee, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

A/Prof Xiaodong Liang, Chair of IEEE IAS PSEC and Deputy EiC of IEEE TIA, Canada Research Chair in Technology Solutions for Energy Security in Remote, Northern and Indigenous Communities, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Publicity Chairs

Prof. Fei Gao, IEEE Fellow, Secretary of IEEE IAS IACC, Distinguished Lecturer – IEEE IAS, Past EiC of IEEE ITeN, AE for IEEE TIE, IEEE TIA, TTE and IEEE OJIES, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard, France

Dr Biju K, Secretary of IEEE IAS/IES/PELS Jt. Chapter – IEEE Kerala section, Past Secretary of IEEE PES – IEEE Kerala section, College of Engineering Munnar, India

Industry Chairs

Dr Nishad Mendis, IEEE IAS Board Member, AE for IEEE TEC, Bureau Veritas

Dr Hadi Lomei, Principal Engineer, Essential Energy

Paper Review Chairs

Professor Saleh Saleh, Vice Chair (Publications) of IEEE IAS IACC, Past Chair of IEEE IAS PSPC, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, Vice Chair (Operations) of IEEE IAS IACC, IEEE IAS Board Member, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Tutorial Chairs

Professor Gerard Ledwich, IEEE Fellow, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Professor Joe Dong, IEEE Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Special Sessions Chairs

Professor Kazuhiro Nogita, Director Nihon Superior Centre for the Manufacture of Electronic Materials, The University of Queensland, Australia

Professor Anurag K. Sirvastava, IEEE Fellow, Past Chair, IEEE PES Power and Energy Education Committee, West Virginia University, USA

Sponsorship Chairs

Professor Danny Sutanto, Past Regional Representative of IEEE PES Region 10, Past Area Chair of IEEE IAS Region 10, Deputy Director, ARC Future Grids Training Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia

Professor Arindam Ghosh, IEEE Fellow, Curtin University, Australia

Women in Engineering (WIE) Chairs

A/Prof Rukmi Dutta, Vice-Chair, IEEE-IAS EMC, AE for IEEE TEC and IEEE TIA, The University of New South Wales, Australia

Dr. Sarah Lyden, University of Tasmania, Australia

Awards Chair

Akshay Rathore, Professor, IEEE Fellow, IEEE IAS Awards Department Chair, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), Singapore

Exhibition Chair

Professor Michael Negnevitsky, IEEE Fellow, Vice Chair of IEEE PES EDPG, 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, Vice Chair of the IEEE PES Working Group on Asian and Australasian Infrastructure,  Director of the Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems, University of Tasmania, Australia

Student Activity Chairs

Associate Professor Evan Franklin, University of Tasmania

Mr Anand Mandal, Chair of IEEE PES Student Chapter – Wollongong, University of Wollongong

Web Masters

Mr Safdar Rasool, Past Chair of IEEE PES Student Chapter – Wollongong, University of Wollongong

Mr Anand Mandal, Chair of IEEE PES Student Chapter – Wollongong, University of Wollongong