CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Honorary Chairs

Prof. Ayman El-Rafaie, IEEE Fellow, President elect, IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS)

Prof. Johan Enslin, President elect, IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS)

General Chair

Kashem Muttaqi, IEEE Fellow, EiC of 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

Ms Pallavi Singh, Electrical Engineer, Aurecon, Australia

Public Relations Chairs

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

Program Chairs

Prof. Sukumar Kamalasadan, Deputy EiC – IEEE TIA, IEEE PES Power and Energy Education Committee, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

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

Publicity Chairs

Prof. Geng Hua, IEEE Fellow, EiC – IEEE TSE, Tsinghua University, China  

Prof. Fei Gao, IEEE Fellow, Deputy EiC – IEEE TTE, EiC – Industrial Electronics Technology News, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard, France

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

Prof. Saleh Saleh, Chair of IEEE IAS IACC, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla, Vice Chair (Publications) 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

 A/Prof. Ashish Agalgaonkar, University of Wollongong, Australia

Professor Arindam Ghosh, IEEE Fellow, Curtin University, Australia

Women in Engineering (WIE) Chairs

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

Awards Chair

Prog. Galina Mirzaeva, Professor, Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Australia

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, University of Tasmania, Australia

Student Activity Chairs

Dr. Samson Yu, AE for IEEE TIA, Deakin University, Australia