Prof. Farhad Shahnia

Murdoch University, Australia

Speech title: Electrical Energy System Sector Evolution from Centralized to Distributed

Prof. Farhad Shahnia received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, in 2012. He is currently a Professor at Murdoch University. He is currently a Fellow member of Engineers Australia, Senior Member of IEEE, and member of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education. Farhad’s research falls under Distribution networks, Microgrid and Smart grid concepts. He has authored one book and 11 book chapters and 250+ peer-reviewed scholarly articles in international conferences and journals, as well as being an editor of 8 books.Farhad is currently a Subject Editor, Deputy Subject Editor, and Associate Editor of several journals including IEEE Access, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, IET Renewable Power Generation, IET Smart Grid, IET Energy Conversion and Economics, and International Transaction on Electrical Energy Systems and has served 40+ conferences in various roles such as General, Technical, Program, Publication, Publicity, Award, Sponsorship, and Special Session Chairs.

Prof. Saim Memon

1.Sanyou London Pvt Ltd, UK

2.Birmingham City University, UK

3.Jiangsu Sanyou Dior Energy-saving New Materials Co., Ltd (SANYOU DIOR), China

Speech title: Advancements in Vacuum Insulation Smart Energy Technologies for Sustainability and Net Zero Energy Infrastructure

Prof. Saim Memon, CEO and Industrial Professor of Renewable Energy Engineering, unifies academic research and development, industrial manufacturing, and product distribution in the global market. Prof. Saim has progressed upon his extensive academic experiences to amass a portfolio that includes 120+ research publications, 41 taught modules (including module leadership) in electrical, electronic, mechanical, and renewable energy engineering with over 90% student satisfaction, along with successful supervision of 2+ PhD projects, 12+ MSc/MEng projects, and 23+ BEng (Hons) projects. He has held 50+ invited/keynote speakerships, engaged in research collaborations with 40+ countries worldwide, accumulated 1600+ citations with a 23+ h-index and a 52+ i10-index, served in 5+ editor-in-chief and guest editorships, and fulfilled 40+ journal reviewer roles.His specific research experiences encompass net-zero energy buildings, vacuum insulation, thermal management of electric vehicle batteries, translucent vacuum insulation panels, energy materials for vacuum insulated smart windows, vacuum-based photovoltaic solar thermal collectors, applied semi-transparent photovoltaics and switchable films, renewable energy technologies, thermoelectric devices for energy harvesting and smart grid integration into electric vehicles with fast-charging battery mechanisms.

Prof. Dimitrios Karamanis

University of Patras, Greece

Speech title: to be announced

Prof. Dimitrios Karamanis is a professor of Alternative Energy Sources at University of Patras. His research interest started with the development of appropriate countermeasures for the mitigation of the severe environmental consequences of the Chernobyl accident and followed by cross section measurements in the thorium fuel cycle for energy production and waste incineration. Expanded to the study of wind and solar energy systems in the last fifteen years and currently research focused on solar cooling of buildings and the integration of photovoltaics in buildings for electricity production towards carbon neutral cities. By participating in national and international research programs as a scientific coordinator and researcher, he has published more than 110 scientific papers in scientific journals, patents and book chapters with >3000 citations and h-index 35 (Scopus). Prof. Karamanis teaches courses in the subject of renewable energy sources and their applications since 2006 in Departments of the Universities of Ioannina and Patras.

Dr. Julian Hunt

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Speech title: Gravity energy storage a solution for seasonal energy storage

Dr. Julian Hunt is a research scientist at KAUST, working on water, food, and energy inventions for Saudi Arabia. He holds a chemical engineering degree from the University of Nottigham, a D.Phil degree from the University of Oxford and worked for eight years at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis prior to joining KAUST.