Prof. Zhaoyang Dong

(Fellow, IEEE)

City University of Hong Kong, China

Prof Z.Y. Dong is a Chair Professor and Head of Department of Electrical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. His previous roles include Singapore Power Group Endowed Professor and Co-Director of SPG-NTU Joint Lab at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; SHARP Professor of Energy System and Inaugrial Director of UNSW Digital Grid Futures Institute, the University of NSW, Australia; Director of ARC Research Hub for Integrated Energy Storage Systems; Head of School of Electrical & Information Engineering, The University of Sydney; and Ausgrid Chair Professor and Director of Ausgrid Centre for Intelligent Electricity Networks provided R&D support for the Smart Grid, Smart City national demonstration project of Australia. He also worked with industry as manager for power system planning with the transmission network service provider of TAS in Australia. Prof Dong's research interests include power system planning and stability, smart grid/micro grid, smart cities, renewable energy systems, energy storage systems, and energy market. He is a Fellow of IEEE and has held editorial roles for several IEEE Transactions and IET Journals.

Prof. Kim Fung Tsang

(Fellow, IEEE)

Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Kim Fung, Tsang is a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of HKIE and a Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA). His accolades include the IoT Heroes Award (2016) and the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society Outstanding Achievement Award (2021). As the architect of the IEEE Standard 2668 Maturity Index of Internet-of-Things, TSANG's contributions to the field are significant. KF is the Chairman of the following standards work group: IEEE 2668 Maturity Index for Internet of Things; IEEE P1451.5.5 LoRa Smart Sensor Interface; IEEE P1451.5.6 SigFox Smart Sensor Interface; IEEE P1451.5.10 NB IoT Smart Sensor Interface. He is an AdCom member of IEEE Systems Council as well as an AdCom member of IEEE RFID Council. Tsang is actively involved in setting IoT standards and practices, serving as a consultant and an assessor (HOKLAS). KF has been helping EMSD to implement IEEE 2668 into the government GWIN. The ultimate goal is to develop and proliferate the IoT Best Practices.

Prof. Pei Zhang

(Fellow, IEEE)

Tianjin University, China

Dr. Pei Zhang is currently an Yingcai Professor at Tianjin University. He previously served as Associate Dean of the Hanergy School of New Energy at Beijing Jiaotong University, Managing Director of Smart Grid at Accenture’s Resources business, and Director of Power System Operations and Planning at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in the United States. His research interests include power system dispatch and operation, planning, electricity markets, and power system digitalization. He has authored three books and published more than 250 papers, including 132 journal articles and 119 conference papers. He has filed over 30 patents and obtained more than 20 software copyrights, and has led or participated in more than 70 research projects. He has received more than 20 awards and honors at the national and international levels. He was elected a Fellow of the IEEE for his contributions to computational methods for smart control centers and probabilistic-based planning and operations. He was also elected a Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA) for his contributions to the application of artificial intelligence in power systems. He has been listed in Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists list for career-long impact.

Sr. Engineer Xi Chen 

(Fellow, IET)

China Electric Power Research Institute, China

Senior Engineer (Professorate Level), Doctoral Supervisor. He has long been engaged in research on digital intelligence in the power sector. He currently serves as Chair of the IEEE Power and Energy Circuits and Systems Technical Committee, Chair of the IEEE Intelligent Computing Society Standards Committee, Chair of the IEEE P3702 Standards Working Group, Expert Member of the ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 42 Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee, and Member of the Artificial Intelligence Standards Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. He also serves as Associate Editor for multiple journals including IEEE TWC, ISJ, OJIES, and TCAS-I. He has published more than 110 academic papers, with a Google Scholar h-index of 35, and has been listed among the world's top 2% most-cited scientists for four consecutive years. He has been awarded the title of Professional Leading Talent by State Grid Corporation, the State Grid May Fourth Youth Medal, and is a Fellow of the IET and a Senior Member of the IEEE.