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First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Sep 25, 2025
Extended Early Bird Ends: Feb 20, 2025

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Han Yuan
UK
Title: A Computational Framework Integrating Physics-based Model and Equivalent Circuit Network Model to Simulate Li-ion Batteries
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Dr. Daniel Cohn
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Title: Clean Off-Grid Electricity Systems for Powering Data Centers
Dr Cohn is a research scientist at the MIT Energy Initiative where he is presently working on analysis of the potential of affordable multiday energy storage using low -carbon liquid fuels. He previously held senior MIT research positions that included Senior Research Scientist appointments in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department and the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. He is also presently involved in private sector development of new technologies that include plasma- boosted waste to clean chemicals production; improved nuclear waste management; and cleaner reciprocating engine power systems. Dr. Cohn is a fellow of the American Physical Society and has authored over 250 articles and book chapters. He is also an inventor of over 100 US patents and the recipient of awards for innovation in transportation and environmental technologies. He received an AB degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a PhD in physics from MIT.
Prof. Hanshen Li
China
Title: Uncertainty Operation and Planning Method of Distribution Cyber-Physical System under Low-carbon Era
Prof. Hanshen Li received his B.S.E. degree in Electric Power Engineering and Automation from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China, and the M.E. degree in Information, Production and Systems Engineering from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, and M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from SJTU, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in North China Electric Power University (NCEPU), Beijing, China. Prof. Li has been a researcher at China Electric Power Planning and Engineering Institute (EPPEI) since 2023. His research interests include planning and operation of active distribution networks, where Li has published 50+ papers with over 200 total citations. He has been an editorial board of Journal of Energy Science and Technology since 2023, and also member of IEEE, IEEJ, CSEE and CES.
Prof. Huiru Jane Zheng
UK
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Prof. Awni Alkhazaleh
Al-Balqa' Applied University, Jordan
Title: The effect of shape-stabilized flame retardant composite phase change materials on reducing the energy consumption in buildings
Prof. Awni Alkhazaleh received the Ph.D degree in thermal energy storage and fire safety of building materials from the University of Greater Manchester, United Kingdom in 2018. He is currently the vice dean for academic affairs, and an associate professor of energy storage materials in the department of mechanical engineering / renewable energy at Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II Academy for Civil Protection/Al-Balqa' Applied University in Jordan. His research interests are focused on thermal energy storage, heat transfer, phase change materials, solar energy, photovoltaic solar panels, building energy, materials science, flame retardants, flammability, and fire behavior of materials. He has published more than 40 refereed journal and conference papers. Prof. Awni has got many funded projects in order to improve the efficiency of storing energy particularly inside the buildings materials.
Prof. Yi-Hsuan Hung
National Taiwan Normal Univ, Taiwan
Title: Energy and power management for green vehicles using metaheuristic algorithms
Dr. Yi-Hsuan Hung is now a distinguished professor and deputy director of Graduate Institute of Green Energy, as well as the associate dean of College of Technology and Engineering of National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan. He has been a visiting scholar of U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor for research of green vehicles. He has published 30+ high-IF SCI papers in outstanding energy-associated journals such as: Applied Energy, Energy, Energy Conversion and Management, Applied Thermal Engineering, etc.. His interests focus on: green and advanced vehicles, metaheuristic algorithms, hydrogen energy applications, optimal control strategies, system dynamics modeling, innovative thermal management systems with nanofluids.
Prof. Fred H. Schwartz
Canada
Title: Climate Urgency
Fred is a senior executive with over 30 years in the energy business. Fred has a Bachelor’s Degree from McGill University, and graduated from York University in 1973 with a Masters in Environmental Studies. Since 1981, Mr. Schwartz has been involved in the renewable energy industry. In 1981 he founded managed the Remote Power Unit of the Ontario Ministry of Energy. There he managed over a dozen small hydro, wind, solar and biomass installations. From 1991 to 1995 he was Program Manager of the Showcase Home Program for PG&E (California). In 1991 he won both the PG&E Chairman’s Award, and the Conservation and Environment Challenge Award from the President of the United States. From 2001 to 2005 he was Manager of Renewables and Advanced Generation for the City of San Francisco where he delivered the solar program and was featured in the film The Power of the Sun. In 2004 he won a Green Power Award from US EPA/DOE. From 2009 to 2014 Fred worked for Northland Power Inc., where he was responsible for Northland acquiring a contract with the US Department of Defense to supply wind projects to the Army. Since 2018 he has been an Adjunct Professor at York University (Toronto) in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, and is Executive Director of the International Renewable Energy Academy at York. Most recently he has been working on mentoring innovative technology companies through the University of California Riverside campus. He is Executive Director of the Solar Valley Consortium at UCR, and is an Entrepreneur in Residence in UCR’s Office of Technology Partnerships. He currently operates Fred Schwartz Renewables, Inc., a California S Corporation focused on clean energy and other environmental work.
Prof. Zhibin Yu
UK
Title: A quasi-two-stage heat pump technology
Professor Zhibin Yu, Chair of Energy Engineering, currently works at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the School of Engineering of the University of Liverpool. He leads the Energy Research Cluster for the School of Engineering and holds a Royal Society Industrial Fellowship (2023-2027). Professor Yu's research is focused on thermal energy technologies and their fundamental thermodynamic, heat transfer, fluid-dynamic problems. He is particularly interested in developing novel technologies for sustainable heating, cooling and power generation, such as heat pumps, refrigeration, and energy storage.
Prof. Xiaodong Liang
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Title: Service Restoration Using Deep Reinforcement Learning in Renewable-rich Distribution Networks
Xiaodong Liang received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada in 2013. She is currently a full Professor and Canada Research Chair in Technology Solutions for Energy Security in Remote, Northern, and Indigenous Communities at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. She was previously a lecturer at Northeastern University, Shenyang, China from 1995 to 1999, a Power Systems Engineer with Schlumberger (SLB) in Edmonton, Canada from 2001 to 2013 (promoted to Principal Power Systems Engineer in 2009), an Assistant Professor and later an Associate Professor with Washington State University in Vancouver, United States and Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Canada from 2013 to 2019. Her research interests include power systems, renewable energy, and electric machines. She has published more than 270 refereed journal and conference papers. She is a Fellow of IET, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Prof. Christian Falconi
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Title: Nanogenerators: what’s next
Christian Falconi (CF) received his M.Sc. (cum laude) and Ph.D. degrees in Electronic Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 1998 and 2001, respectively. Since 2002 CF is Assistant Professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. He has been appointed as Honorary Adjunct Professor at the Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU, 2013) and at the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems – Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017). His research interests include electronics, sensors, piezotronics, microsystems, nanogenerators and nanotransducers.
Prof. Jerzy Jasielec
University of Turku, Finland
Title: Modelling Batteries in Home Energy Management Systems
Jerzy Jasielec received his MSc degrees in 2008, in materials engineering from AGH-UST Kraków, Poland, and in analytical chemistry from Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. In 2013, he received a PhD in analytical chemistry from Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. Since 2016, he is working as an assistant professor in Modelling and Inverse Methods group at AGH-UST Kraków, Poland. Since 2021, he is also a member of Battery Research and Technologies group at University of Turku, Finland. His research carrier is devoted to computational modelling for materials science. He specialises in modelling of potentiometric ion sensors, modelling of cement-based materials, solution of inverse problems, modelling of biological systems, modelling of batteries and battery materials, development of computer-aided material characterisation methods, techno-economical model “Home Energy Management System”.
Prof. Musthafa Ottakam Thotiyl
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune-India
Title: Electricity from Acid-Base Reaction
Prof. Musthafa Ottakam Thotiyl received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. He joined as an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER Pune), India, in 2014. Currently he is a professor at IISER Pune.