Committees
Steering Committee
Inmaculada Zamora
Professor, the University of Basque Country, Spain (Co-Chair)
Iñigo Ferrero Fuente
Protection and Control Standardisation Manager, i-DE, grupo Iberdrola, Spain - Co-Chair
Richard Adams
Principal Engineer, PSC UK Ltd, UK
Campbell Booth
Vice Dean - Research, Faculty of Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK
Oskar Casanova
Sales Director - South Europe, GE Grid Solutions, Spain (Special Advisor)
Javier Figuera Pozuelo
Head of Control and Protection Systems Department, Red Electrica, Spain
Dave Hewings
Head of Engineering & Asset Management (Electrification & Plant), Network Rail, UK
Bogdan Kasztenny
Power System Protection Engineer, SEL, Canada
Rannveig Loken
Head of Team Protection, Statnett, Norway
Alexander Tsylin
Lead Protection Specialist, Ørsted, Denmark
Abraham Varghese
Next Generation Transmission Networks Advisor, GE Grid Solutions, UK
John Wright
Europe and Africa Technical Application Engineering Leader & Product Growth Leader, GE Grid Solutions, UK
Local Organising Committee
Co-Chair:
Inmaculada Zamora
Professor of Power Systems, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Itxaso Aranzabal
Assistant Professor, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Garikoitz Buigues
Associate Professor, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Pablo Eguia
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Julen Gomez-Cornejo
University Associate Professor and Researcher, UPV/EHU
José Manuel Guerrero
Research Associate Professor
Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
Marene Larruskain
Associate Professor, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Iraide López
University Professor and Researcher, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Gaizka Saldaña
Assistant Professor, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Esther Torres
Associate Professor, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Unai Villena
Assistant Professor, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Technical Programme Committee
- Mohamed Azab, Associate Professor, Power Electronics and Electrical Drives, Yanbu Industrial College, Royal Commission of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
- Liam Beard, Business Development Manager - Energy and Utilities, Vodafone Group, UK
- Hemlal Bhattarai, Assistant Professor & Dean of Academic Affairs, Jigme Namgyel Engineering College, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan
- Joerg Blumschein, Principal Key Expert Protection, Siemens, Germany
- Hugh Borland, Chief Technical Officer, Anseris IQ, Ireland
- Sarasij Das, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science, India
- Ramakrishna (Rama) Gokaraju, Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
- Jose Angel Gonzalez, Protection and Telecontrol Commissioning and Maintenance Manager East Region, Iberdrola i-de, Spain
- Simon Hussey, Senior Protection Specialist, ESB, Ireland
- Akshat Joshi, Senior Electrical Engineer, Tecnicas Reunidas, United Arab Emirates
- Christine Liu, Lead Transmission Engineer, National Grid, UK
- Felipe Lopes, Professor / Researcher, Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Brazil
- Om Malik, Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary, Canada
- Ben Marshall, Technology Manager, National HVDC Centre, SSEN-Transmission, UK
- Craig McTaggart, Transmission Asset Strategy Manager, SP Energy Networks, UK
- Prasanna Kumar Muralimanohar, Principal Engineer, Stem Inc, USA
- Mahdi Rahnamaei Hashjin, Scientific Board, Journal of Iranian Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Iran
- Daniel Randles, Senior Protection Engineer, Ørsted, UK
- Joaquin Rodriguez Andres, Protection and control specialist, Iberdrola i-de, Spain
- Deepa Shaji Kumar, R&D Engineer, PNDC, UK
- Iony Siqueira, Director, Tecnix Engineering and Architecture Ltd, Brazil
- Mark Stockton, Lead Subject Matter Expert (Secondary), SSEN Transmission, UK
- Vladimir Terzija, Professor of Energy Systems & Networks, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Vishnu Charan Thippana , Lead Electrical Engineer, Worley India Ltd, India
- Graeme Topham, Corporate Protection Specialist, South Africa
- Byju Vasantha Chandran, Senior Specialist, COWI A/S, Denmark
- Jianping Wang, Senior Principal Scientist, Hitachi Energy Research Center, Hitachi Energy AB, Sweden
- Guangya Yang, Senior Researcher, DTU, Denmark
- Tony Yip, Technical Director, Kehui International Ltd, UK