2024 organising committee

Technical programme committee

A list of people involved in the Technical Programme Committee.

• Adam Dyśko, Reader, University of Strathclyde
• Akshat Joshi, Senior Electrical Engineer, Tecnicas Reunidas
• Alexander Tsylin, Lead Protection Specialist, Ørsted
• Armando Guzman, Distinguished Engineer, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
• Benjamin Haines, Principal Engineer (Protection and Substation Control Systems), Capula
• Christine Liu, Lead Transmission Engineer, National Grid
• Chul-Hwan Kim, Professor, Sungkyunkwan University
• Colin Ray, Director - Colin Ray Consulting, CIGRE
• Craig McTaggart, Transmission Asset Strategy Manager, SP Energy Networks
• Dale Geach, Head of Digitalisation, IOT and Cybersecurity, Siemens
• Daniel Randles, Senior Protection Engineer, Ørsted
• Deepa Shaji Kumar, R&D Engineer, University of Strathclyde
• Felipe Lopes, Professor / Researcher, Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB)
• Fred Steinhauser, Digital Substation Evangelist, OMICRON electronics
• George Andreakos, Director of Network Operations, Hellenic Distribution Network Operator
• Graeme Topham, Corporate Protection Specialist, Private
• Guangya Yang, Senior Researcher, DTU
• Harish Kumar Sahoo, Professor, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology
• Hugh Borland, Chief Technical Officer, Anseris IQ
• Iony Siqueira, Director, Tecnix Engineering and Architecture Ltd
• Jianping Wang, Senior Principal Scientist, Hitachi Energy Research Centre, Hitachi Energy AB Sweden
• Joerg Blumschein, Principal Key Expert Protection, Siemens
• Karl Gerhardt, Portfolio Manager, Siemens
• Liam Beard, Business Development Manager - Energy and Utilities, Vodafone Group
• Luc Uyttersprot, Expert, CIGRE
• Mark Stockton, Lead Subject Matter Expert (Secondary), SSEN Transmission
• Md. Rokonuzzaman, Research Fellow/Lecturer, Monash University Malaysia
• Mohamed Azab, Associate Professor, Power Electronics and Electrical Drives, EEET Department, Yanbu Industrial College, Royal Commission of Yanbu
• Mohammad Mousavi, Principal Power Systems Engineer, Renewable Power Generation Ltd
• Murari Mohan Saha, Retired
• Philip Newman, Principal Applications Engineer, CEng MIET
• Qiteng Hong, Senior Lecturer, University of Strathclyde
• Ramakrishna (Rama) Gokaraju, Professor, University of Saskatchewan
• Simon Hussey, Senior Protection Specialist, ESB
• Tawanda Chitifa, Asset Manager, Diamond Transmission Corporation Limited
• Tony Yip, Technical Director, Kehui International Ltd
• Vishnu Charan Thippana, Lead Electrical Engineer, Worley India Ltd
• Volker Leitloff, Senior Engineer, Rte
• Olusiji BANJO, Consultant & Trainer, VERTEX110Technologies
• Hemlal Bhattarai, Assistant Professor & Dean of Academic Affairs, Jigme Namgyel Engineering College, Royal University of Bhutan
• Michael Crowe, Technical Services Manager, Northern Powergrid
• Subash Pokharel, Project Engineer - Protection, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratory (SEL)
• Venkatesh Chakrapani, Sr. Lead Design Engineer R&D, GE Grid Solutions
• Ben Marshall, Technology Manager, National HVDC Centre, SSEN-Transmission
• Arturo Bretas, Senior Power Systems Research Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Bhavesh R Bhalja, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee
• Junpeng Zhan, Assistant Professor, Alfred University
• Athula Rajapakse, Professor, University of Manitoba
• Sarasij Das, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science
• Mahdi Rahnamaei Hashjin, Scientific Board, Journal of Iranian Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Om Malik, Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary
• Saikat Chakrabarti, Professor, University of New Brunswick