Chair: Assoc. Prof. Li Ma, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Li Ma is an associate professor at the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Long-duration Energy Storage (Chinese Academy of Sciences). She received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees fromNorth China Electric Power University, Beijing, China, in 2008, 2011, and 2017, respectively. She has been selected for the CAS "Hundred Talents Program" and received priority support. She is an IEEE Senior Member and a Senior Member of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering. From 2018 to 2021, she conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Stevens Institute of Technology in the United States. Her primary research focuses on the planning and operational optimization of power distribution systems, including demand-side response, energy storage configuration, and distribution network topology identification, etc. She has led one general project under the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and has participated in a number of national science and technology support program projects, National 863 program projects, National Natural Science Foundation projects, State Grid Headquarters science and technology projects, etc. She has published over 50 academic papers in authoritative domestic and international journals and conferences, with a total citation count exceeding 2,800.
Co-chair: Assoc. Prof. Juan Su, China Agricultural University, China
Juan Su is an associate professor and doctoral supervisor of China Agricultural University. She received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, in 2003 and 2009, respectively. Her research interests include smart grid applications, power system planning and operation optimization, rural comprehensive energy system, and electricity market. She is the vice chairman of Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering - Rural Electrification Special Committee, and director of IEEE PES Technical Committee Power System Operation, Planning & Economics Committee - China Satellite Committee.
Co-chair: Assoc. Prof. Xiaohe Yan, North China Electric Power University, China
Xiaohe Yan, associate professor with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China. He received the bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China, in 2013, and the master's and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Bath, Bath, U.K., in 2015 and 2019, respectively. He was a Research Associate with Macaw University from 2019 to 2020. His research interest is in energy storage, power system planning, analysis, and power system economics.
Co-chair: Assoc. Prof. Gao Qiu, Sichuan University, China
Gao Qiu received the B.S. degree in college of electrical engineering, Sichuan University (SCU), Chengdu, China, in 2016, and the PhD degree in college of electrical engineering, SCU, Chengdu, China, in 2021. He was with the College of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA in 2019 as an academic visiting scholar. He is currently an Associate Professor with the college of electrical engineering, SCU. He won the Nomination Award for Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of the Chinese Electrotechnical Society in 2021 and has (co-)authored more than 20 papers. His current research interests include power system knowledge discovery and operation, artificial intelligence application in power system, power system stability and control, dynamic transfer limit control, etc.