Organizer: Dr. Yucui Wang, North China Electric Power University, China
Wang Yucui, Ph.D., is a lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering, North China Electric Power University (Baoding). She presides over one Youth Project of the Hebei Provincial Natural Science Foundation, one Youth Project of the Higher Education Scientific Research Program of Hebei Province, and one General Project of the Central Universities. As a core researcher, she has participated in one Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and three Science and Technology Projects sponsored by the Headquarters of State Grid Corporation of China. Her main research interests focus on the resilience/reliability optimization of integrated energy systems and virtual power plants. In the past three years, she has published more than 10 SCI-indexed papers as the first author or corresponding author, and obtained 2 authorized patents.
Co-organizer: Prof. Sheng Cai, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Cai Sheng, male, is a professor at the School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology. He graduated from the major of Control Science and Engineering at Nanjing University of Science and Technology in 2022 and was honored as an Excellent Graduate of Jiangsu Province. Currently, he presides over a number of projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, a sub-project of the National Major Science and Technology Special Project on Smart Grid, and the Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation. He has published more than 30 academic papers indexed by SCI/EI, filed over 30 national invention patent applications, and obtained authorization for more than 20 of them. As the first or corresponding author, he has published more than 20 high-level academic papers in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and Proceedings of the CSEE.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Chenhui Song, Changsha University of Science and Technology, China
Chenhui Song received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in 2022. Afterwards, he worked as a researcher at State Grid Energy Research Institute. He is currently a lecturer and a supervisor with the National Key Laboratory of Power Grid Disaster Prevention and Reduction, Changsha University of Science and Technology.
In the past five years, he has presided over the projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China and State Grid Corporation Development Department, Participated in the projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China and National Key Research and Development Program of China. He has published more than 30 SCI/EI journal papers and Received National Business Association Science and Technology Progress Award. He is the special issue editor of the Energies journal and the young editorial board member of the Electric Power Construction journal. His current research interests include security analysis, planning and operation of Multi-Energy Systems.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Gengming Liu, North China Electric Power University, China
Gengming Liu, Lecturer, received his Ph.D. degree from North China Electric Power University in 2025. His research primarily focuses on the resilience of critical power infrastructure systems and power and energy security. He has participated in one major national defense project, three projects under the national defense innovation zone, and one project funded by the national natural science foundation of China. He has published over ten academic papers in journals such as IEEE Transactions and CSEE JPES, and holds five authorized invention patents. He also serves as a reviewer for academic journals including the IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy, and Regulation and the IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Changming Chen, Fuzhou University, China
Changming Chen (Member, IEEE) received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the College of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China, in 2019, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2024. He is currently a Lecturer (Associate Research Fellow) in the College of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China. His research interests include multi-energy data center optimization, power systems restoration, and shared energy storage business models.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Xianglong Lian, Fuzhou University, China
Dr. Xianglong Lian is currently a Lecturer and Master’s Supervisor at Fuzhou University, China. He received the Ph.D. degree from South China University of Technology. His research interests include power–transportation coupled networks, artificial intelligence algorithms, and their applications to enhancing power grid resilience. He has published and/or has accepted more than 10 papers in SCI- and EI-indexed journals, and serves as a reviewer for multiple domestic and international journals. He is the Principal Investigator of one National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientists Fund project, and has participated in several State Grid Corporation of China science and technology projects.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Chao Yang, North China Electric Power University, China
Chao Yang is a lecturer at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, North China Electric Power University, China. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Engineering from the North China Electric Power University and subsequently joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) as a postdoctoral researcher. His research interests focus on the electricity market, low carbon electricity and AI/LLM for power systems.
Invited Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Yongji Cao, Shandong University, China
Yongji Cao received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Shandong University, Jinan, China, in 2016 and 2020, respectively. He was a Research Assistant with the School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China, from January 2021 to September 2021. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, from October 2021 to March 2023. He is currently an associate professor with the Academy of Intelligent Innovation, Shandong University, Jinan, China. His research interests include power system stability analysis and control, application of artificial intelligence in power systems, renewable energy integration, and energy storage technology.