Keynote Speakers

Prof. Huanbin Liu,Foreign Academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering

South China University of Technology, China

Huanbin Liu, professor, doctoral supervisor, is a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Engineering. He was the President of the South China University of Technology from 1995 to 2003. He has long been engaged in teaching, research, and management in higher education. He has chaired and undertaken more than 30 key projects at national and provincial levels, and has made breakthroughs in the fields of process modeling and simulation, soft measurement and intelligent control, energy saving and pollution control in the pulp and paper-making process. He has published more than 350 papers and 6 books; he was granted 25 invention patents; he also won 3 national awards and 12 provincial-and ministerial-level awards.

Prof. Jizhong Zhu, Foreign Academician of Academy of Sciences of Bologna Institute, IEEE Fellow, CSEE Fellow, IET Fellow

South China University of Technology, China

Prof. Zhu is a professor of South China University of Technology (IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow, CSEE Fellow), and received his B.S., M.S., and Ph. D. degrees from the School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University in 1985, 1987, and February 1990, respectively. He is currently the Director and Professor of ISESOOC Center of South China University of Technology, and a national overseas high-level introduced talent. Since 2018 he is the chair of IEEE P2781 and P2783 International Standards Working Group, member of IEEE SMC Smart Power and Energy Systems Technical Committee, member of IEEE SMC Standards Committee; he was the chair of IEEE PES SBLC Loads subcommittee, senior chief power system engineer at Alstom Grid from 2000-2015 He became a Fellow of Alstom's Global Expert Committee in 2013.

Prof. Lin Guan

South China University of Technology, China

Prof. Guan earned her Ph.D. in Power System and Automation from Huazhong University of Technology in 1995. Currently, she holds the position of professor and doctoral supervisor in Power System and Automation at the School of Electric Power, South China University of Technology. Additionally, she serves as the Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory for Intelligent Operation and Control of New Energy Power Systems in Guangdong Province.

Her research focuses on stability analysis and control of AC/DC power grids, power system planning and reliability, as well as the application of artificial intelligence in power systems. She has led 4 National Natural Science Foundation projects and has been commissioned for over 70 scientific research projects from enterprises. Prof. Guan has received 12 provincial and ministerial level scientific and technological awards, along with publishing more than 200 academic papers related to power systems in SCI/EI searches.

Baorong Zhou, Professor-level Senior Engineer

Research Institute of China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. (CSG)

Baorong Zhou is a distinguished professor-level senior engineer and the Director of the CSG Electric Power Research Institute (CSG EPRI). He is recognized as a strategic technical expert within the CSG and holds a Doctorate in Engineering. His professional affiliations include being a senior member of the Chinese Society for Electrotechnical Engineering (CSEE) and an outstanding member of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) as of 2021. Prof. Zhou has a long-standing dedication to corporate research and development, predominantly within the frontline operations. His leadership and expertise are pivotal in advancing technological research on critical issues such as the sustainable development of the West-East Electricity Transmission Project and the construction of new power systems. Over the years, Zhou has spearheaded and contributed to numerous key national, provincial, and CSG scientific and technological projects. Prof. Zhou's contributions also extend to the publication of over 50 research papers and the authorization of more than 90 patents.