KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Loïc Boulon
Loïc Boulon. He obtained a B.Sc. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the Université d’Artois in 2003, France, an M.Sc. electrical and electronic engineering degree from the University of Lille in 2006, and a Ph.D. from the Université de Franche-Comté in 2009, France. He is currently Vice President of Motor Vehicles of the “IEEE Vehicular Technology Society” and director of the “Canada Research Chair in Energy Sources for the Vehicles of the Future” and professor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada.
Arturo Suman Bretas
Arturo Suman Bretas. He obtained B.Sc. and M.Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1995 and 1998, respectively, and the degree of Ph.D. from Virginia Tech, USA, in 2001. He is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida, USA. He is an expert in the security of cyber-physical systems, smart grids, state estimation, and reliability optimization.
Jan Meyer
Jan Meyer. He obtained B.Sc. and Ph.D. in electrical power engineering from the Technische Universitaet Dresden (TUD), Germany, in 1994 and 2004, respectively. He is currently a senior professor and team leader of the Power Quality Research group with TUD.
Mark Halpin
Mark Halpin. He obtained B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Auburn University, USA, in 1988, 1989, and 1993. He is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Auburn University. His interests include dynamic power system performance and power quality, and he is chair of the task force in charge of IEEE 519.
Claudio A. Cañizares
Claudio A. Cañizares. He obtained a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Escuela Politécnica Nacional-Ecuador, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently a University Professor and the Hydro One Endowed Chair with the ECE Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada. His current research interests include modeling, simulation, computation, stability, control, and power and energy systems optimization. He is with the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid EIC, the PES Delegate-Elect to the IEEE Board, the Royal Society of Canada, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering.
