Speakers

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Prof. Atif Iqbal (IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow)

Qatar University, Qatar

ATIF IQBAL is a Full Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, and a former Full Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering, AMU, Aligarh, India. Prof. Iqbal is Honorary Adjunct Professor at M.A. American University, Nigeria, and Bharath University, India, He is also Adjunct Faculty at the Community College, Doha, Qatar. Prof. Iqbal has been listed in top 2% highly cited scientists of the world  (Stanford University, USA) since 2019. He has published widely in international journals and conferences on his research findings related to power electronics, variable speed drives, e-mobility, smart grid, complex energy transition, micro and nano grids and renewable energy sources. He has authored or coauthored more than 600 research articles, 8 patents, and four books and several chapters in edited books. He has received several best research papers awards in top International Conferences. He is serving as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Qatar Section. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics Senior Editor IEEE Access and Editorial Board Member IEEE ACCESS.



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Prof. Jianmin Zhang

Hangzhou Dianzi University, China

Zhang Jianmin holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and a master's degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He is a professor and doctoral supervisor. He is a senior member of IEEE, the deputy director of the Zhejiang Engineering Center for Regional Energy Internet, an expert member of the Zhejiang Provincial Standardization Technical Committee for the Construction of New Power Systems, a standing director of the Zhejiang Electric Power Society, the deputy director of the Big Data Application and Artificial Intelligence Specialized Committee, and a member of the Energy Internet Specialized Committee. He is also an expert reviewer for the general, talent, and joint funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He served as a consulting expert for the major power projects of the 11th Five-Year Plan in Zhejiang Province; the director of the Power Grid Department and the director of the Mechanical and Electrical Department of the Rural Electrification Research Institute of the Ministry of Water Resources (Asia-Pacific Small Hydropower Research Center); a member of the University's Academic Degree Committee, the Deputy Director of the Institute of Electrical Automation; and the director of the Smart Grid Information Engineering Laboratory. The main research fields include smart grid situation awareness and visualization, cyber-physical-social systems, cyber security and protection, and planning and operation of new power systems.