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Prof. Vassilios G. Agelidis
Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

IEEE Fellow
Speech Title: Rethinking Electricity Grids: New Directions - New Opportunities

Professor Vassilios G. Agelidis is a leading expert in power electronics, renowned for his significant work on integrating renewable energy with the electricity grid. He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, a Master of Applied Science from Concordia University, Canada, and a PhD from Curtin University, Australia, along with a graduate diploma in Business Administration. Professor Agelidis has held positions at prestigious institutions, including The University of Glasgow, The University of Sydney, The University of New South Wales, and the Technical University of Denmark. Since 2024, he is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Democritus University of Thrace. His experience includes visiting professorships at Beijing Jiaotong University (High-End Experts through the 1000 People Plan), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN, Malaysia) and the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology. With over 200 journal articles and 300 conference papers, Dr Agelidis boasts an h-index of 91 and over 31,000 citations on Google Scholar. He has received the Advanced Research Fellowship from the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and has served on the International Boards of Beijing Jiaotong University and UNITEN. Amongst many leadership appointments, he has been Vice-President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society and Technical Chair for the 39th IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference.

Assoc. Prof. Tao Ma
Shanghai Jiao Tong University


Speech Title: TBA

Dr Tao Ma received his PhD from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2015 and now he is an Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research is mainly related to fundamental research and applications of solar photovoltaic technology. He has acted as a Principal Investigator of 18 research projects from MOST, NSFC etc, and he has published over 150 papers in high-impact international journals with a total citation of 12,000 and h-index of 56, including 15 ESI highly cited papers and 2 ESI hot papers. Dr. Ma has received a number of awards, such as ‘Most Cited Chinese Researcher by Elsevier’, ‘World’s Top 2% most-cited Scientists’, ‘Highly Ranked Scholar (Top 0.05%) in Photo-voltaic & Energy’, ‘Excellent Young Scientist Award in Energy and Built Environment’, ‘Outstanding PhD Thesis Award’ etc.. He currently serves as the editorial board member of several journals including ‘Applied Energy (IF: 10.1)’ and ‘Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells (IF: 6.3)’.

Dr. Sinan Cai
University of Tokyo, Japan


Speech Title: Demand-Side Management in Japan's Deregulated Electricity Market

Sinan Cai received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, in 2016, the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, USA, in 2018, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and information systems from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 2021. He is currently a project researcher with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. His research interests include power system stability and control, demand response, electricity market, smart grid technologies, and renewable energy generation technology. Dr. Cai is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, and the Japan Society of Energy and Resources.


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