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Dr. Jessica Bian is an internationally recognized executive leader with decades of success proven through novel transformation strategies that have improved electrical power production, championed regulatory bodies' complex energy challenges, and repositioned agencies in the public sector through integration of renewable energy and deployment of new technologies. In addition, she has established and strengthened relations with stakeholders, partners, boards, and steering committees.

Dr. Bian is also a visionary technical leader and architect, has spearheaded electric industry's reliability metrics and grid risk assessment. Currently she is the Vice President of Grid Services at Grid-X Partners. Before that, she was with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington, DC. Previously, she was the Director of Performance Analysis at North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Under her leadership, a total of 18 industry-wide reliability indicators were established to determine grid reliability, adequacy, and associated risks. She is widely recognized as a pioneer and trusted world leader in the field. Before joining NERC, Dr. Bian was with PJM, ERCOT and Westinghouse Electric. She earned her Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the Taiyuan University of Technology, China; Master of Science from the Electric Power Research Institute, Beijing, China; and Ph.D. from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Dr. Bian is the President-Elect (2020-2021) of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES). She is an IEEE Senior Member, and was the PES Secretary from 2016 to 2019.

Dr. Don Tan has served as Distinguished Engineer, Fellow, Chief Engineer-PC, Program Manager, Senior Department Manager and Center Director at a US Fortune 500 corporation. Don earned his Ph.D. from Caltech and is an IEEE Fellow.

A prolific visionary technical leader in ultra-efficient power conversion and electronic energy systems, he has pioneered breakthrough innovations with numerous high-impact industry firsts and record performances that received commendations from the highest-level of US Government.

Don received the IEEE PELS Distinguished Achievement Award for Aerospace Power and the IEEE McMurry Award, JESTPE Prize Paper Award, AAEOY Engineer of the Year Award, Distinguished Patent Award, and President Award for Innovation.

His technologies were licensed to major US and international companies. His national standards are used by the EPA’s EnergyStar Program. Don delivered 90+ keynotes/invited presentations globally. He received more than $30M external customer funding for R&D. He serves on several national, IEEE and international awards/selection committees.

Costas Stasopoulos was born in Cyprus, a European Union member State. Then he moved to the United States where I studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Rutgers, New Jersey, USA. He received my B.Sc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and received a Master in Business Administration (MBA), from the Maastricht Business School of Management, Netherlands. Upon completion of his  studies he worked for three years for SITA, the world's leading service provider of integrated IT business solutions and communication services of the air transport industry. Then he moved on to the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC), the major electricity provider of Cyprus with more than 2500 employees, where he held various Engineering Specialist and Management positions. He currently holds the position of Transmission Director one of the four major independent units of EAC with an annual budget of over 35 million dollars being responsible for all its operations and its management. His main interests include Renewable Energy, Electric vehicles, Smart Grids, Smart Metering, Energy Storage and Drones.

Stasopoulos served in the IEEE Board of Directors for two years and for five years in the MGA Board. He was also an MGA Vice Chair head of the MGA GUOS Committee for 2017 and 2020-2021. He held many and different positions in numerous IEEE committees like Member Benefits Committee, Industry Engagement Committee, R8 Awards and Recognitions Committee, IEEE Public Policy Committee, European Public Policy Committee, Continuous Improvement Committee, Region Realignment Committee, two Sections Congress Committees and many others.

Stasopoulos is currently the Chair of the Industry Engagement Committee  and the Local Groups Committee.

Ravikiran Annaswamy is the CEO of Numocity Technologies, a global leader in EV Charging solutions. He is very passionate about clean mobility and is contributing to accelerating Electric Mobility in India and the world market. His strategy is on using IOT, Analytics and Deep Learning to accelerate adoption of Electric vehicles and innovate through new business models of Energy as a service.

He has over 30 years of experience; as a successful serial entrepreneur, angel investor and as a business leader at Nokia and Siemens.  He is very excited about incubating new start-ups. He was the Co-founder of Deccan Institute of Innovation and Design, Co-Director at Founder Institute (Fi.com) Bangalore, Mentor at NUMA Bangalore and mentor and coach for many early-stage start-ups. He is a charter member of TiE Bangalore
He is passionate about the role of technology and engineering management in the success of startups and product innovations. He is leading efforts globally as the board member and Past President of IEEE Technology and Engineering Management society. He is also a MaL at IEEE Entrepreneurship. Earlier, he held various leadership positions within IEEE at Section and Region Boards.

David Durocher (SBM '77 M '97 SM '99) received a BSEE at Oregon State University. He served as Global Mining, Metals, and Minerals Industry Manager during his 41-year career with Eaton serving in various product engineering, sales, and marketing roles. He has authored papers presented at conferences around the world, published in the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Industry Applications Magazine, World Cement, Engineering & Mining Journal, Plant Engineering, and EC&M Magazine.

Matt Francis, Ph.D. Matt is founder and President/CEO of Ozark Integrated Circuits, Inc. Dr. Francis earned BSEE (’03), BS Physics (’04), MSEE (’07) and PhD (’09) degrees from the University of Arkansas.  At Ozark IC, he leads development of high-temperature semiconductor computing solutions for energy, defense, aerospace and space applications, and has served as a remote payload specialist for Ozark IC’s payloads on the International Space Station.  Dr. Francis is an expert in the scalable design, manufacturing and assembly of extremely reliable single-board computers, from silicon/silicon carbide semiconductors to advanced packaging, ceramics and test for reliability – including their complex supply chains.  Under his leadership Ozark IC has been recognized as a leader in the rugged computing space, evidenced by wins in the MassChallenge accelerator Gold award (2020), the Army XTech Hypersonic Manufacturing Prize (2022), and the American Made Geothermal Prizes (2021-2023). Dr. Francis also serves as a Region Director, Elect (Region 5 USA Southwest), as the IEEE-USA representative to the IEEE Industry Engagement Committee, as past chair of the IEEE MGA Chapter Operations Support Committee and as a Council Member for his city (Elkins, AR). Dr. Francis is passionate about entrepreneurship and growing the next generation of scientists and engineers.  He is an IEEE STEM Champion, volunteering weekly with his local robotics club.  He is an advisor to science-based startups through the Science Venture Studio, and in 2022 he was the recipient of the IEEE-USA Entrepreneurship Spirit Award for the groundbreaking work of his company, as well as his service in mentoring small-businesses in the deep-technology space. In 2023, he is serving in multiple roles to help stakeholders engage in the CHIPS+ act, including serving as an organizer and treasurer for the first IEEE-USA Innovation Research Workforce Conference (IWRC.ieeeusa.org) scheduled for Sept 13-15 in Little Rock, AR.
 

Stamatis Karnouskos (IEEE Fellow) is with SAP in Germany, dealing with emerging technologies and enterprise systems, industry standards, and open source. He has over 25 years of extensive experience in research and technology management and has led efforts in several European Commission and industry-funded projects.

Stamatis has served on the technical advisory board of organizations such as the Internet Protocol for Smart Objects Alliance (IPSO), the Permanent Stakeholder Group of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), and the Research Centre in Digitalization and Intelligent Robotics (CeDRI), etc.

In IEEE, Stamatis serves as Associate Editor in several IEEE journals, is IEEE IES VP on Industrial Activities, a member of the IEEE Industry Engagement Committee (IEC), the IEEE Global Policy Caucus (GPC), and the IEEE European Public Policy Committee (EPPC).

Bao Nguyen is a Senior Analytics Engineer at Adobe with experience building end-to-end data solutions and analytics models. Bao has a proven track record of designing scalable data pipelines, leading complex data migration projects, and driving actionable insights contributing to measurable business growth. Bao holds a Masters in Computer and Information Technology from the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters in Economics from Tufts University, and a Masters in International Business from RMIT University. Bao has successfully executed data-driven projects at leading organizations, including Adobe, Superpedestrian, Uber, and Tripadvisor, demonstrating impactful results such as ARR growth, cost optimizations, and improved customer retention.

Gamal Refai Ahmed, Ph.D., FIEEE, LFASEM, Fellow Canadian Academy of Engineering, Fellow Engineering Institute of Canada, AE, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, is a distinguished technical executive renowned for his groundbreaking work in thermal management, silicon and power architecture, and advanced packaging technologies. With over two decades of experience at industry giants like AMD, GE, and Cisco, Dr. Refai-Ahmed has led high-impact projects, including pioneering new silicon and thermo-mechanical architectures for advanced technology nodes and enabling innovative packaging technologies for ASIC and embedded FPGA. His tenure at AMD as Senior Fellow and Chief Architect saw him spearheading thermal management solutions for Xilinx products and fostering research collaborations to expand HPC, NIC, AI, and ML ecosystems in data centers. He enhanced thermal management at GE for intelligent platform control systems and healthcare mobile systems, contributing significantly to GE’s patent portfolio. Gamal has also defined technology directions and led projects that improved thermo-mechanical solutions for LED printing and UV LED products. Dr. Refai-Ahmed’s academic background includes a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada, with numerous publications and over 160 US and international granted and pending to his name, as well as more than 120 publications in IEEE, ASME, AIAA conferences and journals. His exemplary contributions have earned him prestigious accolades, including election to the National Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, and the Presidential Medal from Binghamton State University. Actively involved in professional societies, Dr. Refai-Ahmed continues to influence the field through his roles in IEEE and ASME, shaping the future of high-performance computing and advanced packaging solutions.

Ana Cigarán Romero is currently the Head of Cooperation & Compliance at the Digitalization System Operations Division of the German TSO 50Hertz. Previously, Ana worked as a Senior Policy Advisor at the System Operations Division of 50Hertz and was the Convener of the Steering Group Operational Framework under the ENTSO-E System Operations Committee. With her deep knowledge on existing and upcoming European electricity regulations, Mrs. Cigaran Romero advises her company while actively contributing to the design of the operational framework necessary for a safe operation of the energy system in Europe.  Furthermore, Ana currently focuses on establishing the necessary cooperations with other system operators (TSOs and DSOs), in Europe and in Germany, to contribute to a resilient energy system and carbon-free future.

Ana is a Senior Member of IEEE and has been an elected and appointed volunteer with special focus on Women in Engineering (WIE) since 2015, holding several leadership positions. She is currently a member of the IEEE IEC Committee.

In 2010, Ana received her degree in electrical engineering from the Comillas University-ICAI in Madrid. In her diploma thesis, Ana analyzed the competitiveness indicators in the Iberian Electricity Market.  She conducted her diploma thesis while doing an internship in the Energy Management Direction of Iberdrola.
 

Mayumi Suzuki is working on areas of healthcare infomatics at Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, as a researcher from 2011 April. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan, in 2009 March and also received a Master of Engineering degree from Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan, in 2011 March. She received the IEEE Region10 Young Professionals Affinity Group Award in 2017 as a Tokyo Young Professionals Chair and IEEE Region10 Young Professionals Volunteer Award - Industry in 2018. She was the Japan Council Educational Activities Coordinator, managing events and strategy for the Japan Council Educational Activities and 9 Sections in Japan. She organized the Japan SYWL workshop twice as Japan SYWL Workshop committee leader as Tokyo YP Chair.

Tiziana Tambosso, (M’94, SM’02) received the Laurea degree with honors in Electronic Engineering and the PhD in Optoelectronics from University of Pavia, Italy, in 1983 and 1988. 

She is a Consultant and a Technical Expert for European Commission, H2020-SME Instrument program and Horizon Europe (2021-2027) program. She was co-founder of Tambosso and Associates carrying out projects and market analysis for small and medium companies. She has been Visiting Professor at Da Yeh University, Taiwan, teaching master courses on Green Photonics and Laser Instrumentation.  

She has been head of Research Group and Project manager at CSELT-TILAB (1993 to 2005), Head of fiber optic devices group at SIRTI, R&D (1989-93), designer of integrated circuits at SGS Microelectronics (now ST Microelectronics) (1983-1985). She was author of about 80 journals and conference papers and hold twelve patents. 

Tiziana’s technical interests include photovoltaic systems, LED technologies, Fiber optic sensors, Laser and Optoelectronics Instrumentation, Wireless sensors networks, Internet of Things, technologies for millimeter waves generation and detection. 

From 1993 to 1997 she acted as Secretary and Vice-Chair (1996-1997) of IEC-SC86B international standardization Committee. 

For IEEE she has been a volunteer since 1998 serving in different roles. She was co-founder of IEEE Photonics Society Italy Chapter, serving as Secretary, Treasurer and Chair (2002-2012); 

For IEEE Photonics Society Membership Council she was AVP for Global Strategy. 

For IEEE Italy Section (more than 5000 members) Tiziana was Vice-Chair, Chair (Sept. 2016-Jan. 2019) and Past-Chair; Awards & Recognitions Committee Coordinator, N&A Committee Chair, Chapter Activity Coordinator, Electronic Communication Coordinator, Program Committee Chair, Entrepreneurship Committee Coordinator (2023-2024).

For Region 8 she contributed to the following subcommittees: Chapter Coordination, Action for Industry, Conference, N&A. She is Conference Coordination Committee Chair (2023-2024). 

She was member of IEEE N&A Committee and IEEE MGA N&A Committee. She acted as TPC Chair, Steering Committee Chair, General chair or co-chair for many IEEE Conferences (to name a few: General co-chair of RTSI2017 and 2018, MELECON 2020 and 2022). She is member of IEEE Award Board N&A Committee (2023) and of IEEE IEC.

Ikram Touir, a software developer since 2018 and currently a Full Stack Developer at Joobo.de in Düsseldorf Germany, has a rich and diverse professional journey. Before 2018, Ekram Touir, served as a researcher, delving into various realms of inquiry. Simultaneously, since 2015, they have held influential steering positions within the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), showcasing not only their technical prowess but also their leadership and commitment to advancing technology. Although their current role may not directly involve artificial intelligence, Ikram Touir carries a multifaceted background that underscores their deep engagement in both the technical and leadership aspects of the field.