Prof. Buxing HAN

• Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Academician of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
• Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
• Leading member of Division III, Titular Member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
• Director of the Chemical Thermodynamics and Thermal Analysis Professional Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society
• Former Chairman of the IUPAC Green Chemistry Branch
• Editor/Associate editor of 16 top journals including Green Chem., Chem. Sci., ChemSusChem, J. Supercritical Fluids, Chinese Science (Chemistry)
• Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, China
• School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Prof. Can LI

• Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Academician of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
• Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
• Foreign Member of Academia Europaea
• Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Association of Catalysis Societies (APACS)
• Director, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy
• State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Prof. Martyn POLIAKOFF

• Fellow of the Royal Society
• Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
• Fellow of the Academia Europiaea
• Fellow of the IChemE
• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society
• Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
• Honorary Member of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia
• Foreign Secretary and Vice-President of the Royal Society
• Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Associate Fellow of TWAS, the World Academy of Science
• Associate Member of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences
• Honorary Professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology
• School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham

Prof. Zita VALE

Intelligent decision making for energy transactions and service provision in the scope of sustainable energy communities

Abstract:

Energy communities and active citizens participation are emerging in the scope of the huge challenges faced in the power and energy sector and should act as important factors for the efficient use of energy resources and for the intensive use of renewable energy. This talk addresses the approaches to enable efficient operation of energy communities, including the relevant business models and artificial intelligence-based decision making. Models for energy transactions and service provision based on for distributed intelligence, aggregation, and local electricity markets will be presented. The proposed models will be illustrated with case studies based on real data and pilots.

Short Bio:

Zita Vale is Full Professor in the School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal. She received her diploma in Electrical Engineering in 1986, her PhD in 1993, and her Habilitation in 2003, from University of Porto.She works in Power and Energy Systems, with special interest in Artificial Intelligence based models and applications. She has been involved in more than 60 funded projects and published the results of her research in more than 200 journal papers. She is chair of the IEEE PES Intelligent Data Analysis and Mining Working Group and President of ISAP – Intelligent Systems Application to Power Systems.

Prof. Zhonglin WANG

• Foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Member of the European Academy of Sciences
• Academician of Academia of Sinica (Taiwan)
• International fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering
• Fellow of American Physical Society
• Fellow of AAAS
• Fellow of Materials Research Society
• Fellow of Microscopy Society of America
• Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation
• Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
• Fellow of World Technology Network
• Honorable professor of over 10 universities in China and Europe
• Founding editor and Chief editor of an international journal Nano Energy (Ranked 5/693 in Engineering, IF of 17.881, CAS Q1, Top Journal)
• School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, United States
• Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• CUSTech Institute of Technology, China

Prof. Dongxiao ZHANG

Intelligent Energy System

Abstract:

In the face of environmental changes, many countries have put forward a timetable for carbon neutrality to realize the sustainable development of mankind. The key to achieving carbon neutrality lies in optimizing the energy structure in an intelligent manner. The high-efficiency and low-cost development of primary energy and the economic and safe operation of secondary energy are the basis of an intelligent energy system. This report introduces the latest research progress of the so called intelligent energy technologies that combine data (AI) and knowledge (model) dual-driven approaches with automatic sensors, and applies them to the forecasting of electricity demand and renewable energy generation, laying the foundation for the safe and reliable operation of clean energy systems.

Short Bio:

Professor Zhang is a Chair Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). He had held positions as Senior Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Miller Chair Professor at the Department of Petroleum and Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma, Chair Professor at the University of Southern California, Dean of College of Engineering at Peking University, and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at SUSTech. He has authored 2 books and published over 240 peer-reviewed papers. He earned both his Master’s degree and Ph.D. in hydrology and water resources in 1992 and 1993, respectively, from the University of Arizona. He is a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, an Honorary Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers, and a Fellow of Geological Society of America.

Prof. Jingxu ZHU

• Canada Research Chair
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
• Fellow and Board Director of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
• Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada
• Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada
• Director of the Particle Technology Research Centre, University of Western Ontario, Canada
• Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Western Ontario, Canada