Dear IEEE Member:

You are cordially invited to attend the following free Distinguished Speakers session organized by IEEE New Zealand North Section PES/PELS Chapter jointly with IET and EEA. The Distinguished speakers are from IEEE Power and Energy Society and IET and are visiting New Zealand to deliver their Keynote to EEA 2017 conference. Event Name: IEEE PES/IET/EEA Distinguished Lecture 2017

Date : Monday, 19/06/2017

Time: 18:00-20:00

Location: Case Room 1/ 260-005, Owen G Glen Building University of Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland https://cdn.auckland.ac.nz/assets/auckland/on-campus/our-campuses/campus-maps/city-campus-map.pdf

Presenters:  Dr. Edvina Uzunovic (IEEE PES), Dr Graham Ault (IET

Hosts:  Dr. Nirmal Nair; IEEE PES Chapter Representative (R10 South)- Aus/NZ (n.nair@auckland.ac.nz)‎, Dr. Waqar Qureshi; IEEE PES Chapter Chair NZ North (waqureshi@ieee.org)

Lecture 1:  Reinventing Power and Energy Education  

Abstract:

This talk will address aspects of power systems education, including transforming educational approach to address rapidly changing electrical energy industry, covering the gap between the curriculum and industry needs, engaging and challenging next generation of engineers, creating qualified replacement of aging workforce, and providing continued education to working engineers.

Biography of Dr. Edvina Uzunovic:

Dr. Edvina Uzunovic has more than 15 years of experience with a range of responsibilities in the power systems industry. She has been a vital contributor to the overall success of several leading power industry organizations while serving different roles as a Technical Officer, Smart Grid Transmission Applications, Senior Quantitative Analyst and Senior Research and Technology Development Engineer. She is currently the Associate Director of Power Systems Engineering and an adjunct professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Edvina has a B.Sc. from the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, M.A.Sc. and doctorate degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

During the course of her career, Edvina has made numerous contributions to the body of knowledge in power systems, which have been shared in many technical publications. She has received a number of awards for her work in power systems. These include:

• Two awards from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) for contributions to the Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) technology – the Innovators Award and the EPRI Technology Award

• Two recognition awards from the US National Committee of CIGRE (the International Council on Large Electric Systems) for noteworthy technical papers in 2002 and 2006.

She is also very active in her volunteer work with the IEEE Power and Energy Society, currently serving as Vice President of Education. In her new role as VP Education she is responsible to co-chair the Scholarship Plus initiative for PES Regions 1-6 (US Footprint), and to initiate new programs within education jurisdiction.
 

Lecture 2:  Smart Approaches to Distributed Generation Connection and Operation  

Abstract: This talk reviews the international Distributive Generation (DG) developments and assesses several smart grid approaches to integrating DG. Specifically, Active Network Management (ANM) is explored in greater details from starting from system and market context and moving through concepts and methods, technologies, applications and implementations.

Biography of Dr. Graham Ault:

Dr. Graham Ault is Founding Director at Smarter Grid Solutions, UK. Graham is part of the leadership team for Smarter Grid Solutions, an international consultancy that boasts drastic improvements in performance and significant savings in network upgrade avoidance costs for their electricity utility, policy and government clients. Graham has a strong background in grid modernization, power system planning, utility business models, smart grid and distributed generation, including resilient transitions to modern grid architectures.

He is affiliated with IET, where he has been integral to their Power Network Joint Vision (PNJV) expert group, formed to help ensure national electricity networks are ready to meet significant challenges including EVs, solar and home heat pumps.

He is also part of the IET’s Future Power System Architecture (FPSA) project, which is assessing the challenges to be faced in the electricity system by 2030 and