BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Canada/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210910T163709Z UID:40A764C9-1D43-451C-801D-9A4868E34A7F DTSTART;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20210915T103000 DTEND;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20210915T123000 DESCRIPTION:The changing nature of electric Power systems world wide -Talki ng about what is new and exciting in power system transformation\n\nModera tor: Maike LUIKEN\, IEEE MGA VP\n\nPanelists and Topics:\n\nJuan Carlos MO NTERO\, Electrical Operational Planning Coordinator\, Costa Rican National Power Control Center (CENCE) An Overview of Global Power Systems Transfor mation (G-PST) Consortium\n\nJianwei (Jay) LIU\, PJM\, IEEE System Operato r Survey (Part 1) System Operator Strategic Technical Priorities\n\nJianwe i (Jay) LIU\, PJM\, IEEE System Operator Survey (Part 2) – Localized Tec hnology Adoption and Standards\n\nWei-Jen LEE\, The University of Texas at Arlington\, Power System Transformation - The Role of Industrial Sector\n \nJuan Carlos MONTERO\, Electrical Operational Planning Coordinator\, Cost a Rican National Power Control Center (CENCE)\, Global Power System Transf ormation Practices: Central America\n\nBiographies\n\nMaike Luiken\, PhD\, SMIEEE\, IEEE-HKN\, FEIC\, is 2021 IEEE Vice President - Member & Geograp hic Activities. She served as President of IEEE Canada in 2018 - 2019 and\ , in 2018\, as Chair\, Policy Track\, IEEE Internet Initiative. Currently Adjunct Research Professor at Western University\, she was the founding Di rector of the Bluewater Technology Access Centre (now Lambton Manufacturin g Innovation Centre) following eight years as Dean at Lambton College with a number of portfolios: School of Technology and Applied Sciences\, Busin ess Development\, Sustainable Development and Applied Research. Her strate gic leadership in the development of the applied research & innovation cap acity and portfolio led to Lambton College becoming one of the three top R esearch Colleges in Canada.\n\nHer areas of interest and expertise span di verse technical areas from ICT\, energy and water to advanced manufacturin g and nanotechnologies as well as technology design principles\, ethics in design and policy associated with their implementation. She has particula r interest in how progress in one area\, e.g.\, in ICT\, enables advances in other disciplines and in how deployment of various technologies contrib utes – or not - to achieving sustainable development. Maike has experien ce in the public and private sectors in Canada and has worked in the USA a nd Germany. She owns a small technology consulting practice and is a co-ow ner and a managing director at a start-up company.\n\nJuan Carlos Montero is the Former IEEE Power & Energy Society Vice President of Membership & I mage. He has previously held several other volunteer leadership roles with in the IEEE Power & Energy Society at the local and international levels. Mr. Montero received the Bachelor and Licentiate degree on Electrical Engi neering from the University of Costa Rica. He is the Electrical Operationa l Planning Coordinator in the Costa Rican National Power Control Center (C ENCE). He is also Part-Time Lecturer Professor at the University of Costa Rica. Mr. Montero is a Senior Member of the IEEE.\n\nDr. Jay Liu has 30 ye ars experiences in transmission and generation project development\, integ ration and operation. He has successfully developed and integrated more th an 25\,000MW conventional and renewable energy resources into power grids globally since 1990's. Dr. Liu is a senior member of IEEE.\n\nWei-Jen Lee (S’85-M’85-SM’97-F’07) received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Nat ional Taiwan University\, Taipei\, Taiwan\, R.O.C.\, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas\, Arlington\, in 1978\, 1980\, and 1985\, res pectively\, all in Electrical Engineering.\nIn 1985\, he joined the Univer sity of Texas at Arlington\, where he is currently a professor of the Elec trical Engineering Department and the director of the Energy Systems Resea rch Center. He has been involved in the revision of IEEE Std. 141\, 339\, 551\, 739\, and dot 3000 series development. He is the President Elect of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IEEE-IAS)\, a prominent lecturer o f the IEEE-IAS\, a member of IEEE Fellow Committee\, the associate editor of IEEE/IAS\, and International Journal of Power and Energy Systems. He is the project manager of IEEE/NFPA Collaboration on Arc Flash Phenomena Res earch Project.\nProf. Lee has been involved in research on Utility Deregul ation\, Renewable Energy\, Arc Flash Hazards and Electrical Safety\, Smart Grid\, MicroGrid\, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Virtual Power Plants (VPP)\, AI for Load\, Price\, and Wind Capacity Forecasting\, Powe r Quality\, Distribution Automation\, Demand Response\, Power Systems Anal ysis\, Short Circuit Analysis and Relay Coordination\, Distributed Energy Resources\, Energy Storage System\, PEV Charging Infrastructure Design\, A MI and Big Data\, On Line Real Time Equipment Diagnostic and Prognostic Sy stem\, and Microcomputer Based Instrument for Power Systems Monitoring\, M easurement\, Control\, and Protection. He has served as the primary invest igator (PI) or Co-PI of over one hundred funded research projects. He has published more than one hundred eighty journal papers and two hundred nine ty conference proceedings. He has provided on-site training courses for po wer engineers in Panama\, China\, Taiwan\, Korea\, Saudi Arabia\, Thailand \, and Singapore. He has refereed numerous technical papers for IEEE\, IET \, and other professional organizations.\nProf. Lee is a Fellow of IEEE an d registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) 202 1\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/280542 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/280542 ORGANIZER:murraymacdonald@ieee.org SEQUENCE:9 SUMMARY:CCECE 2021 Panel 4 - Power System Transformation World-wide URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/280542 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The changing nature of electric Power syst ems world wide -Talking about what is new and exciting in power system tra nsformation</p>\n<p>Moderator:&nbsp\; Maike LUIKEN\, IEEE MGA VP</p>\n<p>P anelists and Topics:<u></u></p>\n<p>Juan Carlos&nbsp\;MONTERO\, Electrical Operational Planning Coordinator\, Costa Rican National Power Control Cen ter (CENCE)&nbsp\;<strong>An Overview of Global Power Systems Transformati on (G-PST) Consortium</strong></p>\n<p>Jianwei (Jay) LIU\, PJM\,&nbsp\;<st rong>IEEE System Operator Survey (Part 1) System Operator Strategic Techni cal Priorities</strong></p>\n<p>Jianwei (Jay) LIU\, PJM\, <strong>IEEE Sys tem Operator Survey (Part 2) &ndash\; Localized Technology Adoption and St andards</strong></p>\n<p>Wei-Jen LEE\, The University of Texas at Arlingto n\, <strong>Power System Transformation - The Role of Industrial Sector</s trong></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;Juan Carlos&nbsp\;MONTERO\, Electrical Operational P lanning Coordinator\, Costa Rican National Power Control Center (CENCE)\,& nbsp\;<strong>Global Power System Transformation Practices: Central Americ a</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Biographies</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Maike Luik en</strong>\, PhD\, SMIEEE\, IEEE-HKN\, FEIC\, is 2021 IEEE Vice President - Member &amp\; Geographic Activities. She served as President of IEEE Ca nada in 2018 - 2019 and\, in 2018\, as Chair\, Policy Track\, IEEE Interne t Initiative.&nbsp\; Currently Adjunct Research Professor at Western Unive rsity\, she was the founding Director of the Bluewater Technology Access C entre (now Lambton Manufacturing Innovation Centre) following eight years as Dean at Lambton College with a number of portfolios: School of Technolo gy and Applied Sciences\, Business Development\, Sustainable Development a nd Applied Research. Her strategic leadership in the development of the ap plied research &amp\; innovation capacity and portfolio led to Lambton Col lege becoming one of the three top Research Colleges in Canada.</p>\n<p>He r areas of interest and expertise span diverse technical areas from ICT\, energy and water to advanced manufacturing and nanotechnologies as well as technology design principles\, ethics in design and policy associated wit h their implementation. She has particular interest in how progress in one area\, e.g.\, in ICT\, enables advances in other disciplines and in how d eployment of various technologies contributes &ndash\; or not - to achievi ng sustainable development.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Maike has experience in the publi c and private sectors in Canada and has worked in the USA and Germany. She owns a small technology consulting practice and is a co-owner and a manag ing director at a start-up company.</p>\n<p><strong>Juan Carlos Montero</s trong> is the Former IEEE Power &amp\; Energy Society Vice President of Me mbership &amp\; Image. He has previously held several other volunteer lead ership roles within the IEEE Power &amp\; Energy Society at the local and international levels. Mr. Montero received the Bachelor and Licentiate deg ree on Electrical Engineering from the University of Costa Rica. He is the Electrical Operational Planning Coordinator &nbsp\;in the Costa Rican Nat ional Power Control Center (CENCE). He is also Part-Time Lecturer Professo r at the University of Costa Rica. Mr. Montero is a Senior Member of the I EEE.</p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Jay Liu</strong> has 30 years experiences in tran smission and generation project development\, integration and operation. H e has successfully developed and integrated more than 25\,000MW convention al and renewable energy resources into power grids globally since 1990's. Dr. Liu is a senior member of IEEE.</p>\n<p><strong>Wei-Jen Lee</strong> ( S&rsquo\;85-M&rsquo\;85-SM&rsquo\;97-F&rsquo\;07) received the B.S. and M. S. degrees from National Taiwan University\, Taipei\, Taiwan\, R.O.C.\, an d the Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas\, Arlington\, in 1978\, 19 80\, and 1985\, respectively\, all in Electrical Engineering.<br />In 1985 \, he joined the University of Texas at Arlington\, where he is currently a professor of the Electrical Engineering Department and the director of t he Energy Systems Research Center. He has been involved in the revision of IEEE Std. 141\, 339\, 551\, 739\, and dot 3000 series development. He is the President Elect of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IEEE-IAS)\, a prominent lecturer of the IEEE-IAS\, a member of IEEE Fellow Committee\ , the associate editor of IEEE/IAS\, and International Journal of Power an d Energy Systems. He is the project manager of IEEE/NFPA Collaboration on Arc Flash Phenomena Research Project.<br />Prof. Lee has been involved in research on Utility Deregulation\, Renewable Energy\, Arc Flash Hazards an d Electrical Safety\, Smart Grid\, MicroGrid\, Industrial Internet of Thin gs (IIoT) and Virtual Power Plants (VPP)\, AI for Load\, Price\, and Wind Capacity Forecasting\, Power Quality\, Distribution Automation\, Demand Re sponse\, Power Systems Analysis\, Short Circuit Analysis and Relay Coordin ation\, Distributed Energy Resources\, Energy Storage System\, PEV Chargin g Infrastructure Design\, AMI and Big Data\, On Line Real Time Equipment D iagnostic and Prognostic System\, and Microcomputer Based Instrument for P ower Systems Monitoring\, Measurement\, Control\, and Protection. He has s erved as the primary investigator (PI) or Co-PI of over one hundred funded research projects. He has published more than one hundred eighty journal papers and two hundred ninety conference proceedings. He has provided on-s ite training courses for power engineers in Panama\, China\, Taiwan\, Kore a\, Saudi Arabia\, Thailand\, and Singapore. He has refereed numerous tech nical papers for IEEE\, IET\, and other professional organizations.<br />P rof. Lee is a Fellow of IEEE and registered Professional Engineer in the S tate of Texas.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR