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DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to invite the [IEEE PES President-Elect 2025](
 https://ieee-pes.org/news/2025-election-ieee-pes-officers/) candidate\, Pr
 of. Edvina Uzunovic from Worcester Polytechnic Institute to give an online
  technical talk\, on &quot;AI-Ready Data Centers and their impact on the electr
 ical grid&quot; from 16:00-17:00 BST on 24th July 2025.\n\nAbstract:\n\nThe ele
 ctric power industry is a regulated and highly capital-intensive sector. T
 o provide economically efficient energy services\, utilities design grids 
 that are just large enough to meet the needs of homes and businesses. Howe
 ver\, the rapid expansion of AI-ready data centers—purposely built to su
 pport intensive artificial intelligence workloads—is driving a projected
  tenfold increase in electricity demand by the end of the decade. This pre
 sentation will examine the challenges posed by this unprecedented load gro
 wth and highlight how the industry is preparing to manage its impact\, whi
 le continuing to deliver reliable\, affordable\, and sustainable energy to
  power the global economy.\n\nBio:\n\nDr. Edvina Uzunovic has over 25 year
 s of experience in the power systems industry and academia. She has played
  a vital role in the success of several U.S.-based utilities and manufactu
 rers in the power sector\, serving in a variety of capacities. She is curr
 ently an Assistant Teaching Professor and Associate Director of Power Syst
 em Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts\, USA.\
 n\nDr. Uzunovic earned her B.Sc. from the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia
  and Herzegovina\, and her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engi
 neering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario\, Canada.\n\nThroughout
  her career\, she has received numerous accolades\, including first place 
 in the IEEE PES Student Poster Contest (1999)\, the EPRI Innovators Award 
 (2002)\, the EPRI Technology Award for contributions to FACTS technology\,
  and Recognition Awards from the U.S. National Committee of CIGRE for outs
 tanding technical papers in 2002 and 2006.\n\nShe is a Senior Member of th
 e IEEE Power &amp; Energy Society (PES). From 2016 to 2020\, she served as the
  PES Vice President of Education and currently volunteers on several PES c
 ommittees and working groups.\n\nThis event is organised by IEEE PES UK&amp;I 
 Chapter and co-organised by all student branch PES chapters locally. The o
 nline link will be sent to registrants before the event.\n\nLooking forwar
 d to seeing you there!\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/486309
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/486309
ORGANIZER:cxw924@student.bham.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:IEEE PES Webinar: AI-Ready Data Centers and their impact on the ele
 ctrical grid\, 4pm BST\, 24th July
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 ata-ogsc=&quot;&quot;&gt;IEEE PES President-Elect 2025&lt;/a&gt; candidate\, Prof. Edvina Uzu
 novic from Worcester Polytechnic Institute to give an online technical tal
 k\, on &quot;AI-Ready Data Centers and their impact on the electrical grid&quot; fro
 m 16:00-17:00 BST on 24th July 2025.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div class=&quot;x_elementTo
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 \, 0)&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstract:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify\;&quot; 
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 ectric power industry is a regulated and highly capital-intensive sector. 
 To provide economically efficient energy services\, utilities design grids
  that are just large enough to meet the needs of homes and businesses. How
 ever\, the rapid expansion of AI-ready data centers&amp;mdash\;purposely built
  to support intensive artificial intelligence workloads&amp;mdash\;is driving 
 a projected tenfold increase in electricity demand by the end of the decad
 e. This presentation will examine the challenges posed by this unprecedent
 ed load growth and highlight how the industry is preparing to manage its i
 mpact\, while continuing to deliver reliable\, affordable\, and sustainabl
 e energy to power the global economy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p data-ogsc=&quot;rgb(0\, 0\
 , 0)&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bio:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Edvina Uzunovic has over 25
  years of experience in the power systems industry and academia. She has p
 layed a vital role in the success of several U.S.-based utilities and manu
 facturers in the power sector\, serving in a variety of capacities. She is
  currently an Assistant Teaching Professor and Associate Director of Power
  System Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts\, 
 USA.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Uzunovic earned her B.Sc. from the University of Sarajevo
  in Bosnia and Herzegovina\, and her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Com
 puter Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario\, Canada.&lt;/p&gt;
 \n&lt;p&gt;Throughout her career\, she has received numerous accolades\, includi
 ng first place in the IEEE PES Student Poster Contest (1999)\, the EPRI In
 novators Award (2002)\, the EPRI Technology Award for contributions to FAC
 TS technology\, and Recognition Awards from the U.S. National Committee of
  CIGRE for outstanding technical papers in 2002 and 2006.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;She is a
  Senior Member of the IEEE Power &amp;amp\; Energy Society (PES). From 2016 to
  2020\, she served as the PES Vice President of Education and currently vo
 lunteers on several PES committees and working groups.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;div class=&quot;x_
 elementToProof&quot; data-ogsc=&quot;rgb(0\, 0\, 0)&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div class=&quot;x_el
 ementToProof&quot; data-ogsc=&quot;rgb(0\, 0\, 0)&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div class=&quot;x_elem
 entToProof&quot; data-ogsc=&quot;rgb(0\, 0\, 0)&quot;&gt;This event is organised by IEEE PES
  UK&amp;amp\;I Chapter and co-organised by all student branch PES chapters loc
 ally. The online link will be sent to registrants before the event.&lt;/div&gt;\
 n&lt;div class=&quot;x_elementToProof&quot; data-ogsc=&quot;rgb(0\, 0\, 0)&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;
 div class=&quot;x_elementToProof&quot; data-ogsc=&quot;rgb(0\, 0\, 0)&quot;&gt;Looking forward to
  seeing you there!&lt;/div&gt;
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