About
For the past few years, smart grids have been the main topic of fervent research and development at both industrial and academic level. They are expected to be the enablers of a high penetration of renewable energy, facilitate the wide adoption of electrical vehicles, increase the awareness and the involvement of the end-user in the energy scene, and altogether contribute to create a sustainable lifestyle for the eco-aware 21st century citizen. However, all these prospected transformations also bring with them numerous challenges and opportunities.
In order to address some of these questions, IEEE Smart Grid, in collaboration with Think SmartGrids, the structure assembling smart grids players in France, is gathering experts from the energy, telecommunications, and computing sectors in the first IEEE International Forum on Smart Grids for Smart Cities (SG4SC) that will be held October 16th through the 18th this year in Paris, France.
This premier event will feature about 40 notable speakers, each providing a unique international perspective on technology, applications, standards and policy pertaining to Smart Grids as Enablers for Smart Cities and Other Smart Community Solutions. The forum will offer a comprehensive technical program with panel sessions featuring prominent actors from Academia, Utilities and Companies, IEEE Societies, EU Institutions and Bodies, Ministry Organizations, Standard associations, and more.
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The Organizing Committee
| Nouredine Hadjsaid | SG4SC Chair |
| Doug Houseman | SG4SC Vice Chair |
| Angelique Rajski | IEEE Smart Grid Project Manager |
IEEE Members
| Mihaela Albu | IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Representative |
| Bill Ash | IEEE Standards Association Representative |
| Miroslav Begovic | IEEE Power & Energy Society Past President |
| Mohamed Djemai | IEEE Region 8 Representative |
| Octavia Dobre | IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Representative |
| Johan Enslin | IEEE Power Electronics Representative |
| Braham Ferreira | IEEE Power Electronics Society President |
| Fei Gao | IEEE Transportation Electrification Community Representative |
| Mark Halpin | IEEE Industry Applications Society Representative |
| Mike Kelly | IEEE Power Electronics Executive Director |
| Susan Koval | IEEE Power & Energy Society Education and Conferences Manager |
| Loi Lai | IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Representative |
| Wei-Jen Lee | IEEE Industry Applications Society Representative |
| Bruce McMillin | IEEE Computer Society Representative |
| Pierluigi Mancarella | IEEE European Public Policy Initiative Working Group on Energy Representative |
| Sivapriya Mothilal | IEEE Smart Grid Representative |
| Scott Moura | IEEE Control Systems Society Representative |
| Panos Moutis | IEEE Smart Grid Representative |
| Usman Munawar | IEEE Smart Grid Representative |
| Carlo Muscas | IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Representative |
| Anders Mynster | IEEE European Public Policy Initiative Working Group on ICT Representative |
| Bala Natarajan | IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Representative |
| Damir Novosel | IEEE Power & Energy Society President |
| Hossein Pakravan | IEEE Smart Grid Representative |
| Peter Palensky | IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Representative |
| Robert Plana | IEEE Region 8 Representative |
| Meikang Qiu | IEEE Computer Society Representative |
| Saifur Rahman | IEEE Power & Energy Society President-Elect |
| Wanda Reder | IEEE Power & Energy Society Representative |
| Patrick Russoniello | IEEE European Energy Public Policy Initiative Working Group on Energy Staff |
| Patrick Ryan | IEEE Power & Energy Society Representative |
| Tariq Samad | IEEE Control Systems Society Representative |
| Jakob Stoustrup | IEEE Control Systems Society Representative |
| Thomas Strasser | IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Representative |
| Rong Su | IEEE Control Systems Society Representative |
| Shiao-Li Tsao | IEEE Reliability Society Representative |
| Yinhai Wang | IEEE Smart Cities Representative |
| Rongshan Yu | IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Representative |
| Guohui Zhang | IEEE Smart Cities Representative |
Organizing Committee Members
| Adel Alimi | Organizing Committee Member |
| Ettore Bompard | Organizing Committee Member |
| Alberto Borghetti | Organizing Committee Member |
| Haris Zaman Chaudhary | Organizing Committee Member |
| Marko Delimar | Organizing Committee Member |
| Johan Driesen | Organizing Committee Member |
| Fabiana Fini | Organizing Committee Member |
| Maurizio Gabbrielli | Organizing Committee Member |
| Jacopo Gaspari | Organizing Committee Member |
| Tim Green | Organizing Committee Member |
| Jan Haase | Organizing Committee Member |
| Nikos Hatziaryriou | Organizing Committee Member |
| Doug Houseman | Organizing Committee Member |
| Igor Kuzle | Organizing Committee Member |
| Jobarto S.B. Martins | Organizing Committee Member |
| Jacopo Mauro | Organizing Committee Member |
| Jovica Milanovic | Organizing Committee Member |
| Peter Nagy | Organizing Committee Member |
| Carlo Alberto Nucci | Organizing Committee Member |
| Mario Paolone | Organizing Committee Member |
| Miguel A. Sanchez Fornie | Organizing Committee Member |
| Richard Schomberg | Organizing Committee Member |
| Noel Schulz | Organizing Committee Member |
| Alessandro Simonetti | Organizing Committee Member |
| Fabio Tossani | Organizing Committee Member |
Local Organizing Committee Members
| Michel Bena | Smart Grids Director, RTE |
| Sebastien Henry | Chair of France IEEE Office |
| Valerie-Anne Lencznar | Executive Officer the French industrial SmartGrid association (Think SmartGrids) |
| Pierre Mallet | Director of R&D and innovation, Enedis |
| Jean-Marc Molina | Sponsorship Chair |
| Laurent Schmitt | VP GE Grid Solution |
| Yvon Besanger | Local committee coordinator |
| Raphael Caire | Treasurer |
| Olga Domashich | Program manager assistant |
| Florence Francois | Communications and Web Site |
| Catalin Gavriluta | Technical sessions coordinator |
| Antoine Labonne | Technical & logistics coordinator |
| Bertrand Raison | General Conference Secretary, Professor at the University of Grenoble |
| Frederic Wurtz | Smart City Program Chair |