Cattareeya Suwanasri

Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KMUTNB

Host Panelist

Cattareeya Suwanasri is Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at KMUTNB, Thailand. She holds a D.Eng. and M.Eng. from the Asian Institute of Technology and specializes in high voltage engineering, power system asset management, and renewable energy integration. With over 20 years of experience, she has led numerous research projects with PEA, EGAT, and private utilities. She is an active member of IEEE PES Thailand and EEAAT, a reviewer for international journals, and a committee member for various IEEE conferences.

Witchaya Pimjaipong

Chief, Transmission Control System Development Department, Control and Protection Division,
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)

Panelist

Witchaya Pimjaipong has worked with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) for more than 30 years, with over two decades of professional experience in power system analysis. He received his Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, USA. His expertise covers transmission system protection, control and monitoring systems, as well as power quality and disturbance analysis. He is currently Chief, Transmission Control System Development Department, Control and Protection Division at EGAT. In addition, he contributes actively to the international power engineering community as a member of CIGRE Study Committee C4 - Power System Technical Performance, with a focus on system stability study and modeling on Inverter-Based Resource (IBR) technologies. His recent work includes grid code revision, power system stability assessment, and the development of mitigation strategies to enable the secure integration of renewable energy and grid-forming technologies.

Thanatpong Pramote

Deputy Director of Grid Operation and Operational Technology, Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA)

Panelist

Thanatpong Pramote has worked with Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) for more than 25 years. He received master's degrees in electrical engineering and economics. He has experience as a Chief of Dispatcher in Distribution Network. Former a CIGRE study committee SC-C6 Active distribution systems and distributed energy resources. He is currently serving as Deputy Director of Grid Operation and Operational Technology at PEA. He focuses on Distribution Network Security, Stability and Grid Relaxation by using Flexibility Services. He is a part of the initiative to bring about the PEA's distribution grid transformation into the modern distribution system.

Antti Harjua

Technical Director of Power Systems Performance and Connections,
Powerlink Queenland

Panelist

Antti Harjula is a leading expert in power system engineering with over 15 years of experience in transmission system planning, stability analysis, and renewable integration. Antti plays a pivotal role in enabling Australia's state of Queensland's energy transition through innovative grid technologies and system strength solutions. Queensland is one of the leading regions in the world in the integration of grid forming inverters to bulk power system. Prior to joining Powerlink, Antti led power system engineering at Fingrid, Finland's transmission system operator, where he pioneered approaches to manage converter-dominated grids and implemented grid-forming requirements for battery energy systems and STATCOMs. His work has shaped national and Nordic strategies for system stability and renewable integration.

Yunfeng Liu

Chief Scientist, Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.

Panelist

Yunfeng Liu received the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 1999. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Electrical Engineering of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, from 1999 to 2001. He was a Visiting Scholar at Virginia Tech-CPES, Virginia, US, from 2001 to 2003. He was the Senior Researcher at General Electric Global Research Center (GE GRC), Shanghai, China and later as Manager of Power Conversion System Control Lab of GE GRC, from 2003 to 2011.

Since 2011, he has been with Huawei, where he is currently the Chief Scientist of Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.. His main research interests are future advanced technologies of Energy. He has published over 15 international academic papers and holds more than 50 granted patents. He is also a working group member of IEC TC82 and IEC SC 8A.