Keerati Chayakulkheeree

Associate Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology (SUT)

Host Panelist

Associate Professor Dr. Keerati Chayakulkheeree is an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology (SUT), Thailand. He holds B.Eng. from KMITL and M.Eng. and D.Eng. degrees in Electric Power System Management from AIT. A senior member of IEEE and executive committee member of the IEEE PES Thailand Chapter, he is also a registered Professional Engineer in Electrical Power. Dr. Keerati has received multiple best paper and prestigious awards, including the Best Senior Faculty Award (ASAIHL) and Thailand Energy Award. His research focuses on power system optimization, AI applications, smart grids, distributed energy, electricity markets, and renewable energy integration. He has published extensively on clean energy transition and advanced grid technologies.

Somchai Songsiri

Assistant Governor (Planing and Engineering-Power System
Planing and Development) Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA)

Panelist

Somchai Songsiri is the PEA Assistant Governor (Planing and Engineering - Power System Planing and Development). He graduated from King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) in Thailand with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (B.Eng.EE) in 1994 and King Mongkut University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB) in Thailand with Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering (M.Eng.EE) in 2007 and Doctoral Degree in Electrical Engineering (Ph.D.EE) in 2014. He started his career as an Electrical Engineer with Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) in 1997. He worked in the Engineering Department for 13 years carrying out engineering, technical specification formation, testing inspection, and failure analysis of electrical equipment. He also has experience in power system analysis, reliability and power quality. He is one of PEA's experts for factory acceptance tests of electrical equipment and has experiences with factories in locally and abroad. He has since moved to maintenance, with responsibilities for preventive maintenance and asset management of power systems and equipment. He was assigned to be Assistant Governor (Grid OperationNetwork Asset Management) and moved to be responsible for the PEA Assistant Governor (Planing and Engineering - Power System Planing and Development) since 1st October 2024.

Nattanont Chotiheerunyasakaya

Assistant Director of Smart Grid Division, Power System Planning and Smart Grid Department
Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA)

Panelist

Mr. Nattanont Chotiheerunyasakaya is the Assistant Director of the Smart Grid Division, Power System Planning and Smart Grid Department at the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA), Thailand. He holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (Power Electronics) from Chulalongkorn University and a First-Class Honors Bachelor's degree from King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. With extensive expertise in Smart Grid development and deployment, SCADA/EMS/DMS, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), renewable energy integration, and energy storage systems, he plays a key role in driving MEA's initiatives to modernize the power system through cutting-edge technologies and innovative energy management solutions.

Chaiyod Pirak

King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok

Panelist

Chaiyod Pirak received the B. Eng. degree in Telecommunications Engineering with the First Class Honors in 2000 from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand. In 2005, he received the Ph. D degree in Electrical Engineering from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand in association with University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He has been appointed as a lecturer in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Sirindhorn International Thai- German Graduate School of Engineering ( TGGS) , King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok in 2006, Assistant Professor in 2010, and Associate Professor in 2018. In 2009, he has founded the Mobile Communications and Embedded Systems Laboratory (MCES), where he serves as the head of the laboratory until now. In 2015, he has also founded the Research Centre of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), and served as a chair since then. His current research interests are in wireless networks and its application, embedded system, FPGA, DSP, microcontroller, digital signal processing for wireless communications, MIMO communication systems, smart antenna systems, OFDM communication systems, 6th generation mobile communication systems, cooperative communication systems, channel estimation and space-time coding, smart meter and smart grid technologies, policy, technical specification, and supervisory consultant in Smart Grid implementation project.

Sataporn Limpatthamapanee

Chief of Demand Response and Virtual Power Plant Department, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)

Panelist

Sataporn Limpatthamapanee is the Chief of Demand Response and Virtual Power Plant Department at Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). His work contributes to the modernization of power system control to accommodate the advanced power system technologies. In this role, he is responsible for the development of the Demand Response Control Center (DRCC), which serves as a key infrastructure for dispatching of Demand Response (DR) through Load Aggregators (LA).

For his academic background, he holds a Ph.D., a Master's degree, and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Chulalongkorn University. His research is in the field of power system analysis, particularly the study of power flow solution space and applies advanced computational techniques to solve complex problems in electrical power systems.