Keynote Speakers

Speaker: Prof. Majid Sanaye-Pasand

Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Short Biography: Majid Sanaye-Pasand (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, in 1988, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, in 1994 and 1998, respectively. He is currently a Professor with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran. His research interests include power system protection, control, and transients. He is also an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Speaker: Prof. Om P. Malik

Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Short Biography: Om P. Malik (Life Fellow, IEEE) received the bachelor’s degree (National Diploma) in electrical engineering and the M.E. degree in electrical machine design from the University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, in 1952 and 1962, respectively, the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of London, London, U.K., in 1965, and the D.I.C. degree from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, U.K., in 1965. In 1968, he joined the University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, where he is currently a Professor Emeritus with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is a fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Institution of Electrical Engineers. He is also actively involved in IFAC and is currently the Chair of the IFAC Technical Committee on Power Plants