Organizing Committee
Conference Honorary Chairs
Harneet Panesar
Chief Operating Officer / Ontario Energy Board (OEB)
Greig Cameron
President & CEO, Enova Power
Conference Patron
Mary Wells
Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Waterloo University
Conference General Chair
Claudio Canizares
Director, Waterloo Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE)
Conference Vice General Chair
Nitin Padmanabhan
Senior Engineer, Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Technical Program Committee (TPC) Chair
Kankar Bhattacharya
Professor, Dept. of ECE, University of Waterloo
Technical Program Committee (TPC) Co-Chairs
Steven Wong
Technical Advisor, Natural Resources Canada
Ajit Pardasani
Research Officer, National Research Council Canada
Finance Chairs
Anshul Goyal
Electric Power Engineers (EPE) Consulting
Murray McDonald
Treasurer, IEEE Canada
Publicity Chairs
Sheldon Williamson
Professor, Dept. of ECE, Ontario Tech University
Dennis Michaelson
Chair, London Section
Preet Dsouza
Chair, Peterborough Section
Local Arrangements Chair
Armughan Al-Haq
Manager, Waterloo Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE)
Monsef Thahir
Senior Engineer, SNC Lavlin
Publication Chairs
Tamara Abramchina
IEEE Canada
Patronage Chair
Wendy De Gomez
Associate Director, Research Strategic Initiatives and Research Oversight, Waterloo University
Tutorials/Workshop Chairs
Mehrdad Pirnia
Associate Professor, University of Waterloo
Mostafa Farrokhabadi
Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, University of Calgary
Industry & Inter-organization Outreach Chairs
Mohamed Ahmed Sadek
Director, Power Markets, Electric Power Engineers (EPE) Consulting
Satyam Panchal
Principal Engineer, Fiat Chrysler
Registration Chair
Sana Sadiq
Communication Specialist, Waterloo Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE)
Exhibition Chairs
Helen Mathews
Principal Engineer, EATON Canada
Website Chairs
Wafaa Anani
Assistant Professor, Western University
Keval Prajapati
Engineer, Vosyn
Student Poster Contest Chair
ANK Zaman
Professor, Computer Science, Conestoga College
Women in Engineering Activities Chairs
Sahar Pirooz Azad
Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE, Waterloo University
Young Professional Activities Chairs
Ivan Calero
Consultant, Siemens Energy