CHAIR

Renate Egan

Professor and Interim CEO, UNSW Sydney Energy Institute

Professor Renate Egan Leads UNSW activity in the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics and led manufacturing and industrial technology development of energy technologies in Australia, Germany, and China. She is Co-Founder of Solar Analytics, Australia’s largest independent energy monitoring provider, was named as one of Eight Great Women in the Business of Science and Solar by Renewable Energy World and was recently inducted into the Australian Smart Energy Council Hall of Fame. Renate also participates on a number of national and international panels, boards and review committees across the energy sector.

Nando Ochoa

Professor of Smart Grids and Power Systems, The University of Melbourne

Nando Ochoa has expertise in network integration of distributed energy resources (DER) and smart grids as well as his extensive portfolio of industrial and academic projects have led to more than 210 research papers, more than 80 technical reports, and two patents. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from UNI (Peru), and a Research MSc and a PhD in Electrical Power Engineering, both from UNESP Ilha Solteira (Brazil).

Gregor Verbic

Co-Chair ERICA Associate Professor, The University of Sydney

Gregor Verbic is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney and Director of the Centre for Future Energy Networks. His expertise is in power system operation, stability and control, and electricity markets. His current research focuses on grid and market integration of distributed energy resources and large-scale renewables, future grid modelling and scenario analysis, and demand response. He was a recipient of the IEEE Power and Energy Society Prize Paper Award in 2006. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.