Xiaoxin zhou

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

IEEE Fellow

Honorary President of China Electric Power Research Institute Co., Ltd.

Prof. Zhou Xiaoxin is academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, foreign member of the U.S.National Academy of Engineering and lEEE Fellow with expertise in power system. His roles include honorary president of the China Electric Power Research Institute, editor-in-chief of CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, and executive council member of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering . Prof. Zhou Xiaoxin has long been involved in research on mathematical models and computational methods for power system analysis and control and engineering applications. He presided over the research and development of China's first large-scale power system analysis software package(PSASP), Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS), and Advanced Power System Real-Time Simulation System (ADPSS), which have been widely applied to the national electric power system. Since 2010, his research has been focused on power grid system. He proposed three generations of power grids and the concepts, development models and key technologies for next generations power grids and energy systems. His work has contributed to formulating national medium- and long-term energy and power development goals and policies. Prof. Zhou Xiaoxin received the Science and Technology Awards of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation, the lEEE PES NariHingorani FACTS Prize, the First Prize of the Inaugural National Scientific and Technological Progress Award in 1985, the First Prize of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Award in 2009, and the First Prize of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Award in 2010.

Løken, Rannveig S. J.

CIGRE Vice-President Technica

Chair of Norwegian committee of CIGRE

CIGRE Vice-President Technical Rannveig Loken has worked in the power system sector for more than 30 years.

She works for Statnett, the TSO of Norway, and holds a Master of Science in Electric Power engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She is the Chair of the Norwegian committee of CIGRE, and Chair of the Organising Committee for NRCC CIGRE Symposium in Trondheim 2025. She has been involved with CIGRE since 2006. She was the Chair of CIGRE SC B5 Protection and Automation between 2018 and 2024. In 2024 she received the Honorary award from CIGRE.