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The ‘Women in Power’ Special Panel discussion is on ‘Diversifying Forces to Tackle Net-Zero Challenges‘, chaired by Dr Jelena Ponocko and Supported by: IEEE Power and Energy Society Women in Power in Region 8 (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
This panel is bringing experts from academia and industry, who will discuss how the communities in different parts of Europe and the Middle East are tackling energy challenges on the way to Net-Zero future. Our speakers come from different disciplines (power system operation and planning, energy markets, marine engineering, …) to show the importance of diversity in solving global energy issues.
Welcome Address
Chair of ‘Women in Power’ Special Panel Programme
Dr Jelena Ponocko
The University of Manchester
IEEE PES WiP Representative for Region 8
Panel Topic Presentations
Challenges and Opportunities in a 100% Renewable Resource Power Grid
Dr Selma Awaddallah
ENOWA.Neom, Saudi Arabia, IEEE PES WiP representative for Saudi Arabia
Cold ironing system in Klaipeda’s port
Ms Gintvilė Šimkoniene
Lithuanian Maritime Academy, Lithuania
Power Quality in Future Distribution Grids
Dr Araceli Hernández
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Opportunities to harness the potential of distributed energy resources
Dr Aleksandra Krkoleva Mateska
Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
Prof. Sonia Leva
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Open Discussion
‘Women in Power’ Today’s challenges for the future society
Dr Jelena Ponocko
The University of Manchester
IEEE PES WiP Representative for Region 8
Jelena Ponocko is a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Manchester, UK. Her research focuses on assessing demand-side flexibility and the effects of demand-side management on power network performance. Jelena has authored or coauthored over 40 research papers and technical reports. She has been an active IEEE PES member since 2015. She is the IEEE Power and Energy Society Women in Power Representative for Region 8 (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
Dr Selma Awaddallah
ENOWA.Neom, Saudi Arabia
IEEE PES WiP representative for Saudi Arabia
Dr Selma Awadallah is a Senior Engineer at ENOWA.Neom, Saudi Arabia where she is leading the power system study group and renewable integration. Prior to Neom, she worked as a Senior Power System Engineer at National Grid Electricity Transmission, UK. She was shortlisted for the Female Engineer of the Year Award, National Grid in 2019 and 2020. She also has several years of experience working as a distribution engineer at National Electricity Corporation, Sudan. She received her MSc and PhD from the University of Manchester, UK.
Ms Gintvilė Šimkoniene
Lithuanian Maritime Academy, Lithuania
Gintvile is the Head of the Study Program “Marine Electrical and Electronic Engineering” at Lithuanian Maritime Academy and a PhD student in the electrical power system department at Kaunas University of Technology, investigating reliability methods for electrical distribution network working modes.
Dr Araceli Hernández
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Araceli Hernández is associate professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain) in the area of Electrical Engineering. His research interests focus on all aspects of power quality assessment, an area in which she has more than twenty years of research experience. In recent years, she has coordinated several research projects related to this topic and, in particular, the PA-PQ project in collaboration with the University of Manchester.
Dr Aleksandra Krkoleva Mateska
Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
Aleksandra Krkoleva Mateska is associate professor at the Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies (UKIM/FEIT). She works in the field of power systems, focusing on Smart Grids, renewable sources integration in distribution grids and Microgrids, electricity markets and regulation related to these areas. She has had a number of study visits to other universities, including at the University of Manchester, UK, University of Rostock, Germany, National Technical University in Athens, Greece. She is an author and co-author of more than sixty research papers. She has participated in several research projects financed by various programs of the European Commission as a member of the UKIM/FEIT team. She is a member of IEEE and CIGRE.
Prof. Sonia Leva
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Sonia Leva received the M.Sc. degree and the Ph.D. degree, both in Electrical Engineering, from the Faculty of Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. She is Full Professor in “Elettrotecnica” (Electrical Engineering-Circuit Theory) at the Department of Energy where she is deputy director. She is coordinator of a research group in the field of photovoltaic systems and microgrids, including PhD students and post-graduated grant holders, and head of the SolarTechLab and multi-good microgrid lab at the Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano (www.solartech.polimi.it, www.mg2lab.polimi.it). Sonia Leva has obtained several prizes and awards for her research activity. She is also Editor and Associate Editor of several international journals.