The forum was attended by prominent figures including Jessica Bian, President of IEEE PES; Julio Romero Aguero, Vice President of IEEE PES; Wayne Bishop, Vice Chair of IEEE PES; Yilu Liu, Deputy Director of DOE/NSF Engineering Research Center (CURENT); John McDonald, former President of IEEE PES; Shay Bahramirad, President-Elect of IEEE PES; Johanna Mathieu, Professor at the University of Michigan; Veronika Rabl, Vice Chair of IEEE-USA Energy Policy Committee; and Dana AI-Qadi, Representative of IEEE PES WIP R5.

Dr. Ruomei Li, the conference chair and moderator, delivered the opening speech, providing a brief overview of the event and expressing gratitude for the support of PES leaders and experts. She emphasized the importance of improving energy efficiency and highlighted its role in achieving sustainability and reducing emissions. She stated, “to make renewable energy energy, storage, and electricity. But the most effective thing is reduction of energy consumption.”

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Julio Romero Aguero, Vice President of IEEE PES, delivered a speech titled “Energy Transition Needs You.” He called for active involvement of IEEE PES members in driving industry development and innovation amidst the changing landscape, challenges, and opportunities in the electrical energy sector. He emphasized the significance of attracting young talents, diversity, and interdisciplinary collaboration to address industry transformations and challenges.

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Wayne Bishop, Vice Chair of IEEE PES, gave a speech titled “The Power and Energy of Women in PES Meetings.” He discussed the role and opportunities for women in various fields of professional development, emphasizing the importance of cross-domain comparisons and promoting broader participation of women in engineering, medical, and dental fields. He urged collective efforts to enhance diversity and inclusivity in these domains.

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The subsequent segment consisted of a panel discussion, during which the following questions were posed:

1)How important is energy efficiency to reduce emissions? Reflected in what aspects?
2)What are the paths to energy efficiency – Industrial manufacturing / A building /Traffic / Indoor air conditioning / The lighting / Design and management of energy supply and transmission systems? Which field is currently doing the best job in this area?
3)What are the current areas and technologies that need attention in improving energy efficiency?
4)What is the role of government policies and market mechanisms in improving energy efficiency?
5)The behavior of energy consumers is important for reducing energy use. What policies can incentivize businesses and households to reduce consumption without compromising quality of life?
6)What are the ways and potential to reduce consumption in the public electricity sector, including transportation, education and health? Technology and policy?

All of the 4 speakers have given excellent answers upon their experiences and special viewpoints.

Professor Yilu Liu emphasized the need to consider energy sources, costs, and the application of renewable energy in pursuit of energy efficiency. She stressed the importance of assessing energy consumption from specific angles to develop targeted measures for improvement, and highlighted the significance of both energy consumption efficiency and input cost considerations.

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Jessica Bian shared insights from Boston, which ranks first in energy efficiency among all states. She attributed this success to local education policies. She also discussed the development and application of artificial intelligence technology, which enables more efficient energy utilization. She predicted that the next generation of AI professionals will focus on different issues and use technology to enhance energy efficiency.

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Shay Bahramirad discussed the importance of initiating cultural change from grassroots levels. She emphasized the impact of education and shared a story of successful collaboration between female engineers and high school students to create an electric car within three months, highlighting the importance of nurturing and encouraging the next generation’s involvement.

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John McDonald emphasized the relationship between energy efficiency and people’s perception. He highlighted the importance of education and explanation in inspiring others’ interests and actions, noting that people’s cognition and willingness can be changed through education and explanation processes.

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The subsequent theme speeches included:

Johanna Mathieu’s speech on “The Sub-metered HVAC Implemented For Demand Response (SHIFDR) Dataset.” focused on demand response experiments and insights obtained from sub-metered HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) data. She emphasized the challenges in accurately estimating HVAC fan power and the value of sub-metered HVAC measurements. She discussed how building automation systems (BAS) often do not capture electricity consumption accurately, and explored the need for sub-metered data to achieve closed-loop control. She highlighted the importance of conducting more experiments on real buildings to enhance understanding and improve models. She concluded by advocating for open data sharing, and accelerating the integration of buildings as grid assets.

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Veronika Rabl’s speech on “Energy Efficiency, for the Customer, the Society, the Planet.” She underscored the importance and impact of energy efficiency in various sectors and emphasized how progress in energy efficiency has achieved significant accomplishments in fields such as lighting, cooling, and transportation. She encouraged continued investment and promotion of energy efficiency as a key support for energy transition, highlighting its role in improving quality of life and enhancing human experience.

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Dana AI-Qadi’s speech on “Leveraging Energy Efficiency Policy to Accelerate Decarbonization Goals.” She highlighted the importance of energy efficiency policies in achieving decarbonization and sustainability goals, emphasizing their role in achieving cost-effectiveness and feasibility. She discussed energy efficiency policies at different levels, including national, state, and city levels, and their design and implementation based on community needs, social equity, and economic impact. She underscored the importance of using energy efficiency to support other decarbonization initiatives and the role of data-driven, digitally supported analysis and simulation in policy formulation and implementation.

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After their speeches, there is the part of questions and answers. The speakers’ unique insight and very clear expressions have impressed the attendees.

By the end of the session, part of attendees have made joint photos for the memories.

China Electric Power Research Journals Center Co-construction with Campus Activities was successfully held in the School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology on June 30st, 2023. It was organized by the editorial department of 《High Voltage Engineering》 and 《High Voltage》 of China Electric Power Research Journals Center and sponsored by IEEE PES China Chapter Council Women in Power (IEEE PCCC WiP) and IEEE PES Wuhan Chapter. Dr. Zheng Xiao, editorial director of 《High Voltage》 and deputy director of 《High Voltage Engineering》, and 3 other senior experts, Ms. Qiuping He, Ms. Yangyang Yu and Ms. Zifeng Cheng, from the editorial department delivered several lectures on paper writing skills for teachers and students on campus. Postgraduate students and some undergraduate students participated in the lecture, which lasted nearly 3 hours, and the atmosphere of on-site discussion was heated.

The event was hosted by Dr. Hui Hou from School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, a member of the Youth Expert Group of China Electric Power Research Journals Center, and also a member of the IEEE PCCC WiP. Firstly, Prof. Li Xiangshun, who is the Deputy Dean of School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, introduced the school’s system structure, talent training, scientific research and other aspects, and extended sincere welcome and thanks to the invited guests from China Electric Power Research Journals Center. Several teachers such as Dr. Xixiu Wu and Dr. Jinrui Tang, etc. and many students participate in the activity.

Then, Dr. Xiao Zheng introduced the general situation of China Electric Power Research Journals Center and 《High Voltage Engineering》 as well as 《High Voltage》. The journals of China Electric Power Research Journals Center include 《Proceedings of the CSEE》, 《CSEE JPES》, 《Power Grid Technology》, 《High Voltage Engineering》, 《High Voltage》, 《Power Information and Communication Technology》 and other mainstream electrical engineering journals in China. Afterwards, Ms. He Qiuping and Ms. Yu Yangyang respectively gave lectures entitled “Writing of Scientific and Technological Papers and Academic Integrity” and “English Paper Submission Skills”. They gave in-depth explanations on the writing skills of Chinese and English scientific research papers, submission matters, review process, academic integrity and review comments. The lectures covered the overall process of paper submission, including many editors’ own review experiences, the content was detailed, profound and interesting, combined with reality.

Furthermore, the teachers and students on campus actively participated in the Q&A session. The editors answered patiently to each question in detail. The lively atmosphere of the on-site discussion focused on current research topics, writing tips and journal preferences, and teachers and students gained a lot.

At the end of the lecture, all the teachers and students took a group photo with the journal editors, marking a successful end to this activity.

IEEE PES DAY of 2023 Forum, with topic on WIP in Powering a Climate Safer Future, was successfully held on April 16, 2023 at SEEE Building in Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. This forum was guided by IEEE PES China Chapter Countcil (PCCC), organized by IEEE PES WIP and IEEE PES Wuhan Chapter and co-organized by School of Electrical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

The forum was hosted by Prof. Zang Chunyan, the Representative of IEEE PES WIP Wuhan Chapter. She first introduced the attending guests, warmly welcomed everyone’s arrival, and deeply reviewed the heroic fight against the Covid-19 and the great victory achieved by the people of Wuhan in the past three years, believing that this spirit will surely inspire energy technology workers all over the world to create a better future of “Powering in a Climate Safer Future”. Subsequently, honor guests including Fan Kuanjun, Chair Bian Jianhua, Larissa Paredes Muse, Bie Zhaohong, Li Ruomei, and Han Lei delivered welcome address individually.

During the speech, Dean Fan introduced the remarkable achievements made by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in the field of electricity and energy through years of technological research, and emphasized the significant role of women which cannot be ignored. She called on everyone to work together to achieve a deep empowerment of electrical engineering in the era of double carbon, with their collective efforts.

Jianhua Bian, the IEEE PES Chair, prepared the speech presentation carefully for this event. After briefly reviewing her 30 years of work experience in the field of electric power energy, she comprehensively introduced the organizational functions and development status of the international academic institution, IEEE PES, and highlighted the theme of today’s IEEE PES DAY event,”Powering in a Climate Safer Future,”issuing a call to all WIP members.

Larissa Paredes Muse, the Chair of IEEE PES DAY, expressed her strong support for this event during her speech. She highly appreciated the contributions made by Chinese IEEE PES members to the development of this important academic organization, and expressed great confidence in the achievements of women technology workers in “Powering in a Climate Safer Future”.

Bie Zhaohong, the Chair of IEEE PCCC, firstly expressed congratulations on the IEEE PES Day of 2023, and then briefly summarized the century opportunities and challenges of the electrical engineering field, especially the significant impact of environmental changes. She believes that female technology researchers have played an extremely important role in the progress of power technology, hoping that more young female engineers will join the WIP. In the end, Prof. Bie expresses her gratitude to the organizer of the forum.

IEEE WIP Honorary Chair and senior expert Li Ruomei first briefly reviewed the establishment history of IEEE PES and WIP, and discussed the greater role these international academic organizations may play in the future. She called on more IEEE PES and WIP members to take active action to promote this historical process, while also expressing sincere gratitude to the organizers of the event.

Ms. Han Lei, Vice Chair of the IEEE PCCC WIP, explained the theme of the three experts invited by this event. The focus was on how female researchers carry out outstanding scientific research work, high-level international academic journals, and the formulation of international standards. She believed that these speeches had important practical significance, and also expressed her expectations for more female researchers to make outstanding scientific research results and do positive academic exchanges.

Weixin Guo, the professor from SEEE of HUST, gave a talk entitled with “Exploring the Future Energy of Humanity Based on National Large Scientific Devices”.At the beginning, she showed a group photo of all the females (teachers and students) in the fusion institute, and a banner that they made specifically for IEEE PES DAY which reads “As bright as a ray of sun, let’s work together to create a brighter future”. This vividly showed the enthusiasm and hope of female researchers in the fusion institute who are committed to fusion energy research with their artificial sun devices. Prof. Guo then went on to review the development process of the J-TEXT laboratory, recounted the brilliant achievements made by researchers from HUST in the journey to realize controllable nuclear fusion, and outlined the blueprint for human beings to master the controllable nuclear fusion technology in the future.

Yu Yangyang, the Editor of the Joural “High Voltage”, reported on “Analysis on the requirements of International academic journal for papers and dual carbon guidance”. She briefly introduced the six academic journals published by the Journals Center of China Electric Power Research Institute and the special issues organized for dual carbon needs. Then she shared the normal procedures of manuscript processing and the decision distribution of the academic journal, as well as the main points that editors pay attention to in the first sight and the corresponding handling advice from the aspects of manuscript style, scope, ethics and innovation. Finally, she pointed out that if authors have questions or needs, do not hesitate to contact the journal editors, who work to publish quality papers not to reject them.

Cai Huanqing, the Chair of IEEE Standard P3327,shared her experience on “how to apply for and write international standards”. In her speech, the first content is the process and basic requirements of applying for IEEE international standards were introduced. Secondly, taking the “IEEE P3327 Recommended Practice for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Substation Inspection ” as a typical case, the article shared in detail how to apply for IEEE international standards, including: ① Ideas, ② how to write a good PAR, and ③finding ‘Supporters’ (a suitable IEEE Standard Technical Committee in this field), ④ Submit proposal (experience from rejection to approval). Finally, from the aspects of working group formation, development kick-off meeting and so on, the drafting methods of IEEE international standards were introduced.

Finally, Prof. Wang Xiaoru, the Chair of IEEE PCCC WIP, summarized the conference. She warmly congratulated the successful convening of the forum and expressed appreciation to all the guests for their wonderful speeches. She emphasized the value of the reports made by the three speakers, which provided a lot of help and encouragement. She also mentioned that the achievements of the “artificial sun” were inspiring, and the female researchers in the team have left a deep impression on all of us. At the end of the speech, Prof. Wang said passionately“Let us encourage, help, and support each other, and work together for the earth and the future of humanity in the face of the climate crisis”.

This successful academic event has aroused strong reactions from all participants. Larissa Paredes Muse, the Chair of IEEE PES DAY, said that she was “greatly inspired and impressed.” The attending students expressed that they learned a lot of “practical knowledge”, thought that the forum was well-organized, and all three speakers were excellent. And Li Ruomei, the IEEE WIP Honorary Chair, also encouraged the organizer to have more activities like this.

(By IEEE PES WIP Wuhan Chapter, 2023/4/25)

Foreword: Today, the proportion of the elderly population in the world continues to rise, but the only option after entering the old age is to provide for the aged? But in fact, it’s not. Especially older female scientific and technological workers have rich knowledge and practical experience. In addition, as women, they care more about human needs and the protection of the natural environment, and are better at coordinating and dealing with various social conflicts.

On March 13, during the 67th NGO Committee on the Status of Women (NGO CSW 67), the New Future Foundation organized a parallel forum on “Why and how to promote the role of older women in technology”. The forum aims to discuss the promotion of the role of older women in the field of science and technology, while also contributing to the development of women’s status and rights. Dr. Ruomei Li, former chair of IEEE PES WIP, served as the chair of the forum. The forum invited Queen Mother Blakely, chair of the New Future Foundation, Rob Stephen, former chairman of CIGRE, Cheng Donghong, former vice chair of the China Association for Science and Technology, and Maria Jesus Prieto-Laffargue, former chair of WFEO, to deliver keynote speeches Speeches were also attended by Wang Rize, a researcher at the Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute of Tsinghua University, Jiawei Wang, chair of the Danish branch of WIP, Dr. Gan Wei from Cardiff University, and Sun Jing, a WIP volunteer. Hosted by Dr. Root.

Dr. Ruomei Li, the chair of the forum, first delivered a speech. She said that the role of older women in the field of science and technology should be promoted. People are living longer, but both old and middle-aged people need to be treated with respect. We should pay more attention to this because every human life needs to be respected.

In her speech, Queen Mother said that the use of the experience of female tech experts and the participation of older women in tech are critical. We need to balance technology and participation, pass on legacy, and work towards building a sustainable world for the future. She believes that young women should join science and technology research and learn the skills and abilities of older women, which will be necessary for our society in the rapid development of science and technology.

Rob Stephen started by introducing the CIGRE organization, which consists of 4350 experts in more than 90 countries who unite to solve common technical problems. He then stated that although women are relatively underrepresented in the field, research has found that they bring different perspectives and additional diversity to the discussion, suggesting solutions that men would not think of, changing the dynamics within working groups. dynamic, allowing for more open and generous discussions, so the importance of discovering women in tech cannot be overlooked.

In her speech, Dr Ruomei Li encouraged young women to get involved in technology to address gender imbalance. She said that older women have rich experience and knowledge in the field of science and technology, and should be given more opportunities and resources to contribute to the development of diversity and inclusion. She said that mentality has an important impact on health, so everyone should be respected, especially women and the elderly. She then shared her own experience. He believed that the world is progressing, and women’s role in leadership is becoming more and more important, which will bring more benefits to social development. She said that we should not let down those who have helped us, money cannot buy time, we should make good use of and enjoy every day.

Cheng Donghong started from her own experience. She said that after retirement, she hopes to stand behind young people and give them some encouragement. She believes that discussions with young people do not need to be too formal, and young people should be encouraged to speak out their thoughts and give some advice when they need it.

Maria Jesus Prieto-Laffargue believes that matching population aging and population imbalance with the needs of global inclusive and sustainable development requires the right ethics, which means high-quality scientific and engineering talents. The sheer nature of technological disruption requires skills and attributes unique to older women in science and engineering, and senior women engineers and scientists should have the option to retire voluntarily to encourage them to join boards and networks for high-profile debate supported by international institutions, governments and businesses .

Afterwards, all the participants had a heated discussion on the topic of this forum.

Gan Wei asked Ruomei Li: “Many male researchers serve as assistants to women. Do you think young women can also serve as mentors to young men?” Dr. Ruomei Li replied, “Diversification and independent thinking are important, whether young people Whether it is the elderly, male or female, everyone should have space to express their views and thoughts. We should respect everyone’s independent ideas and values, rather than just focusing on titles or status. Achieve yourself and make yourself valuable It is the goal that everyone should pursue.”

Jiawei Wang worked in the power system, and she found that there were more men than women. She asked Ruomei Li, “As an older woman, do you think technology and science should help promote gender balance, such as having more girls in academia?” Inequity does exist, and women need to be given more opportunities, especially those who are mothers or have more family responsibilities. This can be achieved by providing flexible ways of studying and working. Doing so can help improve gender balance and Empowering more women to participate in the digital technology age”.

Wang Rize from Tsinghua Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute asked Ruomei LI “Older women working in science and technology may be role models for other older men, is it possible for us to eliminate discrimination against older women and help older women do better in science and technology ?”, Ruomei LI replied, “Improving women’s influence in the field of science and technology needs to use their thinking advantages and focus on the direction of climate change. Although they cannot change their disadvantages, they can use what they are good at.”

Dr. Li Gen, an associate professor from the Technical University of Denmark, believes that older leaders in the power industry give young professionals the opportunity to participate in networking and join industry associations, and create a platform for them to help them build experience and relationships. In addition, the contributions and risk-taking spirit of older leaders are important to guide the career development of young people.

At the end, Dr. Li Ruomei made a concluding speech, she said that we should strive to do a better job every day, and share opinions and opportunities, instead of pursuing perfection. Sometimes missed opportunities can also bring you new development opportunities, increase your network, and lay the foundation for greater contributions.