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The 5th International Conference on
High Voltage Engineering and Power Systems 2025
(ICHVEPS 2025)

Prama Sanur Beach Bali Hotel

Bali, Indonesia

03 - 06 November 2025

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The 5th International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Power Systems 2025 (ICHVEPS 2025) will be held in Prama Sanur Beach Bali - Denpasar, Indonesia, November 3 - 6, 2025. This is a biannual conference organized by the School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, and technically sponsored by the IEEE Indonesia Section, IEEE Power Electronics Society, and IEEE Power & Energy Society. The conference is designed to be an international forum for exchanging ideas, discussing, and disseminating research results and technologies in the field of High Voltage Engineering and Power Systems.


Our journey began in Bali, where the 1st and 2nd ICHVEPS were successfully held in October 2017 and 2019. Then, the 3rd ICHVEPS 2021 was held virtually from Bandung due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the 4th ICHVEPS in 2023, we returned to Bali, bringing back the in-person experience we cherish. The previous conferences were typically attended by 300 participants from 15 countries, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Australia, China, Japan, Brunei Darussalam, France, Sweden, USA, Germany, and Korea, including many prominent invited speakers. The 5th ICHVEPS 2025 cordially invites researchers, professors, faculty members, and university students, researchers, and practitioners from power utilities and industries worldwide to submit abstracts and papers to this conference. All accepted and presented papers will be sent to IEEE Xplore (and Scopus), and selected papers will be recommended for publication in the International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (IJEEI).

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About Conference

The 5th International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Power Systems 2025 (ICHVEPS 2025) is the fifth biannual conference organized by the School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, as an international forum for the exchange of ideas, discussion, and dissemination of the research results and technologies in the field of High Voltage Engineering and Power Systems. This conference is suitable to be attended by university professors and lecturers, post-graduate, graduate, and undergraduate students, power utility engineers, researchers from industries and research institutes, and professionals in the field of electrical power engineering, especially related to high voltage engineering and power systems.

 

Except for the 3rd one, ICHVEPS has always been held as an in-person conference, where both the 1st and the 2nd ICHVEPS in 2017 and 2019 took place in Sanur, Bali, Indonesia. In 2020, the pandemic happened. However, it did not discourage us from organizing and holding the 3rd ICHVEPS, which was held as a virtual conference in October 2021. At each of the previous conferences, about 120-160 papers from more than 15 countries were presented and published in IEEE Xplore.

 

ICHVEPS 2025 will be held in person in Prama Sanur Beach Bali Hotel, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on November 3 - 6, 2025. ICHVEPS 2025 is sponsored by the IEEE Indonesia Section, IEEE Power Electronics Society, and IEEE Power & Energy Society. To increase Indonesian students' engagement with IEEE, a number of students, especially IEEE ITB Student Branch staff, will be promoted to become IEEE members at this conference. In addition, IEEE members will get a discount on the registration fee. Please see the details regarding the registration fee here.


ICHVEPS 2023

 


ICHVEPS 2021


ICHVEPS 2019

 


ICHVEPS 2017

 




Organizing Committee


General Chair

:

Suwarno

ITB

 

 

 

 

General Secretary

:

Umar Khayam

ITB

 

 

 

 

Treasurer

:

Fathin Saifur Rahman

ITB

 

 

 

 

Publications

:

Deny Hamdani (Chair)

ITB

 

Fathin Saifur Rahman

ITB

 

 

Waluyo

ITENAS

 

 

 

 

Technical Program

:

Rachmawati (Chair)

ITB

 

Bambang Anggoro

ITB

Syarif Hidayat

ITB

Arwindra Rizqiawan

ITB

Andreas Purnomoadi

PT. PLN Persero

Ariadi Hazmi

UNAND

Salama Manjang

UNHAS

Sarjiya

UGM

Dayu Giriantari

UNUD

 

 

Sriyono

PT. PLN Persero

 

 

 

 

Sponsorship & Exhibition

:

Nanang Hariyanto (Chair)

ITB

 

Kevin Marojahan

ITB

 

 

 

 

Local Arrangement

:

Pradita O. H. (Conference)

ITB

 

Bryan Denov (Workshop)

ITB

 

Arpan Zaeni

ITB

Rizky Rahmani

ITB


International Advisory Committee

Suwarno (Indonesia)

Bambang Anggoro (Indonesia)

Iwa Garniwa (Indonesia)

Zainuddin Nawawi (Indonesia)

Tumiran (Indonesia)

Serhat Seker (Turkey)

Suroso (Indonesia)

Andrea Cavallini (Italy)

Masahiro Kozako (Japan)

Toshihiro Takahashi (Japan)

Bang Wook Lee (South Korea)

Jaeho Choi (South Korea)

Mohamad Kamarol M. J. (Malaysia)

Stanislaw M. Gubanski (Swedan)

Guan-Jun Zhang (China)

Ahmed Abu-Siada (Australia)

Uwe Schichler (Austria)

Peter Werle (Germany)

Syamsir Abduh (Indonesia)

Naohiro Hozumi (Japan)

Sasongko Pramono Hadi (Indonesia)

Adi Soepriyanto (Indonesia)

Evy Haryadi (Indonesia)

Salama Manjang (Indonesia)

Ariadi Hazmi (Indonesia)

I.A.D. Giriantari (Indonesia)

Gilbert Teyssedre (France)

Rudi Kurnianto (Indonesia)

Eduard Muljadi (USA)

Udaya Madawala (New Zealand)

Ramanujam Sarathi (India)

M.V. Reddy (Canada)

M. Soleh (Indonesia)

Z. Kawasaki (Japan)

S. Kobayashi (Japan)

June-Ho Lee (Korea)

N. Pattandech (Thailand)

 

Steering Committee

Call for Paper
ICHVEPS 2025 cordially calls for your paper to focus on the following topics from the field of high-voltage engineering and power systems.

  1. High Voltage

  • High Voltage Generation, Measurement, and Instrumentation

  • High Voltage Insulation System

  • Condition monitoring and diagnosis for power equipment and power systems

  • Dielectric materials and their aging mechanisms

  • New and environmentally friendly materials for high voltage application

  • Application of high voltage in industry

  • Degradation assessment for power equipment

  • Transient Phenomena

  • Outdoor Insulation: Insulator, Environmental Effects

  • High Voltage Insulation for UHV AC and HVDC System

  • High Voltage Apparatus: Reliability and Maintenance

  • Lightning technology and Grounding system


  1. Power System

  • Electromagnetic Compatibility

  • Smart Grid and Microgrid Technology

  • Power system planning and operation 

  • Power system stability and control

  • FACTS

  • Asset Management

  • Energy Transition

  • Electrical Energy Economy and Policy

  • Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy


  1. Energy Conversion and Power Electronics

  • Renewable energy, Electric Vehicles, and Storage System

  • Charging Station

  • Power Electronics

  • Power Generation and Machinery

  • Power Quality


You are invited to submit your abstract(s) through the abstract submission system that can be reached from the conference website https://powerconf.org/new-submission


Abstracts can be received in text only, without figures or graphs, and should be around 300 words long. Details of abstract submission can be seen on the conference website's Important Dates menu.


Upon receiving Abstract Acceptance Notifications, all authors are invited to submit original technical papers in standard IEEE Conference format. Please use IEEE PDF eXpress to generate PDF files or to verify that the PDF files are compatible with the IEEE Xplore format.  All submissions should be written in English, and must be between 4 to 6 pages.


All presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore and indexed in SCOPUS. Non-presented papers will be excluded from ICHVEPS 2025 Proceeding for IEEE Xplore, although the registration has been completed (No-show policy). The selected papers will be considered for publication in the International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (IJEEI).

Download Call For Paper here.


Important Dates

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Invited Speakers for Conference


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Prof. Ahmed Abu-Siada – Curtin University, Australia

Prof. Ahmed Abu Siada, Curtin University Australia, received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Ain Shams University, Egypt and his PhD degree from Curtin University, Australia, all in Electrical Engineering.

He is a full professor and the head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Curtin University. He has published more than 300 Journal and conference papers and holds several patents on condition monitoring, fault diagnosis and remnant life estimation of high voltage assets. He has delivered several keynote speeches in various IEEE and international conferences and has been a general chair for the IEEE iSPEC 2022, CMD 2018 conferences.

Prof Abu-Siada is the founding editor-in-chief of 2 international journals and an editor for several journals such as IET GTD.




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Prof. Zenichiro Kawasaki – Osaka University, Japan / RAIRAN Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore

Prof. KAWASAKI Zenichiro, President of RAIRAN Singapore Pte. Ltd., received the B.Eng., M.Eng., and Dr. Eng. degrees at Osaka University. He is also an Emeritus Professor at Osaka University. He has been developing a wide variety of remote sensing systems such as lightning mappers and precipitation radars, and studying the mechanism of lightning discharges and their related phenomena with their own developed observation equipment. One of the outstanding researches in his career is to develop VHF broadband digital interferometers and observations with the VHF broadband interferometers. He conducted an observation campaign in Darwin, Australia, for more than a decade and revealed important new information about the leader developments. Furthermore, he proposed a new technique to trigger lightning by means of high energy laser and succeeded in laser-triggered lightning in the field experiment for the first time.

He also participated in the development and study of the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) as a principal investigator in Japan and clarified the relationship between lightning discharges and thunderstorm characteristics. Furthermore, he designed his own VHF broadband lightning sensors for space. These sensors were already launched in 2009 and 2012, and they succeeded in recording VHF emissions from lightning discharges in space.

He has played an important role in the International Commission on Atmospheric Electricity (ICAE) and has been the president of the ICAE from 2007. He organized two ICAE meetings held in Beijing, China on 2007 and in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2011 as a president. He has devoted to the activities of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) as a chair of the International Commission of Atmospheric Electricity (ICAE). As one of the activities, he organized Atmospheric lightning: physical processes with regional and global impacts session of the Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly 2013 as a symposium lead convener. Additionally, he supervised 23 PhD students, who have been actively engaged in the AGU events.



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Dr. Shinichi Kobayashi – Chubu Electric Power Grid Co., Inc., Japan

He was born in Nagano, Japan on 2nd June 1966. He received the B.E. degree from Yokohama National University, Japan in 1989, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan in March 2014. He joined Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. in 1989, is presently engaged in Engineering Center of Chubu Electric Power Grid Co., Inc. He is an individual member of CIGRE and IEE of Japan.










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Dr. Thongchart Kerdphol – Kasetsart University, Thailand

Thongchart Kerdphol received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees (Hons.) in electrical engineering from Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, in 2010 and 2012, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan, in 2016. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Kyutech, from 2016 to 2017. In 2018, he was a Visiting Researcher with the Institute of Electrical Power Engineering and Energy Systems (IEE), Clausthal University of Technology (TU Clausthal), Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany. Since 2019, he has been a Senior Research Fellow with the Power System and Renewable Energy Laboratory (Mitani-Watanabe Lab), Kyutech. He is currently a Lecturer with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Kasetsart University. His research interests include power system stability, robust power system control, intelligent optimization, and smart/micro-grid control. Dr. Kerdphol is also a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan (IEEJ).






Prof. Norasage Pattanadech - King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Thailand

Dr. Norasage Pattanadech received his Bachelor's and Master's degree (in Electrical Engineering) from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) and Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, in 1998 and  2002 respectively. He also received Dr.techn (in Engineering Sciences Electrical Engineering) from the Institute of High Voltage Engineering and System Management, Graz University of Technology, Austria 2013. He is now working in the Electrical Engineering Department, School of Engineering, KMITL. He has more than 20 years of experience in the High Voltage Testing and Analysis field, especially in condition monitoring of high voltage equipment such as rotating machine insulation assessment, underground cable remaining condition analysis and remaining lifetime assessment, transformer remaining lifetime assessment, and root cause analysis of underground cable failures. He has served on the IEC TC42 MT 23 committee: Maintenance of IEC 60270: High-Voltage Test Techniques: Partial Discharge Measurement and MT 14 committee: Maintenance of  IEC 62478: High-Voltage Test Techniques: Measurement of Partial Discharge by Electromagnetic and Acoustic Method. He received a Japanese patent in 2021 for a breaker with electrode controlling current. He is the author/co-author of more than 100 publications and four books on Electrical Engineering material and  PD measurement. He is an IEEE PES Thailand member. He served as The 8th International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis (CMD 2020), Chairperson and also The 14th International Conference On The Properties And Applications of Dielectric Materials (ICPADM 2024), Chairperson.




Prof. June-Ho Lee - Hoseo University · South Korea

June-Ho LEE earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University, South Korea, where he also served as a teaching and research assistant during his graduate studies. Prof. Lee is a Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Hoseo University, Asan, Korea, a position he has held since 1994. His expertise and contributions to the field include roles as a researcher at the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) in Japan, visiting positions at prestigious institutions such as MIT (USA), University of Siegen (Germany), and the University of British Columbia (Canada). He was also a Secretary General of Korea National Committee of CIGRE and Vice President of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers (KIEE).






Prof. Thomas Hamacher - Technical University of Munich - Germany

Prof. Hamacher (*1964) conducts research in the field of energy and systems analysis. His research focuses on urban energy systems, the integration of renewable energies into the power grid, and innovative nuclear systems, particularly fusion. His work also focuses on the methods and fundamentals of energy models.

After studying physics in Bonn, Aachen, and at Columbia University in New York, Prof. Hamacher received his doctorate on the topic of "Baryonic B Decays" from the University of Hamburg. Since 1996, Prof. Hamacher has worked at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, most recently as head of the Energy and Systems Studies Group. From 2010 to 2013, Prof. Hamacher was acting head of the Chair of Energy Economics and Applied Engineering. In September 2013, he was appointed Full Professor of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems. He was previously Director of the Munich School of Engineering (MSE) and is now Director of the Munich Institute of Integrated Materials, Energy and Process Engineering (MEP). Prof. Hamacher is a member of the Environmental Science Center (WZU) at the University of Augsburg.


Dr. Tri Desmana Rachmildha - Insititut Teknologi Bandung - Indonesia
Tri Desmana Rachmildha He received B.Eng and M.Eng degrees in electrical engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia, in 1998 and 2002, respectively. He received Doctor Degree in Electrical Engineering from Joint PhD Supervision Program between Institut Nationale Polytechnique de Toulouse – Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Electrotechnique, d’Electronique, d’Informatique, d’Hydrolique, et de Telecommunication (INPT–ENSEEIHT, France) and School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia, in 2009. He is a researcher at Electrical Energy Conversion Research Laboratory, ITB. Since 2008, he is a lecturer at School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics ITB, Indonesia. His research interests include power electronics and electrical machinery











Invited Speakers for Workshop

Fullday Workshop on High Voltage Engineering, Power System, and Renewable Energy to Support Energy Transition

Monday, November 3, 2025 at Prama Sanur Beach Bali



Track 1 : Workshop on Unmanned Substation and Digitalization of Power Systems 


Workshop on Unmanned Substation and Digitalization of Power Systems

Sanur, Prama Hotel, Bali, 3 November 2025 

In line with information and security technology, supported by developments in instrumentation and measurement systems, electrical systems have become increasingly sophisticated. The digitalization of the electricity system has occurred. Substations have become more modern and even without operators. The term "unmanned substation" has become popular. Several countries have implemented this, and most of their substations are now unmanned. With these technological advances, it is hoped that the electrical system will become more efficient and reliable. This workshop will discuss unmanned substations and the digitalization of electrical systems, including philosophy, technological developments, applicable standards, applications, and the experiences of countries that have implemented unmanned substations. This workshop is a collaborative event between the PLN Research Institute (PLN Puslitbang) and ITB.


Opening Speech:


Mochamad  Soleh, Msc (GM PLN Litbang)

Mochamad Soleh is a professional with more than 20 years of experience in the energy industry, especially in power generation. He finished his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Universitas Gadjah Mada and his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Institut Teknologi Bandung. He also holds several professional certifications, such as Competency Assessor in Power Generation, Professional Engineer (Madya), Energy Auditor, Energy Assessor, and Certified Risk Management Professional.

During his career, he has worked in many important positions in PT PLN (Persero) and its subsidiaries, starting from operation planning staff, supervisor, manager, and later as head of research and innovation. Currently, he is the General Manager at PT PLN (Persero) Research and Development Center, after serving as Vice President of Technology Development at PT PLN Indonesia Power. His contribution and dedication in the energy sector have been recognized with several awards, such as Satya Lencana Pembangunan, Darma Karya from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, and Runner-up of the ASEAN Renewable Energy Award

Keynote Speech:


Dr. Didik Fauzi Dakhlan (PT. PLN (Persero))

Didik Fauzi Dakhlan, born in Boyolali on August 20, 1980, completed his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Faculty of Industrial Technology, Bandung Institute of Technology, from 1997 to 2002. He earned his master's degree from Electrical Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrotechnics, Wiskunde en Informatica, Technical University (TU) Delft, Netherlands, from 2007 to 2009. He completed his doctoral degree from the School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Bandung Institute of Technology, from 2021 to 2025.

Didik joined PT PLN (Persero) in 2002. He has held various assignments, ranging from functional positions as an engineer, researcher, and structural positions, from the lower management level to the upper management level. Didik currently serves as Executive Vice President (EVP) of Asset Management, Engineering, and Integrated Management Systems, having previously served as General Manager (GM) of the West Java Transmission Main Unit (2023-2024) and GM of the East Java and Bali Transmission Main Unit (2021-2023). He has also been active in PLN standardization (SPLN) since 2005 and as head of the transmission group from 2022-present, including producing PLN standards on unmanned and digital substations.


Dr. Sriyono, ST., MSc. (PT. PLN (Persero))

Dr. Sriyono is a Senior Researcher in PT PLN (Persero) Research Institute. He received Magister Engineering in 2012 with the collaboration research between PT PLN (Persero), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) and Kyushu Institute Of Technology (KIT). He received Ph.D. from The Department of Electrical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia in 2023, and currently working for PT PLN (Persero) since 2006 as a Researcher in PT PLN Research Institute, Indonesia. He has published several conference papers and journals in accordance to High Voltage Engineering, Power electronic and control, and another research corelated with the electricity.


Mr. Hakim Habibi, S.T., M.T. (PT. PLN (Persero))

Hakim Habibi is a Research and Investigation Officer at PT PLN (Persero) Research and Development Center. Since 2019, he has been involved in smart grid research and innovative solutions, including digital substations based on IEC 61850, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), unmanned substations, and IoT and AI-driven analytics. His work also covers investigations of power system and equipment failures to improve system reliability.

He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology in 2018, and his Master’s degree in Physics Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology in 2024. He also holds a Professional Engineer (Ir.) certification from Diponegoro University. Hakim actively publishes research, contributes to technical standards, and collaborates with academia, industry, and regulators to support the modernization of Indonesia’s power system.


Mr. Atsushi Suzuki (Chubu Electric Power Grid Co., Inc., Japan)

Atsushi Suzuki is a Japanese electrical engineer who currently serves as Team Leader in the Consulting Section, Engineering Center of Chubu Electric Power Grid Co., Inc. He earned his Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Nagoya University in 1996.

He has extensive professional experience in power system development and consulting, particularly through projects supported by JICA and JBIC. His work includes the Study on Optimal Electric Power Development in Sulawesi, Indonesia (2007–2008), the Power System Development Master Plan in Zambia (2008–2009), and several studies on interconnection lines and reliability improvement for the Java–Bali power system in Indonesia and Malaysia. From 2013 to 2016, he was dispatched as a JICA engineering officer, formulating yen-loan projects related to power grids. In addition, he has contributed to the development of new substation technologies, such as fault locators for unmanned substations, as well as the construction and maintenance of substations.


Mr. Takuma Hayashi (Chubu Electric Power Grid Co., Inc., Japan)

Mr. Takuma Hayashi is Manager of Engineering Center in Chubu Electric Power Grid Co since 2023. He was the Manager of Greenway Grid Global in Singapore which was joint-ventured by TEPCO and Chubu in 2020-2023. They were constructing Micro Grid in Philippines and invested Distribution company in Cambodia.

He started his career as an Engineer for Transmission lines in 2009. He has also held various important positions while working at Chubu, including Grid Planning between 2015-2017 and Generation(Thermal, Hydro and Nuclear) Developing Strategy in 2017-2020.

He earned a Bachelor degree in Agricultural Engineering from Kyoto university in 2006, then completed a Master of Agricultural Engineering in Kyoto university in 2008.


Prof. Syarif Hidayat (ITB)

Syarif Hidayat is a lecturer in the School of Electrical and Informatics Engineering (STEI) who has expertise in the electrotechnical field. He studied at SD Ayudia I Bandung, then went on to SMPN 1 Bandung. After graduating, he continued his studies at SMAN 1 Bandung. He received B.S and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia in 1988 and 1991. He received doctor degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Tokyo in 1996.


Dr. OD Naidu (Hitachi Energy Research, Hitachi)

Dr. OD Naidu is the Senior Principal Scientist, Hitachi Energy Research India. He received Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He has been with Hitachi Energy since 2009 (formerly ABB Power Grids) and has over 18+ years of experience. He is a researcher and an expert in the field of power system protection, fault location and control, monitoring, as well as grid management. A recipient of Young Innovator and Entrepreneur 2022 Award from the Indian National Academy of Engineers, Dr. Naidu has developed innovative technologies for power system fault location, protection and monitoring. He has filed 80+ patents and published 80 plus international journal and conference papers. He holds 40+ granted patents in the area of power system protection and fault location. His research interests include power system protection, fault location, monitoring, modeling inverter-based resources, renewable integration, artificial intelligence applications to power system protection and monitoring. A senior Member of IEEE, Dr. Naidu is also a Member of CIGRE where he contributed to various CIGRE working groups (B5.55, B5.65, B5.78 and B5.83) and delivered multiple keynote and tutorials in IEEE international conferences.


Track 2 : Workshop on Renewable Energy and Their Integration into Electric Power Grid


Workshop on Renewable Energy and Their Integration into Electric Power Grid

Sanur, Prama Hotel, Bali, 3 November 2025

The global energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is progressing rapidly. The use of new energy sources such as photovoltaic (PV), wind, geothermal, and others is becoming increasingly important. This workshop will discuss renewable energy systems from a technological, policy, and business perspective, as well as their implications for the electricity system. Experiences on how to develop and utilize renewable energy sources and integrate them with the grid will be discussed.


Opening Speech:


Prof. Suwarno (ITB)

Suwarno (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, in 1988 and 1991, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Nagoya University, Japan, in 1996. He is currently a Professor and the Emeritus Dean of the School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Institut Teknologi Bandung. He is also the Head of the Electrical Power Engineering Research Group. He has published more than 200 international journal articles and conference papers. His research interests include high voltage insulating materials and technology and diagnostics of HV equipment. He was the General Chairperson of several international conferences, such as ICPADM 2006, ICEEI 2007, CMD 2012, ICHVEPS 2017, and ICHVEPS 2019. He is the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics.

Keynote Speech:


Dr. Suroso Isnandar (Director of Project Management and New Renewable Energy

PLN)

Received his Engineering degree in Electrical Power Engineering from ITB in 1991 and received his Master of Science degree in Power and Management from the University of Abertay Dundee in 1999. He works at PT PLN (Persero) as Director of Risk Management since 2023. His current research interest is the integration of variable renewable energy in the electrical system.


Dr. Zainal Arifin (EVP PT. PLN):

Dr. Zainal Arifin was  Vice President of Technology Development and Standardization  (2022-2023) and EVP  Renewable energy (2023-2025)  of PT. PLN(Persero), Indonesia. He is interested in research, study and policy focusing on technology adoption on energy industry. Recently he is Chairman of PLN Smart Grid and also Team leader of Electric Vehicle infrastructure development in PLN. He received a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) Indonesia in 1994. He earned his MBA in Operation Management in 2010 from University of Missouri – St Louis (UMSL), USA, and a PhD in Strategic Management from Universitas Indonesia in 2016 focusing on Corporate Technology Strategic Policy. Zainal is Board Member of Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF) and a member of the IEEE Technology and Management Society.


Prof. Thomas Hamacher (TU Munich, Germany)

Prof. Hamacher (*1964) conducts research in the field of energy and systems analysis. His research focuses on urban energy systems, the integration of renewable energies into the power grid, and innovative nuclear systems, particularly fusion. His work also focuses on the methods and fundamentals of energy models.

After studying physics in Bonn, Aachen, and at Columbia University in New York, Prof. Hamacher received his doctorate on the topic of "Baryonic B Decays" from the University of Hamburg. Since 1996, Prof. Hamacher has worked at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, most recently as head of the Energy and Systems Studies Group. From 2010 to 2013, Prof. Hamacher was acting head of the Chair of Energy Economics and Applied Engineering. In September 2013, he was appointed Full Professor of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems. He was previously Director of the Munich School of Engineering (MSE) and is now Director of the Munich Institute of Integrated Materials, Energy and Process Engineering (MEP). Prof. Hamacher is a member of the Environmental Science Center (WZU) at the University of Augsburg.


Prof. Ahmed Abu-Siada (Curtin University, Australia)

Prof. Ahmed Abu Siada, Curtin University Australia, received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Ain Shams University, Egypt and his PhD degree from Curtin University, Australia, all in Electrical Engineering.

 

He is a full professor and the head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Curtin University. He has published more than 300 Journal and conference papers and holds several patents on condition monitoring, fault diagnosis and remnant life estimation of high voltage assets. He has delivered several keynote speeches in various IEEE and international conferences and has been a general chair for the IEEE iSPEC 2022, CMD 2018 conferences.

 

Prof Abu-Siada is the founding editor-in-chief of 2 international journals and an editor for several journals such as IET GTD.


Fajar Sastrowijoyo, S.T., M.Eng (CEO Syntek Energy & Control)

Fajar Sastrowijoyo is a renewable energy practitioner in Indonesia, especially in Solar Photovoltaic, Battery Storage, and Industrial Automation. He finished his education in Bandung Institute of Technology in electrical engineering and his master education in South Korea, also in electrical engineering. He co-founded Syntek Energy and Control, an end-to-end Renewable Energy Service Provider. He is experienced in planning, developing, constructing, managing, and servicing hundreds of small and large-scale renewable energy projects in Indonesia, including several of the largest plants and also the first Grid-Interactive Microgrid in Indonesia. His current focus is on the large-scale Hybrid PV integration and MicroGrid systems to empower and expedite rural electrification.


Dr. Kevin Marojahan Banjar-Nahor (ITB)

Kevin Marojahan Banjar-Nahor was born in Bandar Lampung in 1993. He is an academic in the field of electrical engineering, particularly in electric power systems. Kevin earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), both with cum laude honors, in 2013 and 2014. His passion for research led him to continue his doctoral studies at the Grenoble Electrical Engineering Laboratory, France, and successfully obtained his doctorate from the University of Grenoble Alpes in 2019. During his studies and research, Kevin focused on the topics of power system planning and operation, power system and microgrid stability, and power system protection areas that are very important in ensuring the reliability of electricity supply.


Dr. OD Naidu (Hitachi Energy Research, Hitachi)

Dr. OD Naidu is the Senior Principal Scientist, Hitachi Energy Research India. He received Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He has been with Hitachi Energy since 2009 (formerly ABB Power Grids) and has over 18+ years of experience. He is a researcher and an expert in the field of power system protection, fault location and control, monitoring, as well as grid management. A recipient of Young Innovator and Entrepreneur 2022 Award from the Indian National Academy of Engineers, Dr. Naidu has developed innovative technologies for power system fault location, protection and monitoring. He has filed 80+ patents and published 80 plus international journal and conference papers. He holds 40+ granted patents in the area of power system protection and fault location. His research interests include power system protection, fault location, monitoring, modeling inverter-based resources, renewable integration, artificial intelligence applications to power system protection and monitoring. A senior Member of IEEE, Dr. Naidu is also a Member of CIGRE where he contributed to various CIGRE working groups (B5.55, B5.65, B5.78 and B5.83) and delivered multiple keynote and tutorials in IEEE international conferences.