Chair: Assoc. Prof. Xing Dong, China University of Petroleum (East China), China

Xing Dong, associate professor, and master's supervisor at China University of Petroleum (East China). His research interests include intelligent optimal control of integrated energy systems, applications of model predictive control theory, and computing-electricity coordination optimization technology. In recent years, he has presided over the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program, Category C), a sub-project of the National Key R&D Program of China, and the Shandong Postdoctoral Innovation Project. He has published more than 10 SCI papers and 4 EI papers in internationally renowned journals such as IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Trans. on Sustainable Energy, IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, Applied Energy, and has been granted 6 national invention patents. He has received awards including the Science and Technology Award of the China Electrotechnical Society and the Silver Medal at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions. He also serves as a reviewer for IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, Applied Energy, Energy Conversion and Management.
Co-chair: Assoc. Prof. Daduan Zhao, Ocean University of China, China
Daduan Zhao is an Associate Professor with the Department of Automation and Measurement and Control, College of Engineering, Ocean University of China. His research focuses on distributed cooperative regulation and energy management of microgrids, intelligent optimal control of offshore renewable energy systems, and distributed control of multi-agent systems under complex communication environments. He has published over 35 journal papers, including 20 in Automatica and IEEE Transactions. He has led projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and received the First Prize of the Shandong Provincial Technological Invention Award in 2025.
Co-chair: Assoc. Prof. Xiaoyu Liu, Shandong University, China
Xiaoyu Liu is an Associate Professor at the School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University. He received Ph.D. degree and conducted postdoctoral research at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, and was a Visiting Scholar at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. His research interests include distributed model predictive control, hybrid systems, learning-based control, and their applications to transportation-energy integration. He has published more than 20 papers in leading journals and conferences, including Automatica, IEEE T-ITS, TRC, and TRE. He received the 2025 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award.
Co-chair: Assoc. Prof. Zhiwei Xu, National University of Defense Technology, China
Zhiwei Xu is an Associate Professor with the College of Systems Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China. His research interests include model-based learning optimization, machine learning, reinforcement learning, and their applications in wind-solar renewable energy systems and battery energy storage. He has co-authored three books and over 20 journal and conference papers.