Nicolaos A. Cutululis is a Professor in the Department of Wind and Energy Systems at the Technical University of Denmark. He holds a M.Sc. (1998) and a Ph.D (2005) in Automatic Control. His main research area is operation and integration of wind power moving towards 100% RES power systems, with a special focus on offshore wind and HVDC. He has authored/co-authored extensively in his research field. He serves as a Chief Editor of the Wind Energy Science journal. He has served as scientific director in the DTU TotalEnergies Excellence Center of Clean Energy (DTEC). He is active in shaping the wind and power research agenda at the European level, having been an MB member of EERA JP Wind and an Ex-co member for ETIPWind; he has also co-chaired the SET Plan IWG, drafting the first Implementation Plan for HVDC. Currently, he is chairing the Steering Committee of the Energy Islands Forum.

Professor Jesús Toribio graduated in Civil Engineering in 1982 and then in Mathematics in 1986. In 1987 he was awarded his PhD in the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and turned into Associate Professor in that Institution. In 1992 he became Full Professor and Head of the Materials Science Department of the University of La Coruña (at the age of 32, thus being the youngest Full Professor in the area of Materials Science in Spain). In 2000 he moved to the University of Salamanca (USAL) where is currently Full Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Head of the Fracture & Structural Integrity Research Group (FSIRG) of that Institution.
His research work is mainly concerned with fatigue and fracture mechanics, environmentally assisted cracking, stress corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement/degradation/damage of metals and alloys (mainly cold drawn pearlitic steel wires for civil engineering and austenitic stainless steels for nuclear engineering and energy applications), covering theoretical, computational and experimental aspects. He actively participates in International Scientific Conferences, very often being a member of the International Advisory Committee, organising Special Sessions and Symposia, being Session Chairman or specially delivering Plenary/Keynote/Invited Lectures. Professor Dr. Jesús Toribio has published more than 600 scientific papers, most of them in international books and journals.
He is the Chairman of the Technical Committee 10 (TC10): Environmentally Assisted Cracking & Hydrogen Embrittlement of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) and has been Director (2013-2017) of the International Congress of Fracture-The World Academy of Structural Integrity (ICF-WASI), being responsible of launching the Ibero-American Academy of Structural Integrity (IA2SI). Prof. Toribio has been awarded a variety of scientific research prizes and awards including: (i) UPM Young Scientist Award of the Polytechnic University of Madrid; (ii) METROTEC Award for the best Technological Research Project; (iii) Honour Medal of the Spanish Group of Fracture (GEF/SEIE) in recognition of his research achievements in the field of fracture mechanics; (iv) Fellow of the Wessex Institute of Technology (WIT) in recognition of leadership and outstanding work in engineering sciences; (v) Top Reviewer 2011 in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the quality of the Elsevier International Journal Engineering Fracture Mechanics; (vi) Fellow of the European Structural Society (ESIS Fellow) for his outstanding contributions to the art, science, teaching or practice of fracture mechanics and his service to the society; (vii) Honorary Member of the Italian Group of Fracture (IGF) in acknowledgement and appreciation of his outstanding achievements in the research field of fracture mechanics; (viii) Best Paper and Presentation Award in the International Conference on Energy Materials and Applications (ICEMA 2017) held in 2017 in Hiroshima, Japan, with a paper entitled: Numerical Simulation of Hydrogen Diffusion in the Pressure Vessel Wall of a WWER-440 Reactor; (ix) María de Maeztu Scientific Award of the University of Salamanca (800th anniversary during 2018) in recognition of academic trajectory and excellence in scientific and technological research; (x) Scientific Merit Award of the Portuguese Group of Fracture (PGF) in recognition of scientific contributions during his career.

Mamiko Inamori was born in Kagoshima, Japan in 1982. She received her B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering from Keio University, Japan in 2005, 2007, and 2009, respectively. In 2009, she joined Keio University as an assistant professor. In 2013, she joined Faculty of Engineering, Tokai University, where she is now an associate professor. She received the Young Scientist Award from Ericsson Japan in 2010. Her research interests are mainly concentrated on wireless power transfer and signal processing in wireless communication system.

Daigo Yonetsu completed the course requirements of the latter half of the doctoral program in engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering of Kansai University in 2003, and then became a research associate in the Faculty of Engineering. He became a lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering Science of the same university in 2007. He became an associate professor in the Faculty of Engineering Science of the same university in 2015. He holds a D.Eng. degree and is engaged in research on optimal design simulations of electrical equipment, electric field optimal design simulations of electric power equipment and optimal design of cable size for economy and environment. He received a 2007 IEIEJ Paper Encouragement Award, and a 2020 IEIEJ Academic Encouragement Award. He is a member of IEEE, IEIEJ, IEEJ, the Japan Society for Simulation Technology, and JSAEM.

Kwan San Oscar Hui is a Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia. He previously held academic appointments at the University of East Anglia, UK (Lecturer, 2016–2019; Reader, 2019–2024), Hanyang University, South Korea (Assistant Professor, 2013–2016), and City University of Hong Kong (Lecturer, 2008–2013). He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2008.
Professor Hui’s research centres on energy storage, conversion, and advanced materials. Recognised since 2020 among the world’s top 2% of scientists in Materials, Energy, and Nanoscience, he has authored over 263 peer-reviewed publications (h-index: 65; citations: 13,355+) in leading journals including Advanced Materials, Energy & Environmental Science, and Advanced Energy Materials. He is an inventor on a U.S. patent (US9040007B2) and actively contributes to international expert panels such as the Royal Society and UKRI. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) and the Higher Education Academy (UK), and currently serves as Chair of the Device Technologies for Energy Storage Ad Hoc Committee of the IEEE Electron Devices Society (USA).

Kwun Nam Hui is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering (IAPME), University of Macau. He received his PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Hong Kong in 2009 and held academic appointments at Pusan National University before joining the University of Macau in 2015. Dr. Hui research focuses on advanced electrode and catalytic materials for energy storage and conversion, including lithium–sulfur, potassium-ion, sodium-ion, and aluminum-ion batteries, as well as supercapacitors and electrocatalytic systems (ORR, OER, HER, CO₂RR, NRR). His group combines nanostructure design, lattice/strain engineering, molecular dynamics, and DFT calculations to accelerate charge transfer and reveal fundamental reaction mechanisms.
Dr. Hui has published over 275 SCI-indexed papers in top journals including Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, and EES Batteries. He has an h-index of 69 with more than 15,500 citations (Google Scholar). Recognized among the World’s Top 2% Scientists (Stanford/Elsevier) since 2021, he is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, serves as Editor-in-Chief of three international journals, and holds over 50 patents.

Sinan Küfeoğlu is working as an Associate Professor at the University of Vaasa, Finland. He worked as a Senior Policy Manager at the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), HM Government. Previously, he worked at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and University College London. He led the research collaboration between Cambridge and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in developing recommendations to enhance the digital resilience of critical infrastructure. He was an adviser at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) for integrating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into university education. He provided consultancy to the World Bank in the field of applying machine learning to electric power systems. His research interests include energy futures, sustainable development, energy economics, and technology policy.

Dr. Anushree Ramanath is a technology executive and product leader based in the San Francisco Bay Area, United States, where she heads Software Products and Analytics at a clean energy and sustainability company. She leads five cross-functional teams building data-driven platforms for EV charging, fleet operations, solar, and battery storage, focusing on applying AI, analytics, and scalable software architecture to solve complex energy challenges. She holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering and has authored several publications, including book chapters published by Elsevier and Wiley. She is an invited speaker at conferences worldwide and has received several accolades for her technical research and contributions to the field.