On behalf of the University of Maribor, Faculty of Energy Technology, we would like to thank you for your upcoming invited lecture at the 7th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics 2018. We would kindly ask you to fill out the following information:

Name: Gorazd Štumberger
Job title: Full Professor
University: University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (UM FERI).

Your short CV and research work (300 characters):

Gorazd Štumberger received the B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Maribor in years 1989, 1992 and 1996, respectively. He was as a visiting researcher with the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, in 1998 and 2000 and with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, in 1997 and 2001. He has been with the University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, since 2008 as a Full Professor of electrical engineering, and since April 2018 as the head of the Power Engineering Institute. His research interests include design, modelling, control and optimization of electric machines, derives and power system elements, electric power generation, transmission and distribution, electricity networks, smart grids, micro grids, and energy management systems. He has published 147 articles in scientific journals and 327 papers in conference proceedings.

Topic and title of lecture: Energy management: The introduction of flexible energy consumption, storage and generation in smart grids, smart buildings and smart communities.

Short description/abstract of lecture (300 characters):

The European Commission updated the Energy Efficiency Directive in 2016 with the Winter package, which represents a political frame for the introduction of flexibility in energy generation, storage, and consumption. Energy Management Systems could be one of the key technologies for its implementation in smart buildings, smart grids and smart communities. The existing energy management systems can provide reduction in energy costs without influencing basic functionalities and the quality of living in buildings. They can be described as building automation systems with added remote-control functionality, which are uncapable of autonomous decisions. This should be changed with the new generation of energy management systems, where autonomous decisions are required for their participation in marked driven services in the field of flexible energy generation, storage, and consumption.

Your expertise and experience will be an excellent addition to our programme.

Sincerely,
University of Maribor
Faculty of Energy Technology

Prof. dr. Bojan Štumberger,
Chairman of SAEM 2018
Prof. dr. Miralem Hadžiselimović,
Local Organising Committee