Assoc. Prof. Jelena Popovic received the Dipl. Ing. degree from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, in 2001, and the Ph.D. degree from the Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, in 2005. From 2005 to 2011, she was with the European Center for Power Electronics (ECPE) as a Technology Transfer Coordinator. From 2008 to 2017 she was with the Delft University of Technology as an Assistant Professor. In 2018 she co-founded a start-up in energy access, Klimop Energy. From October 2019, she joined University of Twente as an Associate Professor to develop a multidisciplinary research and education Energy Access programme.

She has published over 90 publications in scientific journals, magazines and conferences. She has co-authored strategic research agendas, technology roadmaps and white papers in the field of power electronics, energy efficiency, solid state lighting. Her recent interests are bottom-up solutions for energy access, appropriate technology and socio-technical integration. She is the vice-chair of the PELS Technical Committee TC-12 Energy Access.

Abstract – Achieving universal, affordable and sustainable energy access to almost 1 billion people without electricity access is one of the biggest societal challenges of our time. Decentralised, bottom-up approaches, such as solar home systems and microgrids, are being deployed as an alternative to the centralised grid approach, however affordability, reaching scale and long-term sustainability remain challenging. The lecture will discuss the role and opportunity for the power electronics community in addressing these challenges. Furthermore, it will throw a spotlight on the second round of the IEEE PELS challenge Empower a Billion Lives.

Assist.Prof. Minjie Chen

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Kevin Hermanns

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Academician Slobodan Vukosavić

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