EPE 2014 Keynote Speakers Prof. Janusz Mindykowski Gdynia Maritime University, Poland Title:  Power Quality on Ships: Today and Tommorow's Challenges Bio Professor Janusz Mindykowski was born in Poland in 1950. He received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland, in 1974 and 1981, respectively, and the D.Sc. degree from Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, in 1993 and the Professor’s title – in 2002 from the President of the Republic of Poland. He is currently a Vice-Rector for Research and International Cooperation (2012-2016), Gdynia Maritime University and since 2002 a full professor of this University. His main research interests are concentrated on measurement aspects of technical systems operation and diagnosis, mainly ship’s systems. A key point of his research is focused on power quality problems. He has published more than 200 papers (about 40 in journals and conference proceedings indexed in the Web of Science base) and 4 monographs on the area of his scientific activity. Janusz Mindykowski is a Fellow Member (1994-2013) of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (before IEE), a Senior Member (2013) of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers I&M and PES societies, Chapter Chairman of Polish Section IEEE-I&M (2008-2012) and a Chairman (2012-2015) of IMEKO Technical Committee on Measurement of Electrical Quantities (TC4). He is also the Member of the Committee for Metrology and Instrumentation, Polish Academy of Sciences (2003), the Member of the Technical Board of Polish Register of Shipping (2001), Honorary Professor of Shanghai Maritime University (2006). Prof. Cristian Nichita Université du Havre, Le Havre, France   Title: Simulation methods for distributed generation systems based on wind and tidal energy conversion systems. Bio Professor Cristian Nichita received doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Le Havre, France and in Automatic System Engineering from The University “Dunarea de Jos” of Galati, Romania. After obtaining PhD, he worked and lectured at University of Havre in Electrical Drives, Power Electronics, Control Systems, Wind Energy Conversion, Real Time Simulation, Grid Power Systems, Micro-generation Energy Systems. At present  he is GU8 Consortium Vice-Chair of Joint Research Committee Research Representative of The University of La Havre in The SGroup European Universities Network (The SGroup),  Research responsible of  New SGROUP Work Group on Renewable Energies in The SGroup,  Research Head of the Task Force Multi-Source Renewable Energy Project in GU8 Consortium. He also served between 2004-201 as  Director of International Office of the University of Le Havre and betwen 2010-2012 as a General Secretary of GU8 Consortium. Professor Nichita has authored more then 100 publications in international journal and peer reviewed conferences Proceedings. Prof. Fabrizio Scarpa Queens School of Engineering, University of Bristol, United Kingdom Title: Auxetic and Kirigami systems in multiphysics and EMC applications Bio Professor Fabrizio Scarpa obtained a MEng in Aeronautical Engineering and a PhD in Machine Design at the Politecnico of Torino, Italy. In 1997 he joined the Dynamics Research Group at the University of Sheffield to work in the field of negative Poisson's ratio materials for vibroacoustic applications. He then became Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Sheffield working as Aerospace Departmental Coordinator and International Student Exchange Officer. He joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering in Bristol in 2005. His research activities span the field of auxetics (foams and honeycombs), shape memory alloy honeycombs, smart multifunctional cellular solids, viscoelasticity and structural-acoustic coupling. Dr Scarpa is Principal Investigator in EPSRC, European Framework 6, Transfer Technology partnerhips and DTI projects, working also in International Collaboration projects with US Army ARO and Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr Scarpa is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society and features in the Editorial team of the Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology Journal. Prof. Goran Stojanovic Department of Electronics, University of Novi Sad, Serbia Title:  Design and characterization of different sensors fabricated on flexible substrate Bio Professor Goran Stojanović, Ph.D. is an associate professor at the Faculty of Technical Sciences (FTS), University of Novi Sad (UNS), Novi Sad, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia. He received a BSc from FTS in 1996, an MSc from the FTS in 2003, and a PhD degree from FTS in 2005, all in electrical engineering. Currently, Prof. Stojanović is a leader of the Laboratory for Printed and Nano electronics. He is an author or co-author of 115 scientific papers including 33 articles in international peer-reviewed journals (with impact factors). His research interest includes organic/printed/flexible electronics, nanoelectronics and application of advanced nano structured materials. He is a member of Jury at the biggest regional festival of innovation and patents “Tesla Fest”, which is annually held in Novi Sad, Serbia. His charge was also an organization of the Festivals of Science, held in Novi Sad every year. Currently, he has position of the Deputy of Provincial Secretary for Science and Technological Development. Prof. Stojanović is a reviewer of 6 leading international journals. He has experience in participation and management in several international (FP7, EUREKA, TEMPUS, bilateral collaborative projects) and national projects. Currently, he is the coordinator of one FP7 project (SENSEIVER) and leader of the UNS team in one TEMPUS project (WBCInno). Prof. Miro Zeman Photovoltaic Materials and Devices, EWI Faculty, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Title:  Solar Energy in Future Electricity Systems Bio Professor Miro Zeman was born in Slovakia in 1957. He received Ph.D. degree from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in 1989 for research on amorphous silicon. Miro Zeman is a full professor at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, in the field of photovoltaic materials and devices since 2009. He leads the Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials and Devices and is the head of the Electrical Sustainable Energy department. He is a leading expert on light management, modeling, and novel materials and nanostructures in thin solar cells. His new research interest is design and monitoring of small PV systems as a part of intelligent electrical systems. He (co-)authored 200 articles and contributed to 5 scientific books.