Prof. C. C. Chan GBS holds BSc, MSc, PhD, HonDSc, HonDTech degrees.  Distinguished Chair Professor & Director of Research Centre for Electric Vehicles of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Honorary Professor of the University of Hong Kong,. Founder of International Academicians Science and Technology Innovation Centre. Visiting Professor of MIT, UC Berkeley, University of Cambridge, etc. Founding President of the World Electric Vehicle Association. Senior Consultant to governments, academia and industries. Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K., Fellow of Ukraine Academy of Engineering Sciences, Honorary Fellow of Hungarian Academy of Engineering, Life Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of IET, and Honorary Fellow of HKIE. Recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering Prince Philip Medal, Chinese Academy of Engineering Guang-Hua Prize, World Federation of Engineering (WFEO) Medal of Engineering Excellence, Gold Bauhinia Star Medal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Gold Medal of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, IEEE Transportation Technologies Award, “Father of Asian Electric Vehicles” by Magazine Global View. Awarded as the 2022 Touching Chinese Character, 2025 Global Chinese Award. His major research field includes the philosophy and key technologies of electric vehicles and intelligent energy systems. He published 17 books, over 450 technical papers and holds 10 patents.

Sean Green currently serves as President and CEO of BMW Group Greater China, having assumed the role in November 2023. He began his career with BMW UK in 1988 and has accumulated over 35 years of extensive experience within the BMW Group. Since February 2014, when he was appointed Vice President of MINI China, he has been deeply engaged in the Chinese market for approximately 12 years.

Yin Tongyue, was born in October 1962, graduated from Hefei University of Technology's Automobile Manufacturing major in 1984, returned to Anhui in 1996 to participate in the preparatory work of Chery Company, and is currently a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress, the Party Committee Secretary and Chairman of Chery Holding Group Co., Ltd., and the Party Committee Secretary and Chairman of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd.

Yin Tongyue has successively won honorary titles such as the "Nomination Award for the Second National Moral Model", "National May 1 Labor Medal", "National Model Worker", "Outstanding Contribution Figure in Chinese Philanthropy", "Outstanding Figure Award in China's Automobile Industry during the 30 Years of Reform and Opening Up", "He Liang He Li Annual Science and Technology Innovation Award", "CCTV China Economic Person of the Year", "Top 10 Innovative Figures in China", "Outstanding Contribution Talent Award in Anhui Province", and "First Anhui Provincial Moral Model"; and has successively received important awards such as the "Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress", "First Prize of the 28th National Enterprise Management Modernization and Innovation Achievement", "Outstanding Leader in Going Global", "13th Yuan Baohua Enterprise Management Gold Award", and "Rao Bin Award in China's Automobile Industry".

Ren Xiangfei, Vice Chairman of the China Intelligent Transportation Industry Alliance, Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Thermal Management for New Energy Vehicles in Zhejiang Province, Senior Engineer of Automotive Engineering in Zhejiang Province, Member of the Evaluation Committee of the Society of Automotive Engineers of China, and currently serves as the Acting-Director of Geely Automotive Research Institute. He has in-depth insights and thoughts on China's automotive industry. He has rich strategic planning and development experience in fields such as new energy three-electric systems and automotive intelligence. Leading his team, he has created many classic products and best-selling models, and has won honors such as the First Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award.

Ir Prof. Christopher Chao is Vice President (Research and Innovation), Chair Professor of Thermal and Environmental Engineering, and Director of Policy Research Centre for Innovation and Technology of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He is responsible for the planning and strategic development of research and innovation, knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship activities at PolyU.  As an accomplished scholar in thermal and environmental engineering, Prof. Chao has published extensively in leading journals and has an excellent track record in securing external research grants. He has been making unwavering contributions to the professional community and the HKSAR Government.  He is currently the Council Chairman of Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Council, a member of the Research Strategy Expert Group of the Chief Executive's Policy Unit, Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, and Council of the Hong Kong Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre.  He is also a Senior Vice President of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering.

Prof. Chao received his BSc(Eng) degree in Mechanical Engineering (First Class) from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and obtained his MS and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He was Dean of Engineering and Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Hong Kong from 2018 to 2021. Before that he was Head and Chair Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

James L. Kirtley Jr. is Professor of Electrical Engineering, post tenure,   at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the faculty of MIT in 1971 as Assistant Professor, was Associate Professor from 1977 to 1994, Professor from then until 2020, when he became Professor, Post Tenure.

In 1974 and 1975, he was with General Electric, Large Steam Turbine Generator Department, as an Electrical Engineer, and from 1998 to 2000, he was with   Satcon Technology Corporation as Vice President and General Manager of the Tech Center. Dr Kirtley was Gastdozent at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich (ETH).

Dr. Kirtley attended MIT as an undergraduate and received the degree of Ph.D. from MIT in 1971.         

Dr. Kirtley is a specialist in electric machinery and electric power systems. Most of his research activities have been in developing design methodologies for induction, permanent magnet synchronous and variable reluctance motors. He has also been involved in shipboard propulsion and power systems and terrestrial microgrids.

Dr. Kirtley served as Editor in Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion from 1998 to 2006. He chaired the International Conference on Electric Machines in 1990 and was Program Chair of the International Electric Machines and Drives Conference in 2001.

Dr. Kirtley was made a Fellow of IEEE in 1990.  He was awarded the IEEE Third Millennium medal in 2000 and the Nikola Tesla prize in 2002. Dr. Kirtley was elected to the United States National Academy of Engineering in 2007. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Massachusetts.

Dr. Kirtley is author of the textbook Electric Power Principles, published by Wiley, and is co-author, with H. Wayne Beaty, of the Electric Motor Handbook, published by McGraw-Hill. He is author or co-author of over 100 journal papers and over 100 conference presentations. He also has 24 patents.

Professor Zi Qiang Zhu is a Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, IEEE, IET, CSEE, and CES, as well as the Editor-in-Chief of IET EPA.

He is the recipient of the 2024 Global Energy Prize, the 2021 IEEE Nikola Tesla Technical Field Award, and the 2019 IEEE Industry Application Society Outstanding Achievement Award, as well as 39 Best Paper Awards.

Prof. Zhu is a Top Band Professor and Head of the Electrical Machines and Drives Research Group at the University of Sheffield, UK, and the Founding Director of several industrial research centres, including Siemens and Midea. He will join Hong Kong Polytechnic University as a Chair Professor in November 2025.

His current major research interests include design and control of permanent magnet machines and drives for applications ranging from electrified transportation (including electric vehicles, more electric aircrafts, and fast trains) through domestic appliances to renewable energy (offshore wind power).

Prof. Xuejie Huang is currently a professor at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He is also the Deputy Director of the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, and Chairman of the Editorial Board for Energy Storage Science and Technology (CNKI, Scopus). Additionally, he serves as an expert in the overall group of the National Key R&D Program of New Energy Vehicles and the vice president of the China Battery Industrial Association. 

His primary focus lies in the research of secondary lithium batteries and their related materials, process technologies, and equipments. He has published over 300 academic papers in international scientific journals and holds more than 100 patents.

Myron GRAW has 15 years of experience in consulting on new technologies, process optimization & diversification for companies in Europe, USA and Asia. He also possesses extensive experience in consulting on strategy and innovation, along with supporting implementation in automotive, electronics, machine tool, steel, and consumer goods industries. Furthermore, he has led several consortium and bilateral projects focusing on the potentials of additive manufacturing, Industry 4.0, and Data Analytics with over 250 participating companies overall.

Professor K.T. Chau received his B.Sc. (Eng.) degree with First Class Honours, M.Phil. degree, and Ph.D. degree all in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He worked at HKU for 28 years, with various positions including the Director of International Research Centre for Electric Vehicles, Associate Dean of Engineering and Head of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Starting from June 2023, he serves as Chair Professor of Electrical Energy Engineering at the Department of Electrical Engineering in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), and Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (FHKIE). He is elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE) for Contributions to Energy Systems for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles. His research interests are focused on Electrical Energy Engineering, with emphasis on Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, Renewable Energy Systems, and Power Electronics & Drives. Currently, he serves as Editor of the Studies in Science and Technology, and Section Editor-in-Chief of the Energies. Professor Chau has published 9 books, 10 book chapters, over 400 refereed journal papers and over 380 international conference papers. He has received the Chang Jiang Chair Professorship by the Ministry of Education, China, and the Environmental Excellence in Transportation Award for Education, Training and Public Awareness by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International. He has also been honoured the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Distinguished Lecturer and Distinguished Speaker.

Dr. TAN has served as Distinguished Engineer, Fellow, Chief Engineer-Power Conversion, Program Manager, Department Manager, and Center Director in a US Fortune 500 corporation. Dr. TAN earned his PhD from Caltech and is an IEEE fellow. Unusually prolific as a visionary technical leader in ultra-efficient power conversion and electronic energy systems, he has pioneered breakthrough innovations with numerous high-impact industry firsts and record performances that received commendations from the highest level of US Government. He has developed hundreds of designs and thousands of hardware units deployed for space applications without a single on-orbit failure. His suite of world-class electronics performed flawlessly on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), located one million miles away, achieving world-record-breaking performances.

He is currently IEEE Vice President-Elect 2025, the President of IEEE Transportation Electrification Council, Chair of IEEE Fellow Advisory and Oversight Subcommittee, and Vice Chair of IEEE Industry Engagement Committee. Among numerous others, Dr. TAN has served as Division II Director, IEEE Board of Directors; Fellow Committee Chair, IEEE PELS/PES eGrid Steering Committee Chair, PELS Long Range Planning Committee Chair, Nomination Committee Chair, PELS President, Editor-in-Chief (Founding) for IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, APEC (the fourth largest event in IEEE) General Chair, PELS Vice President-Operations, Guest Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Fellow Committee, PELS Vice President- Meetings, IEEE Chair for IEEE/Google Little Box Challenge (awarded $1M cash prize), and IEEE/DoD Working Group Chair, developed IEEE/ANSI standards 1515/1573. Dr. TAN has delivered 80+ keynotes/invited global presentations. He has received more than $30M external customer funding for research and technology development. He also serves on many national and international award, review and selection committees.

Dr. Kenji Morita joined the Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) in 1983. Throughout his career, he has been engaged in collaborative research and development related to clean energy vehicles, ranging from alternative fuel vehicles such as those powered by methanol to electric vehicles. His work spans all vehicle categories—from heavy-duty trucks and passenger cars to ultra-compact vehicles—and includes demonstration testing, standardization of evaluation methodologies, technology trend analysis, and energy efficiency forecasting.

In 2024, he earned a Doctorate in Engineering. Dr. Morita currently serves as a Board Member of the Electric Vehicle Association of Asia Pacific (EVAAP), and as a Director responsible for lectures and seminars at the Kanto Branch of the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE). He is also a member of the Next-Generation Energy Systems Task Force under the Tsukuba 3E Forum.

Mr. Zhang, serves as Vice President and General Secretary, Energy Investment Professional Committee (EIPC) of the Investment Association of China (IAC), Deputy Director, Zero Carbon China Research Center of IAC, and the first proponent of "Zero Carbon China Initiative". He possesses in-depth research and practical expertise in energy transition, energy investment, energy policy, climate change adaptation and mitigation, renewable energy substitution, the hydrogen economy, carbon emission reduction, environmentally sustainable development coupled with renewable energy-based poverty alleviation, and electrification of end-use energy consumption. He has proposed zero-carbon solutions spanning the energy, building, transportation, and industrial sectors, participated in the top-level design and planning of hundreds of zero-carbon projects, and been personally involved in the investment and financing of multiple zero-carbon initiatives.