Invited Speakers

Prof. Zhenggui Li

Xihua University, China

Profile: Zhenggui Li, Doctoral Supervisor (Qinghai University/Lanzhou University of Technology/Southwest Petroleum University), is an expert receiving the Special Government Allowance from the State Council, recipient of the 12th Invention and Entrepreneurship Award - Individual Achievement Award, and winner of the China Industry-University-Research Collaboration Award (Individual Award, 2022). He serves as Executive Director of the Key Laboratory of Fluid and Power Machinery under the Ministry of Education, Director of the Sichuan International Science & Technology Cooperation Base for Hydroenergy Conversion Technology and Equipment, and Director of the "2011 Plan" Collaborative Innovation Center of Sichuan. As a reviewer for National Natural Science Foundation projects and academic degree thesis evaluation expert for the Ministry of Education, Prof. Li has dedicated years to researching hydrodynamic mechanisms of hydraulic machinery and developing specialized fluid machinery products. He has chaired several research projects under the National Key R&D Program, two sub-projects for national key engineering projects, two general projects under the National Natural Science Foundation, five provincial-level research projects, and managed over 20 other research initiatives. Prof. Li has completed 23 major technical transformations and key technology breakthroughs, published over 130 research papers, and received six provincial/ministerial-level science and technology awards including the National Defense Science and Technology Progress Award, along with eight central enterprise science and technology awards.

Assoc. Prof. Qian Li

Southwest Petroleum University, China

Profile: Qian Li, born in October 1988, is a female member of the CPC, holding a Ph.D. and serving as an associate professor at Southwest Petroleum University in the Department of Electrical Information. She is also the director of the Institute of Energy System Condition Monitoring and Energy-Carbon Perception, as well as a part-time associate researcher at Tianfu Yongxing Laboratory. Her research focuses primarily on carbon monitoring and measurement, intelligent energy and carbon perception of energy systems, and the operation and control of integrated energy systems.She has received three second-class and one third-class provincial scientific and technological awards and has mentored students who won one national gold medal and one national bronze medal in the “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for Students. She has participated in two sub-projects of the National Key R&D Program, taking on key responsibilities in these projects. Additionally, she has led one project funded by the special fund for centralized guidance of local scientific and technological development.She has managed and led six provincial projects, including key projects under the Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Program and regional cooperation projects. She has also undertaken more than 10 R&D projects for major enterprises such as CNOOC, CNPC, and State Grid, with many of her achievements being successfully transferred into practical applications.Furthermore, she has published over 20 papers in SCI/EI-indexed journals, holds 10 authorized invention patents, and has obtained four software copyrights.

Dr. Junfei Li

University of Guelph, Canada

Profile: Junfei Li received the B.Eng. degree in communication engineering from Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China, in 2017, and the Ph.D. degree in engineering systems and computing from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, in 2023. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. His research interests include robotics, digital twins, human-robot collaborations, and bio-inspired intelligence.