IEEE WA Section Events and Activities
2026
Thursday, 13 August 2026
Title: Wholesale Electricity Market in WA: Lessons from Past and Present
Presenter: Shane Cremin
Time: 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm AWST (UTC+8)
Venue: ARUP building, Level 3, WS2/143 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA
Registration: Please email Michelle at: Michelle.Kenworthy-Groen@aemo.com.au
Organised by: IEEE PES/PELS WA Chapter
Contact: Michelle (Michelle.Kenworthy-Groen@aemo.com.au)
This seminar is open to the public and admission is free to all IEEE members and non-members
Thursday, 30 July 2026
Title: Multimodal Learning: From Large Models to the Smaller Models
Presenter: Doctor Sanjay Saha
Time: 11.45 am to 12.45 pm AWST (UTC+8)
Venue (recommended): Building 314.437A, School of EECMS, Curtin University, Bentley WA 6102
Online venue: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/47222007262916?p=ClM78TP2Cy5L7tP6qv
Registration: RSVP to Sajib (Sajib.Mistry@curtin.edu.au)
Organised by: IEEE WA CS chapter and Curtin University
Contact: Sajib (Sajib.Mistry@curtin.edu.au)
This seminar is open to the public and admission is free to all IEEE members and non-members
Thursday, 23 July 2026
Title: Gentle Embodied AI: Vision- and Tactile-Based Robotic Manipulation for a Delicate World
Presenter: Doctor Fangyi Zhang
Time: 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm AWST (UTC+8)
Venue (highly recommended): Building 105.434A, TL Robertson Library, Curtin University, Bentley WA 6102
Registration: RSVP to Sirui (Sirui.li@murdoch.edu.au)
Organised by: CIS/RAS
Contact: Sirui (Sirui.li@murdoch.edu.au)
This seminar is open to the public and admission is free to all IEEE members and non-members
Thursday, 25 June 2026
Title: The Evolution of AI-Based Control for Fuel Cells Toward a Decarbonized Energy Future
Presenter: Doctor Yulin Liu
Time: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm AWST (UTC+8)
Online venue: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/43821738906899?p=b3aXRO11rVzPfVmMj8
Registration: Not required
Organised by: Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Chapter & Circuits and System Society (CAS) Chapter
Contact: Doctor Yulin Liu (yulin.liu@uwa.edu.au)
This seminar is open to the public and admission is free to all IEEE members and non-members
Thursday, 18 June 2026
Title: Engineering Across Contexts: Dynamics, Control, and Risk Reduction from Research to Practice
Presenter: Doctor Anna Lidfors Lindqvist, Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm AWST (UTC+8)
Online venue: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/45549384409998?p=BCFvdFBpMe1umKmAIC
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ieee-vts-wie-event-2-wa-chapter-tickets-1990945692160?aff=oddtdtcreator
Organised by: IEEE VTS WA Chapter
Contact: Associate Professor Hai Wang (hai.wang@murdoch.edu.au)
This seminar is open to the public and admission is free to all IEEE members and non-members
Thursday, 11 June 2026
Title: Network Congestion in the WA Grid
Presenter: Doctor Julius Susanto, Ampere Lab
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm AWST (UTC+8)
Venue: Conference Centre, Central Park Building, 158 St. Georges Tce. Perth, WA, 6000
Registration: Email Michelle (Michelle.Kenworthy-Groen@aemo.com.au)
Organised by: IEEE PES/PELS WA Chapter
Contact: Doctor Ehsan Pashajavid (ehsan.pashajavid@curtin.edu.au)
This seminar is open to the public and admission is free to all IEEE members and non-members
Friday, 29 May 2026
Title: IEEE VTS/WIE Event - Autonomous and Interactive Mobile Systems
Presenter: Doctor Chao Huang, Senior Lecturer and Program Director, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Adelaide University
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm AWST (UTC+8)
Online venue: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/48636047028610?p=OySn1OUBHfRNnpv56G
Registration: Not required
Organised by: IEEE VTS WA Chapter
Contact: Associate Professor Hai Wang (hai.wang@murdoch.edu.au)
This seminar is open to the public and admission is free to all IEEE members and non-members
Thursday, 21 May 2026
Title: AI-Based Controller for Power Electronics Converters
Presenter: Doctor Hani Vahedi
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm AWST (UTC+8)
Online venue: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/41564976558403?p=5U1jCpKoGfZ3KL0Py1
Registration: not required
Organised by: Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Chapter
Contact: Doctor Hani Vahedi (H.Vahedi@tudelft.nl)
This seminar is open to the public and admission is free to all IEEE members and non-members
11th to 14th May 2026
Title: The 9th IEEE Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS)
Venue: Murdoch University South Street Campus, Boola Katitijin Building
Registration: https://icps2026.ieee-ies.org/registration/index.html
Organised by: IEEE IES, IES WA Chapter, VTS WA Chapter, Murdoch University
Contact: Hai Wang (hai.wang@murdoch.edu.au)
This seminar is open to all IEEE members and non-members
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Title: Time-Guaranteed Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems and Its Application to Connected Automated Vehicles
Presenter: Doctor Boda Ning, Director of the AUT Intelligent Systems and Sustainable Energy Research Centre, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Time: 4:00 to 5:00 pm AWST (UTC+8)
Online venue: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/42327037494572?p=yaUWRsbq9tKtttjg9D
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ieee-vts-wa-chapter-webinar-2026-april-tickets-1987320389783?aff=oddtdtcreator
Organised by: IEEE VTS WA Chapter
Contact: Associate Professor Hai Wang (hai.wang@murdoch.edu.au)
This seminar is open to the public and admission is free to all IEEE members and non-members
Thursday, 9 April 2026
Title: Energy Transition: Challenges and Opportunities
Presenter: Mr. Dean Sharafi, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)
Time: 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm AWST (UTC+8)
Venue: Conference Centre, Central Park Building, 158 St. Georges Tce. Perth, WA, 6000
Registration: not required
Organised by: IEEE PES/PELS WA Chapter
Contact: Doctor Ehsan Pashajavid (ehsan.pashajavid@curtin.edu.au)
This seminar is open to the public and admission is free to all IEEE members and non-members
Thursday, 9 April 2026
Title: From Detection to Causation: Understanding Who Spreads Misinformation, How It Engages, and Why It Works
Presenter: Doctor Lin Tian
Time: 10 am to 11 am AWST (UTC+8)
Online link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/45487336147511?p=wPzRF6KY4xQj5zeWwh
Registration: Email Guanjin Wang (guanjin.wang@murdoch.edu.au)
Organised by: IEEE WA SMC chapter
Contact: Guanjin Wang (guanjin.wang@murdoch.edu.au)
This seminar is open to the public and admission is free to all IEEE members and non-members
Thursday, 26 March 2026
Title: Embodied Intelligence Across the Physical AI Continuum, from Human-Aware Sensing to Adaptive Robotics
Presenter: Doctor Arash Ajoudani, Director of HRI², Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Italy
Time: 05:00 – 6:30 pm AWST (UTC+8) NOTE: '05:00 – 6:30 pm' is exactly as per eNotice request, some common sense may need to be applied
Online venue: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/4200473158267?p=dXoePhS3firsdkjJjZ
Registration: not required
Organised by: Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Chapter
Contact: Doctor Arash Ajoudani (Arash.Ajoudani@iit.it)
This seminar is open to the public and admission is free to all IEEE members and non-members
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Title: Signal Processing for Integrated Sensing and Communications
Presenters: Doctor Kumar Vijay Mishra and Doctor Mishra
Time: 10:00 am to 11:00am AWST (UTC+8)
Venue: Billings Room, EEE Building, University of Western Australia
Registration: not required
Organised by: This is a joint IEEE AESS-GRSS and IEEE CASS WA Chapter Distinguished Lecture
Contacts: Professor David Huang (David.huang@uwa.edu.au), Professor Herbert Iu (Herbert.iu@uwa.edu.au), and Doctor Zifan Lin (Zifan.lin@uwa.edu.au)
This seminar is open to the public and admission is free to all IEEE members and non-members
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