INVITATION

Prof Koen Kok was appointed full-time professor of Intelligent Energy Systems at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of Eindhoven University of Technology on 1 September 2020. He will deliver his inaugural address on 10 March 2023.

On behalf of the TU/e Executive Board, I invite you to attend Prof Koen Kok's inaugural address on Friday 10 March 2023, starting at 16:00. The public address will be delivered in the Blue Hall of the Auditorium. Registration is not required.

Koen Kok

Koen Kok (1969) successively studied Electrical Engineering at Hogeschool Alkmaar, Technical Computer Science at Rijkshogeschool Groningen and Computer Science at the University of Groningen.

In 1998, he started working at the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) in Petten, first as scientific programmer, later as Senior Researcher and Research Coordinator. From 2004, Kok has been closely involved in the development of the PowerMatcher, an intelligent coordination system that matches supply and demand in a local electricity system. In 2013, he received his PhD from the Free University on the theoretical foundations and validation of this system. Between 2011 and 2020, he is doing Smart Grid research at TNO, with a break from 2015 for a two-year period at the Danish Technical University (DTU). From April 2018, he joined TU/e's Electrical Energy Systems (EES) group part-time, with an appointment as part-time professor in November that year.

From 1 September 2020, he was appointed full-time professor in the same group. In his professorship, Koen Kok focuses on the impact of the energy transition on the operation of the electricity system and the role intelligent software can play in it.

About the inaugural address

Electricity plays a key role in the energy transition. Transition paths of different sectors are (partly) via a transition to electricity as an energy carrier. This, and an increasing supply of electricity from solar and wind, increases uncertainty in the system and means that grids are being used in ways that were not foreseen when they were designed. In his inaugural address, Koen Kok highlights a number of areas of tension that require attention in this transition.

The tension between solutions to urgent problems and the long-term transition. The tension between the regulated operation of infrastructure and the free market for energy. Between optimisations at local and national level, between energy from near or far. Based on this, he discusses open questions for the industry and science and possible solution directions based on digitalisation and modelling.

About the symposium

Prior to Prof Dr Koen Kok's inauguration, there will be a symposium entitled 'Electricity Distribution Systems in a Changing Environment'. This is organised by the EIRES and the NWO Research Programme MegaMind. This starts in the morning at 10.00 am.

A limited number of places are available for KIVI members. When registering, please mention KIVI.

For programme and registration see the symposium site.

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