Keynote Speaker 2

Prof. Ron Hui obtained his Ph.D degree at Imperial College London in 1986. He previously held academic positions at Nottingham University and Sydney University. In 2011-2021, he was a Chair Professor of Power Electronics at the University of Hong Kong. At HKU, he held the Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professorship of Electrical Engineering. From March 2021, he holds the MediaTek Endowed Professorship at Nanyang Technological University and Chair Professorship at Imperial College London. Since January 2025, he is a Chair Professor of Power Electronics at the City University of Hong Kong. He has also held a part-time Chair Professorship at Imperial College London since 2011.

He has published over 320 refereed journal papers and has over 150 patents adopted by industry worldwide. His inventions have underpinned key dimensions of the world’s first wireless power standard Qi, launched in 2010 by the Wireless Power Consortium with over 300 company members including Apple, Samsung etc. He is the recipient of the 2015 IEEE Technical Field Award (IEEE William Newell Power Electronics Award), 2010 IEEE Rudolf Chope R&D Award, 2010 IET Crompton Medal and 2024 JJ Thomson Medal for Electronics. He is a Fellow of the IEEE (2003), Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering (2010), the US National Academy of Inventors (2018) and the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK (2016).