<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,<div><br></div><div>The 2nd International Symposium on Energy Analytics (ISEA2025) will be hosted at UNC Charlotte, March 3-4, 2025. The theme of ISEA 2025 is Energy Analytics: State of the Practice. ISEA2025 will feature Rafal Weron's IIF Distinguished Lecture Series on electricity price forecasting, together with other insightful presentations. Practitioners, researchers, and students are all welcome to attend. ISEA2025 will be hosted in parallel with the next Foresight Practitioners Conference, so the participants will also have the opportunities to network with other forecasters outside the energy sector. </div><div>Registration deadline is Feb 20th, 2025. <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforecasters.org%2Finternational-symposium-on-energy-analytics%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailhost.ces.clemson.edu%7Cc769902fc35540c1b91308dd3721caae%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638727340472585621%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9EAF8JPIed%2F3GMhR%2BkwyeY9HpDhgm%2FOKZpMli4554Mo%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://forecasters.org/international-symposium-on-energy-analytics/" shash="RY8vzwROp0uBIeSINmOAJDBGa4QtSLkLC5tpojoW9f099oI1aK3kkZBC1N9ww44cmIkSXwH1TG3rZc5AvkYhwR3xMOD+K0q1rXji/QfCNiqBtWCVO0eL8T8lIqbxvcuDF1aJZvt5TE1m50h2aglKtLJ6rZqR4boHnKT+mJRwOig=">https://forecasters.org/international-symposium-on-energy-analytics/</a></div><div>For more information, please visit <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.drhongtao.com%2Fisea&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailhost.ces.clemson.edu%7Cc769902fc35540c1b91308dd3721caae%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638727340472603301%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RtPCihGai0HVv%2BHE0WLjF9%2BV8h0i257QS3Ng%2FQBAhOQ%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.drhongtao.com/isea" shash="MPLQ8Mta35Ktnk2WVPKFN5e5gbn9n0pQReHyOX7+XYWQX9VQx/EW8waJ45QvMI6+BV21zZA3ZZEx2xhPSEJCHEXxAtk5KXgWuH4YnADjlalysXskQgjX8QiOcEdXoTEvQ+hrxhmMACy4KQOv2+4TlOiQFWHFK+Dlvwo6cn37mUU=">https://www.drhongtao.com/isea</a></div><div><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:none;margin:0px;outline:none;text-decoration-line:inherit;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;line-height:1.6667;padding-top:0px"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato,Arial;font-weight:700">Featured Speakers</span></p><ul class="gmail-n8H08c gmail-UVNKR" style="list-style-type:square;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:6px 0px 0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:none;margin:0px 0px 0px 15pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;line-height:0;padding-top:0px"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 0pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:1.6667;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box">Mario Enrique Arrieta-Prieto, Universidad Nacional de Colombia </span><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal">(IIF-SAS award 20</span><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box">23</span><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal">)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:none;margin:6px 0px 0px 15pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;line-height:0"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 0pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:1.6667;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box">Arnie de Castro, SAS Institute</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:none;margin:6px 0px 0px 15pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;line-height:0"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 0pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:1.6667;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box">Aziz Ezzat Ahmed, Rutgers University</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:none;margin:6px 0px 0px 15pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;line-height:0"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 0pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:1.6667;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box">Zheming Gao, Rice University </span><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal">(IIF-SAS award 201</span><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box">8</span><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal">)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:none;margin:6px 0px 0px 15pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;line-height:0"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 0pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:1.6667;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box">Paula Maçaira, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:none;margin:6px 0px 0px 15pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;line-height:0"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 0pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:1.6667;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box">Katie McConky, Rochester Institute of Technology </span><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal">(IIF-SAS award 201</span><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box">9</span><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal">)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:none;margin:6px 0px 0px 15pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;line-height:0"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 0pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:1.6667;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box">Richard Povinelli, Marquette University</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:none;margin:6px 0px 0px 15pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;line-height:0"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 0pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:1.6667;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box">Shreyashi Shukla, Duke Energy</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:none;margin:6px 0px 0px 15pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;line-height:0"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 0pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:1.6667;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box">Rain Xie, National Grid</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:none;margin:6px 0px 0px 15pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;line-height:0;padding-bottom:0px"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 0pt;outline:none;text-decoration:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:1.6667;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="box-sizing:border-box">Jie Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas (IIF-SAS award 2017)</span></p></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Tao </div><div><br></div><div><div>=============</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tao Hong, PhD</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-il">Duke</span> <span class="gmail-il">Energy</span> <span class="gmail-il">Distinguished</span> <span class="gmail-il">Professor</span> and NCEMC Faculty Fellow of <span class="gmail-il">Energy</span> Analytics</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Graduate Director and Research Director</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">William States Lee College of Engineering</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">University of North Carolina at Charlotte</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:tao.hong@charlotte.edu" target="_blank" style="color:blue">tao.hong@charlotte.edu</a></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> | 704-687-1957 | <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drhongtao.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailhost.ces.clemson.edu%7Cc769902fc35540c1b91308dd3721caae%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638727340472618048%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=I%2F0%2F%2FMJFnNNthbksDSKu%2BipndRqXDnhMF6rsy5zDILc%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://www.drhongtao.com/" shash="mg3xiGkoe1jZCh4YvhTT85nMtwz2dWP8/LvXHy4TytmlM5of+sLHWmWuZcJtH4BEvkdkNE5M2pay7Xe4zUGdXNQcf39nJXfTyNK9F3nF516tWdBqyY+WZd790xxvrX68ED8wVcNxoQYd53zRxFoXgMOk6wvw8/DwzTwi7COhHjA=">www.drhongtao.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p></div></div></div>