Speaker

Dr. Santisouk Phimphachanh

Dr. Santisouk serves as the Director of Power System Planning Division, Department of Energy Policy and Planning, Ministry of Energy and Mines since 2012. She is also a member of ASEAN Power Grid Consultative Committee APGCC (HAPUA) and the Technical Taskforce of Power Border Trade Laos –Thailand – Malaysia – Singapore (LTMS-PIP). Dr. Santisouk started her career with Department of Electricity, Department of Energy for 4 years after obtaining her degree in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Lao PDR. She then worked with Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts from 1998 to 2003. She continued her Master of Electrical and Information Engineering with Thailand King Mongkut’s University and subsequently obtained her Doctorate of Engineering on Electric Power System Management from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Dr. Santisouk has 18 years’ experience on Transmission Line Planning and Inspection and Interconnection, providing review and comments on F/S of Transmission Line, Substation and Distribution Planning. She is a member of the Working Group for preparing Power System Study and Transmission Lines and Substations for Power Development Plan; and data collection for demand forecast and the interconnection point as a corridor for the power trade in the ASEAN Power Grid and GMS region. She has participated in numerous international forums, advocating sustainable development of the power sector to earn foreign reserves from energy exports to help electrify the countryside, alleviate poverty and ensure a brighter future for the people of Lao PDR