IEEE PES General Meeting 2026

Presenting : Accelerating IEEE 1547.1 Compliance Using Automated Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing
Woman in Power | Convention Center | Wednesday July 22 from 10-12 AM : Technical Panel

Presenting : Cyber‑Physical Vulnerabilities in Modern Power Systems
Woman in Power | Convention Center | Wednesday July 22 from 10-12 AM : Technical Panel

Presenting : The Data Imperative: Enabling AI-Driven Cybersecurity Detection for Resilient Power Systems
Woman in Power | Convention Center | Wednesday July 22 from 10-12 AM : Technical Panel

Presenting : Grid-Forming Control for Weak Grids: Toward Systematic, System-Level Frameworks
Woman in Power | Convention Center | Wednesday July 22 from 10-12 AM : Technical Panel

Presenting : Real-Time Resilience Analytics for Extreme-Event Grid Operations
Woman in Power | Convention Center | Wednesday July 22 from 10-12 AM : Technical Panel

As a mechanical engineer, Lise Reinhardt Laforce co-founded OPAL-RT in 1997. Throughout her career, she has played a pivotal role in securing the company’s financing, organizing operations to meet sales, marketing, and production objectives, and managing legal, administrative, and human resources functions. Recently, she transitioned these responsibilities to focus on mentoring the next generation of leaders, equipping them to tackle technological challenges and deliver the innovation our clients demand.

Woman in Power | Convention Center | Tuesday July 21 from 3-5 PM Non Technical Panel

Woman in Power | Convention Center | Tuesday July 21 from 3-5 PM Non Technical Panel

Woman in Power | Convention Center | Tuesday July 21 from 3-5 PM Non Technical Panel

As a mechanical engineer, Lise Reinhardt Laforce co-founded OPAL-RT in 1997. Throughout her career, she has played a pivotal role in securing the company’s financing, organizing operations to meet sales, marketing, and production objectives, and managing legal, administrative, and human resources functions. Recently, she transitioned these responsibilities to focus on mentoring the next generation of leaders, equipping them to tackle technological challenges and deliver the innovation our clients demand.

After 22 years at Seattle City Light, most recently as the Senior Manager of Grid Modernization, Uzma has retired from her full-time job. She is currently dedicating her time to volunteering and working part-time as a power system consultant through her newly established company, McSid Tech, where she continues her focus on modernizing the grid. Now, as the Chair of IEEE PES’s Women In Power (WiP), Uzma shares her top 3 WiP goals centered on advancing women’s education and careers: growing people, aligning roles, and building strategy. She has been recruiting new members to PES’s WiP committee. The new and existing leadership team are developing technical and networking programming for all members; exploring new ways to engage this international community. They are also updating governance documents to strengthen and clarify team roles. Later in 2026, she plans to focus on shaping WiP’s strategic vision for the next 5 years.