Keynotes/Invited talks & Lectures

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give a talk on“Edge AI for Sustainable Energy Transition: A Participatory Approach and an Integrated Perspective” at Nanyang Technological university (NTU), Singapore, August 28, 2026.

Sabita Maharjan served as a panelist on“Women in Technology” at ISDTRA 2026, July 11, 2026.

Sabita Maharjan  gave a keynote on“Federated Digital Twin Edge Networks for IIoT and 6G” atISDTRA 2026, Hong Kong, July 11, 2026.

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give a talk on “Edge AI for Sustainable Cities” at NORA Student Council Research Webinar, on May 12, 2026.

Shiliang Zhang and Sabita Maharjan presented the work titled on “Security, privacy, and agentic AI in a regulatory view: From definitions and distinctions to provisions and reflections” at 2026 Governing Agentic AI Symposium, at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal, on May 06, 2026.

Frank Eliassen was invited to give a talk on "Energy Informatics at the Edge: Contributing to the Energy Transition”, on 6th May 2026, at Dept of Informatics, Arctic University of Norway (UiT), Tromsø, Norway. Link to this event: https://site.uit.no/arcticgreen/guest-lecture-energy-informatics-enabling-sustainable-energy-use-by-prof-frank-eliassen-department-of-informatics-uio/ 

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give a talk on “Sustainable Energy Transition: A Participatory Approach and an Integrated Perspective” at IEEE ComSoc TC SGC Webinar, on April 29, 2026.

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give a talk on “Energy Informatics” at Pokhara University, Nepal, March 23, 2026

Sabita Maharjan and Shiliang Zhang were invited to give a keynote (online) on "Sustainable Energy Transition: A Participatory Approach and an Integrated Perspective" at Sustainability Seminar Series (SustainSys), NSERC CREATE Program, McGill University, Canada, on Dec. 08, 2025.

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give keynote on "Energy Edge AI for Sustainable Cities" at AI-Scities 2025, University of Chichester, UK (Online), October 29, 2025.

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give keynote on "AI and Sustainability" at AI Seminar, University of Innland Norway, Norway, October 22, 2025.

Josef Noll gave a talk on "Teknologisystemer driver oss Og hva kan vi gjøre?" at Researchers Night, Lillestrøm, Norway, Sep. 26, 2025.

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give keynote on "Edge Intelligence for Sustaimable Energy Transition" in IFI PhD School, University of Oslo, Norway, September 1, 2025.

Sabita Maharjan was invited as a panelist on "AI for Sustainability vs. Sustainable AI" in IFI PhD School, University of Oslo, Norway, September 1, 2025.

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give a talk on "AI for Energy Networks: An Integrated Perspective" in KU Ullens Campus, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal, on July 23, 2025.

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give motivational speech titled "My Journey: Gender representation, The role of mentorship, and A research career in today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape" in SNMV, Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 22, 2025.

Josef Noll was invited to give keynote on "Fog and Edge AI, increasing Resilience and Reliability of the Electrical Grid" at IEEE 101st Vehicular Technology Conference, Oslo, Norway, June, 2025.

Roman Vitenberg gave an inspirational talk about research challenges given at the doctoral symposium at DEBS 2025, June 10th, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give a keynote on "Energy Edge Intelligence: From Technical Frameworks to the Regulatory Landscape" in The Sustainability Seminar, Asker, Norway, on May 12, 2025.

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give a talk on "Distributed and Participatory Energy Systems: An Integrated Perspective" in Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) Spain, April 9, 2025.

Roman Vitenberg gave a lecture on "Using blockchain for energy trading and smart grid management". The lecture was given as part of the blockchain course to over 100 students at NIT Goa in March 2025.

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give a lecture title "AI for Energy Informatics" in ANAIS Fifth AI School in Nepal, Jan. 5, 2025, Lalitpur, Nepal.

Sabita Maharjan served as a panelist in "How to benefit and develop your career in a rapidly evolving tech landscape?" in IEEE Globecom, Dec., 2024, Cape Town, South Africa.

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give a lecture on "The Twin Transition: Synergy and Challenges" in TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Dec. 3, 2024.

Sabita Maharjan was invited to give a keynote on "Energy Edge Intelligence" in EAI Mobiquitous 2024, Oslo, Norway, Nov. 14, 2024.