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J. B. Davies received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering and the M.Eng. degree from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, in 1973 and 1977, respectively. From 1975 to 2009, he was with Manitoba Hydro, where he was primarily involved in the planning of ac and dc systems. Since 2009, he has been a Private Consultant. He was the convenor of the CIGRE Working Group on multi-infeed HVDC systems which concluded in 2008 and is the author or co-author of over 20 papers in the field of power system analysis. From 2004 until 2009, he was the chair of the IRC Advisory Committee. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Manitoba, Canada.

Dr. Ioni Fernando is currently a planner in the HVdc section of the Manitoba Hydro. Over the last ten years she has been a contributor to the planning process of the Bipole III through specialized studies of AC/DC interfacing and control. Dr Fernando has also been a working group member of the B4-41 Cigre working group that has just completed a comprehensive Planning Guide for Multi-Infeed HVdc systems. She has served in NSERC Discovery and Industrial Research Chair grant selection committees. She has authored and coauthored over 20 publications in areas of HVdc systems, power system stability, system protection, and electromagnetic transient simulation. Ioni holds a B.Sc (Eng) Degree with first class honours from the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka and Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba, Canada. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba. She is also a Professional Engineer in the province of Manitoba.

Rohitha. P. Jayasinghe (Ph.D., P.Eng, MIEEE) received the B.Sc.(Eng.) degree from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, in 1987 and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, in 1997. Currently, he is with the Manitoba HVDC Research Center, Winnipeg. As the Senior Simulation Development & Research Engineer, he plays a major role in the current developments of the PSCAD/EMTDC simulation program. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Manitoba.

David Jacobson (S'84, M'90, SM'05) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering (with distinction) and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, in 1988, 1990, and 2000, respectively. He has been employed with Manitoba Hydro in the System Planning department for 20 years and is currently the Section Head of the Interconnections and Grid Supply Planning Section. Since 2002, David has been involved with a variety of groups in the wind industry. In addition to leading interconnection or exploratory studies of wind generators in Manitoba, he is also a stakeholder in many US studies that have investigated multi-GW connections and major 765 kV overlays. He is a contributing member of the NERC Interconnection of Variable Generation Task Force. He's a steering committee member of the CanWEA Pan-Canadian wind integration study. David is a Distinguished Member of CIGRÉ and has contributed to many working group reports over the years including: Joint Study Committee C1/C2/C6.18 Coping with Limits for Very High Penetration of Renewable Energy, C6.08 Integration of large Share of Fluctuating Generation, C4.601 Power System Security Assessment. He is a member of the IEEE Wind Power Coordinating Committee and is the current Technical Committee Program Chair. David has collaborated on more than a dozen research projects at the University of Manitoba and has supported more than $300,000 in research funding. David is a senior member of the IEEE, an adjunct professor with the University of Manitoba and has been a Registered Professional Engineer in the province of Manitoba since 1992.

Tom Molinski has a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters of Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Manitoba. Tom has worked for Manitoba Hydro for the past 36 years. Tom is currently the Section Head of Emerging Energy Systems in the Power Planning Division. He is responsible for research, planning, concept development, and recommending emerging energy technology projects (like wind, small hydro, bioenergy, energy storage, and various solar technologies) suitable for Manitoba Hydro to implement now or in the future. Tom works with government, various research groups, and several learned societies to determine what are the available emerging energy strategies that Manitoba Hydro can use now and in the future. Tom collaborates on several emerging energy research projects with the University of Manitoba and other organizations.

Dennis Woodford graduated from Melbourne University with a BE in 1967 and the University of Manitoba with an MSc in 1973. He was Special Studies Engineer in Transmission Planning of Manitoba Hydro where he worked on the Winnipeg - Twin Cities 500 kV interconnection and the Nelson River HVDC project. He is the original developer of the PSCAD/EMTDC simulation software, which he started in 1975 while at Manitoba Hydro. He joined the Manitoba HVDC Research Centre as Executive Director ('86 - '01) and is now President of Electranix Corporation, a consulting company based in Winnipeg. He is a registered Professional Engineer with the Province of Manitoba and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Manitoba. He is the recipient of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Uno Lamm Award and a Life Fellow of the IEEE. He is Past-Chairman of the IEEE Subcommittee on HVDC and FACTS, and is active in CIGRE.