Agenda

Dorothy Stanley currently serves as IEEE Standards Association (SA) President. She has served on the IEEE SA Board of Governors and in numerous IEEE SA governance roles. She is past Chair of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group, having served as Chair and Vice Chair of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group from 2014-2024. She has been involved in wireless LAN product strategy and standards activities, leading and participating in IEEE 802.11, Wi-Fi Alliance, Wireless Broadband Alliance, and Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards developments. Her work in standards and industry interoperability has supported Wi-Fi industry innovation to enable solutions that provide significant consumer and economic value in the global marketplace. 

Dorothy is a Fellow at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Prior to joining (now HPE) Aruba Networks in 2005, Dorothy was a Consulting Member of the Technical Staff at Agere Systems and a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Lucent Technologies and AT&T Bell Laboratories. 

Sajith is Chair of the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Young Professionals Advisory Council, and a Research Scientist at the National Laboratory of the Rockies of the United States of America. His research involves grid-level decarbonization, increasing resilience of human settlements against extreme climates, advanced building energy modeling and advanced thermal energy storage systems analysis. In addition to that he is a Visiting Scientist at the Colorado School of Mines where he contributes to research on the same topics above.

He works for and assists co-manage three Clean Energy Ministerial work streams. (i) Solutions Center (SC), which provides assistance to developing countries to design and implement clean energy policies, and resolve deployment-related challenges, (ii) NICE Future Initiative on Nuclear Energy policy assistance (iii) 21st Century Power Partnership which serves as a platform for public-private collaboration to advance policy for the large-scale deployment of renewable energy in combination with deep energy efficiency and smart grid solutions.

Sajith is a Global Expert on SDG7 to the UNDESA UN-Energy process and a IRENA Youth Council Member. He is also a Climate Negotiator for Sri Lanka on Global Stocktake. IEEE MGA appointed him as a representative to the IEEE Sustainable Climate Matrix Organization (TSCMO) to lead its external outreach subcommittee. The Chair of UNFCCC COP committee for 2026 IEEE PES appointed him to lead the young professional’s advisory council 2026-27. 

Elena works as an Energy Transition Expert at Alantra, where she focuses on market analysis, renewable integration, electricity price forecasting, and industrial decarbonization strategies. Her academic background in complex systems engineering and AI for energy professionals has shaped her understanding of the energy sector’s challenges and opportunities. Passionate about bridging data and purpose, she strives to translate complex decarbonisational challenges into actionable, value-driven solutions that foster both environmental and financial resilience.

Reyna Úbeda is a Study Group Advisor for ITU-T Study Group 5 on Environment, climate action, circular economy and electromagnetic fields. She .joined the ITU’s Standardization Bureau in 2015. Reyna speaks English, Spanish and German.  studied Industrial Engineering and she completed a Master on International Management from the University for Economics and Environment Nürtingen - Geislingen in 2014.

Juan Iván Martín Lataix is the Skills Digitalisation Specialist at the International Labour Organization (ILO), where he supports governments, social partners, and training institutions in advancing digital transformation and responsible AI adoption for skills development. With over two decades of international experience in strategy, innovation, and technology, he brings deep expertise in connecting frontier technologies with learning, work, and opportunity.

He holds an Executive MBA from IESE Business School, with further executive education at MIT and IMD. Fluent in Spanish, French, and English, he works across multicultural environments and helps design the digital infrastructure for tomorrow’s skills systems, including trusted credentials, AI-powered skills intelligence, and lifelong learning platforms. His work aims to strengthen decent work, inclusion, and equitable growth.

Naroa leads the technology function across UNICEF's Digital Inclusion division and Giga, overseeing product and engineering teams developing and deploying open-source solutions for digital networks. Her background spans applied AI, machine learning, and large-scale data infrastructure for public-purpose use. Earlier in her career, she worked with telecommunications operators including Telenor and Telefónica, and later in Kenya across organizations ranging from an agriculture data startup to a non-profit expanding access to finance for local entrepreneurs. She holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MS in Telecommunications Engineering from Universidad del País Vasco.