Prof. Georges Zissis

Toulouse III University (France), France

IEEE Fellow / Chair of IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community and IEEE Smart Lighting Initiative

Prof. Georges Zissis, PhD, SMIEE, immediate past-President IEEE Industrial Application Society and chair of IEEE Smart Cities Program, Vice-Rector Toulouse 3 University (2020-23). He has graduated in rom Physics department of University of Crete in general physics. He got his MSc and PhD in Plasma Science from Toulouse 3 University (France). He is today full Professor in Toulouse 3 University (France). His primary area of work is in the field of Light Sources Science and Technology. He won in December 2006 the 1st Award of the International Electrotechnical Committee (IEC) Centenary Challenge for his work on normalization for urban lighting systems (in conjunction with IEEE, IET and the Observer). He is Chairman of the 4E-Solid State Lighting Annex of the International Energy Agency (2020-24).