In the blog titled “My Keynote Lecture at EFEA 2025: When Passion Meets the Clock”, Leposava Ristić shares insights from her keynote lecture, highlighting the vision, key results, and concrete achievements of the Twinning project SUNRISE. The post touches upon advanced controlled electrical drives, energy efficiency, smart grids, and the application of HIL concepts and Digital Twin implementations within the SUNRISE Laboratory, while offering a personal reflection on balancing scientific passion with conference time constraints.