Topics

1. Power converters and devices

• New technologies and future trends,
• Wide-band devices (GaN, SiC, etc.) and drivers,
• Development, realization, and application of rectifiers, inverters, choppers, and other converters,
• Converters for DC and AC power supplies (DC/DC, UPS...), chargers for Accu-batteries, maintenance, etc.,
• Multilevel converters, and MMC,
• Analysis, modeling, and simulation of converters,
• Converters in development.

1. Power converters and devices

• New technologies and future trends,
• Wide-band devices (GaN, SiC, etc.) and drivers,
• Development, realization, and application of rectifiers, inverters, choppers, and other converters,
• Converters for DC and AC power supplies (DC/DC, UPS...), chargers for Accu-batteries, maintenance, etc.,
• Multilevel converters, and MMC,
• Analysis, modeling, and simulation of converters,
• Converters in development.

2. Electric vehicles, Industrial drives, and electric machines

• Electrical vehicle (EV) drives and e-traction,
• Battery chargers, wireless chargers, G2V, V2G, and V2V,
• Batteries for EVs, and battery management system,
• Industrial electrical drives, multi-motor drives,
• Analysis, modeling, and simulation of drives,
• Electronic transformers, and SST,
• Construction, protection, supervision, and diagnostics,
• Testing, exploitation, and repair.

3. Advanced Control Systems, Measurement, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications

• Digital control of power electronics converters and systems,
• Electronic measurement systems, IoT, and energy harvesting,
• Control of industrial processes in Industry 4.0,
• Computer application (CAD, CAM…),
• Communication systems, supervision, and diagnostics,
• Modeling, simulation, estimation, and identification,
• Artificial intelligence in power electronics,
• Deep learning applications.

4. Power Electronics in Smart Grids, and Energy Storage

• Power Electronics in Smart Grids, Low inertia grids, and Energy islands,
• Microgrids, DC grids, and Hybrid systems,
• Energy storage systems,
• Condition monitoring and predictive maintenance,
• Microgrids and “weak” grids resilience,
• Self-aware and self-adaptable power electronics systems,
• Power electronics for Industry 4.0.

5. Power quality

• Power quality and power factor issues in modern grids,
• Power electronic converters and power quality,
• Electromagnetic compatibility, EMI, ecology,
• Active filters, FACTS, DVR, STATCOM, and UPQCS,
• Power quality characterizations and classification systems.

6. Renewable & distributed energy sources

• Energy conversion systems and applications,
• Power electronics application for renewables (RES),
• Power electronics converters in wind and solar plants,
• Interaction of power electronics and grids,
• Reliability and resilience of RES-supported grids,
• Hydrogen power systems, Power4-to-X systems,
• “Clean” energy sources and multi-energy systems.