I POWER ELECTRONICS COMPONENTS AND CONVERTERS

Topic 1: DEVICES, COMPONENTS, PACKAGING AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION

1.a. Passive components

1.b. Active devices and components (Si)

1.c. Active devices and components (Wide bandgap and other new materials)

1.d. System integration, packaging & thermal management

1.e. Reliability

Topic 2: POWER CONVERTERS TOPOLOGIES AND DESIGN

2.a. Hard & soft switching techniques

2.b. Advanced power converter topologies

2.c. EMC issues including HF phenomena

Topic 3: MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL

3.a. Standard and advanced control techniques for power converters

3.b. Application of control methods to electrical systems

3.c. Control of multi-machines/multi-converters

3.d. Estimation and identification methods

3.e. Sensorless control

3.f. Management of distributed systems

3.g. Computational intelligence in control systems

3.h. Measurements techniques

3.i. Sensors

II POWER ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS

Topic 4: ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND DRIVE SYSTEMS

4.a. Electrical Machines

4.b. Adjustable speed drives

4.c. High performance drives

4.d. Motion control, robotics, special drives

Topic 5: RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER SYSTEMS

5.a. Wind energy systems

5.b. Solar energy systems

5.c. Other renewable energy systems

5.d. Energy harvesting

5.e. Energy storage systems for renewable energy

Topic 6: GRIDS, SMART GRIDS, AC & DC

6.a. Power electronics in transmission and distribution systems

6.b. HVDC & FACTS

6.c. Micro-grids

6.d. Smart grids

6.e. Power quality issues and power factor correction techniques

6.f. DC grids including fault coordination and protection

Topic 7:  POWER SUPPLIES

7.a. Low voltage DC power supplies

7.b. High voltage DC power supplies

7.c. Distributed power supplies

7.d. Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS)

7.e. Electronic ballasts and solid state lighting

7.f. Contactless power supply

7.g. Wireless power transfer

Topic 8: ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROPULSION SYSTEMS AND THEIR ENERGY STORAGE

8.a. Electric propulsion systems for electric vehicles

8.b. Power converters for electric vehicles

8.c. Batteries, active and passive Management Systems (BMS)

8.d. EV´s battery chargers: contact and contactless

8.e. Standards and regulations

Topic 9: INDUSTRY SPECIFIC ENERGY CONVERSION AND CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGIES (ECCT)

9.a. ECCT in the industry (cement, steel, paper, textile, mining, etc…)

9.b. ECCT in aerospace and space applications

9.c. ECCT in rail vehicles

9.d. ECCT in Marine applications (offshore, subsea and deep ocean, and ships)

9.e. ECCT in physics research and related applications

9.f. Pulse applications, including passive components and transducers for power pulses

9. g. Embedded energy systems

Topic 10: DATA ANALYSIS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATION ISSUES

10.a. Data analysis applied to Power Electronics and drives systems

10.b. Application of AI to Power Electronics and drives systems

10.c. Communication for Power Electronics

10.d. Wireless control