𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒔 at Umons

We are pleased to announce that 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒔 to be held at Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, UMONS, Belgium 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧.

Register for the summer school and join three inspiring days of learning, featuring lectures by renowned invited academic speakers, a hands-on interactive tutorial, industry talks, poster session, technical visits, and social activities. The complete program and registration information can be found on our website: https://www.summerschool-pe.be/ 

The summer school will cover cutting-edge topics related to design, modeling, control, and maintenance of power electronic converters, highlighting the latest trends and advancements enabled by state-of-the-art digital technologies and showcasing applications in power grids, electric mobility and transportation, and renewable energy generation systems.

𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦:

• 𝟕 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 including 𝟏𝟎 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 delivered by:

Prof. Tomislav Dragičević (DTU - Technical University of Denmark),

Prof. Huai Wang (Aalborg University),

Prof. Fei Gao (UTBM, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard),

Prof. Hani Vahedi (Delft University of Technology),

Prof. Wilmar Martinez (KU Leuven),

Prof. Martin Legry (Arts et Métiers - École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers),

Prof. Bertrand Cornélusse (University of Liège),

Prof. Sajib Chakraborty (Vrije Universiteit Brussel),

Prof. Cristel Pelsser (Université catholique de Louvain),

Prof. Bashir Bakhshideh Zad-Dr. Camilo García Tenorio Ph.D. (UMONS),

• 𝟑 industry talks from Marija Stevic, OPAL-RT TECHNOLOGIES, and from Wallon innovation actors, CETIC and Contribute for Wallonia,

• 𝟏 tutorial delivered by Dr. Caio Osorio, Typhoon HIL, Inc.,

• 𝟏 industry visit to Alstom Charleroi and seminar hosted by Ir. Pierre Meunier, Ir. Pierre Bertrand, and Dr. Christophe Versèle,

• 𝟏 poster session (with best poster award),

• and, various 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 including visit to Brussels city center, guided tour of Mons city, gala dinner, reception with Belgian beers, etc.

The Summer school is organized by the Chair in Energy Electronics at UMons, Belgium (Profs. Bashir Bakhshideh Zad and Olivier Deblecker) and is technically sponsored by the 𝐈𝐄𝐄𝐄 𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐱 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 as well as ECPE European Center for Power Electronics.

The financial sponsorship of the summer school is provided by the Walloon region, Belgium Service public de Wallonie in the context of the S3 (Smart Specialisation Strategy) initiative, supporting Contribute for Wallonia innovation platform.

𝐖𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝.