| 2009-12-17 |
PCIM Europe 2010 |
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04 - 06 May 2010, Nuremberg/Germany
PCIM is Europe's leading meeting-point for experts out of the areas Power Electronics and its applications in Intelligent Motion and Power Quality. From latest developments of power semiconductors, passive components, products for thermal management, new materials, sensors as well as servo-technology and the wide area of power quality and energy-management - PCIM offers a comprehensive, focused and compact presentation of products all under one roof! Profit from the success of such a well established international exhibition with conference and tutorials. PCIM WEBsite
At the PCIM exhibition ECPE is organising a Joint Stand and invites the ECPE Member Companies and Competence Centres as well as the Bavarian Cluster Power Electronics to participate with a partner stand.
Application Form ECPE Joint Stand |
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| 2009-12-16 |
6th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems CIPS 2010 |
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16 - 18 March 2010, Nuremberg/Germany
CIPS stands for the 6th International Conference on Power Electronics Systems Integration. It will be co-organized by VDE ETG and ECPE and technically co-sponsored by
IEEE PELS as well as by ZVEI.
The three main topics of CIPS are:
- Power electronics systems,
- high-power modules,
- reliability of power electronics systems.
For all three topics system integration will help to increase power density (and reduce costs), to increase performance (and reduce EMI), and to improve reliability by a more efficient thermal management (and better cooling).
One of the basic ideas of CIPS is to bring together industry and academia such, that industry is describing new concepts and needs and academia is providing solutions for it.
CIPS 2010 WEBsite |
 Programme Flyer |
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| 2009-12-16 |
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) |
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December 16, 2009
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) announced today its first three Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs). KICs are highly integrated partnerships, bringing together excellent higher education, research and business around the topics of climate change mitigation and adaptation (‘Climate-KIC’), sustainable energy (‘KIC InnoEnergy’) and the future information and communication society (‘EIT ICT Labs’) respectively.
EIT KICs Call WEBsite |
| official EU press release |
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| 2009-12-02 |
Call for Papers: ESREF 2010 |
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21st European Symposium
on Reliability of Electron Devices,
Failure Physics and Analysis
11 - 15 October 2010, Gaeta/Italy
Deadine Call for Papers:
14 March 2010
This international symposium continues to focus on recent developments and future directions in Quality and Reliability Manage-ment of materials, devices and circuits for micro-, nano-, and optoelectronics. It provides a European forum for developing all aspects of reliability management and innovative analysis techniques for present and future electronic applications. ESREF 2010 WEBsite |
| Flyer: Call for Papers |
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| 2009-12-01 |
Call for Papers: ESTC - Electronics System Integration Technology Conference 2010 |
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13 - 16 September 2010, Berlin/Germany
Deadine Call for Papers:
01 February 2010
ESTC 2010 is the global event that brings together key researchers, innovators, decision-makers, technologists, businesses, and professional associations working in microelectronic packaging. ESTC 2010 WEBsite
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| 2009-10-24 |
THOR |
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Striking Technologies for Power
Energy - THE top issue today, globally !
THOR is a large industrial R&D project on Power Electronics to increase energy efficiency and to address the Global top issue of today.
It addressed power electronics issues in three application areas:
- Automotive
- Aeronautics
- Healthcare
The project has been co-labelled for both CATRENE and EURIPIDES |
| project presentation |
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| 2009-10-05 |
INTELEC 2011 Conference |
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09 - 13 October 2011,
Amsterdam/The Netherlands
INTELEC, International Telecommunications Energy Conference, is an annual conference which examines and analyzes the latest developments in telecommunications energy systems and related power processing devices and circuits.
Technical papers will present research and new developments in power electronics and telecommunications power systems.
INTELEC 2011 WEBsite
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| 2009-10-04 |
VISA project |
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Fully integrated power electronic systems for automotive electronics
In power conversion the passive components (capacitors, transformers and inductors) determine the size. By their integration significant improvements are possible.
Project is funded by the German government.
More details on the VISA-project WEBsite. |
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| 2009-10-03 |
SmartPM |
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EC Project on Smart Power Management in Home and Health
With a consortium of 18 partners the research project “Smart Power Management in Home and Health” – SmartPM has been started. The project is running till January 2012 with the target to reduce the waste of electric energy in home appliances, power supplies and equipments for medical care. Semiconductor technology and power modules, based on Si, SiC and SOI shall be investigated to improve the electrical efficiency by 25% for the control of electrical motors, power supplies and power management systems. Companies, universities and research centres from Belgium, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Nederland’s, Norway, Sweden and Spain are engaged. The project is led by Infineon, the overall budget in the range of 20 Mio Euro.
More details on the SmartPM WEBsite. |
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| 2009-10-02 |
MOV'EO |
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French Automotive Cluster
"Private cars & public transport safe for man and his environment"
More details on the MOV'EO WEBsite. |
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| 2009-10-01 |
E3Car Project |
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Nanoelectronics for an
Energy Efficient Electrical Car
E3Car Project Objective:
Development of nanoelectronics technologies, devices, circuits architectures and modules for electrical and hybrid vehicles and demonstration of these modules in final systems.
Focus on component design, circuit architecture concepts and semiconductor technology developments.
More details on the E3Car WEBsite
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| 2009-08-05 |
eCarTec 2009 |
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1st International Fair for Electric Mobility
13 - 15 October 2009, Munich/Germany
eCarTec 2009 will present electric vehicles, storage technologies, drive and engine technology and will cover the topics of energy, infrastructure and financing. An additional training area where end consumers can test the latest electric vehicles and familiarize themselves with this technology, is also integrated. This trade fair focuses on developers, construction engineers, designers, managers, traders, car fleet managers, private car buyers and decision makers from politics and public authorities. Additionally, a specialist conference on the topicof electric mobility will be organized in parallel.
eCarTec WEBsite
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| 2009-08-02 |
iMAPS 2010 |
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5th European Advanced Technology Workshop on Micropackaging and Thermal Management.
3 & 4 February 2010, La Rochelle / France
The workshop will be dedicated to thermal management of integrated circuits and particularly to adequate cooling solutions for high integration level of devices and equipments. Rising speed of the components leads to increase power losses whereas miniaturization and low cost technologies do not facilitate the mastering of the thermal impedances.
In such conditions, the thermal management, as a part of packaging solutions, is and will continue to be one of the main priorities driving the technology evolution of electronic components.
More details on the iMAPS WEBsite
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| 2009-08-01 |
HOPE: EC Project on High Density Power Electronics for Automotive |
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With a consortium of 13 partners the Research Project ´High Density Power Electronics for FC- and ICE-Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrains (HOPE)´ funded by the European Commission started in January 2006. The Project is coordinated by Prof. E. Wolfgang, Siemens CT with support from ECPE in the field of dissemination, training and standardisation.
The overall objective of the HOPE project is the reduction of costs, volume and weight, while meeting the reliability requirements.
The project has been successfully finalised by end if 2008.
>>> Public part of the HOPE WEBsite !!! |
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| 2009-02-15 |
- EPE 2009 - |
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"13th European Conference
on Power Electronics and Applications"
September 08 - 10, 2009, Barcelona/Spain
EPE is the place for specialists in power electronics, systems and components, to present papers and attend sessions on state-of-the art technology in this challenging and evolutionary sector. The conference aims to be a meeting forum for researchers, developers and specialists from the industry. Papers are encouraged on all topics described hereunder for interdisciplinary discussions of new ideas, research, development, applications and the latest advances in the field of power electronics and adjustable speed drives.
EPE 2009 WEBsite
deadline for receipt of synopses: 03 Nov 2008 |
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| 2009-02-14 |
DeciElec 2009 - Embedded Systems |
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B to B Meetings and international congress for power electronic and energy management systems
28 - 29 April 2009, Tarbes/France
After nine successful editions, DECIELEC is recognised as the major event dedicated to embedded systems, energy management (generation & storage) and energy conversion. Since its creation, more than 1 700 participants have benefited from its unique concept of face to face meetings:
> Over 3 000 business meetings regarding embedded technologies as applied to rail, aeronautics / aerospace, automotive, naval and industry.
> Conferences on future developments in embedded systems, energy conversion electronics and energy management systems.
DeciElec 2009 WEBsite
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| 2008-12-18 |
- APE 2009 - |
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"3rd Automotive Power Electronics Conference"
March 25 - 26, 2009, Paris/France
With more than 200 international automotive experts coming from 12 countries in the last edition, APE conference is becoming a unique event in this field. A "must-be-there" meeting for those people who are responsible for automotive power electronics.
Power electronics is a key technology for the reduction of CO2 emissions by automobiles. Only a global mobilization involving all levels of the supply chain, including leading research laboratories in this field and industrial suppliers, will result in significant and lasting progress.
APE 2009 WEBsite |
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| 2008-08-04 |
ECPE study |
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"Improving Energy Efficiency
- Potential of Power Electronics"
available now ! ... more than 400 pages !
The study presents examples for employing power electronics to improve energy efficiency for various typical application fields:
electric drives, transport, lighting, domestic appliances, consumer electronics, building services, information and communication technology devices, standby.
Besides technical descriptions the study provides data of specific energy consumption and saving potential assessments. In addition market strategic measures or basic political conditions to enforce application of energy efficient technologies are carried out.
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| 2008-03-16 |
CIPS 2008 Panel Discussion |
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Intelligent Power Electronics for Energy Efficiency
ECPE has organised a panel discussion on ´Intelligent Power Electronics for Energy Efficiency - Research Needs and Opportunities´ focussing on the future role of power electronics research topics in the ICT Programme of EC FP7. Manuel Sanchez (EC, ICT for Sustainable Growth) presented actions at EU level in the field of Information & Communication Technologies for Energy Efficiency. Experts from CPES, AIST/PERC and ECPE highlighted the key role of power electronics for energy saving and improved energy efficiency. |
| all presentations |
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| 2008-01-17 |
Strategic Research Agenda on Intelligent Power Electronics for Energy Efficiency |
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Energy saving, improved energy efficiency and environmental protection are ubiquitous topics in society, in Europe and globally. Despite many efforts to save energy, the demand for electricity is expected to grow and much faster in comparison with other energy sources over the next three decades. Today 40% of all energy consumption is in electrical energy, but this will grow to 60% by 2040. On the other side, the share of electrical energy which will be controlled by power electronics e.g. in variable speed drives will increase from 40% in 2000 to 80% in 2015.
Smart power electronics can make a large difference in the energy efficiency of products and systems and is a cornerstone for sustainable use of ICT, automation, and numerous other electricity powered devices. |
| complete ECPE "Strategic Research Agenda" |
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| 2007-09-24 |
ExtreMat |
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New Materials for Extreme Environments
Subproject 2: Heat Sink Materials
ExtreMat is a FP6 Integrated Project, aiming at a break-through in materials research for applications in extreme environments.
The overall objective of subproject 2 is to develop novel heat sink composites and to test their performance under extreme loading conditions.
ExtreMat Homepage
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| 2007-04-04 |
Position Paper on Energy Efficiency
-the Role of Power Electronics
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The ECPE position paper highlights the contribution of power electronics to reduce energy consumption, and the technologies which will be needed to develop to elevate Europe in the future to a leading position in terms of
• saving electrical energy,
• ensuring a reliable power supply infrastructure,
• employment through a competitive power electronics industry.
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| 18 pages Position Paper |
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| 2007-02-07 |
European Workshop on Energy Efficiency
-the Role of Power Electronics
Brussels/Belgium |
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One key topic in society, on the European level and globally, is energy saving and improved energy efficiency. The role of power electronics for the energy efficiency will be highlighted in a European Workshop organised by ECPE European Center for Power Electronics in cooperation with EPE Association.
Objectives:
- show the energy saving potential of power electronics in key applications e.g. for drives, lighting and power supplies
- inform on planned topics in FP7 referring to power electronics, especially in energy efficiency
- show R&D needs in power electronics to improve energy efficiency: examples and visions
- demonstrate the importance of power electro¬nics in saving electrical energy as a key and enabling technology
- prepare research proposals: R & D needs and research directions
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