Although long-awaited Silicon Carbide devices nowadays are in production, their large-scale application in power electronic converters still seems to take time. This is the motivation of ECPE to arrange a SiC User Forum: It is intended as a platform to share ideas and experience, to discuss and find out which power electronic systems are predestinated for usage of SiC - i. e. where it leads to major advantages - and how to appropriately design-in those novel, almost ideal but also challenging components.

The program of the User Forum comprises technical presentations of renowned experts in the field, covering various typical applications where SiC converters are currently or might in near future be introduced. This topic is complemented with device and circuit related presentations, giving a technological insight into the back­grounds relevant for the aforementioned system designs. Forum sessions offer the opportunity to in depth discuss with the speakers and additional invited experts, aiming at approaches to exploit the high potential of SiC and supporting its beneficial introduction in power electronic systems.

Prof. Andreas Lindemann (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, D) will chair the User Forum together with Mr. Thomas Harder (ECPE).

All presentations and discussions will be in English.