The European Power Electronics Network ECPE is organising this Network Meeting on Power Electronics Research in Europe with its Member Companies and Competence Centres. This event aims at giving an
overview and insight in important public funded research projects and programmes in the field of power electronics on an European level e.g. from the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission, the Joint Undertakings ENIAC and ARTEMIS and the EUREKA Clusters CATRENE and EURIPIDES. In the accompanying exhibition major national projects and programmes related to power electronics will be presented as well.

Although power electronics is not mentioned in the headlines of European research programmes projects related to power electronics can be found in various programmes. In the 7th Framework Programme (FP7,
2007 - 2013) the following programmes are relevant:

• Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)
• Energy
• Materials and Production Technologies
• Transport, Aeronautics, Space

Besides the EC Framework Programme, there are further funding schemes on the European level with a mixed financing from European, national and industry sources organised as public-private partnerships (PPP):

• Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) e.g. ENIAC, ARTEMIS, Clean Sky
• EUREKA Cluster e.g. CATRENE and EURIPIDES