Meetings Of Interest To PELS Members

Fifth Workshop on Computers in Power Electronics, sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics Society, will be held August 11-14, 1996, at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA. See registration form on page 10 of this Newsletter.

ELECTRIMACS '96, Fifth International Conference on Modeling of Electric Machines, Converters and Systems, organized by the Technical Committee No. 1 of IMACS (formerly IMACS-TCI Conference), is set for September 17-19, 1996, in Saint-Nazaire, France. For additional information, contact R. Le Doeuff, GE-44-LARGE, Bd. de l'Universite-BP 406, 44602 Saint-Nazaire CEDEX, France; e-mail le doeuff@large.crttwsn.uni-nantes.fr.

IEEE AFRICON '96, sponsored by the Foundation for Research Development, IEEE Region 8, IEEE SA Section, and South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, is scheduled for September 24-27, 1996, at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. For details, see page 11 of this Newsletter.

INTELEC¨ '96, International Telecommunications Energy Conference, sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics Society, is set for October 6-10, 1996, at the Westin Hotel - Copley Place in Boston, MA, USA. For additional details, see page 2 of this Newsletter.

1996 IEEE Industry Applications Society 31st Annual Meeting is scheduled for October 5-10, 1996, in San Diego, California, USA. One of two features of special interest to power electronics engineers are technical sessions organized by the IAS Production and Light Committee that will emphasize lighting electronics, light sources, lighting systems, and electronics packaging in lighting. The second feature, organized by the IAS Power Electronics Devices and Components Committee, is a special session on model validation that will speak to the growing needs and interest in establishing procedures for the comprehensive evaluation of circuit simulator models.

CIEP '96, IEEE V International Power Electronics Congress, is set for October 14-17, 1996, at the Hotel Posada Jacarandas, Cuernavaca, Mexico, in cooperation with the Power Electronics Society. Papers from Brazil, Spain, Venezuela, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Italy, Egype, Ploand, Belgium, England, Denmark and Mexico will be presented at the converence in conjunction with five very interesting tutorials. For hotel or registration information, contact Dr. Jaime Arau, FAX +52-731-224-34; e-mail j.arau@ieee.org.

IEEE Workshop on Power Electronics in Transportation, sponsored by the Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics and Vehicular Technology Societies, will be held October 24-25, 1996, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. For details, see page 9 of this Newsletter.

EPMC 96, The 1st International Congress in Israel on Energy, Power and Motion Control, sponsored by the IEEE Israel Section of the Power Engineering Society, the Israel Centre of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, and the Tel Aviv University Gordon Centre for Energy Studies is set for November 18-20, 1996. Professor S. Singer is chair of Steering Committee. For additional details, contact Secretariat, c/o Stier Group Ltd., 28 Hayetzira St., Ramat-Gan 52521 Israel, TEL: +972-3-7516422, FAX: +972-3-7516635.

APEC '97, Applied Power Electronics Conference, is scheduled for February 23-27, 1997, at the Westin Peachtree Hotel, Atlanta, GA, USA. APEC '97 is sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics and Industry Applications Societies and the Power Sources Manufacturers Association. For additional details, see page 7 of this Newsletter.

PEDS '97, Second International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems, will be held May 26-29, 1997, in Singpore. The conference is organized by the Industry Applications and Industrial Electronics Chapters of the IEEE Singapore Section and in cooperation with the IEEE Power Electronics Society. It is sponsored by the Natiuonal University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Polytechnic. Extended summaries of proposed papers are due by October 1, 1996. For additional details, contact Dr. Yung C. Liang, Organizing Chairman, Dept. of Elec. Engrg., National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, TEL +65-772-2175, FAX +65-779-1103

PESC '97, Power Electronics Specialists Conference, will be held June 22-27, 1997, at the Regal Riverfront Hotel, St. Louis, MO, USA. PESC '97 is sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics Society. For additional details, see pages 4 and 5 of this Newsletter.

PCC '97, Power Conversion Conference, will be held August 3-6, 1997, in Nagaoka, Japan. PCC '97 is sponsored by the IAS of the IEEE IAS and the IAS of the IEE of Japan, in cooperation with the IEEE Power Electronics Society. The deadline for receipt of summaries for proposed papers is December 31, 1996. For further information, contact Dr. Akira Nabae, Organizing Committee Chairperson, Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics, 1583, Iiyama, Atsugi-city, Kanagawa, 243-02, Japan, TEL +81-462-42-9558, FAX +81-462-42-3000.

IPEMC '97, 2nd International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, is scheduled for November 3-6, 1997, in Hangzhou, China. The conference is sponsored by the China Electrotechnical Society and the National Nature Science Foundation of China, in cooperation with the IEEE Power Electronics Society and the IEEE Beijing Section and PELS Beijing Chapter. Abstracts of 100 words and two-page summaries are due by January 20, 1997. For submission requirements and conference details, contact Professor Zhao-ming Qian, IPEMC '97 Chairman, Dept. of Elec. Engrg., Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China, TEL: +86-571-7951891, FAX: +86-571-7951358, e-mail:ee_qianzm@ zunet.ihep.ac.cn.

COBEP '97, 4th Brazilian Power Electronics Conference, organized by the Brazilian Power Electronics Society (SOBRAEP), is set for December 2-5, 1997, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Three copies of an abstract of nor more than 50 words plus four copies of a 4-5 page digest of planned presentations are due by March 14, 1997. For additional details, visit the COBEP '97 WWW home page at http://www.cpdee.ufmg.br/~gaeep/cobep97.htm or contact Dr. Pedro Donoso Garcia or Dr. Benjamin Rodrigues de Menezes, COMITE ORGANIZADOR COBEP '97, Av. Antonio Carlos, 6627 - Campus UFMG, Pampulha, 31.270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, TEL +55-31-499-5485, FAX +55-31-499-5480, e-mail cobep_97@nov ell.cpdee.ufmg.br.

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