Accepted Special Sessions
The following Special Sessions were approved by the conference organizing committee. Please pay attention to the submission deadlines.
SS1 - Design, Control and Fault Detection of Power Converters for Energy Storage and EV Charging Systems
Organizers:
Hadi Kanaan, Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon
Jean Sawma, Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon
Kamal Al-Haddad, Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal, Canada
Sheldon Williamson, Ontario Tech University, Canada
SS2 - Advanced Propulsion and Drive Technologies for Future Electric Mobility
Organizers:
Ramy Georgious, University of Oviedo, Spain
Mahmoud Ibrahim, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
SS3 - DC-DC Power Converters: Novel Topologies, Advanced Control and Applications in E-Mobility Charging Systems
Organizers:
Dharavath Kishan, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India
Samir Kouro, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile
Maria Jenisha, Teesside University, UK
SS4 - Fuel Cell Application for Electric Vehicle and Microgrid
Organizers:
Vinod Kumar Yadav, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Fei Gao, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard, France
Arun Kumar Verma, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, India
Satish Naik Banavath, Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad, India
SS5 - Magnetic Levitation
Organizers:
Janardan Kundu, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, India
Richard M. Stephan, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Zigang Deng, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Svetlana von Gratowski, Kotelnikov IRE RAS, Russia
SS6 - Industrial Robotics: Motion Control, Energy Optimization and Applications
Organizers:
Alberto Borboni, University of Brescia, Italy
Johannes Muru, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
SS7 - Megawatt Charging Stations (MCSs) for Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDVs): advanced control architectures and power conversion topologies
Organizers:
Omar Hegazy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium
Yancho Todorov, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Thomas Geury, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium
SS8 - Emerging Technologies for Sustainable and Resilient DC Electrification and Smart Integration of Systems
Organizers:
Niwton Gabriel Feliciani dos Santos, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Riccardo Mandrioli, University of Bologna, Italy
Freddy Flores-Bahamonde, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
Nihal Kularatna, University of Waikato, New Zealand
SS9 - AI-Driven Forecasting, Control, and Optimization of Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids and EV-Integrated Energy Systems
Organizers:
Pravin Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Prabodh Bajpai, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Barjeev Tyagi, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Shafi Khadem, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
Vinod Kumar Yadav, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
SS10 - Wireless and In-Motion Charging Methods of On-board Batteries in Electric Mobility Applications
Organizers:
Ibrahim Diab, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Gangwei Zhu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Call for Special Sessions
Special session proposals are solicited covering special topics in all emerging research areas of power electronics applications, particularly themes not covered by the regular tracks. Special sessions provide the opportunity to focus in detail on emerging topics not reflected in the list of conference tracks or represent a specific working field where researchers would like to meet and discuss advances.
Proposal Content
If you intend to propose and organize a special session, please provide the committee with a proposal (in .DOC, .DOCX, or .ODT format) using the provided template and including the following information:
- Title of the Special Session.
- Brief description of the area of concern (approx. 100 words), with special focus on why this is an interesting and significant topic.
- The name and contact information of not more than 4 special session chairs, who are willing to promote and organize a sufficient number of quality submissions to the special session.
- A list of potential authors and their affiliations.
- A list of potential reviewers and their affiliations.
- An individual can be (co‐)organizer of up to TWO Special Sessions.
Organization of special sessions
Publicity
Once approved, the special session organizers are responsible for publicizing the Special Session among researchers and practitioners in the field and attracting a sufficient number of papers. The general organizing committee will support the Special Session organizers by sending a general call for papers for the general tracks and the special sessions through the IES/IAS/PEMC and IEEE emailing lists.
Review Process
Papers submitted to special sessions will undergo the same review process as regular papers. The special session organizers are responsible for organizing the review process of their respective special session, ensuring at least three non-conflicting reviews per paper. The special session organizers are expected to invite and assign reviewers to their special session. During the review period, your role is to ensure a timely response from the reviewers. The acceptance recommendation for the Special Session papers is expected to be made by the special session co-chairs within the designated deadline.
After the final manuscripts are received, special session co-chairs are expected to check whether the authors have addressed the reviewers' critical comments and verify the quality of the submitted final paper.
Conflict of Interest
Before starting the review process, special session organizers must explicitly declare papers that present a conflict of interest for them. A conflict of interest arises where the judgment of a paper quality can be influenced by the organizers being authors or knowing some of the authors. To ensure independent reviews, this conflict must be marked as such in the submission system, and the SS Co-Chairs must be notified so that they can arrange the review process.
Restrictions
During the review process, Special Session Organizers must take into account that:
- An individual cannot be (co‐)author of more than two papers submitted to the same Special Session.
- Papers from organizers cannot exceed 60% of the contents of the Special Session.
Successful Special Session
A minimum of 6 accepted and registered papers (with timely paid participation fees). The authors of the papers submitted to a special session must represent at least three independent institutions and two different countries. If a session has too few papers, accepted papers will be allocated to regular sessions wherever possible. In case of indications of weakly organized special sessions, the conference organizers will support the organizers with advice but reserve the right to take measures, including cancellation of the respective special session.
Conference Registration Waiver
Organizers of successful Special Sessions must register for and attend the conference and chair the corresponding sessions. One complimentary full registration for successful Special Sessions with at least 6 accepted and registered papers will be provided.
Session Chairs
The organizers agree to serve as Session Chairs when the conference committee accepts a Special Session. In exceptional circumstances, the Technical Program Chairs and Conference General Chairs might take full control of appointing the Session Chairs should the Special Session organizers be unable to participate in the conference.
Proposal Submission
Please send your proposal in .DOC, .DOCX, or .ODT format to pemc2026@taltech.ee . Proposals must be sent before the deadline.