The city of Tours is located along the scenic Loire Valley which is famous for its castles built along the river.

As of this year, the event’s scope becomes international : the workshop will be held in English as the official language.

We invite speakers to submit abstracts relating to the following topics:

- Power management for transportation and industrial systems

- Energy harvesting systems, from nano to macro (smart grid, wind energy, photovoltaic, etc…)

- Energy conversion systems– from power to emission (lighting, ultrasonic, infrared, etc…)

These topicscould be developed around several themes, such as:

- New materials and substrates dedicated to power electronics

- Thermal or thermo mechanical or regulatory constraints (RoHS regulation, REACH, etc…)

- Dedicated technologies for integration and optimisation of power systems,including passive components (weight and size reduction, yield improvement, efficiency, etc…)

- Innovative technologies, materials and processes dedicated to interconnectionand packaging (die attach, bonding wire & ribbon wires, 3D power components, etc…)

- Reliability and failure modes (impacts linked to technologies, thermal constraints, radiation, etc…), predictive methods, design of experiments, reliability.

- High current and high voltage or extremely high voltage: impact on packaging technologies.

For further information, please contact Florence VIRETON Tel: +33 (0) 1 39 67 17 73

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