EUROPEAN PHD SCHOOL 2026 PROVISIONAL PROGRAM
MONDAY May 25, 2026
08:30 –09:00 Registration desk open
09:00 – 09:30 Opening Session @ Conference Room
09:30 – 10:30 Keynote 1 @ Conference Room
Powertrain Engineering – Vertical Integration: Reduce Complexity to Accelerate Execution Dr. Mattia Guacci (Tesla, DE)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Presentations by participating companies
12:30 – 13:45 Welcome Lunch
13:45 – 14:30 Keynote 2 @ Conference Room
Lessons from the Spain Blackout: A Grid-System Perspective Dr. Milan Prodanovic (Inst. IMDEA Energia, ES)
14:30 – 15:00 Poster Setup
14:30 – 16:30 Poster Session A (last year PhD’s)
16:30 – 18:30 Coffee and PhD-Company Meetings (Recruitment) @ Exhibition Area
19:30 Transfer to dinner
20:00 – 22:30 Social Dinner and Award Ceremony
TUESDAY May 26, 2026
09:00 – 10:00 Keynote 3 @ Conference Room
Data Centre: Ensuring Efficiency, Compliance, and Performance Through Adv. Power Measurement Patrick Fuchs (ZES Zimmer/Rohde & Schwarz, DE)
10:00 – 12:30 Lecture 1 @ Conference Room
Solid State Transformer: An Overview, Challenges, and Opportunities Prof. Drazen Dujic (EPFL, CH)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:30 LIVE DEMO SESSION @ Exhibition Area
15:30 – 18:00 Lecture 2 @ Conference Room
Data Centres of the Future (PoL converters) Prof. José A. Cobos (UPM/DPx, ES)
WEDNESDAY May 27, 2026
09:00 – 10:00 Keynote 4 @ Conference Room
Power Electronics for AI Infrastructure NN, STMicroelectronics/E-Lectra
10:00 – 12:30 Lecture 3 @ Conference Room
Application Potential of Hybrid Switches NN, Tba
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30 Poster Session B (1st and 2nd year PhD’s)
14:30 – 15:30 Keynote 5 @ Conference Room
GaN Monolithic Bidirectional Switch – A Paradigm Shift in Power Electronics Dr. Kennith Kin Leong (Infineon Technologies, AT)
15:30 – 18:00 Lecture 4 @ Conference Room
Reliability of Power Electronics Components Prof. Francesco Iannuzzo (Politecnico di Torino, IT)
20:00 – 22:30 Pizza Dinner
THURSDAY May 28, 2026
09:00 – 10:00 Keynote 6 @ Conference Room
Hydrogen – Key for the Energy Transition NN, Tba
10:00 – 12:30 Lecture 5 @ Conference Room
From High-Speed + Gearbox to Flux-Modulated Direct Drive: Electric Machine Design, Vernier Technology, and an Entrepreneurial Journey in Niche Hardware Dr. Alessandro Acquaviva (Acquaviva Electric, IT)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:30 Lecture 6 @ Conference Room
Modeling and Design of Magnetic Components in Power Electronics
Prof. Jonas Mühlethaler (UAS Lucerne/Frenetic, CH)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:00 Lecture 7 @ Conference Room
Conducted Electromagnetic Interference Modeling and Suppression in Power Electronics Prof. Pooya Davari (Aalborg University, DK)
FRIDAY May 29, 2026
09:00 – 10:00 Keynote 7 @ Conference Room
Electrification for the Next-Generation of Aircraft: R&T on High-Voltage Technologies Gilles Peres (Airbus Group, DE)
10:00 – 12:30 Lecture 8 @ Conference Room
Will be announced soon
NN, Tba
12:30 – 13:00 Introduction to Final Test @ Conference Room
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
15:30 – 18:30 to be confirmed