What is PELSS?

The PELSS Power Electronics Student Summit is a professional conference that specifically addresses students. The main focus lays on the field of power electronics. The conference allows students to gain first experiences in writing, publishing and discussing their own publications in front of an expert audience.

 

Why should you participate?

Opportunity to present your own research results to an expert audience Publication of accepted papers in the IEEE Xplore research database Award for the best contributions from the CIGRE Next Generation Network Networking opportunities with students and representatives from research and industry Free catering for the lead authors of accepted papers Check-In-Event and Workshop on 22.09.2026

 

Conference Topics

-Power electronics for grids, smart grids and island grids
-Control strategies for a sustainable, resilient and reliable grid 
-Renewable energy systems: wind, photovoltaic and other solutions
-Power electronics for storage systems and hydrogen applications 
-Power electronics for e-mobility 
-Components, converter modelling and topologies, design and low-level control

 

Call for papers

-Participation for enrolled students and doctoral candidates
-Submission of a scientific paper with results from student research 
-Projects or theses, auxiliary activities, etc. 
-Evaluation by a committee of experts from research and industry 
Submission of full paper until: 30.06.2026 Submission of final papers until: 31.08.2026

 

Participation Fees

Contributing participants: 0,00€
Students: 20,00€
Non-Students: 60,00€
 
Conference ChairPerson
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Liske 
ETI / KIT

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