INTELEC 2026 · 20–23 September 2026 Nuernberg

Program Schedule

The times indicated reflect the current planning status and are subject to change.
In technical sessions the presentation time slot is 20 minutes per paper. incl. Q&A.

Overview

Keynotes

The times indicated reflect the current planning status and are subject to change

Milan Delac

  Milan Delac

   Telstra Australia
Keynote

Delivering Digital Infrastructure in Australia’s Telco Landscape

Date Monday
21 Sept. 2026
Time 10:00
Prof. Johann Kolar

  Prof. Johann Kolar

   ETH Zurich
Keynote

Rethinking Three-Phase AC/DC Power Conversion for Next-Generation AI Datacenters

Date Monday
21 Sept. 2026
Time 10:45
Tbd

  Prof. Alexis Kwasinski

   University of Texas at Austin
Keynote

Implications of the development of Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure for the Electric Power Engineering Industry: From Users to Contributors to the Creation of Artificial Life

Date Wednesday
23 Sept. 2026
Time 09:00
Prof. Cristian Axenie

  Prof. Cristian Axenie

   TH Nuernberg
Keynote

Neuromorphic Feedback Control for Power Conversion Systems

Date Wednesday
23 Sept. 2026
Time 13:20

Plenaries

The times indicated reflect the current planning status and are subject to change

Prof. MArco Lisere

  Prof. Marco Lisere

   Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
PLENARY

Solid-State Transformers for Next-Generation Data Center Power Distribution

Date Monday
21 Sept. 2026
Time 13:20
Don Davidson

  Don Davidson

   Gleneagles Technologies Ltd.
   Canada
PLENARY

Single Stage Isolated Power Factor Corrected
Converter, Lessons Learned

Date Tuesday
22 Sept. 2026
Time 09:45
Tbd

  Franceso DiDomenico

   Infineon Technologies Austria AG
PLENARY

Optimizing soft-switching operation of GaN in High-Frequency Power Converters for modern Telecom System applications

Date Tuesday
22 Sept. 2026
Time 13:20
Prof. Basu

  Prof. Kaushik Basu

   Indian Institute of Science
PLENARY

High-Current, Compact Power Supplies for AI-centric GPU Computing

Date Wednesday
23 Sept. 2026
Time 9:45
Day 1

Sunday · 20 September 2026

Arrival, registration and tour program.

14:00–15:30 · Tour 1: Nuernberg Castle    

Registration required, Cost 15 €, Email registration latest 15th of Sept. 2026 required.  Send email to Norbert.Grass@intelec2026.org to register
14:00–15:30 · Tour 2:Nuernberg Historic City Centre
Registration required, Cost 15 €, Email registration latest 15th of Sept. 2026 required.  Send email to Norbert.Grass@intelec2026.org to register

18:30–21:00 · Welcome reception
IRAMADA Hotel Nuernberg at Meistersigerhalle
Monday21 September 2026 til Wednesday 23 September 2026

Detailed Conference Program

Official opening and first full day of technical sessions.

Session # Session Name Session Paper # Presentation time  Paper ID Paper Title, Authors & Affiliations
Monday 21. Sept

Conference Opening
09:30

Opening and Welcome address








Keynote 1
10:00 10:45
Keynote 1:  Delivering Digital Infrastructure in Australia’s Telco Landscape






Milan Delac, Telstra, Australia








Keynote 2
10:45 11:30
Keynote 2: Rethinking Three-Phase AC/DC Power Conversion for Next-Generation AI Datacenters






Johann Kolar, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland








Exhibition Opening
11:30 12:00




12:00 13:20
Lunch break








Plenary 1
13:20 13:55
Plenary Presentation:  Solid-State Transformers for Next-Generation Data Center Power Distribution






Marco Liserre, Kiel University, Germany







1 Components I 1 13:55 14:20 136 A Solid-State Transformer for EV Charging Stations with ANN-Based Energy Management and Control






Wang, Xin-Pei(1); Lai, Ching-Ming(1); Hsu, Man-En(1); Qiu, Shu-Shan(2); Rajashekara, Kaushik(2)






1: National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; 2: University of Houston, USA


2 14:20 14:45 141 A Novel Control Algorithm for a Single Stage Medium-voltage AC to Low-voltage DC Converter for Solid-state Transformer Applications






Mazumder, Surjakanta; Basu, Kaushik






Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India


3 14:45 15:10 115 Practical Validation of Planar Inductors via Correlation of Theoretical Models with Measurements in Dynamic Operating Conditions






Paulet, Olimpian T.; Neacsu, Dorin O.; Butnicu, Dan






Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania







2 Critical Infrastructure Resilience I 13:55 14:20 104 Investment needs for mitigating inundation and earthquake vulnerabilities in United States’ information and communication networks infrastructure






Kwasinski, Alexis






University of Pittsburgh, United States of America



14:20 14:45 121 A Real-Time Co-simulation Approach for the Development of Cybersecurity Solutions for Distributed Energy Systems






Valls Pérez, Joan;
Delgado Prieto, Miguel;
Luna Alloza, Álvaro;
Romeral Martínez, Luis 






Technical University of Catalonia, Spain



14:45 15:10 127 Horizontal Autarky Optimization of Cellular Energy Systems for Critical Infrastructure






Köcheler, Valentin(1); Oppl, Thomas(2); Thaler, Bernhard(2); Vijay, Arjun(1); Wermuth, Nicole(3); Trapp, Christian(3)






1: Universität der Bundeswehr, München, Germany; 2: Large Engines Competence Center, Graz, Austria; 3: Graz University of Technology, Austria








Break
15:10 15:40
Refreshment Break







3 Control 1
15:40 16:05 103 State Space based Design of Cascaded Control of dc/dc Converters






Neacsu, Dorin O.; Sirbu, Adriana; Alecsandrescu, Iolanda; Neacsu, Cristian-Mihail






Technical University of Iasi, Romania



16:05 16:30 158 Deadbeat Current Control with Loss Compensation for Reliable Power Delivery in Standalone Inverter Systems






Hansika, Mallam; Komma, Satwik; N, Lakshminarasamma






Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India



16:30 16:55 109 Optimized Modulation based on Aggregate Harmonic Components for Dual Transformer Based-Triple Active Bridge Converter in EV Application






Patra, Ajit Kumar (1); Choudhary, Karan (1); De, Dipankar (1); Baghasingh, Baibhab (1); Singh, Abhishek (1); Sahu, Silpashree (1); Castellazzi, Alberto (2); Dunna, Vijaya Kumar (1); Goel, Vinay (3); Narayanan, Ramasamy (4); Davis, Thomas (4)






1: IIT Bhubaneswar, India; 2: Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Japan; 3: Trellisign Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India; 4: SFO Technologies Ltd., India







4 Batteries &  Applications I 15:40 16:05 120 Hybrid LFP/VRLA 48 VDC system Hydro-Québec Off grid Microwave Equipment






Caza, Ioan






Hydro-Québec, Canada



16:05 16:30 142 Load-Following Characteristics of a Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Lead-Acid Battery Hybrid Backup System for Telecommunication Facilities






Xiao, Junliang;  Nakamura, Masaki 






NTT DOCOMO, INC., Japan



16:30 16:55 119 VRLA Battery Lifetime Testing Challenges Standards






Bodi, Frank (1); Delac, Milan (2); Ellis, Tim (2); Martin, Chelsea (1)






1: Ventia, Australia;
2: Telstra, Australia







Tuesday 22. Sept








Keynote 3
09:00 09:45 117 Keynote 3:  Implications of the development of Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure for the Electric Power Engineering Industry: From Users to Contributors to the Creation of Artificial Life






Alexis Kwasinski, University of Pittsburgh, USA








Plenary 2
09:45 10:20
Plenary 2: Single Stage AC/DC PFC Converter Design, Lessons Learned






Don Davidson, Vancouver, Canada








Break
10:20 10:50
Break (coffee)







5 Conversion & Converters I 1 10:50 11:15 131 Advanced Modelling and Control of Dual Transformer Quad Active Bridge Converter for a Dual Gun EV Charger Application






Dunna, Vijaya Kumar(1); De, Dipankar(1); Choudhary, Karan(1); Singh, Abhiskek(1); Patra, Ajit Kumar(1); Sahu, Silpashree(1); Goel, Vinay(2); Narayanan, Ramasamy(3); Davis, Thomas(3)






1: IIT Bhubaneswar, India;
2: Trellisign Technologies Pvt. Ltd, India;
3: SFO Technologies Ltd., India



11:15 11:40 140 A Reconfigurable Dual Active Bridge Converter for Wide Voltage and Constant Current Electric Vehicle Charging Applications






T, Bharath; Basu, Kaushik






Indian Institute of Science



11:40 12:05 157 High Performance Quad-Active-Bridge with Series Voltage Injection based Efficiency Booster for Dual Gun EV Charging Application






De, Dipankar(1); Singh, Abhishek(1); Shanu, Kumar(1);  Sahu, Silpashree(1); Patra, Ajit Kumar(1); Choudhary, Karan(1); Dunna, Vijaya Kumar(1); Goel, Vinay(3); Narayanan, Ramasamy(2); Davis, Thomas(2)






1: IIT Bhubaneswar, India; 2: SFO Technologies Ltd., India; 3: Trellisign Technologies Ltd., India
6 Data Centre powering
10:50 11:15 102 On the Series Connection of Server Power Supplies






Neacsu, Dorin O.






Technical University of Iasi, Romania



11:15 11:40 173 Experimental study on two-phase small cooling loops for data centers CPU: effect of working fluid fill ratio.






Chaabi, Abdessalam (1,2); Louahlia, Hasna (1); Gounni, Ayoub (2)






1: LUSAC Laboratory, University of Caen Normandy, 50000 Saint-Lo, France; 2: LPMAT Laboratory, Faculté des Sciences Ain Chock, Casablanca, Morocco.



11:40 12:05 126 Battery Integration Methods and Protection Coordination in DC Power Supply Systems for Data Centers






Zhang, Xianglong(1); Yang, Yingjie(1); Su, Zhipeng(2); Jiang, Xiaojun(1); Jiao, Zhongyuan(1); Tian, Jie (1)






1: China Information Technology Design & Consulting Institute Co., Ltd;  2: Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd;








Lunch
12:05 13:20
Lunch break















Plenary 3
13:20 13:55 105 Plenary 2: Optimizing soft-switching operation of GaN in High-Frequency Power Converters for modern Telecom System applications






Francesco Di Domenico, Infineon Technologies, Austria







7 Conversion & Converters II 13:55 14:20 147 Design Concept of Nine-Level Inverter With Reduced Component Count Based On Bi-directional GaN Switches






Stala, Robert; Kalicinski, Wojciech






AGH University of Krakow, Poland



14:20 14:45 106 A Novel Control Method for Single-Stage AC–DC qZS Full-Bridge Converters






Mohammadsalehian, Shamim; Moschopoulos, Gerry






University of Western Ontario, Canada



14:45 15:10 130 Precise Input Current Regulation and Decoupling Control for Multi-Active Bridge Convertersrs






Sadhukhan, Subhadip; Raj Ramachandran Potti, Krishna






Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India







8 Battery Modeling I
13:55 14:20 111 Machine Learning–Driven Prediction of Advanced PCM-Based Thermal Energy Storage in Battery Systems.






Senobar, Hossein (1); Wahab, Abdul (1,2); Kemper, Hans (2); Amjady, Nima (3); Khayyam, Hamid (1)






1: School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia; 2: Faculty of Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Germany; 3: Centre for New Energy Transition Research, Federation University, Australia



14:20 14:45 148 Thermal and Heat Transfer Characterization of a Dielectric-Immersion-Cooled Lithium-ion Battery Module under High-Load Operation






Wahab, Abdul (1,2); Kemper, Hans (1); Khayyam, Hamid (2)






1: Faculty of Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Germany; 2: School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia



14:45 15:10 108 Bayesian Inverse Uncertainty Quantification of Immersion Cooled Battery Pack using Markov Chain Monte Carlo






Wahab, Abdul (1,2); Senobar, Hossein (2); Kemper, Hans (1); Khayyam, Hamid (2)






1: Faculty of Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Germany; 2: School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia








Break
15:10 15:40
Refreshment Break







9 Control II
15:40 16:05 152 MATLAB-Based Investigation of Anti-Windup Methods for a Synchronous Buck Converter






Postolache, Cornel-Iulian; Neacșu, Dorin O.






"Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iași, Romania



16:05 16:30 133 Adaptive Phase-Shift Control for Ripple Cancellation in Hybrid DC-DC Converters for DC Microgrid Applications






Mukwena, Moserie; Barendse, Paul






University of Cape Town, South Africa



16:30 16:55 138 Reverse Design Method for Three-Port Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters Based on Volt-Second Balance Equations






Soobiah, Revashan; Barendse, Paul






University of Cape Town, South Africa







10 Components II
15:40 16:05 124 Filter Topologies for Harmonic Reduction and EMI Suppression in Power Electronic Converters: An Overview






Almawu, Endalkachew Degarege(1); Predescu, Dragoș-Mihail(2); Roșu, Ștefan George(2)






1: Kiel University, Germany; 2: National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania



16:05 16:30 171 Solid-State Circuit Breaker based on SiC JFETs with a high level of system integration for DC Battery Storage Applications






Graß, Norbert (1); Mederer, Philipp (2)






1: Technische Hochschule Nürnberg, Germany; 2: Grass Power Electronics GmbH



16:30 16:55 116 Real-Time Lifetime Estimation Method for Power Modules in Industrial Inverters Using Built-In Sensors






Matsumoto, Daisuke (1); Watanabe, Masayuki (2); Mori, Komei (3); Sato, Fumihiro (3); Matsunaga, Shunsuke (3)






1: Hitachi, Ltd.; 2: Hitachi KE Systems, Ltd.; 3: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.







Wednesday 23. Sept








Keynote 4
09:00 09:45
Keynote 4 : Neuromorhic Computing






Cristian Axenie








Plenary 4
09:45 10:20
Plenary 4:  Optimizing GaN in Telecom High Switching Frequency Power Conversion 






Kaushik Basu, Indian Institute of Science, India










10:20 10:50
Refreshment Break







11 Critical Infrastructure Resilience II 10:50 11:15 166 Cyber and Physical Service Buffers to Support Cyber-security and Resilience in Information and Communications Networks Power Supply






Becerra Better, Arantxa; Kwasinski, Alexis






University of Pittsburgh, United States of America



11:15 11:40 161 Edge-Deployable Constraint-Aware Power-Flow Monitoring for Resilience-Enhanced Power Grids






Seibel, Axel (1);
Jung, Marco (1,2);
Thomas, Simon (1);
Erckrath, Tobias (1);
Bendfeld, Christian (1);
Serbin, Anton (3)






1: Fraunhofer IEE, Germany; 2: Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg; 3: Geyser Batteries



11:40 12:05 160 Modular, Energy-Optimised Telecommunications Shelters Enabling Resilient Edge Infrastructure in Remote Networks






Rasheed Rayamarakkarveettil Puthanpurayil, Shahariya (1); Alexandru Sanduleac, Vlad (2); Khan, Noman (1); Teodorescu, Remus (1)






1: Aalborg University, Denmark; 2: National University of Science and Technology Politehnica,Bucharest, Romania







12 Battery Modeling II
10:50 11:15 170 Influence of the State-of-Charge on Frequencies of Characteristic Features in Impedance Spectra of Lithium-ion Cells






Elattar, Omar; Mladenovic, Ivana






Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, Germany



11:15 11:40 168 Application of Artificial Intelligence for Capacity Fade Estimation and Modeling under Cycling of Sodium-Ion Battery Systems






Arnaudov, Dimitar; Kishkin, Krasimir; Miltchev, Radoslav






Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria



11:40 12:05
To be aadvised
























12:05 13:20
Lunch break








Plenary 5
13:20 13:55
To be advised







13 Conversion & Converters III 13:55 14:20 139 Unity PF Controller for DCM Flyback Micro Inverters






Abramovitz, Alexander(1); Kuperman, Alon(2); Shmilovitz, Doron(1)






1: Tel Aviv University, Israel; 2: Ben Gurion University in the Negev, Israel



14:20 14:45 122 Comparative Reliability Assessment of a PoL Synchronous Buck Converter Using Ferrite-Core and PCB-Integrated Inductors






Butnicu, Dan; Paulet, Olimpian-Toma; Neacsu, Dorin O.






Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi, Romania



14:45 15:10 172 Analytical Determination of the Load-Dependent Parallel Resonance in LLC/LCC Resonant Converters with a Low-Capacitance Transformer Design






Graß, Norbert;
Doerfer, Fynn






Technische Hochschule Nürnberg, Germany







14 Batteries and Applications II 13:55 14:20 132 Battery Storage Sizing and PV-Surplus-Triggered Discretionary Demand Activation in Grid-Connected Commercial and ICT-Adjacent PV Systems: A Simulation-Based Trade-Off Analysis






Chaturvedi, Ankitkumar (1); Bresgen, Ingo (1); Schmitz, Michael (2)






1: Kautz Starkstrom-Anlagen GmbH, Germany; 2: Hypersys GmbH, Germany



14:20 14:45 155 Renewable Energy Monitoring System for Microgrid Using Novel Model Predictive Control






Kambale, Sagar; Paratwar, Pooja






DGOI, Swami Chincholi, India



14:45 15:10 153 Micro Substations






Santos Guimaraes, Tiago






Siemens Energy, Germany








Break
15:10 15:40
Refreshment Break















Open Forum
15:40 15:30-16:55
Forum - to be advised

Technical Tours

Thursday· 24 September 2026

Technical program, industry exchange and social event.


10:00–12:00 · Audi Charging Hub Nuernberg 
2,4 MWh Battery buffered high power (6 * 300 kW) EV charging station with grid supporting features
No cost. Email registration required.  Send email to Norbert.Grass@intelec2026.org to register
13:00–15:30 ·Electric bus terminal VGN Nuernberg
No cost. Email registration required.  Send email to Norbert.Grass@intelec2026.org to register

Exhibition hours

Monday 21 September         11:30 - 16:00

Tuesday 22 September         10:30 - 16:00

Wednesday 23 September     10:30 - 16:00

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Session titles, speakers, rooms and times may still be subject to changes. 

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