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  1. Information on the Technical Meeting: "LEDs in Lighting Electronics" by B. Hontele on 16/05/2000
  2. Information on the Seminars by Distinguished Lecturer R. Hartley on 5-6/10/2000
  3. Information General Meeting of the Benelux IAS/PELS Chapter on 5/4/2001
  4. Information on the Seminar by Distinguished Lecturer Bob Lorenz on 5/4/2001
  5. Information on the Tutorial on "Electromagnetic Compatibility in Industrial Equipment: Standards, Problems and Solutions" by P.Tenti on 28/9/2001
  6. Info on the IEEE Young Researchers Symposium in Electrical Power Engineering on 7-8/2/2002 in Leuven
  7. The IEEE chapter supported the 15th International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) in Brugge, Belgium, 25-28 August 2002.
  8. The 2002 IEEE President, Ray Findlay, gave a seminar on Leadership in Leuven, 29 August 2002.
  9. October, 1, 2003: Benelux chapter meeting on Magnetics in Power Electronics
  10. November, 10, 2003: Lecture by T.Habetler (GeorgiaTech, USA) on Conditon Monitoring of Electric Machines
  11. November, 13,14, 2003: Combined Benelux and German chapter meeting in Aachen [agenda]
  12. March, 18/19, 2004: IEEE Young Researchers Symposium in Delft
  13. May 12, 2004: Workshop on "Motoren en generatoren met permanente magneten" in Zaltbommel, NL (subscription form)
  14. May 18, 2004: Lecture on "Understanding the Impact of Power Quality on Industrial Processes" by Dr.Deepak Divan (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)
  15. March, 16, 2005: IEEE KULeuven student branch symposium: Evoluties in power engineering (poster)
  16. May 18, 2005: Waldur Symposium "Sustainable Energy, small scale generation and µ-cogen" at T.U.Eindhoven
  17. May 23, 2005: Lecture on "Hybrid and Fuel Cell Vehicles" by Dr. Kaushik Rajashekara, at T.U.Delft - followed by Chapter meeting
  18. International Conference on Future Power Systems, Amsterdam 16-18 November 2005
  19. Technical Meeting of IEEE IAS/PELS/PES BENELUX Chapter on Optimization in Power Electronics & Actuators, November 14, 2005, Eindhoven University of Technology.
  20. IEEE Student Branch Leuven stelt voor Evoluties in Power Engineering - Ontwikkelingen in het transmissienet, Woensdag 22 maart 2006, Leuven
    http://www.ieee-sb-leuven.be/
  21. IEEE Young Researcher Symposium in Electrical Power Engineering - Benelux Chapter, 27-28 April, 2006, Ghent, Belgium
    http://eesa.ugent.be/yrs/
  22. Draaistroomdispuut Waldur stelt voor:
    Symposium Pulsed Power Dinsdag 30 mei 2006, Eindhoven
    Meer informatie op hun website: http://www.waldur.nl/symposium/index.html
  23. THE GREEN FAMILY
    - How to reduce residential environmental impact ?
    Additional information can be found on the Conference website :
    http://www.conf-aim.skynet.be/green_family.
    Click here for the technical programme.
    October 3-5, 2006, Liège.
  24. Dr. Hiro Akagi will give a presentation about MEDIUM-VOLTAGE POWER CONVERSION SYSTEMS IN THE NEXT GENERATION
    Date: February 2, 2007
    Time: 14h00
    Place: Delft University of Technology, EWI Faculty Zaal D, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft
    If you whish to attend this event, please read more here.
  25. Dr. Hiro Akagi gave a presentation about MEDIUM-VOLTAGE POWER CONVERSION SYSTEMS IN THE NEXT GENERATION
    Date: February 2, 2007
    Time: 14h00
    Place: Delft University of Technology, EWI Faculty Zaal D, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft
    - Abstract and curriculum vitae.
    - Presentation
  26. Evoluties in Power Engineering
    Investeringen in het hoogspanningsnet Op woensdag 14 maart 2007 organiseert de IEEE Student Branch de reeds derde editie van het Power Engineering Symposium. Het thema van dit jaar is ‘Investeringen in het hoogspanningsnet’. Het evenement vindt plaats op het departement elektrotechniek van de K.U.Leuven (wegbeschrijving). De deelname aan dit symposium is gratis, maar we vragen wel om online in te schrijven zodat wij weten hoeveel examplaren van de handouts we moeten voorzien.
    Deadline voor inschrijven: 10 maart 2007
    Meer informatie: http://www.ieee-sb-leuven.be/pes2007
  27. The Dept. of Electrical Eng. and Comp. Sc. of the University of Liège (research unit in Systems and Modelling)
    The Benelux chapter of the IEEE Power Engineering Society cordially invite you to attend the
    SEMINAR by Prof. A.P. Meliopolous Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USA
    “Modernization and Security Enhancement of the Electric Power Grid”
    on May 24, 2007 at 10:00 AM
    Read more here

  28. The Dept. of Electrical Eng. and Comp. Sc. of the University of Liège

    (research unit in Systems and Modelling)

    The Benelux chapter of the IEEE Power Engineering Society

    cordially invite you to attend the

    SEMINAR by Prof. A.P. Meliopolous Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USA
    “Modernization and Security Enhancement of the Electric Power Grid”
    on May 24, 2007 at 10:00 AM

    See the presentation here
  29. Fourth IEEE Young Researchers Symposium in Electrical Power Engineering
    February 7 - 8, 2008, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Deadlines:
      * Digest: 5-11-2007
      * Acceptance: 15-12-2007
      * Full paper: 15-01-2008

    More information: http://w3.ele.tue.nl/nl/evt/epe/ieee_yrs_2008
  30. MELECON'2008 is a major international forum presenting design methodologies, techniques and experimental results in emerging electro-technologies related to sustainable development. It is one of the flagship conferences of the IEEE Region 8 with participants from all over the world. It is expected to bring together researchers and practitioners from different fields such as Control Systems, Information Systems, Mechatronics Systems, Nano- & Micro-Electronics Systems, Power Systems and Signal & Image Processing. It will include plenary sessions, regular sessions, special sessions and tutorials. Prospective authors are invited to submit their manuscripts reporting original work as well as proposals for special sessions (6 papers) and tutorials in the mentioned areas.

    The 2008 edition of MELECON will be held on 5-7 May 2008, in Ajaccio (Corsica), France

    Important dates:
      * Deadline for Submission of Full Papers, December 9, 2007
      * Notification of Acceptance, February 10, 2008
      * Deadline for Submission of Final Manuscripts, March 17, 2008
  31. The IEEE event on Open Innovation which takes place in the NH Conference Centre Koningshof in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October 2008 and which is organized by the IEEE Benelux/Germany Technology Management Councils, the IEEE Benelux/Germany GOLD Affinity Groups and the IEEE Student Branch Eindhoven.

    Several presentations from practitioners and workshops are part of the event's program. Topics of the presentations\workshops are a.o. “Green Product Development”, “Living Lab Holland” and “Open Innovation; do or die, dare to share!”. During one of the presentations you will be provided with comments about and feedback on the Open Innovation strategy which is put into practice by your company. In order to be able to provide this feedback, we would like to request you to fill out this questionnaire, which takes only ten minutes. In addition to the presentations on Open Innovation, one workshop will be on non-verbal communication, which is a type of communication which makes up at least 80% of human communication. Attending this workshop will teach you how to recognize, interpret and use this type of communication. To allow for the necessary networking, we also arranged drinks, a dinner and a visit to the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, which is a well known museum on modern arts. More details about the program and registration can be found in the invitation enclosed and on http://www.ieee.nl/events. If you would like to participate in the event, please register no later than 20 October 2008. Could you please distribute this invitation among your Chapter Members, if you consider that appropriate?
  32. May 12, 2009 - Leuven (IAS/PELS/PES and IEEE SB Leuven)
    SmartGrids lecture
    Intelligente energienetwerken (SmartGrids) worden beschouwd als het instrument om de groene stroom tot bij de verbruikers te brengen, elektrische wagens te laten rijden en de vrije elektriciteitsmarkt te laten werken. Voor president Obama is de omvorming van het Amerikaanse elektriciteitsnet een hoeksteen van de redding van de economie.

    Weinigen weten echter dat dit concept een Europese uitvinding is, op de kaart gezet door het EU-Technologie Platform "SmartGrids", waarvan professor Ronnie Belmans (IEEE Fellow) de volgende voorzitter wordt. Hij zal in zijn voordracht uitleggen wat er juist verandert: krijgen we gewoon een slimme meter of is er meer aan de hand? Wat is de economische impact? Is dit een speeltje van elektriciens of een multidisciplinaire omwenteling die kan uitgroeien tot een nieuwe industriele revolutie met bijhorende werkgelegenheidscreatie (ook voor ingenieurs)?

    Nadien geeft Eefje Peeters (VITO) een korte uiteenzetten over wat er op dit ogenblik gebeurt aan onderzoek naar smartgrids binnen Vlaanderen, en wat er in de korte termijn op stapel staat.

    Na de voordracht wordt er, om het nieuwe voorzitterschap te vieren, een hapje en drankje aangeboden.

    De lezing gaat door *op 12 mei 2009, op het departement elektrotechniek van de universiteit van Leuven, gebouw ESAT, auditorium A*.
    Stuur een emailtje om u in te schrijven.


    Programma:
    • 20u00-20u40: Wat is SmartGrids concreet? (Ronnie Belmans)
    • 20u40-20u55: Onderzoek naar smartgrids in Vlaanderen (Eefje Peeters)
    • 20u55-21u00: Potentieel onderzoek en doctoraatsposities over SmartGrids in Vlaanderen
    • 21u00: Receptie
  33. May 27 - 29, 2009 - Leuven, Belgium
    6th International Conference on the European Energy Market

    The International Conference on the European Energy Market - EEM is a premier forum to discuss the development of the energy sector in a market environment and the creation of the common European Energy Market.

    It has achieved a considerable success during the past five editions covering the electricity and gas markets policies and experiences, climate change impacts on the sector and developments at the European level.

    The EEM 09 - 6th International Conference on the European Energy Market will be held in Leuven, Belgium 27-29 May 2009, with IEEE/PES technically co-sponsoring and intends to expand even more its scientific and international scope.

    The conference comprises several sessions with keynote speakers from the main European institutions, market agents and prominent academics. Additionally, parallel oral sessions and poster sessions will be scheduled, which focus on the latest academic research with paper presentations and discussions.

  34. Invitation to a lecture/course by professor Van Wyk (Distinguished lecturer, IEEE, Virginia Tech, currently in South Africa).
    Professor Van Wyk is a world authority in his field.
    Title: "SYSTEMS BASED POWER ELECTRONICS INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY—A RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE"

    The date is 29th of June, from 14.00 to 17.00 at the university of Delft, Faculteit EWI, zaal A.
    The route description can be found here:
    http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=9623b115-ed48-49bd-89f2-27af2753d29a

    Please subscribe using the following doodle poll:
    http://www.doodle.com/vv8tnn9hw2tym5vz
  35. IEEE JOINT IAS/PELS/PES BENELUX CHAPTER PRESENTS
    Fifth IEEE Young Researchers Symposium in Electrical Power Engineering
    SMART SUSTAINABLE POWER DELIVERY
    29-30 March 2010
    Leuven, Belgium


    DEADLINES
    Receipt of synopses: 1/11/2009
    Notification of acceptance: 1/12/2009
    Receipt of full texts: 1/2/2010

    Website: http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~yrs2010/
  36. Next Wednesday, 17 March, 2010 the IEEE student branch Leuven organizes, in cooperation with ELECTA, the 6th edition of the Power Engineering Symposium. The theme of this year is "smart grids". More information, as well as the program, can be found in attachment.

    We kindly ask you to register on our website if you want to attend the symposium:
    http://www.ieee-sb-leuven.be/pes2010

    - Detailed program
    - Route description
  37. Elektrisch vervoer Symposium
    Op 28 april 2010 vindt op de Technische Universiteit van Delft het vijfde Hidde Nijlandsymposium plaats. Tijdens het symposium met als titel ‘Elektrisch vervoer’, zal worden ingegaan op diverse facetten van elektrisch vervoer; van de impact op het elektriciteitsnet tot en met de elektrische aandrijving.

    Het Hidde Nijlandsymposium wordt voor de vijfde keer georganiseerd door het Sterkstroomdispuut der Electrotechnische Vereeniging in samenwerking met de Hidde Nijland Stichting en de IEEE. Ook dit jaar levert de Vereniging EMVT een inhoudelijke bijdrage aan het programma.

    Het symposium richt zich op de ontwikkelingen die de haalbaarheid van grootschalig elektrisch vervoer bevorderen. Onderwerpen zoals batterijen, laadpalen en smart grids, belangrijke schakels in de energievoorziening van elektrisch vervoer, zullen daarbij aan de orde worden gesteld. Ook mogelijke toepassingen zullen worden besproken.

    Nadere informatie over het programma kan worden gevonden op de website www.hiddenijlandsymposium.nl. Zowel de inschrijving als betaling zijn mogelijk via de website. De kosten voor deelname aan het symposium bedragen € 85,- voor bedrijven en academici, en € 42,50 voor leden van EMVT en IEEE. Studenten kunnen voor een gereduceerd bedrag van € 10,- deelnemen aan het dagprogramma. De kosten voor koffie, lunch en een afsluitende borrel zijn hierbij inbegrepen.

    P.Bauer, Delft University of Technologies

    Chairmain IAS/PELS/PES Chapter Benelux
  38. PowerMEMS 2010
    10th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications
    30th November - 3th December 2010
    Leuven, Belgium
    Website: www.powermems.org
  39. The IEEE Student Branch Leuven is organizing the seventh annual power engineering symposium on the 23rd of March.

    The yearly Evolutions on Power Engineering Symposium that has always been co-organized by the Benelux joint chapter PES/PELS/IAS and the research group ESAT/ELECTA.

    The symposium will this year deal with all aspects of Transmission Grid Control.
    The preliminar program is as follows:

    14h00 - Welcoming & introduction, /IEEE Student Branch/
    14u10 - ‘International dispatch’, Coreso
    14u50 - ‘Wind power plants for transmission grid control’, Enercon
    15u30 - ‘SCADA-EMS systems’, ABB
    16u10 - Coffee break
    16u40 - ‘Dynamic line rating’, Ampacimon
    17u20 - ‘WAMS’, Luigi Vanfretti - KTH
    18u00 - Reception with sandwiches

    Participation is free, but we ask you to register.

    More practical information and registration will soon be available via the website of the IEEE student branch of Leuven.
    www.ieee-sb-leuven.be
  40. IEEE Chapter symposium Delft 24.3.2011

    PROGRAM:

    10.00-11.00:
    "Phase Measurement Units (PMUs) and Time Synchronization"
    ir. Roel de Vries, Arbiter Systems

    "Possible Applications of PMUs for Detecting Angle Instability in Power Systems"
    dipl.ing. Nima Jahromi, Delft University of Technology

    "Agent-based Control for Preventing Voltage Collapse in Power Systems"
    ir. Freek Baalbergen, Delft University of Technology

    11.00-11.10 BREAK

    11.10-12.00:

    "Smart Protection in Electric Distribution Systems Supplied by Distributed Generators"
    dipl.ing. Ioanna Xyngi, Delft University of Technology

    Electric Power Systems Laboratory Tour: Real Time Power System Simulator and DENLAB

    12.00-13.00: LUNCH

    13.00-14.00:

    "Wide-Area Measurement and Control Systems and their Potential to Enable Smart Transmission Grids through Synchrophasor-Based Data Applications"
    Dr. Luigi Vanfretti, KTH Sweden

    Open discussion/Meet and Greet

    Please register by contacting:
    Dr. Barry Rawn
    b.g.rawn@tudelft.nl
    +31 15 27 84051
  41. IEEE Chapter symposium Delft 24.3.2011

    PROGRAM:

    10.00-11.00:
    "Phase Measurement Units (PMUs) and Time Synchronization"
    ir. Roel de Vries, Arbiter Systems

    "Possible Applications of PMUs for Detecting Angle Instability in Power Systems"
    dipl.ing. Nima Jahromi, Delft University of Technology

    "Agent-based Control for Preventing Voltage Collapse in Power Systems"
    ir. Freek Baalbergen, Delft University of Technology

    11.00-11.10 BREAK

    11.10-12.00:

    "Smart Protection in Electric Distribution Systems Supplied by Distributed Generators"
    dipl.ing. Ioanna Xyngi, Delft University of Technology

    Electric Power Systems Laboratory Tour: Real Time Power System Simulator and DENLAB

    12.00-13.00: LUNCH

    13.00-14.00:

    "Wide-Area Measurement and Control Systems and their Potential to Enable Smart Transmission Grids through Synchrophasor-Based Data Applications"
    Dr. Luigi Vanfretti, KTH Sweden

    Open discussion/Meet and Greet

    Please register by contacting:
    Dr. Barry Rawn
    b.g.rawn@tudelft.nl
    +31 15 27 84051
  42. Dear IEEE member

    Hereby You are cordially invited for the IEEE IAS/PELS/PES Chapter Meeting on July 4, 2011 at 15.00 in room D, Faculty EWI, TUDelft, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft

    Program of the meeting
    1. IEEE Benelux chapter awards
    2. Distinguished Lecturer Dushan Borojevic (lecture see bellow)

    The end of the meeting is anticipated for 18.00.

    Best regards
    P.Bauer, chapter chair
    Delft University of Technology

    More information...
  43. September 16, 2011 - Liège, Belgium (PELS/IAS/PES)

    WORKSHOP on "CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ELECTRIC ENERGY SYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE".

    This workshop is organized in the context of the 2010 George Montefiore international prize. The 2010 issue of the prize was devoted to Smart Grids. The jury of the Montefiore prize decided to give this award to Prof. Goran ANDERSSON (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) and Prof. Athanasios P. MELIOPOULOS (Georgia Inst. of Technology, USA) in recognition for their numerous important contributions in the area of Electric Power Engineering.

    The workshop will be a unique opportunity to listen to and exchange views with a panel of renowned power system experts, both from academia and industry, covering various aspects of power systems, Information Technology, electricity markets, grid operation and control, etc.

    For more information and registration, you can check out the website of the workshop.
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