PowerAfrica 2020: 2020 IEEE PES/IAS POWERAFRICA CONFERENCE Nairobi, Kenya, August 25-28, 2020 |
Conference website | https://ieee-powerafrica.org/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pac2020 |
Submission deadline | February 22, 2020 |
Author notification of acceptance/rejection | May 3, 2020 |
Camera-ready submission with IEEE copyright forms | May 31, 2020 |
June 15, 2020 Early-Bird registration | June 15, 2020 |
The Seventh Annual IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica Conference (PAC 2020) will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from August 25 to August 28, 2020. PowerAfrica is co-sponsored by the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) and Industrial Applications Society (IAS). PowerAfrica 2020 is a premier conference providing a forum for research scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present and discuss latest research findings, ideas, and emerging technologies and applications in the area of power systems integrations, business models, technological advances, policies and regulatory frameworks for the African continent. The conference will feature keynote addresses and invited presentations by distinguished scientists and engineers.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Prospective authors are requested to submit full paper(s) no longer than five (5) pages, in IEEE conference format. Manuscripts which do not meet IEEE conference formatting requirements will be rejected without review. Please refer to the conference website for a detailed list of technical topics and the manuscript submission method. Click here for more details
List of Topics
- Advances in Energy Systems
- Renewable energy resources, grid integration
- Electric transportation, energy harvesting and storage technologies
- Smart grids, micro-grids, metering design and cyber security
- Grid integration technologies – IoT, cloud and fog computing
- Energy efficiency for residential, commercial and industrial applications
- Power system planning, energy pricing policies, and retail markets
- Monitoring and evaluation of rural/urban power projects
- Challenges and opportunities of accessible power, privatization, policy, and tariffs Electrical safety, power system protection & standards
- Power engineering education
- Innovations in Components and Systems
- Power electronic converters and control systems
- Power conversion topologies, modulation and control
- Modeling and control of components, converters and systems
- Electric machines, drive systems and topologies
- Passive components and materials
- Power electronic packaging, integration and advanced manufacturing
- Reliability, advanced fault protection systems, diagnostics, prognostics and equipment health management
- FACTS, power quality, EMI and EMC
Committees
Program Committee
- Dr. Kennedy Aganah, Maxar, CA, USA
- Dr. Stanley Kamau, JKUAT,Kenya
- Prof. Absalom Ouma, UoN, Kenya
- Prof. Josiah Munda, TUT, SA
- Prof.Thomas Olwal, TUT, SA
- Dr. Keren Kaberere, JKUAT, Kenya
- Prof. Jackson Mbuthia, UoN, Kenya
- Eng. Martin Nzomo, KU, Kenya
Organizing committee
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Conference General Chair and Co-Chair
- Eliud Limo, KP, Kenya
- Humphrey Muhindi, SEACOM, Kenya
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LOC Chair & Co-Chairs
- Mercy Koech, Smart Village, Kenya
- Daniel Brecca, Strathmore University, Kenya
- Charles Onyango, Safaricom, Kenya
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International Advisory Committee
- Prof. Izael P. Da Silva, Strathmore University, Kenya
- Dr. Urenna Onyewuchi, PES-USA, Anneru Solutions Incorporated, USA
- Dr. Avoki M. Omekanda, IAS-USA, General Motors, USA
- Engr. John Nelson, IAS-USA, NEI Engineering Inc., USA
- Prof. Mohamed Habib Kammoun, University of Sfax, Tunisia
- Prof. Irene S. Fahim, Nile Univ., Egypt.
- Prof. Paul Olamba, Université de Kinshasa, DR Congo
- Dr. Barry Rawn, Carnegie Mellon University Africa, Kigali, Rwanda
- Dr. Abraham Gebregergis, Veoneer, USA
- Dr. Bruno Lequesne, E-Motors Consulting, LLC, USA
Publication
PowerAfrica 2020 proceedings will be published in IEEE Xplore
Venue
The conference will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from August 25 to 28, 2020
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to secretariat.pac@ieee.org