IEA 4E PECTA Experts Workshop 2026
This PECTA Expert Workshop 2026 brings together leading experts from research, industry, and policy to discuss the latest advances in power electronics. The program highlights progress in application readiness, reliability, and circular economy approaches, alongside key regulatory updates. This workshop provides a platform to exchange knowledge, strengthen cooperation, and influences and shapes PECTA’s future activities.
Hourly Schedule
Expert Workshop Agenda
- 10:30 - 10:45
- Arrival, registration and access of physical participants
- 10:45 - 11:00
- Login of virtual participants
- 11:00 - 11:10
- Welcome
- 11:10 - 11:20
- Settings the stage & relevance of the workshop (Chair of PECTA, R. Brüniger)
- 11:20 - 11:50
- Application Readiness Map ARM / Update of year 2025 (M. Pfost, TUD; M. Thoben, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund)
- 11:50 - 12:30
- Reliability of WBG-Applications (S. Wirths, E. Martino, L. Rocchino, HitachiEnergy; F. Coccetti, V. Rustichelli, IRT-Saint-Exupery; F. Iannuzzo, Politecnico di Torino)
- 12:30 - 13:10
- Lunch Break
- 13:10 - 13:40
- Environmentally compatible Power Electronics (J. Kolar, L. Imperiali, ETHZ)
- 13:40 - 13:55
- Introduction to newly initiated Circular Economy activities (R. Brüniger)
- 13:55 - 14:10
- Cooperation between EU and PECTA (C. Codrea, EC)
- 14:10 - 14:40
- EPS Scoping Study (M. Makoschitz, TU Leoben)
- 14:40 - 15:00
- Short Break
- 15:00 - 15:15
- Cooperation activities between EMSA and PECTA (A. Vezzini, BFH)
- 15:15 - 15:30
- PECTA-related activities in the ECPE Network (T. Harder, L. Lorenz, ECPE)
- 15:30 - 16:30
- Interaction between experts (Q&A) and future Activities in PECTA
- 16:30 - 17:00
- Closing remarks, outlook / end of Workshop and Networking
