Committes Conference Organizing Committee: Honorary Chairman: Joan Peracaula   Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Conference Chairman: Enrique Dede GH ELECTROTERMIA S.A., Spain Conference Co-Chairman: Antoni Sudrià Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Programme Chairman: Philippe Lataire Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Programme Co-Chairman: Samuel Galceran Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Members: Dr. Roger Bassett Areva T&D Technology Centre United Kingdom Prof. Frede Blaabjerg Aalborg University Denmark Prof. Domenico Casadei Universita degli Studi di Bologna Italy Prof. Ing. DrSc Zdenek Cerovsky Czech Technical University Prague Czech Republic Univ. Prof. Dr.-ir. R.W. De Doncker RWTH Aachen ISEA Germany Prof. Dr. Bernard De Fornel    France Prof. Braham Ferreira Delft University of Technology The Netherlands Prof. Karel Jezernik University of Maribor Slovenia Prof. Marcel Jufer EPFL Switzerland Prof.Dr.Ing. Ralph Kennel Bergische Universitaet - GH Wuppertal Germany Dr. Edwin Kiel Lenze GmbH + Co KG Germany Dr. Philip Carne Kjaer Vestas Wind Systems A/S Denmark Prof. Wlodimierz Koczara Warsaw University of Technology Poland Prof. Johann Walter Kolar ETH Zürich Switzerland Prof. Philippe Lataire Vrije Universiteit van Brussel Belgium Prof. Dr. Leo Lorenz Infineon Technologies China Prof. Stig Munk-Nielsen Aalborg University Denmark Prof. Istvan Nagy Budapest University of Technology and Economics Hungary Prof. Hans-Peter Nee KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden Prof. Yves Perriard EPFL - STI - LAI Switzerland Prof. Leonids Ribickis Riga Technical University Latvia Prof. Dr. Ing. Walter Schumacher Technische Universität Braunschweig Carolo-Wilhelmina Germany Dr. Sami Siala Converteam France Prof. Jean-Luc Thomas Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers Electrotechnique France Prof. Javier Uceda Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Spain Prof. Tore Undeland Norwegian University of Science & Technology Norway Prof. Dr. ir. Joeri Van Mierlo Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium Prof. Dr. Helmut Weiss University of Leoben Austria Prof. Patrick Wheeler University of Nottingham United Kingdom Prof. Krzysztof Zawirski Technical University of Poznan Poland International Steering Committee: Prof. Jero Ahola Lappeenranta University of Technology Finland Prof. Hiro Akagi Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan Prof. Mats Alakula IEA/LTH Sweden Prof. Fernando Aldana Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Spain Prof. Pierre Aloïsi France Prof. Fernando Antunes Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil Dr. Oscar Apeldoorn ABB Industrie AG Switzerland Prof. Greg Asher University of Nottingham United Kingdom Prof. Stephane Azzopardi Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electronique d'Informatique et de Radiocommunication de Bordeaux France Prof. Drago Ban University of Zagreb Croatia Dr. Roger Bassett AREVA T&D Technology Centre United Kingdom Prof. Dr. Ir. Ronnie Belmans KU Leuven Belgium Dr-Ing. Hans Bendien ITAPS GmbH Germany Prof. Alain Berthon Université de Franche-Comte France Prof Dr-Ing habil Andreas Binder Darmstadt University of Technology Germany Prof. Frede Blaabjerg Aalborg University Denmark Prof. Silverio Bolognani University of Padova Italy Jean Bonal France Dr. Frédérick Bordry C.E.R.N. Switzerland Dr. ir. Sjoerd Bosga ABB Corporate Research Sweden Prof. Dr. Michael Braun Universität Karlsruhe Germany Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Buja University of Padova Italy Prof. Hervé Buyse Université Catholique de Louvain Belgium Prof. Domenico Casadei Dpto di Ingegneria Elettrica Italy Prof. Dr. Zdenek Cerovsky Technical University of Prague Czech Republic Ing. Daniel Chatroux CEA France Prof. Jon Clare University of Nottingham United Kingdom Dr. Silvio Colombi GE Digital Energy SA Switzerland Prof. Alfio Consoli Università di Catania Italy Gerard Coquery INRETS France Prof. Dr. François Costa ENS de Cachan France Prof. Michel Crappe Belgium Prof. Bernard Davat INPL France Prof. Dr. Ir. Rik De Doncker ISEA Germany Prof. Dr. Bernard de Fornel France Prof. Sjoerd de Haan Delft University of Technology The Netherlands Prof. Dr. Enrique J. Dede G.H. Elin Int. SA Spain Dr. Frans Dijkhuizen ABB Corporate Research Sweden Dr. Hans-Guenter Eckel Siemens AG Germany Dr. Martin Fasching Eybl International AG Austria Prof. Villiam Fedak Technical University of Kosice Slovak Republic Prof. Paolo Ferraris Politecnico di Torino Italy Prof. Dr. Braham Ferreira Delft University of Technology The Netherlands Graham Ferry Areva United Kingdom Loris Fiore-Donati Leonardo Fragapane STMicroelectronics Italy Dr. Samuel Galceran Enginyeria Electrica Spain Prof. Dr. Lars Gertmar ABB Corporate Research Sweden Laurent Gonthier SGS-Thomson France Prof. Dr. Henry Güldner Technische Universität Dresden Germany Prof. Dr. ir. Johan Gyselinck Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Belgium Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ingo Hahn Universität Erlangen Germany Prof. Lennart Harnefors ABB Power Technologies Sweden Prof. Wilfried Hofmann Technical University Chemnitz Germany Prof. Dr. Shu Yuen Ron Hui City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Dr. Andrew Hyde AREVA T&D Technology Centre United Kingdom Dr. Robert B. Inderka DaimlerChrysler AG Germany Prof. Dr. Karel Jezernik University of Maribor Slovenia Prof. Marcel Jufer EPFL - STI - LAI Switzerland Prof. Dr. Herbert Kabza Universität Ulm Germany Dr. Sergej Kalaschnikow DANFOSS GMBH Austria Dr. Per Karlsson Emotron AB Sweden Prof. Marian Kazmierkowski Warsaw University of Technology Poland Prof. Dr. Ing. Ralph Kennel Bergische Universitaet - GH Wuppertal Germany Dr. Edwin Kiel Lenze GmbH & Co KG Germany Dr. Philip C. Kjær Vestas Denmark Prof. Wlodzimierz Koczara Warsaw University of Technology Poland Prof. Dr. Johann W. Kolar ETH Zurich Switzerland Prof. Dr. Jorma Kyyrä Helsinki University of Technology Finland Prof. Dr. Ir. Philippe Lataire VUB Belgium Prof. Stéphane Lefebvre ENS de Cachan France Dr. András Lelkes GEFEG-NECKAR Antriebssysteme GmbH  Germany Prof. Philippe Le Moigne L2EP France Prof Dr-Ing Werner Leonhard Technische University Braunschweig Carolo-Wilhelmina Germany Prof. Emil Levi Liverpool John Moores University United Kingdom Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Lindemann Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg Germany Prof. Dr. Leo Lorenz Infineon Technologies Germany Prof. Dr. Robert D. Lorenz University of Wisconsin - Madison USA Prof. Dr. Ing. Jean-Paul Louis Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan France Prof. Dr. Josef Lutz Technical University of Chemnitz Germany Prof. Luigi Malesani Università di Padova Italy Prof. Stefanos Manias National Technical University of Athens Greece Prof. Mario Marchesoni Università di Genova Italy Dr. J. Marcos Alonso University of Oviedo Spain Prof. Elmano da Fonseca Margato Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa Portugal Prof. Dr. Eisuke Masada Railway Technology Research Institute Japan Prof. P. A. Mawby University of Warwick United Kingdom Prof. Jan Melkebeek Universiteit Gent Belgium Dr. Michel Mermet-Guyennet Alstom Transport France Prof. Axel Mertens Universität Hannover Germany Régis Meuret Hispano-Suiza - Etablissement de Réau France Dr. Thierry Meynard LEEI - ENSEEIHT France Dr. José Millán Centro Nacional de Microelectronica (CNM) Spain Dr. Eric Monmasson Université de Cergy-Pontoise France Prof. Dr. Bernard Multon Antenne de Bretagne de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan France Prof. Dr. Istvan Nagy Budapest technical University Hungary Prof. Hans-Peter Nee The Royal Institute of Technology Sweden Stig Munk-Nielsen University of Aalborg Denmark Dr. Jouko Niiranen ABB Oy Finland Prof. Roy Nilsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway Prof. Dr. Ir. Bertrand Nogarede ENSEEIHT - INPT France Dr. Colin Oates Areva T&D Technology Centre United Kingdom P. R. Palmer University of Cambridge United Kingdom Prof. John Pedersen Aalborg University Denmark Prof. Dr. Juan Peracaula Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain Prof. Yves Perriard EPFL - STI - LAI Switzerland Prof. Bernhard Piepenbreier Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Germany Prof. Francesco Profumo Politecnico di Torino Italy Dr.-Ing. U. Putz Germany Prof. Zhaoming Qian Zhejiang University P. R. China Prof. W. F. Ray Power Electronic Measurements Ltd United Kingdom Dr. Jürgen Reinert Emotron AB Sweden Prof. Leonids Ribickis Riga Technical University Latvia Dr. Frédéric Richardeau LEEI - ENSEEIHT France Prof. Benoit Robyns Ecole des Hautes Etudes d'Ingénieur (HEI) France Dr. Miran Rodic Institute of Robotics  Slovenia Prof. James Roudet LEG - ENSIEG France Prof. Alfred Rufer Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland Dr. M. Samotyj Electricity Innovation Institute USA Dr. Jean-Louis Sanchez LAAS - CNRS France Franck Sarrus Ferraz-Shawmut France Prof. Uwe Schäfer Technical University of Berlin Germany Dr. Hubert Schierling Siemens AG Germany Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Andreas Schmidhofer Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG Austria Prof. Dr. Ing. Günter Schröder Universität Siegen Germany Prof. Manfred Schrödl Technische Universität Wien Austria Prof. Dr. Ing. Walter Schumacher Technische Universität Braunschweig Carolo-Wilhelmina Germany Prof. Betty Semail L2EP - Polytech Lille France Prof. Dr. N. Y. A. Shammas Staffordshire University United Kingdom Dr. Sami Siala Converteam France Dr. Ralf Siemieniec Infineon Technologies Austria AG Austria Brigitte Sneyers EPE Association c/o V.U.B. T.W.-ETEC Belgium Prof. Paolo Spirito Università di Napoli Italy Dr. Peter Steimer ABB Switzerland Prof. Antoni Sudria Enginyeria Electrica Spain Dr. Sandro M. Tenconi Ansaldo S.p.A. Italy Dr. Peter Terwiesch ABB Ltd. Switzerland Prof. Jean-Luc Thomas Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers Electrotechnique France Anthony Totterdell AREVA T&D UK Ltd United Kingdom Prof. Javier Uceda Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Spain Prof. Tore Undeland Norwegian University of Science & Technology Norway Prof. Dr. ir. Alex Van den Bossche Universiteit Gent Belgium Prof. Dr. ir. Joeri Van Mierlo Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium Prof. Jacobus Daniel van Wyk University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Prof. Andrea Vezzini HTI Biel Switzerland Prof. Dr. Helmut Weiss University of Leoben Austria Prof. Patrick Wheeler School Electrical Eng United Kingdom Dr.-Ing. Albert Wick Siemens AG Germany Prof. Krzysztof Zawirski Poznan University of Technology Poland Gunnar Zetterberg AD Tranz Sweden Sweden Dr. Ahmed Zobaa Camborne School of Mines United Kingdom Conference Local Committee: Joan Bergas   Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Vicente Esteve Universidad de Valencia, Spain Oriol Gomis Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Enrique Maset Universidad de Valencia, Spain Daniel Montesinos Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Diego Ramírez Universidad de Valencia, Spain Joan Rull Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Esteban Sanchís Universidad de Valencia, Spain