The Power Electronics conference is celebrating 46 years from its first gathering in Belgrade way back in 1973. This long tradition shows that power electronics society in Serbia is active and has significant results, valuable world-wide.
The first gathering of Power Electronics, popular Ee (abbreviation from Serbian name Energetska elektronika), was held in Belgrade way back in 1973 with 47 presented papers from all over ex – Yugoslavia. Then, the conferences were held in Belgrade in 1975 with 50 papers, Zagreb in 1978 with 94 papers, Sarajevo in 1981 with 95 papers, Ljubljana in 1984 with 104 papers, Subotica in 1986 with 126 papers and Belgrade in 1988, with 109 papers. After a long brake, due to unfortunate events in ex SFRY, Power Electronics revives and continues in Novi Sad in 1995, with 79 papers, now as a scientific symposium and with a new venue – International Fair on Electronics and Informatics. Next symposiums were held in Novi Sad – in 1997, with 98 papers and in 1999, with 82 papers. Significant participation of foreign authors resulted in upgrade of the symposium into International one, which in 2001 gathered 107 papers, in 2003 101 papers, in 2005 94 papers, in 2007 101 papers, and in 2009 105 papers. From 2011 the symposium is included in the new wider-scope event „Energy Days“ in Master Conference Center of Novi Sad Fair and attracted 102 papers in 2011 and 69 in 2013. The conference changed the venue in 2015 and 71 papers have been presented in the Central Building of the University of Novi Sad. Average number of participants was between 150 and 200 in which a significan portion are students and industry experts. The 19th International Symposium on Power Electronics Ee 2017 was the first one technically co-sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), European Power Electronics (EPE) Association and the European Centre for Power Electronics (ECPE), as well as by IEEE Serbia and Montenegro Section and IEEE Joint Chapter PELS/IES/IAS of Serbia and Montenegro Section. This strong involvement of IEEE brought changes in paper review and acceptance process, which were performed according to IEEE standards, so 62 top quality papers by 220 authors from 27 countries were presented together with six Key notes, three invited ones and two panels.
The 20th jubilee symposium papers are written by 219 authors & coauthors from 24 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and USA. All papers have passed through reviewing process by the International Program Committee and technical adjustment by the Secretariat. From 78 submitted, 66 (84%) have been accepted and will be presented in Key-Note, Invited and Regular sessions. Additionally, two industrial sessions, two distinguished professor lectures and two tutorials will be organized. I would like to acknowledge great work of Prof. Drazen Dujic as the Technical Chair, who gathered a large team of power electronics experts as topic chairs and reviewers, invited famous key note speakers and high expert presenters and organized the tutorials, which resulted in high quality of the symposium program.
Also, the Publication Chair Prof. Miroslav Vasić managed to go through complex procedure of preparing fundamentals for post-conference inclusion of all presented papers in the IEEE Xplore digital library and Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar citation. His work is highly appreciated.
The presented contributions show the latest research results and new trends, as well as achievements of the industry. It is to the Symposium to evaluate the significance of these contributions. The authors themselves are responsible for the accuracy of the results, statements and conclusions.
As parallel events, XX National conference “Energetska elektronika” (in Serbian language) and annual assembly of the Serbian Power Electronics Society will be held. Also, our traditional student competition “Hardware & Software” will gather student teams from the region with the aim to find the fastest and the most accurate solution for the complex “Treasure Hunt” task.
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Katić
Ee 2019 Chairman &
President of the Serbian Power Electronics Society
Konferencija Energetska elektronika obeležava 46 godinu od svog prvog susreta u Beogradu davne 1973. godine. Ova duga tradicija pokazuje da su istraživači iz oblasti energetske elektronika u Srbiji aktivni i da imaju značajne, svetski priznate rezultate.
Prvo nacionalno savetovanje iz Energetske elektronike, popularno Ee, održano je u Beogradu davne 1973. godine sa 47 prikazanih radova iz svih krajeva eks-Jugoslavije. Naredna savetovanja održana su u Beogradu 1975. godine sa 50 radova, u Zagrebu 1978. godine sa 94 rada, u Sarajevu 1981. godine sa 95 radova, u Ljubljani 1984. godine sa 104 rada, u Subotici 1986. godine sa 126 radova i u Beogradu 1988. godine sa 109 radova. Posle duge pauze, zbog nemilih događaja na prostoru bivše SFRJ, Energetska elektronika oživljava i nastavlja svoj rad u Novom Sadu 1995. godine sa 79 radova, ali sada u formatu naučnog simpozijuma i u novom okruženju - Međunarodnom sajmu elektronike i informatike. Sledeći simpozijumi su održani u Novom Sadu – 1997. godine, sa 98 radova i 1999. godine sa 82 rada. Značajno učešće stranih autora rezultiralo je podizanjem nivoa simpozijuma na međunarodni nivo i rad na engleskom jeziku. 2001. godine predstavljeno je 107 radova, 2003. godine 101 rad, u 2005. godini 94 radova, 101 rad u 2007. godini, odnosno 105 radova u 2009. godini. Od 2011. godine simpozijum se održava u sklopu „Dana energetike“ u Master centru Novosadskog sajma, kada je prezentovano 102 rada u 2011. godini i 69 radova u 2013. godini. 18-ti simpozijum održan je na novoj lokaciji, u Centralnoj zgradi Univerziteta u Novom Sadu, kada je prezentovano ukupno 75 radova. 19-ti simpozijum je predstavio radove 246 autora i koautora i okupio učesnike, koji dolaze iz 29 zemalja.
Za XX jubilarni simpozijum prijavljeno je 78 izlaganja, ali je posle recenziranja ostalo za prezentovanje 60 (84%). Radovi dolaze od 219 autora/ko-autora iz 24 zemlje sveta: Bosne i Hercegovine, Bugarske, Crne Gore, Čilea, Egipta, Estonije, Francuske, Hrvatske, Italije, Japana, Kina, Mađarske, Nemačke, Rumunije, Rusije, Poljske, SAD, Severne Makedonije, Mađarske, Srbije, Švajcerske, Švedske, Turske i Velike Britanije. Svi radovi su prošli kroz proces recenziranja od strane Međunarodnog programskog odbora i tehničkog prilagođavanja od strane Sekretarijata. Želeo bih da pohvalim veliki trud prof. Dražena Dujića kao predsedavajućeg Programskog komiteta, koji je okupio veliki tim stručnjaka energetske elektronike kao i rukovodioca tema i recenzenata, pozvao poznate ključne govornike i visoke stručne izlagače i organizovao tutorijale, što je doprinelo visokom kvalitetu programa simpozijuma.
Takođe, želeo bih da se zahvalim i na velikom radu prof. Miroslavu Vasiću, koji je uspeo da savlada kompleksne procedura i omogući da se radovi, nakon izlaganja na simpozijumu uključe u IEEE Xplore bazu podataka i citiraju preko Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar-a.
Rezultati ovih radova pokazuju da autori prate najsavremenije trendove u energetskoj elektronici. Na učesnicima simpozijuma je da procene značaj ovih doprinosa, a sami autori su odgovorni za tačnost rezultata, izjava i zaključaka iznetih u svojim radovima.
XX Savetovanje Energetska elektronika (na srpskom jeziku), koje se održava kao paralelnih događaji u sklopu međunarodng simpozijuma, predstaviće 5 domaćih radova. Pored toga održaće se i dve sesije sa prezentacijama partnera iz industrije, te redovna godišnja skupština Društva za Energetsku elektroniku Srbije.
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Katić
Predsednik Organizacionog odbora Ee 2019 i
Predsednik Društva za Energetsku elektroniku Srbije