About Professional Education Seminars
APEC Professional Education Seminars focus on practical aspects of the power electronics profession and provide in-depth discussion of important and complex power electronics topics. Seminars combine practical application with theory, and are designed to further educate the working professional in power electronics.

Call for Professional Education Seminar Proposals
APEC 2023 continues the tradition of focusing on the practical aspects of the power electronics profession, the Professional Education Seminars address the need for in‐depth discussion of important and complex power electronics topics. Each seminar combines practical application with theory designed to further educate the working professional in power electronics or related fields.
Download the Professional Education Seminars Call For Proposals
Submit Your Professional Education Seminar Proposal
Please note the following schedule:
September 16, 2022: Deadline for proposal submission
October 24, 2022: Notification that a proposal was accepted or declined
January 6, 2023: Final presentation and author registrations are due
Topics
Topics are to address the practical issues of the specification, design, manufacture and marketing of power electronic components, products, and systems. Proposals focusing on, but not limited to, any of the following areas of power electronics are welcome.
- Power Systems
- AC‐DC Power Supplies
- DC‐DC Converters
- Inverters
- Motor Drives
- Lighting Power Systems
- Solid State Circuit Breakers
- Renewable/Alternative Energy
- Microgrid, FACTs, HVDC and other utility applications
- Aerospace & Defense Systems
- Automotive & Traction Applications
- Shipboard power supplies and systems
- Wireless power transfer systems
- Charging systems
- Telecom Power Systems
- Data centers
- Uninterruptible Power Supplies
- Components
- Capacitor Technologies
- ICs for Power Electronics
- Magnetics
- Power Semiconductors
- Design
- Control of Converters & Systems
- Digital Control and Management
- EMI and EMC Issues
- Energy Harvesting
- High‐Efficiency Designs
- Machine Control
- Modeling and Analysis
- Power Conversion Fundamentals
- Power Factor Correction
- Protection of Converters & Systems
- Safety and EMI/EMC Compliance
- Simulation Tools & Techniques
- Soft‐Switching Techniques
- Thermal Management
- Manufacturing
- Design for Manufacturability
- High Density Packaging
- Manufacturing Processes
- Standardizing Specifications
- Technology Transfer
- Business
- Benchmarking Results
- Identifying New & Emerging Markets
- JIT & Material Management
- Market Analysis & Strategies
- Procurement & Qualification
- Product & Technology Roadmaps
- Quality/Reliability and Data
- The Voice Of The Customer
Preparation of Proposals
The seminar proposal should include the following:
- Contact information for presenting speaker(s): name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, and email address. The corresponding presenter must be clearly identified, and an email address must be provided in the proposal.
- An abstract of no more than 200 words describing what is to be presented, including whether the topic will be treated in‐depth or as a survey, and the level of the intended audience (entry level, intermediate, or advanced). This abstract should be in a form suitable for publication in the APEC advance program.
- A detailed topical outline of three to five double‐spaced pages including the estimated time for each major topic. Note that the topics must be suitably in‐depth and comprehensive to adequately cover three plus hours of presentation time.
- A short biography (<200 words) and a résumé/CV of each speaker.