We are pleased to present the preliminary schedule for SEPOC 2025. Most conference activities will take place on the Bloco 7 in University of Vale do Itajaí – Campus Balneário Camboriú – SC – Brazil.

Time Activity
2:00 – 5:00 pm Short Courses (parallel sessions, 180 min each)
  • Room A – Short Course 1: Adaptive Control Applied to Power Electronics – Dr. Rodrigo Varella Tambara
  • Room B – Short Course 2: How can you control a complex process effectively using simple elements with a minimal amount of modelling? How can you put optimization into the control layer? – Dr. Sigurd Skogestad
  • Room C – Short Course 3: Dynamic wireless charging in electric vehicles: technologies, challenges, and perspectives – Dr. Edemar de Oliveira Prado
5:00 – 7:00 pm Main Auditorium – Opening Event and Opening Plenary Lectures
  • Opening Event (30 min)
  • Keynote Lecture 1 (45 min): A Loss-Free Resistor Approach to Averaged Modeling of PWM DC-DC Converters in Discontinuous Conduction Mode – Dr.-Ing. Ivo Barbi
  • Keynote Lecture 2 (45 min): Advanced control for the future – Dr. Sigurd Skogestad
7:00 – 9:00 pm Industrial Keynotes (Diamond Sponsors)
  • Main Auditorium – Industrial Keynote 1 (60 min): Medium-Voltage Drives: Multi-Level Topologies & Applications – Ms.C. Joable Andrade Alves / Advancing Towards Higher Electrical Efficiency in Low-Voltage Drives – B.Sc. Adalberto Jose Rossa / UPS Systems Technology Trends & Applications – Ms.C. Pedro Henklein (WEG Automation)
  • Main Auditorium – Industrial Keynote 2 (60 min): Wires and Code: A Once-in-Multiple-Generations Opportunity for Technical and Business Innovation – Dr. Nikola Čelanović (Typhoon HIL GmbH)
9:00 pm Cocktail Reception — Univali Hall
The registration desk is located in the Event Hall at Univali (Balneário Camboriú Campus, Block 7). Please find below the hours that the registration desk will be open. All times are in local time (GMT-3).
Date Open time Close time
Sunday, November 9th 1:00pm 9:00pm

TimeActivity
8:00 – 10:00 am

Oral Sessions (parallel sessions, 120 min each) – Oral Presentation Session in English

  • Room A: Identification, control theory and applications – Dra. Thieli Gabbi (thielisgabbi@gmail.com)
  • Room B: Modeling, Simulation and Analysis of Power Systems – Moderator: Dr. Pedro Bolsi (pcbolsi@gmail.com)
  • Room C: Smart Grids, Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation – Dr. Jordan Saussen (jordan@univali.br)
  • Room D: Drive and Control of Electrical Machines – Dr. Gleisson Jardim França (gleissonjf@weg.net)
  • Room E: Quality of Electrical Power – Dr. Gustavo Marchesan (marchesan.gustavo@ufsm.br)
10:00 – 10:30 amCoffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 am
  • Main Auditorium – Keynote Lecture 1 (45 min): Control of Power Systems – Challenges and Solutions for the Integration of Large Shares of Renewable Energy Sources and Electric Vehicles – Dr. Gilney Damm (Moderator: Dr. Jordan Passinato Sausen)
11:15 – 12:00 pm
  • Main Auditorium – Keynote Lecture 2 (45 min): Grid-Forming Inverters Control Approaches – Dr. Humberto Pinheiro (Moderator: Dr. José Renes Pinheiro)
12:00 – 1:00 pmLunch
1:00 – 3:00 pm

Oral Sessions (parallel sessions, 120 min each) – Oral Presentation Session in English

  • Room A: Energy storage – Dr. Pedro Bolsi (pcbolsi@gmail.com)
  • Room B: Energy Efficiency and Load Management – Dr. Gustavo Guilherme Koch (gustavo.koch@ufsm.br)
  • Room C: Smart Grids, Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation – Dr. Jorge Rodrigo Massing (jorge.massing@ufsm.br)
  • Room D: Drive and Control of Electrical Machines – Dr. Gleisson Jardim França (gleissonjf@weg.net)
  • Room E: Converter Topologies for Energy Processing and/or Connection to the Power System – Dr. Dalton Vidor (dalton.vidor@ufsc.br)
3:00 – 3:30 pmCoffee Break
3:30 – 4:15 pmPoster Session (45 min): Poster Area
4:15 – 5:00 pm

Industrial Keynote (Gold Sponsor)

  • Main Auditorium – Industrial Keynote 1 (45 min): Rohde & Schwarz Innovations for Power Electronics Applications – Dr. Adriano Henrique Da Silva (Rohde & Schwarz Brazil)
5:00 – 5:45 pm
  • Main Auditorium – Keynote Lecture 3 (45 min): Increasing automation levels in advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) in multiple time scales, human in the loop levels, and control challenges – Dra. Mariana Netto (Moderator: Dra. Fernanda de Morais Carnielutti)
5:45 – 6:45 pm

Oral Sessions (parallel sessions, 60 min each) – Oral Presentation Session in English

  • Room A: Industrial Automation and Control Systems & Smart Lighting Systems – Dr. Idelfonso Nougueira (idelfonso.b.d.r.nogueira@ntnu.no)
  • Room B: Embedded systems, semiconductor devices, passive and magnetic components & Electronic ballasts for lighting – Dr. Cesar Zeferino (zeferino@univali.br)
  • Room C: Efficiency and Reliability of Electronic Equipment (2-P) & Electromagnetic Compatibility and Electromagnetic Interference – Dr. Lucas Vizzotto Bellinaso (lucas@gepoc.ufsm.br)
  • Room D: Power Systems Digitalization and Protection (2 – P) & Education in Engineering and Computing – Dr. Felipe Viel (viel@univali.br)
6:45 – 8:30 pm

Main Auditorium – Rap Technical Session

Topic: The Cutting Edge of Digital Twin Technology
Moderator: Dr. José Renes Pinheiro (University of Vale do Itajaí)
Invited Speakers: Dr. Nikola Čelanović (Typhoon HIL GmbH), Dr. Ivan L. Čelanović (Typhoon HIL GmbH), Dr. Humberto Pinheiro (Federal University of Santa Maria, Dr. Idelfonso Bessa dos Reis Nogueira (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), B.Sc. Adalberto Jose Rossa (WEG Automation) and Dr. Helder Tavares Câmara (Danfoss Power Solutions)

The registration desk is located in the Event Hall at Univali (Balneário Camboriú Campus, Block 7). Please find below the hours that the registration desk will be open. All times are in local time (GMT-3).

Date

Open time

Close time

Monday, November 10th

8:00am

7:00pm

TimeActivity
8:00 – 10:00 am

Oral Sessions (parallel sessions, 120 min each) – Oral Presentation Session in English

  • Room A: Identification, control theory and applications – Dr. Edemar Prado (edemar.prado@ufba.br)
  • Room B: Modeling, Simulation and Analysis of Power Systems – Dr. Pedro Bolsi (pcbolsi@gmail.com)
  • Room C: Smart Grids, Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation – Dr. Jordan Saussen (jordan@univali.br)
  • Room D: Drive and Control of Electrical Machines – Dr. Jorge Rodrigo Massing
  • Room E: Quality of Electrical Power – Dr. Raimundo Celeste Ghizoni Teive (rteive@univali.br)
10:00 – 10:30 amCoffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 am
  • Main Auditorium –Keynote Lecture 1 (45 min): Methods and Tools for the Design of Multilevel Converters (Dr. Thierry A. Meynard) (Moderator: Dr. Humberto Pinheiro)
10:30 – 12:00 pm
  • Room E: Special Meeting (90 min): R9 IEEE IES Chapters Meeting (Moderator: Dra. Fernanda de Morais Carnielutti)
11:15 – 12:00 pm
  • Main Auditorium – Keynote Lecture 2 (45 min): AI for Control: From Predictive Models to Multi-Agent Architectures – Dr. Idelfonso Bessa dos Reis Nogueira (Moderator: Dr. Rodrigo Varella Tambara)
12:00 – 1:00 pmLunch
1:00 – 3:00 pm

Oral Sessions (parallel sessions, 120 min each) – Oral Presentation Session in English

  • Room A: Identification, control theory and applications – Dra. Thieli Gabbi (thielisgabbi@gmail.com)
  • Room B: Modeling, Simulation and Analysis of Power Systems – Dr. Edemar Prado (edemar.prado@ufba.br)
  • Room C: Smart Grids, Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation – Dr. Dalton Vidor (dalton.vidor@ufsc.br)
  • Room D: Operation and Control of Power Systems – Dr. João Manoel Lenz (joaomlenz@gmail.com)
  • Room E: Quality of Electrical Power – Dr. Gustavo Guilherme Koch (gustavo.koch@ufsm.br)
3:00 – 3:30 pmCoffee Break
3:30 – 4:15 pm

Industrial Keynote (Gold Sponsor)

  • Main Auditorium – Industrial Keynote 1 (45 min): From Ripple to Response: Practical Measurements for Power Integrity (TEKTRONIX, INC.)
4:15 – 5:00 pm
  • Main Auditorium – Keynote Lecture 3 (45 min): Model Predictive Control for Grid-Tied Converters and Microgrids – Dra. Fernanda de Morais Carnielutti (Moderator: Dr. Hamiltom Confortin Sartori)
5:00 – 6:00 pm

Industrial Keynote (Silver Sponsors)

  • Main Auditorium – Industrial Keynote 1 (30 min): Emerging Solid State solutions in energy transmission infrastructures requires new ways of protection towards the used power electronics – Dr. Michael Stelte (Infineon Technologies AG)
  • Main Auditorium – Industrial Keynote 1 (30 min): Electroluminescence Inspection in Photovoltaic Modules – Eng. Rogério Valentim Pereira (PHB Solar)
19:30 pm
  • Social Dinner at the Camboriú and Typhoon HIL Best Paper Award Latin America 2025

Moderator: Dr. José Renes Pinheiro (University of Vale do Itajaí)
Invited Speakers: Dr. Nikola Čelanović (Typhoon HIL GmbH), Dr. Ivan L. Čelanović (Typhoon HIL GmbH) and Dr. Caio Osório (Typhoon HIL GmbH)

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The registration desk is located in the Event Hall at Univali (Balneário Camboriú Campus, Block 7). Please find below the hours that the registration desk will be open. All times are in local time (GMT-3).

DateOpen timeClose time
Tuesday, November 11th8:00am6:00pm

TimeActivity
8:00 – 10:00 am

Oral Sessions (parallel sessions, 120 min each) – Oral Presentation Session in English/Portuguese (E/P)

  • Room A: Device and Equipment Technologies – Dr. Maikel Menke (maikel.menke@ufsm.br)
  • Room B: Education in Engineering and Computing – Dra. Anita Fernandes (anita.fernandes@univali.br)
  • Room C: Smart Grids, Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation – Dr. Jorge Rodrigo Massing (jorge.massing@ufsm.br)
  • Room D: Applications in the automotive, aerospace and transportation industries – Dr. Pedro Bolsi (pcbolsi@gmail.com)
  • Room E: Converter Topologies for Energy Processing and/or Connection to the Power System – Dr.Dalton Vidor (dalton.vidor@ufsc.br)
10:00 – 10:30 amCoffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 am
  • Main Auditorium – Keynote Lecture 1 (45 min): Competencies for Intelligent Hardware Platforms for Industry – Dr. Angelo Perkusich (Moderator: Dr. Maurício de Campos)
11:15 – 12:00 pm
  • Main Auditorium – Keynote Lecture 2 (45 min): Renewable Energy in Brazil and Energy Efficiency in the Brazilian Electric Power System – Dr. Denizar Cruz Martins (Moderator: Dr. Douglas Camponogara)
12:00 – 1:00 pmLunch
1:00 – 3:00 pm

Oral Sessions (parallel sessions, 120 min each) – Oral Presentation Session in English

  • Room A: Efficiency and Reliability of Electronic Equipment – Dr. Lucas Vizzotto Bellinaso (lucas@gepoc.ufsm.br)
  • Room B: Intelligent Systems and Industrial Applications – Dr. Felipe Viel (viel@univali.br)
  • Room C: Applied Computer Systems Engineering – Dr. Cesar Zeferino (zeferino@univali.br)
  • Room D: Communication Networks and Cybersecurity – Dr. Antonio Cezar de Castro Lima (acdcl@ufba.br)
  • Room E: Converter Topologies for Energy Processing and/or Connection to the Power System – Dr. Hamiltom Sartori (hamiltomsar@gmail.com)
3:00 – 3:30 pmCoffee Break
3:30 – 4:15 pm

Industrial Keynote (Gold Sponsors)

  • Main Auditorium – Industrial Keynote 1 (45 min): Regenerative Grid Simulators: Four-Quadrant Operation and Power Line Disturbance Generation (Chroma Systems Solutions, Inc.)
4:15– 4:45 pm

Industrial Keynote (Silver Sponsors)

  • Main Auditorium – Industrial Keynote 2 (30 min): HIL and Power Testing as Catalysts for Electrification and System Innovation (Impedyme Inc.)
4:45 – 5:30 pm

Industrial Keynote (Gold Sponsors)

  • Main Auditorium – Industrial Keynote 4 (45 min): Accelerating Power Electronics Innovation Through Real-Time Simulation with OPAL-RT Solutions (OPAL-RT Technologies)
4:45 – 5:15 pm
  • Room E: Special Meeting (30 min): Study English! – Prof. Ptolomeu Palma
5:30 – 6:30 pm

Industrial Challenge with Typhoon HIL

  • Main Auditorium – Awards

Moderators: Dr. Caio Osório (Typhoon HIL GmbH) and Dr. João Manoel Lenz (Federal University for Latin American Integration)

6:30 – 7:00 pm
  • Closing Event / Awards Papers (30 min)

Moderator: Dr. José Renes Pinheiro (University of Vale do Itajaí)

The registration desk is located in the Event Hall at Univali (Balneário Camboriú Campus, Block 7). Please find below the hours that the registration desk will be open. All times are in local time (GMT-3).

DateOpen timeClose time
Wednesday, November 12th8:00am6:00pm