The 43rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC2008) will be jointly organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Padova, and the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Cassino, and will be hosted by the University of Padova, Italy, September 1-4, 2008.

2008 will be the 786th academic year of the University of Padova.

The city of Padova is located in the north east of Italy, 30 km from Venice and Venice airport, with frequent train and bus connections. Padova can also be conveniently reached by train from the international airports of Milano, Bologna, Verona and Treviso, which are served by numerous airlines from UK and continental Europe.

It will be co-sponsored by IEEE, IEE, and CIGRE. Its aim will be to provide a professional forum for engineers and research scientists from the universities, consultants, and in the manufacturing and supply industries opportunities to present their work and explore potential trends and recent developments, current practices in Power Engineering and related fields. Although the forum is open to all levels of participants, the Secretariat particularly encourages young academics and research students to attend. The conference will cover all aspects of power engineering. It will be residential for three nights and a number of technical and cultural visits are planned. The working language will be English. Accepted papers will be presented in oral and in interactive sessions.


UPEC 2008 seeks papers in all aspects of power engineering, including the following topics:

Power Generation

Power Utilisation

Future Power Networks

Renewable Energy Systems

Distributed Generation

Power Quality

Power System Simulation and Analysis

Power System Operation and Control

High Voltage Engineering and Dielectrics

Electromagnetic/Electrostatic Effects

Electrical Machines and Drives

Power Electronics and Devices

Power Conversion

Power Engineering Education



Conference organizers:


Prof. Roberto Turri (roberto.turri [at] unipd.it)

Prof. Paola Verde (verde [at] unicas.it)