PE International 2026 Agenda

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Monday 20th April 2026 starting at 11:00 CET
11:00 AngelTech Innovate Summit - Limited places! Requires separate registration: https://www.angeltech-innovate.net/register
18:00 Pre-conference Networking Drinks / Dinner Reception (available to those who have registered for 21st & 22nd April for AngelTech Conference)
Tuesday 21st April 2026 starting at 08:00 CET
08:00 Registration and welcome refreshments
08:50 Housekeeping by Conference Chair
Putting the Automotive Industry in Pole Position
09:00 EV Inverter Drives above 100 kW Are Expected to Transition to GaN. Where Does the Roadmap End?
Presented by Daniel Murphy - Cambridge GaN Devices
09:20 Accelerating the Development of Next-Generation Silicon Carbide (SiC) Traction Inverters for Electric Mobility Applications
Presented by Pierre Delatte - CISSOID
09:40 Powering the Future: How Semiconductor Innovation is Driving the Software-defined Vehicle Era
Presented by Téa Williams - GlobalFoundries
10:00 Scalable Traction Inverter Designs for LEVs (Two-/Three-Wheelers, Micro E-Utility …)
Presented by Philipp Mai - Arrow Electronics
10:20 Morning Break and Networking
10:50 Zonal Architectures and 48V Board Networks Are Transforming Automotive Design: What This Means for Power Semiconductors
Presented by Christoph Stangl - Allegro MicroSystems
11:10 Next Generation of Power Electronic Systems: Driving Efficiency through System Optimization
Presented by Dr. Stefan Hain - onsemi
11:30 High Volume Sintering of Molded Power Packages on Water Coolers for BEV Applications
Presented by Thomas Krebs - PINK GmbH Thermosysteme
11:50 Designing 48V architectures for next-generation electric vehicles
Presented by Donovan Porter - Texas Instruments
12:10 Lunch Break and Networking
Engineering Innovation with WBG Devices, Circuits and Materials
13:40 High-Frequency GaN Power Conversion: Supercharging AI Data-Centre Density
Presented by Matteo Uccelli - Navitas
14:00 The Value of GaN BDS in Next-Generation Power Electronics
Presented by Marco Ruggeri - Renesas
14:20 Breaking the 1MHz Barrier: System-Level Benefits of Ultra High Frequency GaN Motor Drives
Presented by James Cannings - QPT
14:40 A Cost-effective Solution for WBG Testing Challenges
Presented by Giacomo Tonti - Advantest
15:00 800V Automotive DC Bus Domain: Evolving Requirements for Semiconductor Voltage Robustness
Presented by Manuel Gärtner - STMicroelectronics
15:20 Afternoon Break and Networking
15:50 (Ultra)widening the Gap: The applications carved by SiC and GaN, and how UWBG materials could disrupt this space.
Presented by Matthew Fall - IDTechEx
16:10 Precision Current Measurement Techniques Using Special Shunts and Voltage Probes
Presented by Andrea Vinci - Tektronix
16:30 Advancing SiC Substrate and Epitaxial Technologies for Next-Generation Power Devices
Presented by Rajan Rengarajan - Coherent
16:50 Innovations in Dynamic Switch Power Testing
Presented by Robert Pulman - ipTEST
17:10 Closing Remarks
18:00 Networking Drinks / Dinner Reception
Wednesday 22nd April 2026 starting at 08:00 CET
08:00 Registration and welcome refreshments
08:50 Housekeeping by Conference Chair
Delivering AI-driven Data Centre Densification Sponsored by Yole Group
09:00 An Innovative AI-Enhanced Control Strategy for Soft-Switching High-Power Converters
Presented by Fabrizio Di Franco - STMicroelectronics
09:20 Data Center Power Train: Emerging Solutions for Uncertain Market!
Presented by Hassan Cheaito - Yole Group
09:40 High-Frequency GaN Power Conversion: Supercharging AI Data-Centre Density
Presented by Matteo Uccelli - Navitas
10:00 Renesas System Solutions from Grid to Core in AI-Datacenter
Presented by Marco Ruggeri - Renesas
10:20 Morning Break and Networking
11:00 Power Semiconductor Solutions for 800V Datacentre Architectures
Presented by Dr. Christian Felgemacher - ROHM Semiconductor Europe
11:20 Collaborating to Advance Integrated Voltage Regulation for AI and Cloud Infrastructure
Presented by Noah Sturcken - Ferric
11:40 Presentation by Wired and Wireless Technologies (WAWT)
Presented by Dinesh Kithany - Wired & Wireless Technologies (WAWT)
12:00 Vertical Power Delivery with Current Multiplication
Presented by Maury Wood - Vicor
12:20 The Power to Compute: Enabling AI Data Centers from Grid Connection to Processor Core
Presented by Aleksei Cherkasov - Infineon
12:40 Lunch Break and Networking
14:10 Presentation by imec
Presented by Dr. Wenzhe Guo - imec
Ensuring a Renewable, Sustainable Future
14:30 Power Semiconductors for the Future Power Grid
Presented by Tobias Keller - Hitachi Energy
14:50 Diamond Power Electronics: Beyond Ultra-high Voltage
Presented by Ivan Llaurado - DIAMFAB
15:10 Further presentations to follow
16:10 Closing Remarks
Presentation times and order are subject to change. This agenda was last updated on 24 Feb 2026 at 10:24pm.