
Thank you for attending Summer School 2023!
5 days event 11-15 September 2023
- 6 keynote speeches;
- 6 Technical Lectures;
- 3 Soft skills Lectures
- 2 Live-Demo sessions dedicated to useful SWs
- 1 PhD Poster session
- 1 Cultural excursion
- 1 Social Dinner
- 1 Welcome cocktail
- 5 lunches and 8 coffee breaks
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: the scheduled times are expressed as Central European Summer Time (CEST) = Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) + 2h due to daylight savings time being in effect.
Monday September 11th 2023
| 08:30 – Registration opening & Logistical Info |
| 09:00-9:30 – Opening ceremony – Welcome address |
| 09:30-10:30 Keynote 1 – The challenge of electrification in high performance cars Ugo Sitta, Head of Power Electronics development, Ferrari, Italy |
| 10:30-11:00 – Coffee break |
| 11:00-12:00 Keynote 2 – Current Status and Trends in Electrical Machines used in Transportation Application Shafigh Nategh, PhD, Founder and CEO of SEDRIVE, Sweden |
| 12:00-13:00 Keynote 3 – Electric powertrains for off-road e-Mobility Dmitry Svechkarenko, R&D Team Manager at ABB Corporate Research, Sweden |
| 13:00-14:00 – Lunch |
| 14:00-16:00 PhD poster session |
| 16:00-16:30 – Coffee break |
| 16:30-17:30 Live-Demo 1 – Particle simulation for oil-cooled e-motors: fluid and solid temperature prediction with Particleworks Michele Merelli, Business Development Specialist and CAE Engineer at Particleworks Europe and Enginsoft, Italy |
| 19:00 Welcome cocktail reception |
Tuesday September 12th 2023
| 09:00 Reception opening |
| 09:30-10:30 Keynote 4 – Electrification in commercial vehicles Shaohong Zhu, Electric Machine Engineer at Cummins, The United Kingdom |
| 10:30-11:00 – Coffee break |
| 11:00-12:00 Keynote 5 – The frontier of electrification in agriculture and off-highway vehicles Diego Troncon, Electric Machines Technical Project Leader in the Electrification System Integration, CNH Industrial, Italy |
| 12:00-13:00 Keynote 6 – Modern technologies and methodologies for Testing Power Electronics Equipment Marcin Szlosek, R&D Department Manager ABB PL, Poland |
| 13:00-14:00 – Lunch |
| 14:00-16:00 Technical lecture 1 – Additive manufacturing applied to electrical machines Prof. Elena Bassoli, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy |
| 16:00-16:30 – Coffee break |
| 16:30-17:30 Live-Demo – Design and Optimization of Power Electronics with Ansys Antonio Camarda – Senior Application Engineer, Ansys, Italy |
Wednesday, September 13th 2023
| 08:30 Reception opening |
| 09:00 -11:00 Soft skill lecture 1 – From idea to commercialisation Christian Kumar, director of Maverx Academy, Maverx Foundation, Italy |
| 11:00 -11:20 – Coffee break |
| 11:20-13:20 Soft skill lecture 2 – Funding and pitching Christian Kumar, director of Maverx Academy, Maverx Foundation,Italy |
| 13:20 -14:30 – Lunch |
| 14:30-18:30 Cultural excursion Maserati Museum Factory Tour + Panini Museum Car Exhibition + Hombre Farm Tasting Experience |
Thursday, September 14th 2023
| 08:30 Reception opening |
| 09:00 -11:00 Technical lecture 2 – insulation in electrical machines for green transportation: challenges and solutions Prof. Andrea Cavallini, University of Bologna, Italy |
| 11:00 -11:20 – Coffee break |
| 11:20 -13:20 Technical lecture 3 – Modern Design and manufacturing of induction machines for transportation electrification Prof. Gerard Capolino, distinguished lecturer IEEE, France |
| 13:20 -14:30 – Lunch |
| 14:30-16:30 Technical lecture 4 – Powertrains with multiphase motors supplied by multilevel converters Prof. Carlo Cecati, University of L’Aquila, Italy |
| 16:30 -17:00 – Coffee break |
| 17:00 -19:00 Technical lecture 5– Advanced methods for condition monitoring of electric motors based on the analysis of electrical quantities Prof. Jose Antonino Daviu, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain |
| 20:30 – Social Dinner & Award Ceremony |
Friday, September 15th 2023
| 08:30 Reception opening |
| 09:00-11:00 Technical lecture 6 – Electric Propulsion and e-Machine technologies David Gerada, The University of Nottingham, UK |
| 11:00 -11:20 – Coffee break |
| 11:20-13:20 Soft skill lecture 3 – Final pitch presentation: discussion and feedback Christian Kumar, director of Maverx Academy, Maverx Foundation, Italy |
| 13:20 -14:30 – Lunch |
| 14:30-16:00 Final test for ECTS (6ECTS for full registration) – Closing remarks |
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